Executive Education Academy Charter School 555 Union Boulevard I Allentown, PA 18109

610-841-7044 I fax 610-841-7187 I www.ee-schools.org

Dear Parents/Guardians and Students,

Every year students have the opportunity to choose their courses for the following year. Normally students would have a day at school to discuss their course selections with their teachers and complete the course selection paper on that day. Due to the current school closure, we will be implementing a different process for course selection. The current Course Catalog for the 2020-2021 school year is posted on the school website.

Course Selection Process: • Students will complete an online survey located in their corresponding Class of 2021,

2022, or 2023 Google Classroom. They have been using this for Daily Attendance.• Students will be able to choose courses based on the Course Selection Guidelines

(below). If students have any questions about credits needed for graduation they mustbe in contact with Steve Rivera (9th and 11th Grade), srivera@ee-schools.org or ShanaWeiss (10th Grade), sweiss@ee-schools.org.

Teacher Recommendations: • Teachers will be making recommendations for students for their core classes (math,

science, ELA, social studies, and Spanish).• Recommendations are based on current grades, work ethic, ability to work

independently, adherence to deadlines, class participation, ability to manage multipleprojects and assignments, and daily attendance.

• If students are looking to change the level of their course, it is their responsibility toreach out to their teachers to discuss that option.

• Teachers will be completing a course recommendation document that will besubmitted to administration.

• Honors and Advanced Placement courses require a teacher recommendation. Withoutthis recommendation students will not be placed in these courses.

Core Courses: • All Core Courses are leveled; General Preparatory, College Preparatory, Honors and

Advanced Placement. Additional information can be found in the Course Catalog for2020-2021 school year.

• In order for a student to be considered for an Honors or Advanced Placement coursethey should have at least an 85% final grade in their current CP or Honors course,demonstrate a diligent work ethic, ability to work independently, have a proven trackrecord with consistent daily attendance and have a required teacher recommendation.

• Please review the current Course Catalog for the 2020-2021 school year which isposted on the school website and in the Class of 2021, 2022, and 2023 GoogleClassrooms.

Course Selection Guidelines – Below is a list of required courses, when filling out the form you need to keep these parameters in mind:

• ELA – a full year course required each year • Social Studies (3 full years) – American History 2, World History, Civics and

Government • Science (3 full years) – Physical Science, Biology, 11th grade a choice of any full year

course if you have successfully completed Biology • Math (3 full years) – Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry • Business – 10th and 11th grade 2 semester courses of your choice, 12th Senior Seminar • PE/Health – a semester course each year • Foreign Language – 2 full years • Art – 9th and 10th grade required • Electives – can be chosen for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade (additional Business classes

may be used as an elective) • Optional - Structured Study – will only be assigned if the student has a period when

no other class can be assigned, if the students’ needs to make-up a course online, or at the discretion of the academic staff

For students considering a 2 year or 4 year post-secondary college option, please consider the following recommendations:

• Foreign Language – 3 or more years • Math – Pre-calculus and/or Statistics and Probability • Science – 4th year of a science course • Elective – SAT prep in 11th grade

Important - Every attempt will be made to honor your requests. Based on scheduling some courses may not be available or may not fit into your schedule. If that is the case, we will place you in another elective course. If you do not complete the survey by June 12 2020, you will forfeit your ability to choose courses for the following school year, courses will be chosen for you. Thank you, Heidi Becker High School Director of Curriculum and Instruction