Winston Churchill High School

Resource Teacher Presentation

January 2024

By the end of this presentation, students will have:

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• Heard Churchill Resource Teachers present key points in the course selection process for their content area.
• Received a reminder on when to select courses for the 2024-2025 school year.
• Received information on where to access 9th grade course selection information.
• Had an opportunity to ask clarifying questions.

Outcomes:

Math

Key Points:

• Students must earn 4 math credits to graduate
• Students must take a math class all four years in high school
• Algebra 1 and Geometry are required

Honors vs. Onlevel:

Honors - A/B this year; understand and apply concepts taught at a faster pace; interested in taking an AP level math class

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Help is offered during lunch with teachers and Math Honor Society students (before/after school by appointment)

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English

Key Points:

• Students must have 4 English credits to graduate
• Students must take an English class all four years in high school
• English 9-12 are all honors
• There are two AP English courses offered in the 11th (Lang) and 12th (Lit) grade year; AP electives (Seminar and Research) are offered in 10th-12th as well.
• Our publications (newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine) are GREAT ways to get involved and create a small community in a large school!

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Science

Key Points:

• Students need 3 NGSS Science credits to graduate and are required to take the High School MISA after Biology.
• Most students follow our core science pathway: NGSS Biology, NGSS Chemistry, and NGSS Physics or AP Physics 1.
• In addition, we offer a variety of advanced science electives including Molecular Genetics, Anatomy & Physiology, Forensic Science and many APs.

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World Language

Key Points:

• American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Spanish
• If you are currently enrolled in a level 2 class, you should take level 3 next year, if you are currently enrolled in level 3, take 4
• All language levels 3-7 are honors classes
• 2 years in the same language to graduate, many colleges like to see 3-4
• Most 9th graders take a language
• ~80% take 2 years of language at WCHS
• ~60% take 3 years of language at WCHS
• ~25% take a language all 4 years at WCHS
• Seal of Biliteracy: score 4 or 5 on AP language exam or take AVANT test in fall/winter of junior or senior year

Physical Education/Health and Art

Key Points:

• All 9th graders need to sign up for a year of PE
• Net Sports, Basketball, Soccer, Yoga, Weight Training, or Foundations
• All 10th grade students will take a year of Health:
• Health A and Health B
• There are many choices for your Fine Arts Requirements
• Orchestra, Band, Piano, Guitar, Chorus, Theater, Fashion Illustration, Fashion Production, Studio Art, Photography, Ceramics, Digital Art, Foundations of Art

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Social Studies

Key Points:

• Students must have US History, Government, and World History to graduate
• Students take either Honors US History or AP US History in 9th grade
• Students take either Honors Government or AP American Government & Politics in 10th grade
• Students take either Honors World History or AP World History in 11th grade
• There are more than 20 Social Studies electives that you can take as you study at WCHS over the next 4 years.

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Key Points:

• All students need a Technology Credit for Graduation
• FCS, APCSP, FOET
• Courses accessible to 9th graders:
• FCS - HTML/Javascript
• APCSP - Javascript
• FOET - Design Process/CADD
• CP1 - Python (elective)

Completing Your Course Requests

Course requests are completed online through Synergy StudentVue. Be sure you are using Google Chrome. After the deadline below, the application will close.

Last day to select courses in Synergy StudentVue will be January 17th

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Questions