Irvington High
School
Registration PowerPoint
Parents of current 9th-11th graders
Updated: 2/2016
Your Counselors
• 9th Grade: Ms. Velasquez
• A-Ga: Ms. Velazco (10th-12th)
• Ge-L: Ms. Bennett (10th-12th)
• M-Se: Ms. Mintey (10th-12th)
• Sh-Z: Ms. Serrano (10th-12th)
• College and Career Specialist: Linda Kimmel
Best ways for PARENTS to contact
a counselor:
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Ask yourself if the issue can be addressed by the student during lunch or
after school
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Having your student ask questions pertaining to their education teaches personal
responsibility (School Wide Outcome) and is a great way for the student to get to
know their counselor.
• Send an e-mail
• Contact information can be found on Irvington.org. Counselors have access to email more frequently than their phone resulting in a quicker response time.
• Call your counselor
• Contact information can be found on irvington.org
Due to large caseloads, walk-in appointments for parents cannot be
accommodated.
Best ways for Students to contact a
counselor:
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Counselors are available during lunch and after school for student
walk-ins.
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Face to face contact with counselors is encouraged as it is a great way for
students to get to know their counselor.
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Students can request an appointment time (by seeing their counselor during
lunch/after school or by e-mail) if the issue necessitates longer than a brief
meeting.
Registration Timeline
• Mondays in February: Students will participate in Monday activities during
their advisory classes to prepare for selecting their courses. The focus will
be on the student selecting a realistic schedule based on the student’s
future goals.
• Third week of February: Counselors visit all English classrooms to distribute
registration materials and discuss the registration
process/graduation/college requirements
• 4th week of Feb – 3rd week of March: Counselors meet with each student
individually to enter course requests/answer questions/make sure course
prerequisites have been satisfied. This is done during the school day
through their English class. *Counselors are unavailable for parent appointments during the
registration window due to being in classrooms/meeting individually with students.
• May: LAST OPPORTUNITY for students to make changes to their course
requests. Students receive a print out of their course selections and have
one week to request changes by submitting their course selection form to
the office.
• MAZE Day (mid August): Students will pick up schedule from Irvington High
School.
Students and Stress: The Concern
• A survey of students this past spring conducted by Dr. Slavin of St.
Louis University’s Medical School revealed high rates of
depression and anxiety symptoms in students in all grade levels.
1400 students surveyed:
• 60% of the had moderate to severe symptoms of depression
• 80% had moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety
Biggest stressors reported by students:
• feelings of pressure to get into the best college possible
• pressure to maintain a high grade point average
• overwhelming time pressures (too much homework, too many
activities)
*Pressure from parents also noted by students as a source of stress
Preet Kaur Sabharwal M.A.
Community Mental Health Specialist
The Hume Center
Preventing Stress in Teens
• Be a role model
• How do you deal with your own stress?
• Encourage and model open communication
• Focus on the process not the outcome
• Help teens learn time management and prevent
overscheduling
• Make an effort to talk to your teen every day about what is
going on in their lives ( not just about academics)
• Trying to talk with your teen not at your teen.
• Try listening to your teen without immediately judging or
offering advice.
• Model positive communication by listening carefully, making
good eye contact and avoid multitasking.
Addressing Stress in Teens
• Pay Attention to Red Flags
• Changes in behavior, eating, sleeping, in motivation to go to
school, grades, social functioning ( isolation or hanging out too
much)or personal hygiene.
• Help teens identify signs of stress
• Help teens find ways to relax and cope with stress by
encouraging them to establish self-care routines
• Identify and highlight strengths your teen has. Encouraging
your teen to utilize those strengths to cope with stress.
• Encourage your teens to use words to share their concerns
and problems and work together to figure out solutions or
coping strategies.
Important Notes Regarding Registration:
• AP/Honors/math/some science courses have grade prerequisites (SEMESTER 1
GRADES). Students will have a copy of prerequisites in their registration packet. It is
also on the counselor’s webpage.
