The Course Selection Process at Bronx Science

The Course Selection Process at
Bronx Science
HOW WILL MY CHILD
SELECT A PROGRAM
FOR SEPTEMBER,
2015?
Who is involved?
 Your child
 Your child’s teachers
 Your child’s Guidance Counselor
 The Assistant Principals
 Your child’s friends (word of mouth)
 YOU!!!
What are Special Permission Classes?
 Special Permission classes are honors,
research, advanced, Advanced Placement
and post- A.P. classes that have prerequisites and other qualifying criteria.
TIMELINE
 JANUARY/FEBRUARY: Gather Information
 Read
the Course Guide on website
 Planning worksheet (last page of guide)
 Go over your child’s grades : Transcript
 Check : Naviance www.bxscience.edu
 Plan for Placement Tests:
AP Calculus AB/BC: February 6, 2015
Honors Algebra II/Trigonometry: February 6, 2015
AP Music Theory: February 10, 2015
FEBRUARY (February 27 @ 3PM)
 ONLINE View Opens in Naviance

Students & their Parents/Guardians will know the classes for
which students have been pre-approved

IMPORTANT: Students can APPLY to classes for which they
have not received pre-approval
Monday, March 2, Elective Day
 Students have the opportunity to speak with teachers
and Assistant Principals about elective, honors and
Advanced Placement classes for next year.
 Students can speak with their guidance counselors
about their classes for next year as well.
Who is EXCLUDED from Special Permission
classes?
 Students with suspended privileges are not allowed
to have Special Permission classes.
 Suspended privileges = 1 cut or more
 All cuts must be cleared (or detention served)
immediately.
Application Period
 Students may apply to classes if they were not
already pre-approved:
 Application
due date is March 6.
 Who can apply? Students who are interested in the
courses but do not meet the initial baseline criteria.
Students can obtain applications online, in
department offices, and from their teachers.
March 16: Registration Opens on
Naviance at 3:00pm
 Students will register in Naviance for their classes.
 Students are urged to speak to their guidance
counselors, current teachers, and assistant principals
before they actually register, especially if they have
questions.
 Students who register for more than three A.P.
classes will need parental permission.
Registration Closes (March 27 @ 3PM)
 Students must have registered on Naviance.
 After courses have been checked over, students will
see “approved” next to “current status” on their
course request page in Naviance.
 Approval only means that the requests satisfy a
Bronx Science program, it does not guarantee
student will get those classes.
 Finalized programs can only be distributed to
students in September.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW
 Students with suspended privileges must clear their cuts
or serve detention immediately or risk their access to
special permission classes.
 Students must see their guidance counselor if they have
questions about Naviance.
 Students will lose special permission classes if there are
changes in their June grades and/or privilege status.
CRUCIAL
 Students need to select carefully because what they
choose in Naviance will determine their classes for
next year. Changes will not be made in
September. Students will not be permitted to
drop classes if they don’t “like” them.
 Students must also choose ALTERNATES that they
are willing to take. They will be expected to honor
their commitment to those classes should they
receive them instead of their first choices.
EVEN MORE CRUCIAL
 Students who fail to register by the deadline, will be
given generic programs, chosen by their guidance
counselors
Oh no! What if I change my MIND?
 Students will be given SEVERAL opportunities to
change the requests that they initially made.
 The Program Chair will contact students throughout
April and May to give them the opportunity to refine
or change their classes.
 Students will receive preliminary programs in the
summer (by e-mail).
 It is important that students check their bxscience
e-mail regularly for programming and other
communication from the school.
Sophomore Required Minor
 Sophomores are required to choose a minor in a
research-based science, math, technology, or social
science class.
 These full-year classes are required for Bronx
Science graduation.
 Many of the classes lead to and are pre-requisites for
the Research Program (Intel), Engineering Program,
AP Computer Science and Post-AP Computer
Science courses.
Sophomore Required Minor (Special Permission)
Special
permission
sophomore
classes
leading to
three year
research
course
sequence
(Intel) and
Post-AP
courses
Biology
Junior & Senior
Research (Intel)
Mathematics
Junior & Senior
Research (Intel)
Physical
Science
Junior & Senior
Research (Intel)
Social Science
Junior & Senior
Research (Intel)
Computer
Science
Junior & Senior
Research (Intel)
Post-AP APP
Development
AP Computer
Science
Post-AP Game
Programming
Sophomore Required Minor (Open Enrollment)
Digital Engineering
(special permission)
Introduction to
Engineering
Experimental
Engineering
(special permission)
Physics of Technical
Theatre
Open enrollment
sophomore classes:
Architectural Drafting
Applied Science
Advanced Architecture
Science Options for Freshmen Currently in
Regents or Honors Biology
 Regents Chemistry
 Honors Regents Chemistry (special permission)
 Sophomore Regents/AP Chemistry (special permission)
 Regents Physics (must be currently in Alg2/ Trig)
 AP Physics 1 (special permission and must be currently
in Alg2/Trig)
Science Options for Freshmen Currently in
Regents or Honors Chemistry
 For students who took the Living Environment Regents
Exam in middle school

AP Biology (special permission)

AP Environmental Science (special permission)

AP Chemistry (special permission)

Non-special permission Biology Elective

Regents Physics (must be currently in Alg2/ Trig)

AP Physics 1 (special permission and must be currently Alg2/ Trig)
Science Options for Freshmen Currently in
Regents or Honors Chemistry
 For students who DID NOT take the Living
Environment Regents Exam in middle school

AP Biology (special permission)

Honors Biology (special permission)

Regents Biology

Regents Physics (must be currently in Alg2/ Trig)

AP Physics 1 (special permission and must be currently in
Alg2/ Trig)