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Grayling High School Couseling Department

PLANNING YOUR SCHEDULE

THE EDP (Educational Development Plan)

Students entering Grayling High School are strongly urged to develop a comprehensive EDP (Educational Development Plan) for the four years of high school and post-graduation training or college.

The EDP documents an ongoing process in which a learner identifies both career goals and a plan of action to achieve them. By developing an EDP, students become engaged in a process by which they can continue to explore and examine their interests, skills and abilities and begin to make decisions about selecting a career for the future.

Educators can assist high school students in determining what courses and other experiences to pursue to reach these goals. Having these long-range plans stated and recorded will influence students' day-to-day decisions as well. They can become more intentional about being successful in their classes and in selecting co-curricular, leisure-time and employment activities.

As students prepare to leave high school, having found answers to many or most of their questions, they can be more confident about their choices and enter college, training programs or employment experiences with a clearer direction in mind.

There are many resources you can use to help you develop your EDP. One of these is the form on the back of the student's course request form, which is filled out each year. Another is the Portfolio section of the CxBridges website (www.cx.bridges.com). A third option is the Career Cruising program, which is available on school computers (www.careercruising.com).

the Scheduling Process

Our process places major responsibility for student schedule development on the individual students, with major input from counselors and parents. The following steps are to be followed:

Pre-registration: Students will meet with their classes for discussion of required courses, electives, graduation requirements, college prep curriculum, vocational courses and the scheduling process. These meetings will be repeated for incoming freshmen and their parents. Pre-registration sheets must be signed by parents and returned to the Counseling office by the date to be announced. Parents are encouraged to contact the Counseling Office regarding any questions concerning this process or specific course selections.
Each student is required to enroll in 5 credited classes each trimester.
Any students who fail to turn in schedules will have one developed for them.
All student pre-registration information will be tallied to determine how many sections of each class must be offered. A master schedule indicating which class is offered each hour with each teacher will be designed.
Actual student schedules will be developed by computer. An attempt will be made to meet as many of the students' pre-registration requests as possible.
Students who have mistakes in their schedules due to the unsuccessful completion of required courses, computer conflicts, etc. will be able to make necessary schedule changes prior to the start of each trimester by making an appointment with their counselor.
Students must have authorizations from their counselor to drop a class. If their counselor feels the reason for dropping a class is valid and warrants such action, students may be dropped from a class. Students must live with their commitments. Parents disagreeing with the counselor's decision may appeal that decision, in writing, to the principal. UNLESS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAIL, CLASSES MAY NOT BE DROPPED OR CHANGED.

SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL: Courses listed in the Curriculum Guide may or may not be offered every year. We will do our best to run classes that meet the needs of our students.

COLLEGE PREP

Recommendations for college prep coursework can be found at the Presidents' Council, State Universities of Michigan site at http://www.pcsum.org/prospective_stu.html. This website will provide you with the most up-to-date advice from the public universities in Michigan, in a brochure titled "Designing Your Future."

NCAA

Students who plan to play sports at a Division I or II college should check out the NCAA eligibility requirements at http://www.ncaa.org/homepage.html.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

To check your credits, click on the Credit Audit. The credit audit sheet is a tool that you may use to track your progress through high school.