• Students will have a transcript attached to their registration packet which MUST stay
attached throughout the registration process.
• There is a registration page on Irvington.org /counselors with course sequence
recommendations/4 year plan/PowerPoints/FAQs.
• Students caught cheating or plagiarizing in an honors or AP subject will not be allowed
to register for an AP/honors course in that subject area the following school year.
• Students cannot “skip” levels in subject areas. Example: A student cannot skip from
Spanish 1 to Spanish 3. Once a student takes an FUSD course, they are only eligible to
take the next level in the sequence.
• Outside/summer courses are for enrichment purposes only and cannot be used to fulfil
graduation requirements or to accelerate. Example: If a student is enrolled in Algebra in
9th grade, they cannot take a summer Geometry class to accelerate to Algebra 2 in 10th.
• 12th grade is the only level that students can take 2 math or 2 science courses.
Important Notes Regarding Registration:
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Students will be completing a portion of their registration online. Students will
receive easy to follow instructions with their registration packet, and will have
one week to enter their course requests. The counselor will be the final check for
accuracy.
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Classes designated as “Ohlone” on the reg form are concurrent enrollment
courses and become part of the students permanent college record.
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Students that participate in Marching Band or Color Guard to fulfill the PE
graduation requirement must participate in the program for all four years to meet
the requirement (students earn 5 PE credits per year for the fall semester of
Marching Band/Color Guard).
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Students selecting Marching Band or Color Guard will not be placed in a PE class.
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If a student decides to discontinue marching band during their high school career,
the student will need to complete the remainder of the PE requirement during
their 11th grade year (during the school day. 0 period not an option due to space).
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Proof of residency. Attach two COPIES (you will not get them back).
Course requests cannot be guaranteed.
Students will not be able to drop classes once the school year begins.
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Make sure you are prepared and have an interest in the subject.
Make sure you will have the time necessary to be successful in all of your classes.
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Remember to take into consideration clubs, extra-curricular activities,
volunteer work, etc.
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AP and honors classes cannot be made up in summer school so if you
do poorly, you are stuck with the NC (failing grade).
Understand that you will not have the opportunity to transfer to a college prep
course once the school year begins (even if you are failing the course or are
earning a “c” grade). The number of spaces in college prep classes are based on
student requests at the time of registration.
DO NOT
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DO NOT take honors classes just because your friends/peers are. Everyone has
different ability levels. Take the most challenging classes that YOU can still do well in.
DO NOT take honors classes just to impress colleges. GPA is still the most important
factor in college admissions. If you take a lot of AP and honors classes but do not do
well in them, it will not matter for college admissions that you took them and will
negatively impact your application.
Helpful Tools
Irvington.org
Find the Registration Page
This page includes:
• Copies of items included in
the registration packet
• Suggested math sequence
• Suggested science sequence
• Graduation Reqs
• College Reqs
• Courses offered at Irvington
• Link to district course
catalog
• PowerPoints that are shown
to students during
registration
• List of Frequently asked
questions
Resources/Interventions for students that are struggling
academically find on irvington.org under counseling tab
Resources for Health and Wellness find on irvington.org under counseling tab
Health and Wellness Resources/Agencies link:
• Is your student feeling stressed
out/overwhelmed?
• Does your family need help signing up for
health insurance?
• Do you need information on housing?
Students can also see their counselor in person during lunch and after school for
more information.
Career Center Webpage
College and Career Center:
• SAT info and test prep options
• Calendar showing upcoming visits
from college reps
• College requirement info
• Financial aid information
• College application information
• Career information
• Military information
• Summer opportunities
• Scholarship information
• And more!!
Also on Irvington.org, find club information, calendars, information on the
benchmarks (Change, WIP, QUEST) etc. Sport Information.
Athletics:
Coach and director information can
be found here. Ninth grade eligibility
for fall sports is dependent on 2nd
semester 8th grade grades.
College and Graduation
Requirments
Know Your Options
There are many different paths to happiness. Students should choose the
one that is right for them.
