Detailed summer school Information, registration packets and applications can be found by visiting the CUSD website.

4 year college bound students:

If you have received a D or an F in a college prep class starting with your freshman year, please see your Academic Advisor to register with Pacific Coast Summer School. (online, college prep and free)  They offer all classes except foreign language and lab science.  If you might get a D or F this semester, sign up now.  It will be too late if you wait until the end of the semester.  If you end up with a C, you do not have to take the class.

Diploma bound students who are credit deficient:

If you are credit deficient, please see your Academic Advisor to register with either Pacific Coast Summer School (online, college prep and free) or Access Summer School (once/twice a week classroom meeting, non-college prep and free).  

Application period closes May 28^th so please act quickly. 

Turn in completed applications to your Academic Advisor. 

STAR Schedules Specifics

 Students and parents,

 We are once again testing with 4^thperiod teachers so every student will need to be at his/her 4^thperiod classrooms with a testing start time of 7:56am for both days.

 ***We also want to make sure that you are all aware of the specifics for the STAR schedule . See below to see if you fit any of the criteria for a modified STAR schedule. Students who fit the criteria below will get a reminder in their classes on April 23^rd. Should you have questions, please contact someone in the Guidance Office.

 Wednesday, April 24^th

 9^ththrough 11^thgrade students who do not have a science class or are currently enrolled in Coordinated Science II or Earth Science will not test in the morning and therefore will not be required to come to school until 10:10 am.

 Thursday, April 25^th

 Students who do not have a math class or students who are Sophomores or Juniors currently enrolled in Beginning Personal Finance or Algebra IA will not test Thursday morning and therefore will not be required to come to school until 11:20 am.

 On Thursday all Freshmen, Juniors, and Seniors (not at senior activities) will be dismissed at lunch after their testing is complete; only Sophomores are testing in the afternoon on this day.

Beginning Wednesday, March 20, all students will embark on Fall Advisement for 2013-2014. This year Dana Hills High School students will be selecting classes on-line thru the Student Portal at https://abi.capousd.org/. Students will access their core courses, select electives, and PE/Athletic classes thru the Student Portal. If students make changes to core classes or need a signature for an AP or other class the Advisement Add/Drop form  can be found outside of the Guidance Office. Students making changes to a core course, (for example, their core social science class is listed as AP European History and they change the class to World History)MUSTturn into their academic advisor an Advisement Add/Drop form with a parent signature to document that parents are aware of the change. From March 20^ththru March 27^thstudents should be counseling with their teachers, academic advisor, and parents regarding course selection for the fall semester. Advisement ends March 27^th. 

Your child received their preliminary schedule on Tuesday, during 1^stperiod tutorial. Distributing preliminary schedules allows students to see their academic advisor if there are any changes they need to make (i.e.-drop a course, level down, discuss college track, etc.). Change request forms (teacher or period requests will not be honored) are located in the lobby outside of the Guidance office. In addition, the guidance department also looks at the master schedule to assess whether any balancing, collapsing/adding of courses needs to take place. This is a preliminary schedule therefore it is subject to change.  Students will receive their updated schedule for spring semester on Friday, February 1^st.  Again, student schedules may or may not change for spring semester. Thank you

Guidance News-1/18/2013

Parents, your children will be receiving their 2^ndsemester preliminary schedules during 1^stperiod on Tuesday, January 22nd. If your child is absent, please have them pick up their preliminary schedule in the Guidance Office.  Below is the information teachers will be relaying to your child during 1^stperiod.

The Guidance Dept. is currently in the process of building the 2^ndsemester master schedule.  If your preliminary schedule is not correct, please pick up a “Request for Schedule Change” in the guidance office.  This is the only method we will be using to change your schedule.

• We will not honor period requests.
• We will not honor teacher requests

Many teachers and students schedules will change at semester to accommodate the goals we have for student learning.  Some students will have teacher changes at semester because we are balancing class sizes, leveling students, working with teachers who coach for DHHS sports teams, or accommodating teacher assignment changes elsewhere in the master schedule.  All changes are made with the students in mind and to keep impact at a minimum.  Please realize that you may be one of these students and that teacher requests are not honored by DHHS.  This preliminary schedule is subject to change.

** If you did not turn in a 2^ndsemester course request form, pick one up in Guidance and take it home to complete.  Return the completed form to Guidance as soon as possible.

Spring Registration for 2^ndsemester

Advisement is the process we use at DHHS in which students choose their 2^ndsemester electives and/or level in a current class.  Wednesday, Nov. 28^thbegins this process.  During tutorial, 2^ndperiod classes will receive a registration form and a course offering list.  2^ndperiod teachers will read an instructional script.  Students will confer with period 2, 4, 6 teachers on that day and period 1, 3, 5 teachers the next day about their classes.  Most classes are year-long and will not change.  In a some cases, because of scheduling conflicts, the teacher may change for 2^ndsemester.  Some classes will end 1^stsemester and students will need to replace those classes.  Parents are asked to review the registration form before signing.  Please have your student return the form on or before Wednesday,  Dec. 5^thto either their 2^ndperiod teacher OR the guidance office, even if no changes will be made. 

NEW EARLIER DEADLINES!

The Early Bird program is designed for high school seniors coming to Saddleback College in the Fall semester and provides the following benefits:

• Early application period (December 1st -January 31st) for the Fall 2013 semester!
• Early Matriculation services must be completed by March 31, 2013.
• Easy to understand, step-by-step website to guide students through the process.
• Early Registration period for the Fall 2013 semester!

For detailed information and a complete Early Bird packet, visit: www.saddleback.edu/earlybird Available December 2012

Please Note: Students must complete the entire Matriculation process no later than March 31, 2013 in order to take advantage of the Early Bird benefits. 

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