Oliver Ames High School

Course Selection ProcessGrade 9

2015-2016

Important Dates

• February 13-26th Grade 8 Teachers make recommendations online

• February 27th- Parents and Students select courses online March 5th through student portal at

https://ma-easton.myfollett.com/aspen/logon.do

• March 3rd Counselors follow-up on students in World Historyclasses to verify schedules.

• March 11th Printed schedules are sent home for parent approval. Due back to EMS CC by 3/20.

All scheduling concerns must be submitted in writing and addressed to Wes Paul, Principal, OAHS.

• June 9th Freshman Orientation at OAHS – 9 -10:30am.Parent meeting at 7:00p.m.

• June 25th Teacher deadline for recommendation changes.

1. All students must carry seven courses each year. 2. Pass four (4) years of English grades 9-12. 3. Pass three (3) years of social studies grades 9-12. 4. Pass three (3) years of science grades 9-12. 5. Pass four (4) years of math grades 9-12. 6. Pass physical education for grades 9 and 10 five days a week, with the exception of science laboratory students who must take physical education every other day and pass it. 7. Pass one (l) year of business/technology education. 8. Pass one (l) year of (one or combination of music, industrial technology, art, family and consumer sciences). 9. A total of 18 courses are required as part of the graduation requirements; students may choose 8 electives grades 9-12. 10. Complete a total of 130 credits. 11. All students must receive a passing grade according to state standards on the Massachusetts MCAS tests. This requirement is mandated by the Education Reform Law.12. To be considered a College Preparatory graduate from Oliver Ames High School, a student must have successfully completed 2 years of a language in addition to meeting the requirements in the other areas.13. Students may participate in graduation activities when all credit requirements are fulfilled. 14. Under exceptional circumstances or situations, requests for waivers for exceptions to these graduation requirements shall be ad-dressed to the building principal. Determinations shall be made on a case-by-case basis with priority placed on scheduling conflicts with higher-level courses. The decision of the building principal shall be final.

**** High School Graduation RequirementsThe Easton School Committee has set the following requirements as the

minimum necessary to receive an Oliver Ames diploma

Credit AccumulationCredit Accumulation• Each year-long, everyday course is worth 5 credits.

5 (credits) X 7 (courses a year) = 35

35 (credits per year) X 4 (years) = 140 total credits

*Students that took a language for two years (ie. Spanish 1A and Spanish 1B) will enter high school with 5 credits

*Students that have taken Honors Algebra 1 will enter high school with 5 credits 130 credits needed

to graduate!!

20 (courses req. to graduate) X 5 (credits) = 100 credits

140 (total credits) – 100 (required credits) = 40 flexible credits

40 (flexible credits) / 5 credits = 8 Elective Courses

COURSE SELECTION - Grade 9All students must select a total of 7 courses or the equivalent of 35 credits.

*Core Curriculum. Students must select a course from each of these four academic areas. The additional 15 credits will be selected from the remaining areas.

• *ENGLISH – 1 Course / 5 Credits

• *SOCIAL STUDIES – 1 Course / 5 Credits

• *MATH – 1 Course / 5 Credits

• *SCIENCE – 1 Course / 5 Credits

• WORLD LANGUAGE – 1 Course /5 Credits

• ELECTIVE – 1 Course / 5 Credits (Family & Consumer Science, Music, Art, Business, Industrial Technology)

• *PHYS. EDUCATION – 1 Course / 5 Credits

• SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING 1 Course / 5 or 2.5 Credits (Resource Room, Reading)

OAHS - Grade 9 COURSE AVAILABILITY 2015- 2016

English OA 010 English 9 - HonorsOA 011 English 9 - CollegeOA 013 English 9 OA 015 English 9 ModifiedOA017 Lang. Based English 9

Foreign Language OA 411 French 1 OA 412 French 2 OA 431 Spanish 1 OA 432 Spanish 2 OA 451 Latin 1

Math OA 202 Algebra IOA 201 College Algebra IOA 211 College GeometryOA 210 Honors GeometryOA 207 Lang. Based Math 9

Science OA 390 Conceptual Physics - HonorsOA 391 Conceptual Physics - CollegeOA 393 Conceptual Physics – Prep

Social Studies OA 190 World Cultures 2 - HonorsOA 191 World Cultures 2 - CollegeOA 193 World Cultures 2

www.oliverames.org

Click on “Program of Studies” for course

descriptions

Core Academic SubjectsStudents are encouraged to select a challenging schedule and to discuss

courseselections with teachers and parents!!

