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January 2020 WHS School Counseling Team Website: www.whscounselingcenter.com Twitter: @WHSCollegeReady

Timeline for Scheduling Jan. 22-30 January 20 Counselors will meet with you Deadline to add your course individually to go over course requests in Power School requests May 15: Late April Schedule Change Deadline. After Schedules are distributed this date, changes made per the WHS Schedule Change Policy

Key Things to Remember as You Build Your Schedule Prepare yourself for Select 15 credits All Juniors must take college: schedule a English, Math, and rigorous schedule and plus 2 alternate plan ahead for your US History credits Senior Year While not required for Mentoring and College all diploma tracks, Entrance Prep are many colleges require Courses that can ONLY at least two years of the be Taken in Junior Year same World Language for admission

Use Your Transcript to Help Plan Use your transcript to review: • Some courses • Diploma cannot be taken Track twice… be sure • Graduation you’re not Requirements signing up for a • class that you Total Credits have already • GPA taken! • • Some exceptions ISTEP Scores to this are… • Grade Trends retaking a class for a higher grade or Elective PE classes

Diploma Tracks at Westfield High School All student will graduate with one or more of WHS students may these State of Indiana Diplomas graduate with the AP Capstone diploma, in addition to any Indiana Diploma Core 40 AP Capstone Diploma Core 40 with Core 40 with Technical Academic Honors Honors

Core 40 Diploma Requirements 42 Credits Required  English 8 Credits  Sign up for English: On-level or Honors English 11 or AP Lang and Comp/AP Seminar  Math 6 Credits in grades 9-12  Sign up for the next level of math: On-level, Honors or 3-Tri PreCalc, Algebra I Geometry Algebra II AP Stats or College Algebra  Science 6 Credits Physical Science — 2 credits Any 2 additional Biology — 2 credits science credits ICP, Chemistry or Physics

Core 40 Diploma Requirements  Social Studies 6 Credits US History I & II ACP US History I & II AP US History (3 credits) (2 credits) (2 credits)  Physical Education 4 Credits PE I and Advanced PE II in 10 th Health in 9 th Health OR Grade Grade Elective PE

ISTEP Exams ISTEP is the state Graduation Qualifying Exam • Students must take and pass the ISTEP English and Math exams in order to graduate • Students will also take the ILEARN Biology exam, if they have not already done so • ISTEPs will be taken in two parts: • Part 1 in March • Part 2 after Spring Break ISTEPs are very important exams. Do Your Best!!

Graduation Pathways: An Alternative to the ISTEP In place of passing ISTEP, student can instead meet Graduation Pathways by meeting all three of the following requirements: High School • Meet all credit requirements for any Diploma diploma track Learn and • Several options that can include a project- Demonstrate based class, service, IHSAA sports, or work- based learning Employability Skills: Meet Post- • Examples: Earn an AHD or THD, pass the Secondary Ready ASVAB, earn a state or industry certification, or meet SAT/ACT Benchmarks Competencies:

Academic Honors Diploma  47 Total Credits Required  Complete all Core 40 Requirements, plus : 6-8 World Language 2 Credits in Fine Arts 2 Additional Credits Credits (Art, Music, Theater, in Math beyond (3 years of one language Interior Design or or 2 years of two Algebra II Yearbook) different languages)  A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 at graduation  No Grade Below a C- in any class required for either Core 40 or AHD  Two college-level courses through AP or Dual Credit/ACP classes, or specific SAT/ACT scores prior to graduation

AP Capstone Diploma AP Seminar taken in • Team Project and Presentation 11 th grade with AP • Research-based Essay and Presentation Language and • Written Exam Composition • Counts as 2 AP courses/AP Exams AP Research taken in 12 th grade • Academic Thesis • Public Presentation and Defense Counts as required English 12 credits 3 Additional AP • AP Exam 1 Courses taken anytime • AP Exam 2 throughout High School and passing • AP Exam 3 scores on all exams

