General Introduction

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT AND

THE COURSE SELECTION PROCESS

MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY

OVERVIEW OF THE TODAY’S PRESENTATION

Course Selection Process Graduation Requirements Personal Interests Course Guide

How to Select Courses for SY 2012-2013On-line course registration via PowerSchoolCourse information on Moodle

THE COURSE SELECTION PROCESS

Graduation Requirements

Personal Interests and Your Academic Resume

Course Offerings

2

This master course list

will be posted on

Moodle next to “My

Moodle”

On-line Registration and Course Selection

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

Log-in via Your PowerSchool Log-In

Look for !

Click Pencils

Follow on-line instructions….

Required Courses Listed by Department

Discuss your math options with your current math teacher or Coach Wynn.

Sample Screen with all Required Courses Selected

Elective Courses Listed by Department

Additional courses are listed on separate pages. Click

‘next.’

You must select at least two alternate courses for electives OR you will NOT be allowed to complete the registration process.

When you have made all of your course selections, scroll

to the bottom of the page and select ‘submit.’

If you have made any errors, you will be re-directed to the

error.

You must select at least six (6) units by combining year long or semester courses.

Free Periods: only select the equivalent of six (6) unit

courses plus two alternates. You will automatically be assigned free periods.

Sample Error Message

REQUEST FOR WAIVER/

HONORS OR AP COURSE

A Completed Set of Course Requests!

SPECIFIC COURSE ADVISEMENT AND Q & A(MANDATORY CLASS MEETINGS DURING FLEX PERIOD)

Deadline for Completing RegistrationOn-line

Mercer Courses/Leadership Seminar/Student Assistant Program

AP COURSE SELECTION

Which student is likely to get into UGA? A. 4.0 GPA, 1 AP CourseB. 3.9 GPA, 2 AP CoursesC. 3.85 GPA, 3 AP Courses D. 3.8 GPA, 4 AP Courses E. 3.5 GPA, 5 AP Courses HOPE and many GA schools will add .5 point for AP courses in the GPA calculation.

AP COURSE SELECTION BYGRADE LEVEL AVAILABILITY

AP Art History AP World History AP English Literature AP Biology AP Physics AP Spanish AP Government AP Economics AP Computer Science AP Psychology AP European History AP Calculus AB or BC AP Statistics AP Physics AP English Language AP Chemistry

Meet the prerequisites and register with no hiccups. I f not, you must fi le a petition in the Upper School Offi ce. I f you do not fi le a petition and do not meet the prerequisites, you

wil l be dropped from the course.

Selecting AP courses Review the prerequisites. If you meet the prerequisite, you will be enrolled in the

course. If you do not meet the prerequisite, you must ALSO

complete a course waiver form. If you do not meet the prerequisite and you do not

complete the course waiver, you will be placed in an alternate course.

COURSE SELECTION PHILOSOPHYBUILDING YOUR RESUME

On-line registration begins this Wednesday, March 2 nd, after 3:00 p.m. You may log-in to PowerSchool to begin the process after 3:00 p.m. You can select course requests at home or at school during free periods or breaks.

Registration materials will also be available on Moodle on Wednesday.

Current ninth graders must select courses for the 2011 – 2012 academic year BEFORE Friday, March, 25 th.

A copy of your course requests will be mailed to your parents before the end of the school year.

If you don’t complete the registration process on-line, we will complete a schedule for you at our discretion. You will be guaranteed only required courses for graduation---no elective course off erings.

COMPLETING THE COURSE SELECTION PROCESS