Due to the Educational Reform Act that calls for the elimination of study halls, all students must select seven (7) full year courses or the equivalent.

This booklet furnishes some of the information you will need to plan your high school program. You should also evaluate your interests, aptitudes and abilities when selecting courses in rounding out your program. This evaluation should be carried out cooperatively with your parents, teachers and counselor.

The following pages contain descriptions of courses by department. The number to the left of the course title is the computer number. To the right of the course title is the unit credit for the course. If you select any semester electives for half credit, please make certain to sign up for two (2), one in each semester

Guidance is the systematic process of helping individuals, through educative and interpretive procedures, to gain a better understanding of their own characteristics and potential and to relate these to satisfactory social requirements and opportunities. It is that function which aids the student in assessing his/her abilities so that he/she is able to utilize his/her potential.

In order to integrate the services provided by the Guidance Department into the school's curriculum, the following programs have been implemented:

• Grade 9
  Middle school to high school transition (Advisor/Advisee Program) orientation,
  high school services and and study skills program
• Grade 10
  Career exploration and career inventory testing
• Grade 11
  Post-high school planning
  Junior Seminar (Spring)
• Grade 12
  Individual counseling

• Freshmen:
  Students in Grade 9 must earn 6 credits, including English 9 in order to be promoted to Grade 10.
• Sophomores:
  Students in Grade 10 must have earned 12 credits including English 9 & 10 in order to be promoted to Grade 11.
• Juniors:
  In order to be promoted to Senior status in the 4th year, students must complete the following requirements:
• Seniors:
  19 credits including English 9, 10, 11 in addition to sufficient academic course work that insures graduation requirements as listed below.
  

Seven (7) full units must be taken each year. The following subjects must be included in the student's four year program:

· Four (4) in English
· U.S. History and two (2) other
· Social Studies in grades 9,10,11
· Two (2) in math  (Three (3) in math beginning with the Class of 2011)
· Two (2) in science (Three (3) in science beginning with the class of 2011)
· Three (3) years of physical education/ health

English is cumulative in its skill development; therefore, students who fail English for the year must attend summer school and receive a passing grade before they can continue at the next level. Students will not be allowed to enroll in two (2) English courses in the same semester. Students must pass six (6) units in the senior year regardless of their previous accumulation of credits.

Graduation requirement is 26 credits.

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A.P. and Honors

Any student who receives a C or lower in A.P. or Honors at interims or at the end of the quarter must attend after-school help sessions a minimum of twice a week (student or teacher sessions) until the grade comes up at the end of the marking term. Failure to improve the grade may lead to a recommendation of placement in a lower level class.

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