ACP and Other Dual AP Classes Credit Classes  College Board curriculum is  Both high school and college widely recognized by colleges credit may be awarded and universities  College curriculum — a  Possible college credit, variety of colleges and depending on the AP exam universities offer dual credit score.  Credit is based on the grade  Public colleges in Indiana are earned in the class and may required to award college credit be transferrable to other for scores of 3, 4, or 5 universities  Fees - $94 for the exam, $142 for  Fees – vary depending on the Seminar & Research; will be program, but are greatly included in book fees reduced Learn more about AP, ACP and Dual Credit with our College Planning Night Presentation online here.

Your AP Potential: Located in Your College Board Account Letters will be Your PSAT scores sent out to can help students who determine which have a 60% or AP classes might higher potential be a good fit for of passing an AP you exam Discuss the Your counselor possibility of AP can also talk classes with your with you about teachers this AP Potential year

Graduation Requirements: Technical Honors Diploma  47 Total Credits Required  Complete all Core 40 Requirements, plus : Earn 6 HS credits in Earn 6 college OR Earn a state- a CTE college and credits from dual approved, industry career prep credit courses in based certification pathway CTE pathway or credential  A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 at graduation  No Grade Below a C- in any class required for either Core 40 or THD  Two college-level courses through AP or Dual Credit/ACP classes, or specific SAT/ACT or Accuplacer scores

Ways to Earn the Technical Honors Diploma at WHS Project • 3 Years of the Engineering Pathway Lead the • 3 Years of the BioMedical Sciences Way Pathway

Ways to Earn the Technical Honors Diploma at WHS Business, Marketing and Computer Science • 6 or more high school Tourism and credits in related Hospitality course-work Construction, AND Manufacturing & Technology • 6 dual college credits OR industry-based Adv Tech Education certification Through Ivy Tech J. Everett Light Career Center

Off-site Career & Technical Education: JEL and Ivy Tech  Classes meet during Periods 3 & 4, and CORE Time.  Students will be at WHS during Periods 1, 2 and 5  Classes are yearlong and are worth 6 of your 15 credits  Transportation provided by WHS, but some JEL courses do require students to have their own transportation  A contract and application are required to take JEL/Ivy Tech courses; both are available from your counselor  Classes are available for college credit and students may receive industry-based certifications  See Course Book for complete list of classes and descriptions

Online Information about Scheduling Find the following information on the WHS Counseling Center website: • WHS Course Book • List of Classes Offered whscounselingcenter.com • Diploma Requirements in the Scheduling Tab • This Presentation • Today’s Handout Want to know more info about a class? Read the Course Book for a full description of the course, including Pre-Reqs!

New Classes for 2020 — 2021 • Advanced Guitar • Education Professions II • Interpersonal • Analytical Algebra II Relationships • Culinary Arts and • Ivy Tech Welding Hospitality II: Baking and • Percussion Ensemble Pastry Arts • Topics in Social Studies: • Dramatic Literature The Psychology Behind Life as a Teenager

Mentor Training in Leadership • The course will examine effective leadership strategies and skills, as well as the habits of effective leaders. • This class trains students choosing to serve as mentors in the Freshmen Mentor Program during their Senior Year. Please note: when you are signing up for this class, it is listed in the Multi-Disciplinary section of Power School.

Summer School through Indiana Online  Students may take up to 2 credits online over the summer  Students must register online for courses in April and May at www.indianaonline.org. Detailed information will be emailed home this spring.  Counselors then approve course requests upon registration  Possible courses include PE, Health & Wellness, Social Studies and elective credits  Counselors typically don’t approve English, Math, Science or World Language credits unless students are retaking for a higher grade

Your Cumulative GPA: Not happy with it? Now is the time to turn it around! • Colleges favorably view the “turn - around” • Junior year grades are generally the last grades that are shown on your transcript as you apply to college • The closer you get to graduation, the more difficult it is to change your GPA substantially