Math Sequence

Honors Algebra 1

Algebra 1

Pre-Algebra

Math Mod. B

College Algebra 1

GRADE 8

Honors Geometry

College Geometry

Algebra 1

Lang. Based Math 9

GRADE 9

Math Sequence

Honors Algebra 1

GRADE 8 GRADE 9

Honors Geometry(PreReq: B or better in Honors

Algebra 1)

College Geometry (PreReq: C or better in College

Algebra 1)

Math Sequence

GRADE 8 GRADE 9

Algebra 1

College Geometry (PreReq: C or better in

College Algebra 1)

College Algebra 1

Math Sequence

GRADE 8 GRADE 9

Pre-Algebra

College Algebra 1 (PreReq: C or better in Pre-Algebra)

Algebra 1 (PreReq: Passing grade in Pre-

Algebra)

Math Sequence

GRADE 8 GRADE 9

Math Mod. B

Algebra 1

Lang. Based Math 9

Teacher recommendation needed

College Algebra I

College Geometry

CollegeAlgebra II

College Pre-Calculus

B. Statistics

A. CollegeCalculus

Algebra I Geometry Algebra II

D. Math Topics

HONORS

COLLEGE

FOUNDATIONS

College Geometry

CollegeAlgebra II

C. College Algebra III

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus BC

Honors Pre-Calculus

Honors Algebra II

Honors Geometry

ELECTIVES

ElectiveA, B

College Geometry

CollegeAlgebra II

ElectiveB, D

College Algebra III

ElectiveC, D

Language Based Math

9

Geometry Algebra IIAlgebra & Geometry B

ElectiveD

Mathematics Scope & SequenceGrades 9 -12

OAHS - Grade 9 COURSE AVAILABILITY 2015 - 2016

Electives(1st choice goes to upper classmen)

Business OA 534 Web Page DesignOA 535 MarketingOA 531 College AccountingOA 533 Adv. Business and Personal Finance

English OA 091 Writing Seminar (Full year)OA 941 Study Skills / ELL (Rec. needed)

Family / Consumer OA 791 Family / Consumer ScienceSciences

Fine Arts OA 801 Foundation of Art Workshop / Art 1

OAHS - Grade 9 COURSE AVAILABILITY 2015 - 2016

Electives Cont’dIndust. Tech. OA 601 Woodworking Tech. 1

OA 611 Machine / Metal Tech. 1OA 621 Tech. Drafting OA 661 Power Tech./Small Eng. Repair

Music OA 851 Band (daily)OA 853 Orchestra (daily)OA 855 Concert Choir (daily)OA 857 Show Choir (daily / teacher rec. required)OA 883 Band / Concert ChoirOA 886 Orchestra / Concert ChoirOA 871 Music Tech. / Beginning TheoryOA 871 Into. to American Popular MusicOA 867A Guitar 1

Phys. Ed. OA 911 Fitness Fund. (daily)

Special Education OA 955 Academic Support - RR (6x)

Entering Your Course Selection on X2 Aspen

ma-easton.myfollett.com/aspen

To enter your requests:

1. Log on to the Student view.

2. Click the My Info tab.

3. Click the Requests side-tab. The Requests page appears:

4. In the Primary requests box, select your requests for the different subject areas. For example , to select your request for a math course, click Select next to Math. The courses you can request appear:

The Status column displays the course(s) your teachers have recommended for you. If you select a course other than the course recommended for you, your counselor is notified.

5. Select the checkbox in the Select column of the course(s) you want to request, and click OK. The request will now appear on your Requests page.

Note: To remove a request from your Request page, click the Select checkbox again to deselect it.

6. In the Notes for Counselor box, type any notes to your counselor regarding your requests. You counselor can view these notes when reviewing your requests:

Your requests are automatically saved after you enter them on the Requests page. Your counselor can view them anytime.

7. After you complete your requests, click Post. This lets your counselor know that you are finished entering requests. If you have not selected enough courses to satisfy requirements for your academic track the system lets you know which area you need to make more requests in:

Once your counselor approves your requests, you can no longer make changes to your course selections.

Next Step for Grade 9 Course Selection Process

• Review and Select courses with your parents online at ma-easton.myfollett.com/aspen by March 5th.

• See your Guidance Counselor for logon information to X2.