Welcome!
Rising 9th Grade
Course Selection and Registration
2016-2017
Course Selection At-a-Glance
• During February
 Counselors meet with students at MBJH in
large groups and individually
• Course Selection Forms are due to AO
teachers by:
 Feb 26
• Deadline for Schedule Updates June 6th
• Onsite Registration
schedules/ forms / fees / lockers /
Course Placement
Recommendations are based on
student data and teacher experiences
working with the students
over the course of the school year.
• English Parent Placement
•
9th Grade
Contact Larry McCain
[email protected]
• Parent Placement Option
for an appointment
Form on back of course selection guide for courses other than
English.
9th
English Language Arts
• Regular
or
• Advanced*
*Placement by
recommendation
•
Summer reading
requirements
9th
Social Studies
• Regular
World History II
or
• Advanced
World History II *
* Placement by
recommendation
9th
Mathematics
• Algebra I
• Geometry *
• Advanced Geometry*
• Advanced Geometry Math
Team*
• Math Lab *
*Placement by
recommendation
9th
Science
• Regular Biology
or
• Advanced
Biology*
*
Placement by
Recommendation
9th
Physical Education
•
PE Athletics
Only Varsity and JV sports other than football
Coaches will provide the JH a list of athletes
that will ride the 2:15 bus
•
PE Weight Training
•
9th grade Football players will ride the 3:10 bus
to the HS for practice. They do not have 7th
period PE/ Football during 1st semester.
2nd semester Football players planning to play
in 10th grade
9th
Foreign Language
• French I or French II or Adv French II*
• Latin I or Latin II or Adv Latin II*
• Spanish I or Spanish II or Adv Spanish II*
Note: Foreign Language classes are considered academic electives
and involve homework, quizzes, tests and semester exam.
*Placement made by recommendation
9th
Visual Arts
• Art I
• Art 1-A
Prerequisite Art 1
9th
Performing Arts
• Band
• Beginning Band
• Concert Band
• Choir
• Choir
• Honors Choir
Prerequisite Choir, Glee Club or audition
• Theatre
• Drama
9th
Career Tech
• Career Preparedness A
• Career Preparedness B
Note: Career Preparedness A/B are part of the
graduation requirements. CPA may have been taken
in the 8th grade for credit.
• Foundations of Engineering-Design and
Modeling
• Engineering Robotics
9th
Career Tech
• Introduction to Computer science I- App
Development
• Introduction to Computer II- Coding with
Python Prerequisite :Intro to Computer Science I
• Medical Detectives: Application and teacher
approval
9th
Other Electives
• Broadcast News: Application, audition and
teacher recommendation
• Creative Writing
• Film Production
• Health
 Graduation Requirement
• Yearbook/Journalism
• Reading
• Speech and Debate Team
9th
AP
Elective
AP Human Geography
• This is an elective course in
addition to World History.
Why AP ? ?
 Academic Challenge
 Strong Subject Interest
 Build portfolio for selective, competitive college
admission
Contact: Lisa Lewis [email protected]
What is AP Human
Geography?
 Global population
trends
 Cultures, religions,
languages and
ethnicities of the world
 Political organizations,
power structures and
conflicts in the world
 Global agricultural and
development trends
 Urbanization and
industrialization
patterns
Instructional Support Classes
Note: ALL students receive additional academic
support during the Academic Opportunities (AO)
period.
Academic Skills
Resource Lab
Assistance in academic, organizational, and
time management skills and addresses the
academic needs of the student.
Math Lab
Re-teaching math concepts through
additional research-based strategies
and programs, to close the gap on
these specific deficits and move out of
the intervention.
Remediation of academic material
in the student’s course content
areas per a student’s IEP
Reading Lab
Reading support class designed to
develop reading skills, with an
emphasis on reading comprehension
across all content.
Instructional Support classes by recommendation only
Additional Information
• If the following courses are taken in 8th
grade :
• Algebra , Adv. Alg 1 or Adv. Alg 1 Math Team
• Level I or I-B of a foreign language,
• Career Preparedness A
• then both the grade and the credit will
appear on the student’s high school
transcript. These courses will count
toward the 24/25 credits required for
graduation and will be used in computing
class rank and GPA.
Frequently Asked Questions
• How many advanced classes should a student
take?
• There is not a correct answer to this. All students are
different. Our regular level courses are challenging .
Many students graduate from MB with out taking
advanced classes.
• When deciding on advance classes consider extra
curricular activities so that can be balanced with
academic load.
• Also , consider how much time student is spending on
homework and studying currently as adding advance
classes will increase that time.
• Also consider the interest level of that subject.
• Students do not have to take advance classes just
because they are recommended.
RECAP
4
Core Classes
3
Additional Electives
- 3 year
- 2 year / 2 semester
- 1 year / 4 semester
- 6 semester
9th


Parent Placement in
English – contact Larry McCain
All other Parent Placement
for advanced courses see attached
form
Course Selection
Course Selection Guides go home with students
Two part process:
1. Complete Course Selection Online
• Parents and students will have a 2 week window to enter
requests beginning Feb, 11th
• All course requests need to be entered into iNow by Feb. 25th
2. Please complete form
• Use a pencil to complete form
• Please complete form. Listing alternate electives is
IMPORTANT
• Sign form and include an email address and phone
number in the space at the bottom
• Return form to AO on Feb. 26th
Reminders
• Read your Course Selection Directions very carefully
• Course Descriptions will be attached to the form
• KEY Dates
 June 6th: $25 to change schedule
 June 6th: Deadline to course request changes
8th
9th
Casey Lancaster, 8th grade counselor
Sharon Lyerly, 9th grade counselor
[email protected]
[email protected]
Questions
9th
Sharon Lyerly, 9th grade counselor
[email protected]