Course Selection 2014- 2015
Counseling Staff:
Carol Niemann
9th-12th grades, last names A - B
Caty Broderick
9th-12th grades, last names C - El
Sarah Mabry (Interim) 9th-12th grades, last names Em - Hep
Heidi Sauer
9th -12th grades, last names Her – Li
Jamie Richardson
9th -12th grades, last names Lo-Oc
Andrea Clifton
9th -12th grades, last names Od-Sap
Kathy Arendt
9th -12th grades, last names Sar - Va
Jeff Pilchiek
9th -12th grades, last names Ve - Z
Director of Guidance
Katie Bryant
Student Support Counselor
Shelly Blank
TLC Counselor
This presentation is available at: whs.eanesisd.net
under Counseling / Counseling Files
Agenda
• Important Dates
• Graduation Requirements
• Graduation Plans
• Course Sequences
• Four-Year Plans
• On-line Registration and Choice Sheets
Distinguished Achievement Plan
Foundation Plan + Multidisciplinary Endorsement
English
Math
Science
Social Studies
World Languages
Health
Physical Education
4
4
4
4
2
.5
1
Fine Arts
1
Electives
Total
5.5
26 credits
Additional Requirements
All students will need to
complete 4 AP courses (one
in each core area) OR 4
courses listed as advanced on
the Course Selection folder.
Figuring your Weighted GPA
Westlake reports only the weighted GPA on a 100
point scale to colleges.
AP and Advanced courses receive 1.2 multiplier.
Pre-AP and Honors courses receive 1.1 multiplier.
Regular level courses receive the grade earned.
The semester grade appears on the transcript without
the weight added.
The AP/Pre-AP courses are given the weight when
figuring the weighted GPA, which appears at the
bottom of the transcript.
Figuring your Weighted GPA
Only semester grades in courses taken during the regular
school day of 9th through 12th grades are used to figure
your GPA
This excludes credits earned through:
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Middle School
Correspondence
Credit by Exam
Dual Enrollment at ACC
Summer School
Credit Recovery
Middle School Courses
for High School Credit
The classes that you take in middle
school for high school credit DO NOT
count in the grade point average (GPA);
however, the grade you make in the class
WILL appear on your high school
transcript.
Eanes School Board Policy
Students are required to take a minimum
of four regular level course credits
during high school to be used in the
calculation for class rank. Students
shall complete 3 of the 4 required
regular course credits prior to the
student’s senior year.
Should a Student Sign Up for
Regular, Pre-AP, or AP in a Subject?
If a student is unsure which level of a course to take,
she/he should visit with her/his teacher in that
subject. They know a student’s abilities and study
habits best.
Always consider extra-curricular, athletic and job
commitments when making decisions about course
load.
English Course Sequence
(Four years of English are required for graduation)
Freshmen :
English I
or
English I Pre-AP
or
English II Pre-AP
or
English III AP
or
English IV AP
Sophomores:
English II
Juniors:
English III
Seniors:
English IV
Math Course Sequence
(Four years of math are required for graduation)
Algebra I or Algebra I Pre-AP
Geometry or Geometry Pre-AP
Algebra II or Algebra II Pre-AP
Math Course Sequence
After Algebra II
Pre-Calculus or
Pre-Calculus Pre-AP
Calculus or
Calculus AB AP
Calculus BC AP
Multi-Variable
Calculus
Statistics or
Statistics AP
Calculus BC AP
Multi-Variable
Calculus
Acceleration in Math
We do not recommend acceleration in mathematics in
summer school, online or by correspondence courses.
These options do not allow time to fully understand and
retain the concepts.
If a student did not take Algebra 1 in 8th grade, they
could take Geometry and Algebra 2 concurrently to
accelerate. This assumes successful completion of
Algebra 1 PAP.
We believe that a student who takes Algebra 1 through
Pre-Calculus at WHS and is successful will be well
prepared for any college mathematics they must take.
Science Course Sequence
Option 1
9th – Biology
10th - Integrated Physics &
Chemistry (IPC)
11th - Chemistry
12th - Physics
Science Course Sequence
Option 2
9th – Biology or Pre-AP Biology
10th – Chemistry or Pre-AP Chemistry
11th – Physics or AP Physics
12th – 4th Science
IPC in Middle School
IPC taken in middle school
will count as an elective
credit and cannot count as
one of the 4 required high
school science credits.
12th Grade Science Options
* Prerequisites apply
AP Level Options
AP Biology II *
AP Chemistry II*
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics I B*
AP Physics II C*
Scientific Research &
Design (Chemistry III)*
Pre-AP/Honors Level Options
Physiology & Anatomy *
Robotics II *
Regular Level Options
Astronomy
Earth and Space Science
Advanced Biotechnology
Environmental Systems
Social Studies Course Sequence
(Four years of social studies are required for graduation.)
