Parent Information Meeting

Course Registration Process

January 26, 2012

Today’s Agenda

Course Registration Process Graduation Requirements Special program registration PWC Specialty programs CTE Programs New courses at BDHS BDHS courses requiring applications Questions??

Course Registration Process

Jan 27 : Teacher recommendations Feb 3 : Parent/Student requests Feb 13 - 24: BDHS counselors meet

with students individually to schedule classes for next year

Feb 27 : BDHS counselors begin to visit feeder middle schools to register rising 9th grade students

June 1 : “Dummy” schedules mailed June 15 : Final date to request a

schedule change

Registration Process cont.

All students (9th through 12th) must sign up for 7 courses plus 2 alternate courses.

Juniors and Seniors may choose to sign up for an Office Aide position (no credit) and/or Early Release at this time, forms are available online

Students will not be able to sign up for specific Teacher Aide positions until September 2012 but may turn in Teacher Aide Intent form now (available online)

A parent/guardian must sign any Office Aide, Early Release and Teacher Aide Intent forms

Advanced Studies Diploma Requirements for Seniors

(entered 9th grade in 2009-2010)

4 English 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does count as a math

credit) 4 Science 4 History 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2

different languages) 2 Health/PE 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective Additional electives Total of 24 credits

Standard Diploma Requirements for Seniors

(entered 9th grade in 2009-2010)

4 English 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does count as a math

credit) 3 Science 3 History 2 Health/PE 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective 6 additional electives (including 2

sequential electives) Total of 22 credits

Advanced Studies Diploma Requirements for Juniors

(entered 9th grade in 2010-2011) 4 English 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a

math credit) 4 Science 4 History 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2

different languages) 2 Health/PE 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective Additional Electives Total of 24 credits

Standard Diploma Requirements for Juniors

(entered 9th grade in 2010-2011) 4 English 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a

math credit) 3 History (World History, US History, US

Government) 3 Science 2 Health/PE 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective 6 additional electives (including 2

sequential electives) Total of 22 credits

Adv. Studies Requirements for Sophomores

(entered 9th grade in 2011-2012)

4 English 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math

credit) 4 Science 4 History 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2 different

languages) 2 Health/PE 1 Economics and Personal Finance 1 Fine Art or Career/Tech Ed elective Additional Electives Total of 26 credits

Standard Diploma Requirements for Sophomores

(entered 9th grade in 2011-2012)

4 English 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a

math credit) 3 Science 3 History (World History, US History, US

Government) 2 Health/PE 1 Economics and Personal Finance 2 For. Lang., Fine Arts, or Career/Tech Ed 4 Electives (must include 2 sequential

electives) Total of 22 credits

Diploma types for Freshmen(entering 9th grade in 2012-2013)

Advanced Studies Diploma – same requirements as sophomores

Standard Diploma – same requirements as sophomores

Advanced Technical and Standard Technical Diploma types are added

Advanced Technical Diploma Requirements

(entering 9th grade in 2012-2013) 4 English 4 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math

credit) 4 Science 4 History 3 Foreign Language (or 2 years of 2 different

languages) 2 Health/PE 1 Economics and Personal Finance 1 Fine Arts or Career/Tech Ed elective 3 Career/Tech Ed electives from same

career concentration Total of 26 electives

Standard Technical Diploma Requirements

(entering 9th grade in 2012-2013)

4 English 3 Math (Alg I pt 1 does not count as a math

credit) 3 Science 3 History 2 Health/PE 1 Economics and Personal Finance 1 Fine Arts or Foreign Language 4 Career/Tech Ed electives from same

career concentration 1 additional elective Total of 22 credits

SOL and Research Paper requirements Advanced Diploma – English Reading,

English Writing, 2 Math, 2 Science, 2 History, 1 Other

Standard Diploma – English Reading, English Writing, 1 Math, 1 Science, 1 History, 1 Other

Students entering a VA high school after 9th grade have different requirements

All PWC students must complete the Research Paper during English 11 in order to graduate

Special Program Registration

Special Education – registered by case manager and counselor

English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) – registered by ESOL teacher and counselor

High School Specialty Programs Cambridge (Brentsville) AP Scholars (Patriot) Biotech (Osbourn Park) Fine and Performing Arts (Woodbridge) Information Technology (Battlefield) International Baccalaureate (Stonewall) International Studies (Hylton)

Application Deadline: February 15th

**Governor’s School @ Innovation Park (Applications due March 15th )

Career and Technical Education Programs (CTE) Agriculture (Brentsville) Auto Tech (Osbourn Park) Building Trades (Patriot) Cosmetology (Stonewall) Culinary Arts (Patriot) HVAC (NOVA, Woodbridge campus) Project Lead the Way (Woodbridge) Nursing (Osbourn Park) Television Production (Hylton) Welding (Potomac)

Applications at: cte.departments.pwcs.edu Applications Due March 15th

Courses requiring an application Foundations of Agriculture Journalism Yearbook (Photojournalism) All CTE and Specialty Programs

** Any student who takes at least one AICE or AP class must have the AICE/AP Contract signed by both the parent and student (available online)

New Courses at BDHS

Beginning Band Economics/Finance Foundations of Agriculture Journalism I (now open to 9th

graders) Life Planning

Questions?

BDHS School Counseling Department

Debra Beasley, Director of School Counseling (beasledo@pwcs.edu)

Sunny Davis, School Counselor A-G (davissm@pwcs.edu)

Tracy Main, School Counselor H-Q (maintb@pwcs.edu)

Sara Correll, School Counselor R-Z (correlse@pwcs.edu)

Phone: 703-594-2161

Website: brentsvillehs.schools.pwcs.edu