CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL ' S
FRESHMEN REGISTRATION HANDBOOK
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Registration for Core Courses- English, Math, Science, and Social Studies
During registration, your 8th grade teachers will recommend your core classes based upon performance criteria and your academic achievement. Placement tests and final course grades may also be used to determine correct course placement.
* Core courses are listed in this registration handbook as a reference only. Students do not choose their core courses. Discuss core recommendations with your 8th grade teachers.
Registration for Elective Courses
YOU must select your elective courses and alternates. All 9th grade students are required to take Health & Personal Fitness as their first elective( unless JROTC is chosen as an elective). If you are not recommended for World Geography, Pre-AP Social Studies, or AP Human Geography, you will need to pick an additional elective. You will need to select three( 3) electives and four( 4) alternate electives.
* Note that if a student is recommended for Support for Literature / Composition I and / or Foundations of Algebra, these courses will each take one elective spot.
Registration Steps
1. Read this registration handbook completely including course descriptions. This information will provide you with descriptions of academic core courses and help guide you to make appropriate elective choices. Review and discuss elective choices with your parents / guardians.
2. Select three( 3) elective courses and four( 4) alternates electives from the elective courses listed in the course section of this handbook. Using the Campbell Elective Course Registration Worksheet( the yellow page at the end of this registration handbook), record the course title and course number for each elective and alternate in the spaces provided. Sign the worksheet at the bottom in the space provided.
3. Return the completed and signed registration worksheet to your homeroom teacher.
** Students who enroll in“ Combo Courses”( band, chorus, orchestra) must use TWO ELECTIVES for these courses and record both courses on their registration worksheet.
** World language courses are elective courses; 8th grade teachers do NOT recommend these courses UNLESS you’ re currently taking a MS-HS World Language( French I or Spanish I). You must use one of your electives to select a World Language. If you are currently in a MS-HS World Language, your World Language teacher will need to initial your selection on your Elective Course Registration Form to confirm your selection.
Parents / Guardians should review these courses and sign the completed registration worksheet at the bottom in the space provided.
* WARNING! Students who do not return their Elective Course Registration Form will forfeit their opportunity to select their own electives.
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