Desert Vista Class of 2020 Freshman Orientation

What steps are involved in successful registration

What paperwork is required and when it is due

What courses you should be choosing based on your goals for the future

Start your high school career successfully with a complete, accurate, and on-time registration packet!

AFTER THIS PRESENTATION YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE BELOW TO

SUCCESSFULLY REGISTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL

Registration Process

1. Orientation

2. Attend Open House Monday, February 1, 2016, with your parents.

3. Turn in completed packet to a DV counselor at your middle school.

Only COMPLETE packets will be

accepted.

Having completed, on-time packets

is the first step to a successful high

school experience!

What do you need to register?1. Parents/Students complete registration packet.

Data Sheet

Health Update

Course Selections

AZ Residency Form

Primary Home Language Form

Special Programs Sheet

Birth Certificate

Immunization Records

Copy of Parent Driver’s License

Proof of Residence

(See TUHSD checklist for acceptable items)

Attach FOUR Documents

Attach a copy of Gifted scores, if applicable. Top 3% on the TUHSD placement test or previous placement in Gifted Program.

Students in special programs need to note on Record of Prior Special Programs page (504, ESL, Title I, IEP, Gifted). Students taking honors, but not identified as gifted do not need to mark gifted.

Valid Arizona driver’s license can be used for proof of residency if the address matches the address listed on the attached yellow data sheet.

Desert Vista Open Enrollment?

Registration packets for open-enrollment students must be turned in:

* During registration at the middle schoolOR

* Desert Vista before the end of the school day on March 4, 2016.

Open Enrollment Forms must be completed online at the TUHSD website prior to turning in a registration packet.

Check the TUHSD website for updates at

http://tempeunion.schoolwires.net/Page/2166

Freshman Open House

Bring your parents to get registration questions answered.

DV teachers, club sponsors and coaches will be available.

Monday, February 1, 2016

6:00 PM Auditorium—Registration orientation presentation for all

students

7:00 PM DV Gym—Welcome to Desert Vista!

7:20 PM Small Gym—Explore opportunities at DV

7:45 PM Cafeteria—Presentation for gifted students

We will be back to register…

Akimel

February 4 & 5, 2016

Altadena

February 2 & 3, 2016

All other schools & open enrollment drop off at DV no later than March 4, 2016.

TUHSD Graduation RequirementsSubjects DV In-State

Graduation University

English 4 4

Math 4 4

Science 3 3

Social Studies 2.5 2

Free Enterprise * 0.5 0

Fine Art/Voc 2 1

P.E./Health 1.5 0

Foreign Lang 0 2

Electives 5.5 0

TOTAL 23 16

DV Freshmen Honors Classes –Multiple Methods Used for

Honors Placement:

* 8th grade teacher signature on registration form

* Prior honors placement

OR

* Grades (generally A’s)

Honors Placement Guide

1. Know your strengths2. Consider your time commitments3. Increased rigor due to common core – more critical thinking

and student engagement, less memorization and rote learning

4. Know your expectations – do you NEED straight A’s5. Reference the Honors Placement Guide handout provided

Gifted Services

1. Scoring in the top 3% in any one of the three areas on the TUHSD honors placement test.

Last day to test:

Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016Register at: http://tempeunion.schoolwires.net/domain/62

2. Qualification in a gifted program prior to high school (Documentation must be included with registration paperwork unless identification was through Akimel or Altadena and student currently attends one of those schools).

3. PSAT scores will be reviewed in the freshman and sophomore years, if the student has not qualified in one of the ways listed above.

Registration Sheet Helps to Guide Course Selection

Required

Courses

Electives and

other grad

requirements

Graduation

Requirements

Registration Sheet Tips

Shaded Areas

Require

Signature

Complete

Legibly

Graduation

Requirements

Registration Tab

Prerequisite

Required

One Semester

Freshman English

Prerequisite

Required

Must be Signed

Regardless of

Honors or regular.

Math

Prerequisite

Required (See

Below)

Must be Signed by

Middle School Teacher

Regardless of Honors

or Regular.

One Semester

Course

Other Requirements

Prerequisite

Required (See

Below)

Prerequisite

Required (See

Below)

Freshman Electives and Other Requirements

One Semester

Courses

Sign up for Spanish

3-4 if currently in

Spanish.

12

3

Credits from Middle School

Math and Spanish classes taken in middle school receive credit, but are posted as P/F, so do NOT earn

rank points or impact GPA.

Out-of-District students can take a Spanish placement test to determine placement.

When: 3:15 on Thursday May 12th, 2016Where: Students can meet at the Front Office at Desert

Vista. Testing should last about an hour

Review Packet

Summer School – registration starts in March

Zero Hour

Eighth Hour

How am I going to fit in all the classes I want to take?

Indicate on the Registration Worksheet

Summer School Registration Starts in March

Information can be found at http://tempeunion.schoolwires.net/Page/590

Summer School

Computer Applications (0 Hour)

Honors Music Exploration &

Performance—Chamber

Orchestra (0 Hour)

Honors Biology 1-2 (0 Hour)

Geometry 1-2 (0 Hour)

JROTC (0 Hour, at MdN)

Before/After School Classes

Honors Algebra 3-4 (0 Hour)

Honors Finite/Honors Brief

Calculus (0 Hour)

World Music—Steel Drum

Ensemble (0 Hour)

Debate 1-2 (8th Hour)

Forensics Speech 1-2 (8th

Hour)

1. To have the extra course placed in your course selections at time of registration at the middle school:a) Pay at the DV Bookstoreb) Attach receipt to and write in the extra course on the

scheduling worksheet

c) Turn in to DV counselor at your middle school on your registration day.

2. To add extra course after registration materials have been turned in:a) Pay at the DV Bookstoreb) Turn receipt in to the DV Counseling Office by Friday, March 4,

2016, at 3:30 PM.

To Register for a Zero or Eighth Hour

If the extra class is the 7th class on the student’s schedule,

a fee of $175 per semester is required.

Dual Enrollment

Acquire college credits while concurrently enrolled in a DV class.

Courses taught on DV campus by DV teachers.

Student registers and pays through the community college.

The registration process takes place at DV.

Dual enrollment classes are at the link below:Rio Salado courses offered at DV.

Questions should be directed to the teacher in the subject area of question.

Class counselors can answer questions regarding combination of classes to take.

Advanced Placement (AP)

Advanced Placement curriculum is standard nation-wide and prepares students for the AP test in May. Universities award credit and/or proficiency recognition based on test scores.Desert Vista Offerings:

Biology

Calculus BC

Chemistry

Computer Science

English Language and Composition

English Literature and Composition

Environmental Science

European History

Human Geography

Latin

Music Theory

Psychology

Spanish Language

Statistics

US (AZ) Government

United States History

World History

Earning College Credit in High School

Successful Registration Depends Upon:

Completing all necessary gray areas on registration sheet

Teacher Signatures

Parent & Student Signatures

Honors/AP courses?

Complete Alternate Classes section:

Choose two year-long courses or four semester-long courses as alternates.

Your alternates will only be used if one of your first choices cannot fit in your schedule with the other course selections.

Keys to Successful Registration

* Choose Courses Wisely

* Get all Signatures

* Bring completed packets to your middle school on assigned registration day