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Steps in the Course Registration Process
Steps in the Course Registration Process
To prepare for and complete the course registration process, please complete the following steps:
To prepare for and complete the course registration process, please complete the following steps:
1. Review the Course Selection Planning Sheet below and review the Program of Studies or Student Friendly Grade 6 Elective Course Descriptions.
2. On the back of the paper course selection form rank your top 10 elective choices. This will probably not be needed as all students are expected to get into their first choice or alternative classes, but we are doing it so that we have some data on student preferences.
3. Talk as a family about your choices.
4. Be sure to return your Course Selection Planning forms to school by Monday, March 31, 2025.
5. Mr. King and Dr. Sawyer will visit the grade five classes to help students register.
Note that the computer uses an algorithm to place students in classes. It is not first come first serve. After all students have registered for classes, the computer will figure out the best (optimal) course allocation for classes and teachers to get the greatest number of students into their elective choices. The program does not discriminate based on if you were the first to register in PowerSchool, it only looks at what classes you chose and teacher availability and makes the timetable that gets the greatest number of students in the classes that they want.
This form is used for students to see what classes are available to register for and to select what the electives and alternative choices they most like are.
Elective classes in the middle school do not have prerequisites, except for languages and music. However, even in those classes, an interview with and permission from the teacher could mean placement in an advanced level is possible.
One of the purposes of Wednesday late start time is vertical alignment with the high school. This results in aligning the content in the class to help prepare students for high school. This is particularly true for STEAM, Robotics, Computer Science, and world languages.
Students who take Beginning Mandarin (Mandarin I) and Intermediate Mandarin (Mandarin II) may skip Chinese I in the high school and start at Chinese II. Students who have also taken Advanced Mandarin (Mandarin III) may also take a placement test to place into Chinese III.
Students who take Spanish A and Spanish B will have the opportunity to move into Spanish II in the high school. If they take Spanish B in 8th grade they do not need to take a placement test, however if Spanish B is taken in 7th grade a test will be taken to see if students have retained the requisite skills and knowledge.
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Parent and teacher accounts will have a button on the left-hand side that is called Class Registration. However, this will only be activated while Mr. King & Dr. Sawyer is in class with the students registering. If your child is unable to be at school when Mr. King & Dr. Sawyer does the registration, then he will make arrangements to help those students register when they return or to meet with them virtually to complete the process.
Parent and teacher accounts will have a button on the left-hand side that is called Class Registration. However, this will only be activated while Mr. King & Dr. Sawyer is in class with the students registering. If your child is unable to be at school when Mr. King & Dr. Sawyer does the registration, then he will make arrangements to help those students register when they return or to meet with them virtually to complete the process.
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