Scheduling
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Put your name and ID number on the BLUE
sheet now!
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This is the sheet you will turn in to your
social studies or support teacher by Feb. 3
with your signatures at the bottom of the
page!
Every 9th grader takes:
1. English-pick 1
2. Math-pick 1
3. Science-pick 1
4. World Studies-pick 1
--Place a check by the course number you want
to take on the sheet after speaking with your
teachers.
Teacher Recommendation:
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Students’ current teachers in English,
Math, Science, Social Studies, and
Spanish will make a recommendation on
what class a student should take in 9th
grade.
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Students will be placed in that class
automatically.
Teacher Recommendation:
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If the student/parent wants to take a lower level course,
they should mark the lower level class on the
scheduling sheet. When high school counselors meet
with students in February, it will be discussed and the
change to the lower class will be made.
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If the student/parent wants to take a higher level
(Honors) course then what the teacher recommended,
they should mark the higher level class on the
scheduling sheet. When high school counselors meet
with students in February, it will be discussed and the
student will be given a Parent Override Form. Once
that form is completed and turned in to the high school
guidance office, the student will be moved to the upper
level course.
Physical Education/Freshmen Foundations
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Everyone will take Freshmen Foundations
(semester course)
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PE-You must take PE if you are not playing a
sport/band/cheerleading
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Only regular PE meets the PE requirement (Not
Team Sports or Weightlifting)
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If you are using the “PE Exemption” by playing 2
seasons of a sport/band/cheer, place an X in the
“P.E. Exemption” box on your schedule sheet.
You do not have to take PE IF you participate in 2
seasons of a sport/band/cheer during high school.
Elective Classes
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Classes listed in grey are semester courses.
You need to pick 2 of these to fill 1 class
period for the entire year.
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Classes not shaded (white) last the entire
year for one period.
Elective Classes
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Classes are described in the Course
Description Guide-LOOK AT IT before picking
classes
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Guide is located ONLINE on the WMHS
website on the Guidance page under the
Scheduling link.
Elective Classes
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You must select 7 periods worth of
classes/study hall. Count carefully!
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English, math, science, world studies =
4 periods
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Freshmen Foundations + PE or 1 other
semester elective= 5 periods.
Notes on Electives: Art
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To take an art class you must take Art Fundamentals or Digital
Art Fundamentals at the high school BEFORE taking any other
high school art class. Taking it at the middle school for high school
credit is NOT the same class.
2 Paths:
Art Fundamentals
Digital Art Fundamentals
Ceramics
Digital Photography
Drawing 1
Graphic Design
Sculpture
Notes on Electives: Band
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ALL students in Marching Band MUST
take Symphonic Band. Color Guard
does NOT have to take Symphonic
Band.
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BUT you can also take Symphonic Band
without being in Marching Band.
Foreign Language
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NOT required for graduation.
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Colleges prefer at least 2 years. If you
plan on only 2 years, waiting until your
junior/senior years could be better.
Notes on Electives: Choir
9th grade girls who want to take choir:
Pick Freshmen Women’s Choir
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9th grade boys who want to take choir:
Pick Concert Choir
New Classes:
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Year-long classes
Pre-Engineering Technologies: Grades 9-12Teams design and test their ideas using modeling, automation, robotics, and
mechanical & computer control systems, while exploring energy and the
environment.
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Engineering Principles: grade 9-Must have
taken-STEM 2 in 8th grade. Students will learn to apply
problem solving, research and design skills to create solutions to
engineering challenges.
Study Hall
You may only have 1 study hall per
semester. You don’t have to have one.
 No credit for study hall.
 Check “Semester Study Hall” or “Year
Long Study Hall.”
 This means you don’t select a class to
fill that period of the day.
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Students on IEP’s
1 period of support in place of a study
hall
 Pick 6 other periods of classes
 Talk to your support teacher! Turn in
your schedule sheet to your support
teacher.
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Eligibility
1.5 GPA
 Passing 5 classes worth .5 credit or 1
credit. (Don’t include PE, weightlifting,
or support, or courses you are re-taking)
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Example Course Selection List:
Use the salmon colored sheet to help you
plan your classes:
Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Semester 1
English
Math
Science
World Studies
Freshmen
Foundations
Spanish 1
Study Hall
Semester 2
English
Math
Science
World Studies
PE (or other elective
if playing sports)
Spanish 1
Study Hall
Example Course Selection List:
Class
1
2
3
Semester 1
English
Math
Science
Semester 2
English
Math
Science
4
5 (Using PE
exemption)
6
7 (2 semester
World Studies
Health
World Studies
Art
Fundamentals
Spanish 1
Team Sports
classes=1 whole
period filled all year
Spanish 1
Journalism
Alternative Elective Choices:
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Pick at least 3 “back-up” classes in
case we can’t fill your first choice
options that you circled on the sheet.
Write them in #1-3 after you have picked
your “first-choice” classes.
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These are choices you DID NOT already
check on the blue sheet.
Schedule Changes
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At the beginning of the school year,
schedule changes are only made for
specific reasons.
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CHOOSE your courses carefully! Read
the descriptions in the online guide.
Schedule Changes
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1) ___A senior needs to make a change to meet graduation
requirements.
2) ___A teacher and student request a more appropriate
level of a subject for the student.
3) ___A technical error was made in the schedule.
4) ___The course has been completed in summer school.
5) ___Prolonged illness where an excessive absence makes
a normal load too heavy.
6) ___To balance classes. (Example: Two study halls 1st
semester and none 2nd)
7) ___An IEP plan necessitates the change.
8) ___Drop a study hall to add a class if space is available.
9) ___ Student wants removed from class with a grade of
WF (Withdraw Fail)
College Credit Plus
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Students can earn free college credit
while still in high school that also counts
for high school credit.
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To learn more: February 9, 2016 at 6:00
in WMHS Auditorium