Today (Wednesday) in advisory, all students in grades 9-11 will view presentations about their course selection options for next year. They will be provided materials to take home tonight in order to have conversations with their parents/guardians about the choices they will make when course selection takes place on Thursday.
Course selection at HHS takes place in two different waves. The first wave will take place on Thursday when students will work with their teachers to identify appropriate courses in their four core subject areas, Spanish, and Wellness. Teachers will provide the students' final average as of third term. These grades are used to determine whether or not the student meets the prerequisite for the course they intend to take. Students who do not currently meet the prerequisite, but are determined to challenge themselves in a higher level course, must complete a waiver form, which will be reviewed by Mr. Devine.
Later in early June, once we have built the schedule based on the requests and waivers in all of those core academic areas, the second wave of course selection will begin. We will decide what we are offering for elective courses. Students will be scheduled for individual meetings with their guidance counselors to select electives and finalize their overall schedules. Our goal, as always, is to have your student(s) leaving the building in June with a firm grasp on their schedule for next year.
Parents with eighth graders coming to Hull High School next year will begin to receive information shortly about a separate course selection process for their students. The process for incoming freshmen has a different process and timeline, which will become more clear in the near future.
Below you will find the timeline your student(s) will be provided today in advisory. You can also access the updated Program of Studies on the Hull High School Web Site. The 2014-2015 Program of Studies should be posted by approx. 10:00 AM Wednesday morning. It should be the last link at the bottom the the page.
If you have concerns or questions about the course selection process, please reach out to your student's guidance counselor.
Enjoy this exciting time of the year as you begin to look ahead with your student(s).
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