- This is the FIRST of THREE course verifications.

- THOSE WHO NEED TO CHOOSE AP COURSES/AP STUDY HALL WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT IN THIS ONLINE PLATFORM. (THE AP COURSES ARE LISTED IN SECTIONS 1 - 5 AND IN THE ELECTIVE SECTION AT THE END.)

- Email wmvincent@atlanta.k12.ga.us if you have questions or concerns.  

- BY THE WAY, YOU ARE ABLE TO USE THIS FORM TO REQUEST AP CLASSES.  GO FOR IT!!! Remember, they are first-come-first-served, so once they are full, that's it.  
 
- Complete this electronic submission by 11:59 PM, January 24, 2020,  If you fail to complete this verification, you will have to await the next one.

- Please understand that the courses you select are REQUESTS. There is NO WAY to guarantee that you will get EVERY course you request.  We have to consider state class size regulations, the number of teachers we have, the number of students requesting a course, graduation requirements, etc.  

- WE ARE NOT MAKING SWEEPING SCHEDULE CHANGES ONCE SCHOOL BEGINS IN AUGUST.  Once schedules go "live" in Infinite Campus at the end of July, students will not be able to request changes.   If you do not submit this information, you are giving us permission to design your schedule based solely on what graduation requirements you have and what courses have space left in them.
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- THERE IS A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO TAKE CLASSES NOT GENERALLY TAKEN AT THEIR GRADE LEVELS.  (Again, this is only for a SMALL group of eligible students.) If you took high school classes such as Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, High School Language Arts, etc. in middle school or over the summer, you may be on an accelerated track so that you already have the pre-requsites to take AP classes not generally taken/approved at your grade level.  For example, you may have taken Algebra II and Pre-Calculus in middle school so that you are able to take AP Calculus in the 9th or 10th grade.  You may have taken 9th grade ELA in the 8th grade so that you can take 11th grade AP Language/Composition in the 10th grade.  OR you may have taken enough high school math so that you can take courses like AP Biology or AP Physics in the 10th grade.  If you want to change a core class listed in this form, just request to change the recommendation.  There is a space at the end of the online form that will allow you to tell us what changes you are requesting.  
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- POLICY FOR REQUESTING HONORS COURSES (The school-level policy for 10th grade science is clarified in the SCIENCE SECTION of this online form.) :  ONLY STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN 85 OR HIGHER CUMULATIVE AVERAGE (based only on the high school transcript) IN A PARTICULAR COURSE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT IN AN HONORS COURSE (IN THAT SAME SUBJECT AREA) FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.  For example, a student in 9th Grade ELA who has an 85 or higher at the end of semester one [December] is eligible to request HONORS 10th Grade ELA.  Current 10th and 11th graders need a cumulative average of 85 or higher in order to be considered for placement in an honors level course.   In other words, we will look at ALL of your previous high school grades in that area when we consider your request(s) for honors placement.  

-  IN ADDITION, WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT THE FINAL GRADES IN MAY.  THE AVERAGE FOR BOTH SEMESTERS MUST BE AN 85 OR HIGHER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT IN AN HONORS COURSE.  Thus, a student who makes an 80 for the first semester and then makes a 90 for second semester will have an 85 average and may then be considered for placement in honors-level courses.  Therefore, if your grade from the 1st semester is not quite an 85, go ahead and request the HONORS course if you want it with the understanding that we will have to await your final grades in MAY.  In addition, space is limited, so we will not be able to guarantee placement.  

-  Moreover, a student who makes an 88 for the first semester and makes a 70 for the second semester will have a 79 average and may not be able to requests an honors level course.  HERE IS THE EXCEPTION:   If the student DOES NOT have the 85 average but wants to be in the HONORS level courses, the school will examine the Milestones results.  Students whose scores are "DISTINGUISHED" MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT IN AN HONORS LEVEL COURSE IF THE AVERAGE IS BELOW 85.  Remember that space is limited, so we will not be able to guarantee placement.  

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- LOOK OUT FOR HUMAN ERRORS.  I will provide you a way to review the requests and ask for changes/corrections.  

THANKS FOR GIVING THIS A TRY... WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE ALL OF YOU OPTIMAL SERVICE.  HAVE FUN!!!!

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