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Registration

Registration nights WERE March 22nd and 23rd. We registered Inspire freshmen in rooms B4 and B7 at the Chico High School campus from 4pm to 8pm. The registration schedule was posted on our home page. We also sent a registration schedule to applicants' email addresses. We will also sent example registration forms for students to prepare in advance. The form can also be found below.

First, to help you get an idea of how your schedule at Inspire might look, here is an example of a typical schedule.

Notice, there are quarter, semester and year-long electives to choose from. You need to make sure you match up quarter and semester classes in combinations that add up to one year. We also suggest that you consider taking study hall if you think you might need some time during the school day to work on school assignments. It is also a great time to get some help with your schoolwork.

Below is a copy of our registration form. We know that it seems to be a little complicated at first, but counselors and Inspire staff will be at registration to help you. Courses and their course numbers are listed below this form. Course descriptions can be found by clicking on the "News" link at the top of this page.

(Don't try filling this out here. It's just a sample form.)

Here is some specific info that you will need to fill out the form when you recieve it in your email:

9^th grade Course Selection Card

a) This is the form you will finalize with the counselors when you come in to register.

b) At the top of the form, on lines 1 and 2 are the two courses all freshmen must take: English and Integrated Science or Biology.

c) The next three lines indicate selections in the other academic areas that must be filled in, depending upon the level of course, such as Algebra 1, Geometry etc. The counselors will have each student’s transcript and be able to provide advice in these areas depending upon what they’ve taken before and what their goals are upon graduating from high school.

d) In the upper right hand corner of the card, you will also see “yes/no” boxes for Independent Study Physical Education (ISPE) and Online Health. We strongly recommend you choose ISPE as the physical fitness test is in the freshmen year. Since students need two years of PE to graduate, it is also important to get started right away.

e) For electives, please read the directions. Our schedule provides for a combination of year-long, semester and quarter-long electives. You and your student must carefully plan this so that if your student takes semester-long and quarter-long electives, they balance each other. For example:

§ If a student wanted to take quarter electives, Creative Writing in the first quarter and AC/DC Electronics in the second quarter, then they could balance with Songwriting which is a semester course. This would be the equivalent to one-year-long course offering.

§ This same student might want to take Theatre Production which is a year-long elective and would then give them seven total courses.

§ At this point this student might be completely exhausted and choose a study hall as their final elective, giving them 8 courses. (My attempt at “tongue and cheek” but we do recommend that students strongly consider the study hall option.)

§ On the website is a chart indicating a sample schedule. Scroll down on the home page and you’ll see it. Remember, we have eight periods to register for, and on the sample schedule, “study hall” is not indicated, but if you choose that, it would take the place of one year-long course.

e) You and your student will also need to rank the electives you would like (1 being most important) and make a second choice in each case. It’s important to make a second choice as we might not have enough registered to offer the course. You list your second choices in the right-hand column.

Freshman Selection Card 2010-2011

_____________________ ________________________________ Present School: Chico High _____

Last Name (Please Print) First Name PV High _____

Fairview High _____

Other: _______________________

________________ __________________________________ (please name school)

Student ID# Parent/Guardian Signature

On-line Health yes no

(1) ____________ ENGLISH 9-P ___ Please check for honors* (this course to be done independently)

Course Number Required Course

(2) ____________ Integrated Science or Biology (3) ____________ ____________________________

Course Number Required Course Course Number MATH (Recommended)

(4) _____________ ____________________ (5) ____________ ____________________________

Course Number Foreign Language (Recommended) Course Number Academic Elective

Instructions for Choosing Electives:

1. Study hall can be included as a year-long elective. It does not receive credits. Quarter = 2.5

2. If you choose study hall, your other elective courses have to equal 20 credits. Semester = 5.0 credits

3. If you do not choose study hall, your other elective choices have to equal 30 credits. Year-long = 10.0 credits

4. Please rank electives in order of importance in the parentheses to the left.

Semester and/or Yearlong Electives

( ) ____________ __________________________________ ____________ __________________________