WELCOME TO COURSE
SELECTION FOR YOUR
SENIOR YEAR!
Waynesboro Area Senior
High School
WASHS Counseling Department
Mr. Crist
D-M
Ms. Baer
A-C
All Career Tech
Ms. Stahl
N-Z
Mrs. Caiati
Mrs. Shoap
Ms. Henicle
Bailey
-Meet Your Coun. Dept.
-Important Dates
-Services Offered
-Ed. Planning
-Military Career Plan.
-Personal Resources
-SAP
...AND SO, SO MUCH MORE
We’re going to cover
a lot of ground today!!!
 Graduation Requirements
 What your choices are next year
(lots of new classes)
 How we’ll schedule your classes
 Answers to your questions
Where
have you
been?
Where are
you
going?
COURSE CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
4
4
3 4
3 4
1.0
1.0
.50
English
Math
Science
Social Studies
Physical Education
Health
Personal Finance
.50
1.0
.25
21st Century Comm.
Computer App.
Drivers Ed.
or
or
.25
4
Employability
Electives
TOTAL
CREDITS
23.50
4
3
3
2.5
1.0
.50
.50
.50
1.0
.25
.25
2
10
CAREER TECH CREDIT
REQUIREMENTS
English
Math
Science
Social Studies
Physical Education
Health
Personal Finance
21st Century Comm.
Computer App.
Drivers Ed.
Employability
Electives
Career Tech Credits
TOTAL
CREDITS
28.50
Review your Credit Sheet
Review your Credit Sheet
Arts & Humanities
are ELECTIVES!
There is an
asterisk next to the
courses that are in
progress.
Where are you going?
 College?
 A 2 Year or Technical School?
 Headed to a Job or the Military?
Getting Started…
• Don’t write on your Course sheet yet!
• Course Selection Guides (you will get your
own copy when you return to HR)
• Please use a pencil when filling it out!!!
• Use the back of your Course Sheet to check
elective classes you may be interested in.
• You will get your Credit Sheet when you go
back to HOMEROOM.
Course Selection
Guide
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Graduation Requirements
Course Progression
Keystone info
College Credit Options
Independent Study
Department descriptions
Core Courses and Elective sections
Attention Athletes!
• Are you planning to play in College?/
• Start reviewing NCAA requirements!
www.eligibilitycenter.org
Have you been taking the core courses? How about
your SAT score and GPA requirements?
Check the counseling
department website
for more info:
wasd.k12.pa.us
COURSE SELECTION SHEET
1. Use Pencil (you might
make changes)
2. Complete the front
and total the credits
3. This will tell you how
many elective credits
you can choose
4. Fill out all info asked
for (including parent
signatures at bottom)
English
Choices are:
AP Literature and Comp. (1 credit)
A recommended course for accelerated students
Broadcast Journalism
(1 credit, application)
Student athletes
remember to cross
reference your
English courses with
NCAA requirements!
11 - .50 electives that count as Core credit from
which you will choose two, including Writing
Workshop
English Electives – Theatre Arts and Journalism I
Mathematics
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC (2 credits)
College Algebra
Honors Pre-Calc
Trigonometry
Honors Geometry
Geometry
Algebra II
Accounting I
Career Tech has no Math requirement for Senior year.
Mathematics Electives
Course in RED may count as a math credit
• Intro to Comp. Science
• AP Comp. Science
• College Algebra
• Accounting I
• Probability and Statistics
It is important to check prerequisites!!!
Science
Academic:
Accelerated:
Chemistry
Applied Chemistry
Physics
Applied Physics
• AP Biology
•AP Chemistry
•AP Physics I
•AP Physics II
•AP Environmental Sci
Career Tech has no Science
Requirement for Senior Year.
Science Electives
• AP Environmental Science(1.0)
•Anatomy and Physiology (1.0)
•Microbiology (.5)
•Human Genetics (.5)
•Chemistry II (.5)
•Forensics (.5)
If you are planning a career in the Health Field,
these courses would be good to consider.
Social Studies
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U.S. In War (.50)
Contemporary Issues(.50)
State and Local (.50)
Sociology (.50)
World Religions (.50)
Psychology (.50)
Economics (.50)
AP European History (1.0)
If you need Social Studies credits, any of
these courses are acceptable.
AP Potential
• PSATs – My College Quickstart
• Receiving a letter this week from me encouraging you
to consider signing up for AP courses
Required Class for
Senior Year
Personal Finance (.5 credit)
*Unless you have taken Money,
Banking, and Finance
COURSE SELECTION SHEET
1. Use Pencil (you might
make changes)
2. Courses in BOLD
require an Application
3. Total credits must
equal 7
4. Don’t forget to check
prerequisites!!
