Gig Harbor High School

It’s hard to believe, but starting after the February Break the counselors will be meeting with your student to register for next year’s classes.

How can you help? Parents are an extremely important part of the registration process. Talking with your student about their interests, possible career opportunities and academic aspirations is incredibly important in shaping the student's classes and five year plan. Although students will not receive the written materials until the presentations in block classes, all forms and the course descriptions are online and available for viewing. There are a few new classes which are not listed, but with few exceptions, most classes listed online will be offered 2008-09. Take the time to look at the classes with your student before registration time. Evaluate which classes are needed for graduation or for educational/training opportunities after graduation. Please remember that four year colleges have additional requirements which students must meet.

During your student’s registration process, it is very important to review the materials, check your student’s transcript for accuracy, do a credit check for progress towards graduation, help select classes and alternates, complete the five year plan, and sign off on all forms! Our turn around time is very short, so it is wise to be thinking ahead of time what classes your student may need or desire. All forms are expected to be complete and turned in on time.

As you can tell from the schedule, this is a very busy time for the Counseling and Career Center. Counselors will be in classes, delivering the registration materials, and collecting completed forms every day for six weeks. We will do our best to return phone calls and schedule meetings, but please be patient during this period as our time is extremely limited.

Students will be given the registration materials in their block classes according to the following timeline:

Wednesday, March 26, 6:30 PM

GHHS Auditorium

Information will be presented by administrators and counselors, followed by informational sessions with individual departments. Enrollment and Registration packets, along with Course Catalogs, will be available in the Counseling Office for students currently enrolled in private or home schools.

*Private and Home School Student Enrollment & Registration

To be able to register for classes on Tuesday, April 22 or April 29, please complete and turn in all enrollment requirements listed below by the Friday before your registration date.

1) Enrollment:

By Friday, April 18 or April 25, complete these steps:

____ 1. Obtain Enrollment and Registration packets, and a Course

Catalog from the Counseling Office.

____ 2. Complete a Math placement test, given to students in the

Counseling Office, Monday – Friday, 7:00 – 1:00, no

appointment necessary. Allow one hour for this test. No

calculator.

____ 3. If you are considering Honors English/Social Studies, you will

need to sign up through the Counseling Office to take a 90

minute writing test. To be eligible, you must have a sem. 1

8th gr. Grade Report showing A- (90%) or higher in both

English and Social Studies, and written recommendation

by the teachers in these classes. The test will be given at

GHHS on Wednesday, 4/9/08, 7:15 AM.

____ 4. A Spanish placement test is given to students who have

been studying Spanish and wish to continue studying it at

GHHS. Sign up for this test in the Counseling Office.

____ 5. Turn in completed Enrollment and Registration forms,

providing all requested information.

2) Registration:

You may register for classes on either Tuesday, April 22 or April 29, 7:30 – 9:00 AM. These two mornings are reserved specifically for private and home school students, who have completed the above Enrollment requirements. The meeting, held in the Career Center, must be attended by the incoming student and their parent/guardian.

To access Scholarship information, click here. lnformation is also available for review in the Career Center. Currently, there are scholarships available for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

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