CAREER
University
(Doctorate)
Professional
School
Vocational/Technical
School
Community
College
University (Graduate)
University
(Undergraduate)
Military
High School
Kristin Cranmer 2015
Where do Irvington Students go to College?
• 31% attend community colleges (Ohlone and DeAnza are most
popular with our students)
• 27% attend a University of California (UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz,
etc.)
• 19% attend a California State University (San Jose State, CSU East
Most popular schools:
Who wins?
Bay, etc.)
1. Ohlone
2. San Jose State University
• 19% attend other 4 year universities including private California
colleges as well as private and public out of state colleges.
*Less than 1% of the class of 2015 are attending a “Top 10
college” as determined by U.S. News and World Report (Stanford,
Harvard, etc.)
• 2% military/vocational schools
What are the main differences?
Graduation Reqs
Versus
English- 40 credits
(a-g Requirements)
UC/CSU Reqs
(area “b”) English- same
Health- 5 credits
PE- 20 credits
Algebra 1, Geometry, and
Algebra 2 (minimum)
Algebra 1 + 20 more credits of
math
(area “c”)
Fine Art OR World Language OR CTE
(area “f” and “e”) Fine Art AND World Lang
AND
OR
(Digital Drawing, Arts Spectrum, and Culinary Arts are NOT
fine art classes)
Social Science- World History, US History,
Gov/Econ
Science- 20 credits- Biological (Biology,
Sports Therapy) AND Physical (Int. Sci, Chem,
Biotech)
(area “a”) Social Science- same
(area “d”) Science- 20 credits
(prefer Bio and Chem/Biotech)
Electives: 75 credits required. Any class taken
after a subject requirement is met is counted as an elective (Ex:
Your 3rd year of science counts as an elective).
* NOTE: “Computers” is not required at IHS
40 hours of community service
SAT or ACT
Know Irvington’s a-g list
http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/
Every class at Irvington that fulfills an a-g
subject requirement for CSU and UC admission
can be found on this list.
Course requests and college admissions (for students)
Recommendations from Harvard’s Making Caring Common Project (endorsed
by 80 stakeholders in admissions at Rice, Loyola, Harvard, Michigan State, etc.):
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Engage in meaningful and sustained community service: Lighten your course load
and use your passion/interest to guide your service. Colleges look to see that the
service is “authentically chosen,” and if it helps one develop gratitude, a sense of
responsibility for the future, and/or if it addresses community issues/problems.
Taking a large number of AP classes per year is not as valuable as sustained
achievement in a limited number of areas: How can one gain a deep
understanding of a subject if their time is spread between too many rigorous
courses?
Expand your thinking regarding “good” colleges: There is a broad range of
excellent colleges across the country. There are many paths to professional
success. Students and parents should be more concerned about the best fit
college as opposed to its status.
Contributions to one’s family are important: Tasks including caring for siblings,
taking on major household tasks, and working outside of the home to provide
needed income are valued in the admissions process. Prioritizing family
obligations over course selection is understood.
Quality of extracurricular activities is much more important than quantity: Take a
course load that allows you to participate in a couple of activities that you love
and are passionate about. Give your activities the focus they deserve.
What does an IHS student have to do to get into a UC?
There is no “Golden Ticket” (from a partial list, updated data coming soon)
IHS students that are enrolled at Berkeley (from 2014):
• Average GPA: 3.9 (unweighted)
• GPA range: 3.63-4.0 (unweighted)
• AP course range: 6-10
• Math level in 12th grade: 30% were in AP calculus AB, 20% were in AP
calculus BC, 30% were in multivariable and 10% were in calculus
• 30% of the students were a TA or in a non college prep elective during
12th grade
Davis:
• Average GPA: 3.72 (unweighted)
• GPA range: 3.38-3.94 (unweighted)
• AP Course range: 1-8
• Math level in 12th grade: 50% were in calculus, 30% were in AP calculus
AB, 10% were in AP statistics, 10% were in AP calculus BC
• 30% of the students were a TA or in a non college prep elective during
12th grade
Cruz:
WhatSanta
does
an IHS student have to do to get into a UC?
