Dear Students and Parents,
Early Release Wednesday Coming
On February 22nd, we will have our next Early Release Wednesday. Students are expected to depart campus in a timely and organized fashion. We appreciate your patience with traffic on these days. In preparation, please plan on allowing longer time for entry and exit to the school at release time. For Elementary School students, the lunch routine will not change. For our Middle and High School students, hot lunch will be served.
High School Registration for 17/18 Classes
The updated curriculum guide for 17/18 is available on Moodle and on the website. In the guide you can read about all of our new courses and access the curriculum maps to help guide selection. The guide also lists prerequisites for each course. Whether or not a student meets the prerequisite will be determined by his or her first semester grade. Should he/she not make the prerequisite, he/she may not register for the course. Instead, if the student earns the prerequisite grade in semester two, he/she can request a transfer to the course pending space available.
Students in grades 9 - 11 had their registration assembly this Tuesday (February 7th). This was followed by teachers spending time in class this week to help guide student selection. All registration forms are due (with parent signature) no later than 4:00 pm on February 17th.
Submitted requests will be entered into our database and, then, students will have a chance to meet with counselors about their course selections should they desire. All aspiring IB diploma or online learning classes will be required to attend a meeting with their counselor and Mr. Malone.
Course verification forms will be circulated on March 22nd and students who have changed their minds regarding course selections will have the chance to make changes on this form. All verification forms are due by 4:00 pm on March 27th. After this date no changes to requests will be accepted.
Once the 17/18 master schedule is complete, students will receive a tentative schedule for next year. Students will, once again, have the opportunity to change their schedule in the final week of school and, then again, in the fall. That said, we expect students to choose wisely in February and March so that we are able to build the best possible schedule that meets the needs of all students. Please help this process by having discussions at home about registration and reaching out to counselors with any questions you may have.
A Message from the Counselors for the Class of 2018 Students & Parents -
Repeat Announcement
Please join the High School Counselors for Junior Class College Night on Monday, February 13th at 6:00pm in the Cafeteria. This is an important event for Juniors to officially kick-off the college application process. The presentation will not be country specific. It will outline
steps that students should take to be prepared for their college applications next year regardless of their destination. There will be a focus on best ways to build a college list. Ms. Larsen and Ms. McGlamery hope to see all members of the Class of 2018 and their parents on this important evening!
Sincerely,
Joelle Basnight
High School Principal