1. Class of 2014
Future Seniors
Course Selection & Registration
Guidance
St. Charles East Counseling Department

2. Senior Year Classes Are
Important!
O Colleges are looking for rigorous course work
– including during senior year!
O Make sure you know the admissions
requirements of colleges to which you are
interested in applying. (i.e. Do I need a 4th year
of Math? Of Science? etc....)
O Take classes that help you explore possible
college majors.
O Challenge yourself - but don’t overextend!

3. How Many Classes
Do I Need?
O All seniors must take 5 academic classes and
PE (6 credit-producing courses) to meet the
CUSD 303 full-time student requirement.
O Here are the minimum requirements:
O English 12 (all year)
O Government and Economics (full-year American
Agenda or Co-op meet this requirement)
O PE (all year)
O 3 credits of Electives

4. Another Way to Look at Your
Course Selections
O English (1.0 credits)
O Government (.5)
O Economics (.5)
O PE (1.0)
O Elective (1.0)
O Elective (1.0)
O Elective (1.0) = 6.0 credits (the minimum for full-time status)
PLUS: Elective (1.0) (or study hall)
Elective (1.0) (or lunch; lunch/study; unscheduled)
= 8 period day

5. Course Recommendations
O When it is appropriate, your CURRENT (core
course) teachers will make
recommendations for next year’s course
work.
O Look in the ‘Recommendation’ section in
HAC for this information.

6. Entering Course Requests thru Home Access Center
•Login to Home Access Center
•Click on the COURSE REQUESTS tab
•Next to each course type, click the icon under the Add/Edit Course Selections column.
•This will open the box to select a course
•Put a checkmark in the box next to the course you would like to select
•Click SAVE when you are done with this subject area

7. •The courses you have selected will appear below the subject area.
•You can click on the icon under the Add/Edit Course Selections column if you would like to add another course to a subject area,
or change/remove a course that you had previously selected.

9. English (Choose 1)
O Multiples Perspectives Though Film and Literature
O Fantasy and Science Fiction
O Literature World Tour
O Leadership Studies
O Creative Writing & Literature
O World Mythology Honors
O British Literature Honors
O AP Language
O AP Literature

10. Social Studies Required
Senior-Year Classes
Government (0.5 credit) Economics (0.5 credit)
O Government O Economics
O Government Honors O Economics Honors
O American Agenda O American Agenda
(year-long combined (yearlong combined
with Econ) with Govt)
O American Agenda O American Agenda
Honors (yearlong Honors (year-long
combined with Econ) combined with Govt)
O AP Government O AP Economics
A full year of Co-op meets the ‘econ’ requirement.

11. Physical Education
O All students must take PE III, PE IV, & PE V
once and repeat either PE III or PE IV or PE
V. (Each of these PE courses is a semester-
long class.)
O Seniors sign up for one PE class each
semester (two total).

12. Senior Scheduling
Special Requests!
O Students (in good standing and on-target for
graduation) may elect an Unscheduled 1st or
8th period. (Please note: Unscheduled
periods are not guaranteed and not all
requests can be met.)
O Students may choose a Jr/Sr lunch/study or
Jr/Sr full-period lunch. (*Please note:
students who choose an unscheduled
period must choose Jr/Sr lunch/study).

13. Electives
O Seniors may select 3-to-4 credits of additional
electives. (Remember, all students must be
enrolled in 6 credit-producing classes.)
We encourage you to:
O take courses that are purposeful for your future
goals– career and college.
O read the Course Catalogue posted on our school’s
website. (There are many new elective courses
available next year.)
O consider the numerous off-campus programs
available to seniors through ECC and Fox Valley
Career Center. (Check with your counselor for
additional information.)