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Average GPA: 3.52 (unweighted)
GPA range: 3.11-3.9 (unweighted)
AP course range: 1-5
Math level in 12th grade: 70% were in intro to statistics, 10% were in
calculus, 10% were in precalculus, and 10% were in AP calculus AB
• 70% of the students were a TA or in a non college prep elective during
12th grade
San Jose State:
• Average GPA: 3.31 (unweighted)
• GPA range: 2.96-3.86 (unweighted)
• AP course range: 0-4
• Math level in 12th grade: 36% were in intro to statistics, 29% were
in calculus, 14% were in precalculus, and 14% were in AP calculus,
7% were in AP Stats
• 79% of the students were a TA or in a non college prep elective
during 12th grade
Suggestions for a successful year:
Irvington Counselors endorse Harvard’s Making Caring Common
Recommendations.
In addition:
• Choose classes conservatively. Help your students choose a course load
which will enable them to have time for activities they enjoy. Students do
better academically when they have school/activity balance.
• Get involved. Students should involve themselves with the school or
community activity that they find most rewarding. In depth involvement and
excellence will help students stand out from the crowd of other hopeful
college applicants and/or help students narrow their career interests.
Remember quality vs. quantity.
• Take advantage of campus resources. Find out about the resources on
campus for support (counselors, administrators, college/career center
specialist, library, advisory, etc.)
Final Thought
From Richard Shaw, Dean of Admissions at Stanford:
“As parents and adults we are too often
outcome oriented—we want to know what
college and which job, outcomes that are
years away. A more compelling question? Who
will this student be today, tomorrow and over
the course of a long life?”
Additional Information
California College Systems
Types of Colleges
Community Colleges
California State
Universities (CSU)
University of
California (UC)
Independent
Colleges
Campuses
133: Ohlone, De
Anza, Chabot, Las
Positas, San Jose
City, Evergreen,
Foothill, etc.
23 CSUs: East Bay,
San Jose State, San
Francisco, Monterey
Bay, Sonoma, Los
Angeles, etc.
10 UCs: Berkeley,
Davis, San Francisco,
Irvine, Santa Barbara,
Los Angeles, Merced,
Santa Cruz, San
Diego, Riverside
76 members:
Stanford, University
of Santa Clara,
University of San
Francisco, Mills
College, University
of the Pacific, etc.
Note: UC San Francisco
is a medical center and
currently is not providing
bachelor degrees.
Websites
www.cccco.edu
www.cccapply.org
www.calstate.edu
www.csumentor.edu
www.universityofcali
fornia.edu
www.aiccu.edu
www.californiacolleg
es.edu
Nature of
programs
Two-Year Schools
1. Complete courses
for the first 2
years of a
bachelor’s degree
transferable to UC
and CSU
2. Vocational
programs
3. Enrichment and
job skills classes
Four-Year Schools
with Graduate
Programs
1. Various majors
and programs
2. Bachelor’s
degrees
3. Master’s degrees
4. Teaching
credentials
Four-Year Schools
with Graduate
Programs
1. Various majors
and programs
2. Bachelor’s
degrees
3. Master’s degrees
4. Doctorate and
Professional
degrees
Two and Four-Year
Schools, some with
Graduate Programs
Various majors and
academic programs
are offered at each
campus. Check
college websites or
catalogues.
California College Systems Continued
Types of Colleges
Community Colleges
California State
Universities (CSU)
University of
California (UC)
Independent
Colleges
Freshmen
Requirements
No subject
requirements. Must
be a high school
graduate or 18 years
of age.
See slide on a-g
requirements.
See slide on a-g
requirements.
Requirements vary
by school. Check
college websites or
catalogues.
Some programs have
pre-requisite
requirements. Check
college websites or
catalogues.
