All 9th-11th graders are now in the process of meeting with their advisers and planning courses and schedules for the next school year. Information will be sent home shortly.
Parents-- we highly recommend you enter the conversation early. Ask your studentsabout their plans and thoughts for next year.
The deadline for 2010-2011 registration is April 30, 2010
The registration guide can be found below along with a specific information for junior and senior registration which can be downloaded here. 2010-2011 course information can be found on the courses and curriculum page. There is also a download version of the 2010-2011 registration guide and course descriptions.
Registration Guide
Using your gifts
It is the prayer of the teachers, staff and board member of West that your time at West is a real blessing. This registration guide is to help you make plans to get the most out of your next school year.
West has been blessed to be able to offer a good variety of courses and learning opportunities. This gives you an opportunity to shape your learning to fit your gifts and interests. As you work on your course choices, please keep the following in mind:
- Do not make your selections based on your friends’ choices or which teacher might be teaching a certain class.
- Discuss your career plans or future college needs with your family, teachers and advisor.
- Once a satisfactory schedule has been worked out between you, your counselor and the registrar, consider it permanent. It is difficult to rearrange a schedule once it has been set.
College Prep
West offers courses aimed at preparing for both a future career and college. If you intend to go to college, make every effort to…
- Take 2 or 3 years of a single foreign language
- Take 3 lab science courses
- Take 4 years of math
- Take as much English as you can
Dual Credits
If you are interested in graduating high school with college credits though a dual credit program, we recommend that during your junior year you…
- Take a literature class and Honors English
- Take AP History
- Consider taking one or more CLEP tests (see your advisor for more information on the CLEP tests)
and during your senior year you…
- Take AP Literature
- Take PSEO Western Civilization and/or PSEO Calculus
To be eligible for a PSEO course you must be in the top half of your class and have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Do understand that taking all of the above would be pretty challenging. While it is nice to have a few college credits on your transcripts before graduation, not all colleges or programs will recognize those credits. Make your first priority to graduate having taken courses tat best fit your abilities.
Prerequisites
Some courses have requirements that need to be met before those courses may be taken. This is a way of matching the class’s difficulty with your abilities shown in earlier courses. Be sure to look closely at the prerequisites for the following classes: all AP courses, all Honors courses, Band, all PSEO courses, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy, and foreign languages.
Graduation Requirements
Graduation requires completing 19.5 credits plus a Religion credit for each semester enrolled. Among those 19.5 credits, you will need a minimum of credits for each of the core subjects as shown below:
All 9th and 10th grade courses and 11th and 12th grade general courses will contribute to the grade point average (GPA) of a student’s transcript based on letter grade and credits using a 4.0 system. 11th and 12th grade Honors classes will be awarded an additional 0.33 points to scores of C- and greater as shown in the chart below.
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