Dear CHS Families:
Columbia High School has always
supported and promoted students in exploring varied interests in
addition to meeting their graduation requirements. CHS’s standard
practice of scheduling students for 7 courses gives students 35 credits
per year (7 classes and a lunch period) for a total of 140 credits
during their CHS career. This ensures they not only meet but surpass the
state graduation requirement of 120 credits. Every year, some of our
students take more than the standard 35 credits/7 classes in order to
pursue their personal passions or fit requirements into their schedule.
We are working on developing a bell
schedule for 2016-2017 that will accommodate student needs, staffing and
facilities realities. As in prior years, we will do our best to
accommodate additional course requests, where possible, given
availability.
9th grade students will begin to
meet with counselors during the week of April 4 (not this week as
previously scheduled) to begin their scheduling process. 10th and 11th
graders will schedule as previously indicated, with 10th
graders visiting counselors starting Monday, 3/21 and 11th graders
starting on 3/28. Please continue to use the course selection worksheet
your students received at their grade-level scheduling meeting last
week and to use our course catalog to learn more about the opportunities
at CHS for your students during their four-year career with us.
Please contact your child’s counselor directly with questions about course selection.
Your student’s suggested academic
placement for next year is viewable in PowerSchool. These suggestions
were made by your child’s current teachers, based on current academic
performance. AP, Advanced and Audition-Only courses are not yet loaded
into Powerschool. Course requests from students in those classes will
be revised with that information. As a reminder, the Access and Equity
Policy ensures that students have choice in their academic placement.
Students who would like to exercise that choice should discuss their
preferred placement with their counselor.
Our course catalog is here. http://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/Page/3654
Should you need assistance with your PowerSchool login, please contact Ms. Voorhees atrvoorhee@somsd.k12.nj.us.
Thank you for your support of our work at Columbia,
Dr. Jennifer L. Giordano
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