Course Planning 2017-2018
Online Course Registration Students can make course selections in student VUE starting February 17th. Students can make changes through student VUE on course selections through March 30th. NO changes will be made to course requests until add/drop the 1st week of the 2017-2018 school year. Please make selections carefully.
The Pathways Project
The Pathways Project @ Jamestown High School will focus on exploring pathways within the health and medical sciences field and will open doors to clinical observations and internships.
The Pathways Project Program will pilot with 100 freshmen students. Students will experience flexibility through online courses, blended instruction, dual enrollment, early college, project-based and communitybased learning, and credit acceleration and recovery. The program will connect with industries and businesses along the way.
Graduation Requirements 28 credits needed to graduate
Standard Diploma 4 English 3 Math (Algebra 1 and above) 3 Science (from at least 2 different disciplines) 4 Social Studies 2 Health/PE 1 Fine Art 1 CTE credit 1 World Language 1 Economic/Personal Finance 8 Electives
Advanced Diploma 4 English 4 Math (Algebra 1 and above) 4 Science (from at least 3 different disciplines) 4 Social Studies 2 Health/PE 1 Fine Art 1 CTE Credit 3 World Language (or 2 each of two languages) 1 Economic/Personal Finance 4 Electives
Graduation Requirements Every student needs: 1 Online Course (EPF) First Aid, CPR, AED (integrated into H/PE I) Standard diploma requires industry certification test.
What you need to know…. You
must sign up for 8 classes
Write the
course name when selecting your classes.
English 9th Grade English
9 Honors English 9
English 10th Grade English
10 Honors English 10
English 11 English 11 Adv. Am. Studies Honors English 11 AP Eng. Language
Social Studies 9th grade World History 1- up through 1500 A.D. World History 2- 1500A.D. to present o
SELECT ONLY ONE! Do not need to be taken in consecutive order, only one is required.
Social Studies 10th grade World Geography AP Human Geography
Social Studies 11th grade o U.S. History o Adv. American Studies o AP U.S. History
Mathematics
Algebra 1 year-long
Geometry : Year Long OR
One Semester Geometry
Algebra 2 (one semester or year long) AFDA
Mathematics Function/Trig Pre-Calculus Calculus AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC Probability/Statistics AP Statistics Capstone Mathematics- 12th grade ONLY
SCIENCE 9th grade Earth Science Earth Science Honors
SCIENCE 10th grade Biology Biology Honors
Science Chemistry AP Chemistry (2 credits) Field Biology Earth Science: Oceanography Biology 2: Anatomy Physics AP Physics 1 AP Physics 2 AP Environmental Science (Bio & Chem prerequisites)
Physical Education Health/PE
1 & Health/PE 2 Required for all Students Additional electives include - Advanced Physical Training - Lifetime Fitness - Driver’s Education
World Language
Spanish (1,2,3,4, Conversation &/or Cinema, AP)
French (1,2,3,4, Conversation &/or Cinema, AP)
German (1,2,3,4, Conversation &/or Cinema, AP)
Latin (1,2,3,4, AP)
Required for Graduation Fine Arts One class required for graduation
Career
& Technical Education
One class required for graduation
Economics
and Personal Finance
Additional Elective Information Refer to the Program of Studies for additional electives and descriptions: https://wjccschools.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/05/14-15ProgramOfStudies-Final.pdf
Log into your Student Vue account and find the button for Course Request
Click that button and the screen should look like this. Then click the button that says “Click here to change course requests”
You are ready to search for courses. You can look by Department: (This is the easiest)
Or Course Title (This one can be tricky if you don’t know the exact title): Then click on “Search Courses” to get a list of courses.
If you click on the arrow in front of the title you can see a Course Description from the Program of Studies.It also tells you if you have not yet met the pre-requisite requirements.
When you have decided on a course choose the “Request” button. Then click “Click here to move selected requests to Selected Course Request.” You can do this after each class or at the end.
If you change your mind, you can remove a course and start over:
