Course Planning Worksheet for incoming 9th graders

Course Planning Worksheet For Incoming 9th Graders

Students should select six classes: English, Life Skills, Math, Science, PE, and one Elective. World Language is an elective. If a student needs support classes, they are required to take seven classes.

8th grade students will complete the course selection process online during March-April 2021.

English: Students will be placed according to test scores:

English I ICAP-P (Student may also need English I Support) English I Intensive and English I Intensive Support Intervention ELA I and Intervention ELA I Support (Elective Credit Only) ELA I or II or III-P & ELD I or II or III*

(Level II or higher requires a placement test with the SHS World Language Department)

Life Skills & Social Studies: Life Skills (1st Quarter Fall Semester) Ethnic Studies I (2nd Quarter Fall Semester) Ethnic Studies II-P (Spring semester)

Math: Students will be placed according to 8th grade course: Algebra I-P Geometry-P

Accelerated Geometry/Algebra II-P (teacher recommendation required) Algebra II/Trig-P IB Analysis SL or HL – HP IB Applications SL or HL – HP

General Math – NEP* (Elective Credit Only) Algebra I LEP-P* Geometry LEP-P*

World Language: Spanish I-P or Spanish II-P Spanish II NS-P French I-P or French II-P

Science: Biology-P Physics-P Gen Science I – NEP* Biology PL-P* Biology LEP-P*

PE:

PE 1 PE Dance-P PE Dance Int. –P (Audition Required) PE Dance Adv. –P (Audition Required)

*ELD/ELA, NEP, PL, & LEP classes are for recent US immigrants learning English as a second language.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: ● English placements are according to test scores and math placements are according to the 8th grade course taken. ● Students testing below grade level in English will be placed in the correct English class according to test scores. ● If needed, English Support will be added to your schedule by a counselor. ● All students planning to go to a four-year college need to take two years of a World Language (three recommended). ● All 9th graders must take P.E. or Dance ● Students taking six or seven classes could be enrolled in a zero or seventh period dependent on the master schedule. ● Sequoia is not able to honor requests for specific periods and teacher preference. ● The last day for students and parents to request a course selection change is May 21 via Online Information Update (OIU).