Deerfield High School Eighth Grade Curriculum Night
Welcome to Deerfield High School Kathryn Anderson Principal
Registration Overview Amy Bricker, Counseling Department Chair
Cycle Template
Daily Schedule ● 8 periods ● Designated Lunch ● Early Bird: ● EB Science and EB Traffic Safety ● Not guaranteed
Required Freshman Courses English Physics Mathematics (2 credits) (2 credits) (2 credits) Fills 2 periods Graduation Requirements Physical Education Freshman Advisory (41 Credits) (2 credits) (no credit)
Course Placement ● Survey ● Standard ● Honors
Infinite Campus Portal Login 1. Go to: https://ic.dist113.org/campus/portal/township.jsp 2. Select a student after logging in. 3. Contact dhsportal@dist113.org for assistance.
Academic PlanAcad ● Select “Proceed.” ● If you are a two household family, we recommend that only the primary household enter course requests to avoid confusion.
Let’s Get Started! Academic Plan allows you to view locked course placements and select required courses as well as electives. Example: All freshmen will select Freshman Advisory either from the “Non-credit” or “Fine Arts” category.
Course Placement ● Required courses with designated course placements: Physics, Mathematics, English. ● When you see a course listed in the academic plan with a lock next to the course title, this indicates the recommended course placement (standard, survey, honors).
Course Placement Scenarios If you agree with the course recommendation AND a specific course is listed, such as “Spanish II,” you do not need to do anything else. If you agree with the course placement AND a general course placement is listed, such as “Any Standard Freshman English,” you will follow this guidance to select Freshman English or Perspectives: World Literature.
If you would like to change the course placement (standard, survey, honors) for a different course, email the academic department chair directly (not the 8th grade teacher). Families are not able to unlock a course placement in Infinite Campus.
Freshman Advisory and Physical Education ● Required freshman courses that you need to select a course: Freshman Advisory and Physical Education . ● Type to search or select courses. ● Remember to select both semesters for a full-year course. First semester courses end with a “2.” Second semester courses end with a “4.”
● Applied Arts ● English (non-core) Electives ● Fine Arts ● Social Studies ● Traffic Safety You select up to TWO electives from the listed subject areas. ● World Languages
Save your work! Don’t forget to save your work by clicking on “Save” at the top of the page.
3:30 pm
Course Verification Final opportunity to notify DHS of mistakes ❏ Course Verification opens on February 7, 2020, after 5:00 pm ❏ Course Verification closes on February 12 , 2020, at 3:30 pm ❏
Calendar Events Summer School registration opens- February 3 at 7:00 am ❏ Spring Activities Night- April 21 from 7:00-8:00 pm ❏ Health forms due- May 4 ❏
English Ryan Leist, Department Chair
English Courses Freshman English Survey ❏ Freshman English ❏ Perspectives: World Literature ❏ Power Reading (elective) ❏
Fine and Applied Arts Dee Bolos Hartman, Department Chair
Applied Arts Courses ❏ Deerfield Film and TV ❏ Graphic Design ❏ Introduction to Business ❏ Introduction to Programming (S) ❏ Production Technology/ Woodworking (S)
Fine Arts Courses Art I ❏ ❏ Beginning Guitar Dance ❏ Deerfield Film and TV ❏ Drama I (Introduction to Theatre) (S) ❏ Chamber Orchestra (audition) ❏ Fashion and Interior Design (S) ❏ Graphic Design ❏ Introduction to Art (S) ❏ Introduction to Ceramics (S) ❏ Photography I (S) ❏ Technical Theatre (S) ❏
Freshman Advisory Joe Taylor, Assistant Principal
Freshman Advisory Options ❏ Freshman Advisory (Traditional) Choir/ Freshman Advisory ❏ ❏ Concert Band/ Freshman Advisory Concert Orchestra/ Freshman Advisory ❏ ❏ Theatre / Freshman Advisory (limited number of sections available)
Mathematics and Computer Science Blanche Esgar, Department Chair
Mathematics Courses Algebra I Survey ❏ ❏ Geometry Survey Algebra I ❏ ❏ Geometry (for students that have strong Algebra skills) Algebra II Advanced (leads to AP Calc AB) ❏ ❏ Algebra II Honors (leads to AP Calc BC) Geometry Honors ❏
Computer Science Courses Introduction To Programming ( single-semester course ) ❏ iOS App Development ( full-year course ) ❏ AP Computer Science A ( requires department chair approval ) ❏ AP Computer Science Principles ( requires department chair approval ) ❏
Physical Education Marc Pechter, Department Chair
Physical Education Courses Freshman PE A ❏ Freshman PE B ❏ Traffic Safety (S) ❏
Physical Education Update Students must be enrolled in PE every semester of high school, except for the semester they are enrolled in a health class during the school year.
Science Judi Luepke, Department Chair
Science Courses Physics Survey ❏ Physics Standard ❏ Physics Honors ❏
Social Studies Rich Grady, Department Chair
Social Studies Courses World History Survey ❏ Modern History of the Developing World ❏ Perspectives: World History ❏ World History ❏ World History Honors ❏
World Languages Donielle Escalante, Department Chair
Chinese I Chinese II Chinese II Honors French I French II French II Honors World Hebrew I Languages Hebrew II Honors Courses Hebrew III Honors Spanish I Survey Spanish I Spanish II Survey Spanish II Spanish II Honors
Health Services Alison McTague, Certified School Nurse Sharon Urban, Certified School Nurse
Health Services Freshman Health forms must be submitted to Health Services via ❏ email, fax, or mail by May 4. Health Services does not have access to forms submitted to ❏ Athletics. If your student has a significant health condition (food allergies, ❏ asthma, seizures, etc.), please complete an emergency action plan. Email school nurses at dhshealthservices@dist113.org. ❏
Tonight Self-Advocacy ❏ Self-Guided ❏ ❏ Station Locations and Map Green Evaluation Form ❏
Medical Concerns Course placement 504 Plans Special Education Overall course load Counselor requests Course options
Thank You !
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