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Scheduling for Senior year

Class of 2025

2024-25 School Year

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Important Resources

  • Advisor
  • Current teachers
  • Department Chairs
  • And me!

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Continuity from 11th Grade

  • Continuation of junior-senior elective program
  • Significant freedom and choice
  • Opportunity for specialization

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Changes to Process

  • Students fill out request list on paper forms and submit them to advisors
  • Advisors, NOT students, enter course requests in ClassA
  • Parents and college counselor sign printed copy of course requests
  • Placement decisions made after course requests made

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Calendar

  • March 27: Class meeting to discuss scheduling with students
  • March 28 and April 2: “Commitments and Workload Forms” completed in advisories
  • April 11: Quarter 3 grades and comments released
  • April 12: SAGE and Peer Mentor applications due

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Calendar (cont.)

  • April 17: Schedule request forms and supplemental applications due to advisors
  • April 18: Printed course request forms returned to students
  • April 25: Signed course requests (by parents/guardians AND college counselor) due to advisors
  • May 6: Final placement decisions released by Department Chairs

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Criteria for Placement Decisions

  • Proficiency as a student;
  • Proficiency as a reader;
  • Proficiency as a writer;
  • Proficiency as a problem solver;
  • Intellectual ambition and sophistication:  A student should demonstrate: 
    • Passion for learning and an active independent intellectual life; 
    • An ability to think abstractly, critically, and creatively; 
    • Curiosity about the different ways that meaning is constructed; 
    • Active engagement in class discussion; 
    • A willingness to take intellectual risks and reconsider initial thinking.

�6. Initiative and independence:  A student should demonstrate: 

    • Commitment to their studies;
    • An ability to manage a heavy workload;
    • The confidence and self-discipline to flourish without extensive guidance; 
    • A positive responsiveness to being challenged.

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Graduation Requirements

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*Year long Majors = 6 credits, Sem. Majors = 3 credits, Most Minors = 1.5 credits, English and History Seminars = 1 credit

  • English : 24 credits to graduate including 3 credits (1 semester) of Global Literature, four years required 
  • History: 18 credits to graduate, including 6 (2 semesters) of U.S. History (one Fall course, one Spring course)
  • Science: 18 credits to graduate, including 3 credits of Physics
  • Math: 18 credits to graduate
  • Language: Completion through level 3 (though 4 years highly recommended by College Counseling)

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Graduation Requirements (cont.)

  • Arts: 6 credits
  • Health and Wellness: 6 credits
  • Ethics: 3 credits (already done!)
  • Community Service: 40 hrs to graduate, 30 of which must be out of school 

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Departmental Requirements and Offerings

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English

  • Required BOTH semesters for seniors
  • Elective courses
  • Complete global literature requirement (if haven’t already)
  • AP Literature (with departmental approval)
  • Be sure to select alternates in case you don’t get your first choice!

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History

  • 3 years required
  • Variety of electives
  • AP Art History (with instructor/departmental approval)
  • (U.S. History in the event a student did not take it junior year)

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Language

  • Required through level 3
  • Past level 3, you may move into electives (there are a lot!) or continue in a full-year advanced course
  • College Counseling recommends 4 years of a language

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Math

  • 3 years required
  • Previous course trajectory and recommendations will guide decisions
  • Semester electives, full year courses, and AP options available

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Science

  • Physics required only if you did not take it this year
  • Electives
  • AP Bio, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science dependent on departmental approval
  • Honors Physics, Calculus, departmental approval required for AP Physics

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Arts

  • 6 credits (4 semesters) requirement for graduation (Visual arts, performing arts, and music all fulfill this)
  • By all means, continue to take an art class beyond the requirement
  • AP Studio Art by departmental approval, and supplemental application materials needed

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Health and Wellness

  • 4 Semesters (6 credits) required
  • Must be a scheduling priority if you have not completed your requirement

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Additional Considerations

  • Senior Focus
  • AP Psychology
  • SAGE
  • Peer Mentoring
  • Philosophy and Ethics

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Odds and Ends

  • Look over your student’s transcript and current schedule to make sure they’ve filled their Arts, H&W, global literature, and Physics requirements
  • Be sure to complete supplemental materials where required (6 Majors, SAGE, Peer Mentoring, AP Psychology, Focus, AP Studio Art)
  • Mr. Russell-Walker sending email for AP Art History

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More Odds and Ends

  • Scheduling docs will be available in the “Resources” area of myDE
  • Remember, students are making requests, NOT “signing up” for courses at this time
  • And there’s always drop/add in the fall