RMHS REGISTRATION INFO FOR CURRENT 9TH GRADERS

2020-21

PRE-REGISTRATION & REGISTRATION

CHOOSING YOUR CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR!

PROCESS

• Today –Pre-Registration—You will receive your course-selection sheet

and information to help you pick your classes for next year.

• February 4 and 5—Registration—You will bring your completed

course-selection sheet to your next appointment to enter your course

requests. These are the classes you will be registered for in 10th grade.

• May-You will sit with a counselor to organize your 10th gr. schedule how

you want it. Only the classes you registered for will be used.

• Mid August – Look for your schedule to be listed in Student Vue

• August 17- First Day of school

YOUR NEXT APPT WILL BE POSTED HERE

English Math

SAT (Preferred

method)

470 500

ACT 18 19

ACT Workkeys Bronze+ Bronze+

Advanced

Placement

2 2

ASVAB 31 31

Accuplacer *62 on Reading

Comprehension or

70 on Sentence Skills

61

Non-Assessment Options to Meet Competency

Advanced Placement Course Pass with C or better

Concurrent Enrollment Class Grade of C or better

Rocky Capstone Personal Finance Class/We The People

Industry Certificate Individualized

Demonstrate competence in

English or Math Students must demonstrate college and career

readiness by meeting or exceeding the required level of readiness in one of the following methods:

3

1Create a Career &

Academic PLAN

Students will create and complete an Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) and/or Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that meets the District’s graduation requirements. At Rocky, ICAP starts in Lobo 101 class and is updated in each grade level in designated classes.

Earn 240 Credits Students must satisfy all of the following

requirements:

Students work with their counselors to make sure credits are being met each year.

Requirement Required

Language Arts 40

Civics/Government 5

US History 10

Social Studies 10

Humanities 5

Fine and Applied Arts 10

World Language or World Culture 10

Math 30

Science 30

Wellness 15

Personal Finance 5

Economics 5

Electives 65

Total Credits 9-12 240

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Page 6 of CG

CHECKING YOUR CREDITSIN STUDENTVUE

IN ORDER TO START NEXTYEAR AS A10TH GRADER…

• You must earn at least 60 credits before next year.

• And you must pass English 9 or Pre AP English 9

GRADES & TRANSCRIPT

• Middle School Grade Opt-Out

• Make sure all opt out forms are turned in to the registrar by the end of the

year.

• Repeat Forgiven for classes you re-take. The lower grade will

come out of the GPA calculation. This is not automatic-see your

counselor to make changes. All classes and grades remain on your

transcript.

• Waivers – 2.5 PE credits if you participate in an RMHS sport

COLLEGE/CAREER PLANNINGONLINE CURRICULUM GUIDE

• College Planning Checklist (pg. 11)

• CCHE-College Entrance Requirements (pg. 13)

• 40 English, 40 Math, 30 Science, 30 Social Sciences, 10* Foreign language, 20 Core Elective

• NCAA Eligibility for athletes (pg. 14)

• You are responsible for this!!! But counselors will help if you ask.

• Ways to earn college credits while at Rocky (pg. 17)

OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR COLLEGE

• Get involved in clubs and activities

• SAT Prep – collegeboard.org / Khan Academy

• Click on “Take an SAT Practice Test”

• Financial need and “First Generation”

CAREER EXPERIENCEDURING HIGH SCHOOL

During 11th or 12th grade year

• Front Range Community College

• Welding, Medical Careers, Automotive Tech, and more.

• Futures Lab

• Aviation, Culinary, Coding, Architecture, and more.

• Apprenticeships/Internships

• Otterbox, CSU Culinary, UC Health, Woodward, and more.

Pgs. 84—91 in Curriculum Guide

ONLINE CURRICULUM GUIDE

• Rocky’s Homepage

• Hover on ACADEMICS tab

• Click on REGISTRATION link

• Click on CURRICULUM GUIDE in the middle of the page

• Recommended that you download as a PDF so you can use

the page-number tool.

Progression of MATH classes

• Pre-Algebra

• Algebra 1

• Geometry

• Algebra 2

• College Algebra

Progression of SCIENCE classes

• 21st Century Science

• Biology

• Earth System Science

• See SCIENCE FLOW CHART in online curriculum guide for what’s next

Progression of LANGUAGE ARTS classes

• English 9 or Pre AP English 9

• World Lit & Comp or Pre AP World Lit & Comp

Progression of SOCIAL STUDIES classes

• World History AND/OR World Language

• World Geography OR AP Human Geography (if you took world history)

• Bring your completed course selection sheet and your

laptop (CHARGED!) with you to your next meeting.

• Make sure your sheet totals 80 credits exactly.

• Pay attention to PREREQUISITES!!!

BE READY FOR YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT

APPLICATION CLASSES

• If choosing an application class you must select 80 credits in addition to the application class just in case you don’t get in.

• Yearbook

• Highlighter (Journalism 2)*

• Musical Theatre Production

BE READY FOR YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT

• Your next appointment will be at a specific time on

either Feb. 4th or 5th in the Media Center.

• Your appt date/time will be posted outside of Student

Services next to the rocks by Feb. 1.

YOUR NEXT APPT WILL BE POSTED HERE

QUESTIONS

• You can always ask teachers for what classes they recommend

for you in their subject.

• Please do not see counselors during class time for questions….

Use passing, lunch, after school, or e-mail.