Tests
Math and English
assessment tests are
required for new
students in order to
be placed at the
correct skill level.
These tests are not used
to exclude students. Tests
are given after an
application is submitted,
usually followed by an
orientation, counseling,
and enrollment into
classes.
ACT (writing section
not required)
ACT plus writing
or
or
SAT Reasoning Test
SAT Reasoning Test
ELM- Entry Level
Math Test
EPT- English
Placement Test (These
tests are not used for
admission purposes)
Recommended: Certain
SAT Subject tests are
recommended for certain
majors. Check with
interested colleges for
specific information.
Some schools may
require the SAT
Reasoning Test or
ACT plus writing
and/or SAT Subject
Tests. Check college
websites or
catalogues for
specific test
requirements.
Community Colleges
Nearly 50% of students that graduate from
the UC system started at a community
college
*Percent is higher in STEM Majors
• 113 campuses located throughout California
(Ohlone, De Anza, Chabot and Mission
College are the closest to Fremont)
• Total enrollment: 2.1 million students
• Requirements: 18 years old OR have a high
school diploma
• Types of programs:
1.Complete 60 units (2 years on average) for an
AA/AS degree which can transfer to a 4 year
university (transfer to a 4 year university as a
junior)
Photo: Ohlone College’s Newark Campus
Community Colleges Continued
• Types of programs (continued):
2. Vocational programs:
• A series of career-focused courses that prepare
graduates for the workforce in a relatively short
amount of time.
• Programs are usually between 9 month and two years
in length.
•
Examples:
•
Registered Nursing Program at Ohlone Community College (two
academic years in length)
•
Cosmetology Program at Laney Community College (1600 hours in
length)
•
Automotive Technology Program at Chabot Community College (4
semesters in length)
•
Radiologic Technology Program at Foothill Community College (22
months in length)
3. Enrichment classes and classes to develop skills (English
classes, computer classes, etc.)
Calculating your GPA
Grades are assigned point values:
A = 4 points
B = 3 points
C= 2 points
NC= 0 points
*”I” grades are temporary and are not factored into the GPA .
•Overall GPA (non-weighted): Add all semester grades on transcript together.
Divide the total by the number of semester courses.
•Weighted GPA: Same as overall GPA but add 1 extra point for each semester AP
course or transferable college course to the total before dividing by the number of
semester courses (individual private universities may calculate weighted GPA
differently).
•UC/CSU GPA: Use only grades received in “a-g” classes from 10th and 11th grade. Add
an extra point for each semester AP course or transferable college course
(http://www.assist.org) with a maximum of 8 extra points.
GPA Calculator:
http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/gpa_calculator.asp
•SAT Reasoning Test: http://www.collegeboard.org/
•ACT: http://act.org/
•UCs require the ACT with writing.
•SAT subject tests may be recommended for certain majors.
•SAT subject tests can add to a student’s UC application if you
score well in a subject area.
Visit the College and Career Center’s webpage on Irvington.org for information on
the SAT/ACT and test prep options.
Financial Aid
•Financial aid consists of funds provided to students and families to help pay
for college.
Types of Financial Aid:
•Grants: Free money that does not have to be paid back. They are
usually awarded based on financial need.
•Scholarships: Free money that does not have to be paid back.
Awarded based on merit, a special skill or interest, or need. Check the
College and Career Center’s webpage for more information.
•Loans: Money that parents and students borrow that does have to be
paid back.
•Students and Parents apply for financial aid by completing the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) during the student’s12th grade year. Check the College and
Career Center’s webpage for more information.
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
Naviance
Naviance helps with college and career planning. College/major search,
career surveys, college super search/matching capabilities, etc.
Scroll down to find the Naviance info page.
Shmoop
Free access to -SAT/ACT/PSAT/AP/DMV/CAHSEE exam prep including practice
tests and drills -Essay lab to help students write -Study guides for many
subjects
To sign up:
http://www.shmoop.com/signup/fusd
magic word: ELUANT