World Geography or World Geography Pre-AP
World History or World History AP
U.S. History or U.S. History AP
U.S. Government or AND
U.S. Government AP
Economics or
Economics AP
(1/2 credit)
(1/2 credit)
(Macro-Eco. Is recommended)
World Languages
Course Sequence Choices
Distinguished Achievement Plan
Foundation Program + Multidisciplinary Endorsement
requires 2 years of one of the following choices:
American Sign Language (1, 2, 3, 4)
French (1, 2, 3 Pre-AP, 4 AP)
German (1, 2, 3 Pre-AP, 4 AP)
Latin (1, 2, 3 Pre-AP, 4 AP, 5 Adv.)
Spanish (1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 or 1, 2, 3 PreAP, 4 AP, 5 AP)
Chinese (1, 2, 3 Pre-AP, 4 AP)
Additional Requirements
Health: .5 credit
Fine Arts (performing or visual): 1 credit of same course
PE: 1 credit (up to 4 for Athletics)
PE and Athletics
Students need 1.0 credit for graduation
Students may only have 1.0 credit of PE by waiver
Students may only take each PE course one year for
credit (Foundations, Team and Individual Sports)
Each semester of athletics earns PE credit
Know the
Prerequisites!
New Courses for 2014-2015
EL 113 – Methodology for Academic and Personal
Success (9-10) – semester or full year class
LA 210 – Research and Technical Writing (11-12)- 1.1
multiplier; semester class
LA 200 – Humanities (11-12) – 1.2 multiplier; semester
class
Change – Professional Communications – now 1.1
multiplier(if taken in the regular high school day); dual
enrollment if taken in 11 or 12th grade
Course Selection 1-2-3
All Students MUST Complete:
1) Choice Sheet
2) 4 Year Plan
3) Online Skyward Course Selection
Deadlines:
West Ridge Middle School
Hill Country Middle School
January 21
January 22
CHOICE SHEET
Choices indicated on the Choice Sheet should match
what has been entered in Skyward.
Please include at least 2 alternatives in case we are not
able to schedule all your first choices.
Remember: What is entered online overrides what is
on the paper Choice Sheet.
FOUR-YEAR PLAN
Every student is required to turn in a completed FourYear Plan as part of the course selection process.
Students know what they have taken, what they are
signing up for next year, and any future courses that are
required for graduation.
Use the Four-Year Plan to help your student realistically
decide what courses to take.
FOUR-YEAR PLAN
It is important to indicate your post-secondary plans
and the career clusters you feel most closely relate to
your career plans right now.
Your course selections in junior and senior year should
reflect your chosen career interests! Remember,
colleges look for rigor in your schedule.
Please fill out the form completely in INK.
Online Course Selection
Go ONLINE to whs.eanesisd.net
Scroll to the bottom of the website until you see the
“Family and Student Access” image.
Click on “Student Access.”
Use your login and password to access your “20142015 Course Selection.”
Click on the left of the screen on Schedule.
Use the “2014- 2015” Course Selection Sheet or the
“Available Courses” tab to see all the course choices.
Use the “Update Requests” tab to add/delete courses.
Update course selection as often as you wish until
Friday January 31, 2014. You will not be able to
access this site after the Friday deadline.
Choose Alternate Electives
Students are required to enter two alternate elective
choices in rank order when registering in Skyward.
If students do not enter alternates, alternates will be
chosen for them.
Participation Fees
For 2013-14, there was a $275 participation fee for:
UIL Athletics
Marching Band
Hyline
Color Guard
Cheerleading
Robotics 2 & Advanced
Tech Theater 2 & Advanced
For 2013-14, there was a $200 participation fee for:
Winter Guard
Choir 2 & Advanced
Orchestra 2 & Advanced
The Eanes School Board has not yet set fees for the next school year,
but we anticipate fees will be due by June 1, 2014.
Once you receive a bill, payments may be made online at http://eanesisd.net
or in person to Mary Nolan, WHS bookkeeper.
At this time, the fee does not include Athletic Trainers, Jazz Band, or Starsteppers.
Top Ten Percent
Westlake High School is a non-ranking school.
Only students in the top 10% will be identified by position.
Top 10% students will have the option of releasing their
position to schools with a “Certificate of Rank.”
Eanes ISD Summer School
1st Semester – June 9-27, 2014
2nd Semester – July 7-25, 2014
Sessions are 3 weeks long
8 AM – 1:30 PM most weekdays
Specific information will be available in March at:
whs.eanesisd.net
Click on Summer School 2014
Westlake Career Clusters
Art, A/V Technology and Communications
Business, Management, and Administration
Education and Training
Finance
Health Science
Human Services
Information Technology
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM)
QUESTIONS?