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Finalizing Your Courses for

2025-26

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Course Levels

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Naviance–SSO

–Remember that your Naviance app is found in your SSO.

–Look for this symbol in your SSO:

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  1. Choose Courses.
  2. Choose Manage Course Plans.

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English

  • You are required to take English all 4 years of high school.
  • In 9th and 10th grades, you have 2 options:
    • Level English
    • Honors English
  • In 11th and 12th grades, you have these options:
    • Level English
    • Advanced Placement (AP) English
    • Dual Credit English
    • Honors English/DC English Combo–12th Grade ONLY
      • Choose English IV Honors in Naviance
      • Must qualify for dual credit

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English

  1. Check your courses.

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Mathematics

  1. You are required to take math all 4 years of high school.
  2. If you took Algebra I or Geometry in junior high, you can scroll to the 8th grade column to see the course.

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  • In the mathematics section, check your courses.

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Mathematics

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Science

  • You are required to take science all 4 years of high school.
  • Required: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics
  • 4th Science: You get to choose.
  • In the Science section, check your courses.

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Social Studies

  1. You will take 4 credits of social studies.
  2. Required:
    1. 9th Grade: AP Human Geography or World Geography
    2. 10th Grade: World History
    3. 11th Grade: US History
    4. 12th Grade: Government and Economics

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Social Studies

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  1. Choose Add Courses.

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Languages Other Than English

  1. You are required to take 2 years of the same foreign language.
  2. Spanish or French

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Fine Arts

  1. You are required to have 1 fine arts credit to graduate.
  2. Options: Art, Choir, Band, Orchestra, Theatre, Digital Art & Animation, Color Guard, Cheer, Floral Design (Grades 10-12), AP Art History (Grades 11-12), Dance.

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Health

  • You must take health.
  • You can take the ½ credit elective of health or the full credit of Principles of Health Science to fulfill this requirement.
  • You do NOT have to take it again in high school if you earn credit in junior high.

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Health

  • If you need to take Health in high school, make sure it is in your 4-year plan.
  • If you’ve already taken or are currently taking health, you do not need to do anything in this section.
  • If you choose to take Health (½ credit), you will need to choose an additional ½ credit elective in the electives section to pair with this course.
  • If you plan to complete the Health Science pathway at high school, you can take Principles of Health Science as your health credit. This course is taken in 10th grade.

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P.E. or P.E. Substitute

  1. You are required to take 1 credit of a PE course.
  2. Options: PE, Band, Color Guard, Cheer, Dance, Athletic Trainer, JROTC, or Athletics
  3. Band, Color Guard, and Athletics take 2 spots in your schedule. We call this double block.

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P.E. or P.E. Substitute

  • Choose List 1 and make your selection.
  • Regular PE is called PE–Lifetime Fitness & Wellness Pursuits.
  • You must choose a grade level.

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Example of How a Course Counts for Both Fine Arts and PE

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Endorsements

  1. You must choose an endorsement.
  2. There are 5 endorsements. You MUST earn 1 endorsement but can earn more than 1. No endorsement is better than the other.
  3. The next few slides will show you the different pathways within each endorsement.
  4. All endorsements require a 4th math and 4th science credit.

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Multidisciplinary Endorsement

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Arts & Humanities Endorsement

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ORHS Offerings for Arts & Humanities

  • LOTE: Spanish and/or French
  • Art
  • Band
  • Choir
  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Cheer
  • Color Guard
  • Orchestra
  • Social Studies Electives

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Business and Industry Endorsement

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ORHS Offerings for Business & Industry

  • Journalism: Yearbook
  • Journalism: Newspaper
  • Debate
  • CTE Pathways on following slides

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CTE: Animal Science Pathway

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CTE: Plant Science Pathway

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CTE: Architecture & Construction Interior Design

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CTE: Graphic Design Pathway

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CTE: Animation Pathway

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CTE: Audio/Video Pathway

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CTE: Business Management Pathway

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CTE: Marketing & Sales Pathway

K504H & K510H are taken together.

K508H & K500H are taken together.

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CTE: Culinary Arts Pathway

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CTE: Welding

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CTE: Cybersecurity

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CTE: Automotive Technology

-Can begin taking Small Engine in 10th Grade

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Public Services Endorsement

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ORHS Offerings for Public Service Endorsement

  • Health Science
  • Education & Training
  • Cosmetology
  • AFJROTC

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CTE: Health Science Pathway

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CTE: Education & Training

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CTE: Cosmetology

11th & 12th Grades ONLY

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STEM Endorsement

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ORHS Offerings for STEM Endorsement

  • 5 Science Courses
  • 5 Math Courses
  • CTE Engineering Pathway

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CTE: Engineering Pathway

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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  1. Make your selection and choose Add.

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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  1. Choose Add Courses.

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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  • Choose List 1.

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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  • Choose 4 or more credits you will take in this pathway.

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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  • Choose the grade level you will take each course in.
  • You should try to take the Principles course in 9th grade.
  • After choosing grade levels, choose “Add Selected Courses to Your Plan.”

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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  • This is what it should look like once you’ve added grade levels.
  • If it looks correct, you will choose “Back to Plan” in the left corner.

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Choosing Your Endorsement & Pathway

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  • Your chosen pathway courses will populate onto your 4-year plan.
  • You can choose more than one endorsement and pathway.

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Choosing Electives

  1. Electives will take up the remaining spots in your schedule.
  2. You must choose 8 credits for each year.
  3. If you are taking a double blocked course such as Band, Athletics, Color Guard, your total number of credits each year will be 7.

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Choosing Electives

  1. You will want to filter by Subject Area to find the pathway you’re interested in pursuing. You will ONLY use List 1 to choose courses.

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Checking Credits

This is where you want the total number of credits to equal 7 or 8 for each grade level.

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Alternates

You will need to add 4 alternates by Friday, February 7.

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Alternates are used in the event one of the electives you choose does not work with your schedule or is full. Please make sure to choose classes that you want to take if your first choice doesn’t work.

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Alternates

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What happens next?

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What to Expect the Weeks of February 11-21

  • You will meet one-on-one with a counselor to review the courses you have chosen for next year.
  • Sit with your parents this week to review your courses. Make sure you choose 4 alternates.
  • After meeting with the counselor, you will hit Submit for Approval on your 4-year plan.
  • You will not be able to edit your 4-year plan after you submit it.

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Paper Verifications

  • We will send home one final paper verification the week of March 3. This will be your final opportunity to make any changes to your courses for the 2025-26 school year.