Moreau Catholic High School Course Planning 2017

1. Navigating Moreau
Catholic High School
Course Planning
for Grades 9 to11
January 18, 2017

2. Counseling Department
Assigned by last name:
• Mrs. Stacey Ferreira
• Mrs. Dianna Heise
Ÿ Mr. Jim Patterson
College Counselors:
• Mrs. Anto Sweeney
• Mrs. Sara Strickland
Counseling Secretary:
• Ms. Terri Doty

3. International Student Coordinator:
• Julia Wang
Assistant Principal of Instruction:
• Mr. Ryan Brusco

4. Graduation Requirements: 2018
• English: 4 years
• Mathematics: 3 years
• Theology: 3.5 years (including Social
Justice)
• Science: 2 years
• Social Studies: 3 years
• World Language: 2 years
• Fine Arts: 1 year
• Physical Education: 2 year
• TAMA: 1 semester
v Required courses are taken at MCHS

5. 12th grade courses
• English - 1 year
• Theology - 1 semester
• Math – 1 year (elective)
• Social Studies -
American Government
and Economics
• Electives - 9 semesters
(should consider college
requirements)

6. Graduation Requirements: 2019 +
• English: 4 years
• Mathematics: 4 years
• Theology: 4 years
• Science: 3 years
• Social Studies: 3 years
• World Language: 2 years
• Fine Arts: 1 year
• Physical Education: 1 year
v Required courses are taken at MCHS

7. 11th grade courses
• English – 1 year
• Theology – (Social Justice & Morality)
• US History – 1 year
• Mathematics – 1 year
• Science – 1 year
• Electives – 4 semesters

8. 10th grade courses
• English – 1 year
• Theology – 2 semesters
– Christology and Church History
• Mathematics – 1 year
– Mathematics course options vary
• Science – 1 year
– Biology, Chemistry, etc.
• World History – 1 year
• World Language – 1 year
• Electives – 2 semesters

9. Moreau Catholic High School
COURSE DESCRIPTION GUIDE
MoreauCatholic.org à Academics à Counseling à Useful Links and Docs

11. Honors Courses
• Grade Point Averages (GPAs)
• An extra honors point is added to GPAs for
the all honors and A.P. courses to the
Moreau Catholic cumulative GPA.
• Colleges compute their own academic
GPA; we can provide estimates
• UC and CSU compute the “a – g”
GPA and use only specific MCHS
courses & weight specific honors courses.
• UC courses are listed in the Course
Description Guide

12. Advanced Placement (AP)
• Students may earn college credit
• Course guidelines developed by the
College Board
• 90% of the nation's colleges
grant credit
• Students apply for admission
into individual courses
• Students must take the AP exam in
the spring (fee required)
• WARNING: COURSE WORK LOAD

13. Advanced Placement Courses
• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Calculus AB & BC
• AP Statistics
• AP Computer Science – Principles and Comp Sci A
• AP English Literature
• AP French, Spanish, Chinese
• AP Spanish Literature
• AP Studio Art
• AP Comparative American Gov.
• AP U.S. Government
• AP Macro/Micro-Economics
• AP U.S. History
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Psychology
• AP Human Geography
• AP Physics 1

14. Summer Advancement
Possibilities
• At Moreau
• Community College
• Enrichment programs

15. What to expect…Freshmen…
ü January – Course registration
ü January – Submit course requests
ü Feb-Mar – Meet w/ Counselor
ü Ongoing - Self-refer as
appropriate
ü Plan your summer!
ü October- Complete PSAT
Fr/Soph Parent Night: March 14

16. What to expect…Sophomores…
ü January – Course requests
ü January – Submit course requests
ü February– PSAT results
ü Ongoing - Self-refer as
appropriate
ü Ongoing – Visit Counseling
Resource Center
ü Plan your summer!
ü October – Complete PSAT
Fr/Soph Parent Night: March 14

17. What to expect…Juniors…
ü January – Course requests
ü January – Register for SAT/ACT
ü February– Receive PSAT results (Jan 17)
Ongoing – Junior college workshops in March.
Application workshop (summer school).
ü Junior Parent Night: March 1st

18. What to expect…Juniors…
ü Plan your summer!
ü September - December– Register for
College Admissions Tests
(SAT, ACT, SAT Subject)
ü Ongoing – Conduct College Visits
ü Ongoing – Enroll in Test Prep
as appropriate (Naviance
Test Prep)
ü Ongoing - Self-refer as
appropriate

19. Course Selection –
Important Dates
• Jan. 10 – Course registration link opens
• Jan. 22 – Deadline to submit requests
• January – March
– Counselors meet with each
student to discuss course
selections and finalize requests
for the 2017 - 2018 academic year

20. Questions . . .