5. List four Alternates
by writing ALT1,
ALT2, ALT3, & ALT4
in the ‘Credit’ box
ELECTIVES
• Start on page 36
• Check Prerequisites
• Courses
• Grades
• Let’s talk about applications
• Seniors often have more elective
leverage
• Be sure to check credit value of class
Physical Education/
Health
Make sure you
are using the
appropriate
course code to
indicate
whether you
are signing up
for a BOYS or •
GIRLS gym
class!
• PE 11,12
• Competitive PE 10,11, 12
PIAA Sports (Application needed)
• Sports Leadership
• Personal Fitness and Strength Training I and II
• Driver’s Education –
fee for ‘Behind the Wheel’ time
(does not count for PE credit)
ART
You will need to take Art Fundamentals
before Drawing and Painting, Studio
Arts, or Sculpture
Plus you need at least a 75% to move
on in art classes
Business & Information
Technology
• Articulation Agreements (pg. 12 course selection booklet)
• Computer Applications
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Law
• Sports and Entertainment Marketing
• Money, Banking, and Finance
• Accounting
• Advanced Accounting
• Intro to Video Game Design
• FBLA II (application required)
Business & Information Technology (cont.)
Articulation Agreements (p. 12)
This means WASHS has courses that colleges
have found to be equivalent to courses offered
at the collegiate level.
WASHS currently has agreements with four
local colleges.
Over half of the courses offered in this
department have this great option!
Career Exploration
Work Experience (.5 – 3.0 credits)
Community Internship (.5 – 2.0 credits)
Educational Internship (.5 – 2.0 credits)
Mentor Internship (.5 – 2.0 credits)
Child Care Internship (.5 – 2.0 credits)
Separate online applications required for
each one you want to do!
SENIOR PRIVILEGE
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Must Apply!
Pd. 1 or 7; semester or year
GPA 3.0 or higher
Proficient on all Keystones
Disciplinary/attendance guidelines
Completed paper application to
C-level office by 2/20!
MUSIC
New Classes
New Combinations
PERFORMANCE COURSES
Symphonic Band
Concert Choir
Wind Ensemble
Chamber Choir
by themselves or in combination
Take your Course Sheet to music class for specific instructions
Music Electives no experience needed!
Classroom Guitar
History of Rock and Roll
Music Tech
Intro to Music
Music Theory – must be able to read
music
Technology Education
3 AREAS
CONSTRUCTION AND WOODWORKING
Basic Home Repair
Materials Processing I, II, III, IV
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ENGINEERING
Intro to Engineering
Engineering Design I
Architectural Design I
CNC Design
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
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Intro to Graphics
Graphic Design I, II
IMPORTANT TO
CHECK:
Prerequisites
Credit value
World Languages
Not a grad requirement
however…..
Most colleges recommend
2 or 3 years in HS
Many colleges require World
Language on the college level
(and it’s harder!)
MAKING HIGH SCHOOL
COUNT!
• Job Shadowing
• Internships
• Work Experience
• Earning College Credit
• College Visits
Healthcare Career Institute
• Insider’s view of Healthcare Careers
• Spend time in every hospital
department (even surgery!)
• 2 Programs available (school year,
summer, week-long camp)
• Application and Interview needed
• Meeting today to hear more!!!
• 8:30 balcony
Let’s talk about
Early to College (ETC)
• Still available in new schedule
• Saves time and money
• Counts as high school and college credit
• Work with your counselor to find what’s
best for you
• College choices are Mont Alto, HCC, the
Mount, SHIP
• Meeting in March/April
Four Year Plan (pg.55)
Where have you been
and where are you going?
• What have you
taken?
• What do you need to
schedule?
• Do your classes fulfill
Graduation
Requirements?
• Do your classes
prepare you for
future plans?
Reminders!
Course Selection Night
Thursday, 6:00 pm Feb. 12th
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Teachers, administrators, and counselors are on
hand to answer your questions!
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February 17th you will get teacher signatures
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February 20 - Course Selection sheet due to your
HOMEROOM teacher!
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You will enter your selections in the Portal with
your English class March 3-7
If you have questions
about your credit sheet?
Your teachers will be able to help –
or make an appointment to see your counselor
if you are befuddled!
REMEMBER!!!
There will a
Health Career Institute
meeting in the balcony
when this lesson is
over!
THE PROCESS !
• Step 1 – Today’s Lesson
• Step 2 – Deciding what you want to take
and what you meet the prerequisites for
• Step 3 – C.S. Night – Thursday Feb 12th
• Step 4 – Completed sheet by Feb 20th
(of course you can turn it in early!)
• Step 5 – Entering selections into the Portal
Make an app’t to see
your counselor!