Registration Form and Information for 10th Graders
10th_grade_registration_form_2023-2024__2_.pdf
10th_grade_registration_information_2023-2024.pdf
Registration Manual
2023-2024_mcc_registration_guide__1_.pdf
Registration Instructions
1. Review your scheduling options with a parent or guardian. Remember, you can change your mind about the classes you selected when you met with Ms. Anderson. Everything on your form has been written in pencil and can be easily erased. Just keep your graduation requirements in mind.
2. In order to take Advanced Biology, Advanced English or Advanced Algebra II…a student must have received a ‘B’ or higher in the corresponding 9th grade subject or have a teacher recommendation.
3. Make sure to have a parent/guardian sign your registration form.
4. Return your signed registration form to the office by March 3rd, 2023 (there will be a table outside of Missy’s window with a grade-specific box for you to place this in).
If You Are Taking an Online College Course
Here are some important things for parents and students to know:
Progress Towards Graduation
Your credits toward graduation start counting in 9th grade. Students must repeat any required course for which they received a failing grade. Courses that have to be repeated may result in:
Transcript
All of your senior high grades are recorded on a document called a ‘transcript’. Your transcript follows you throughout high school and beyond. It is reviewed by:
Work Place Expectations
Your job is to be a student right now. In order to be successful on any job, there are common expectations that need to be met. Some of these include:
1. Review your scheduling options with a parent or guardian. Remember, you can change your mind about the classes you selected when you met with Ms. Anderson. Everything on your form has been written in pencil and can be easily erased. Just keep your graduation requirements in mind.
2. In order to take Advanced Biology, Advanced English or Advanced Algebra II…a student must have received a ‘B’ or higher in the corresponding 9th grade subject or have a teacher recommendation.
3. Make sure to have a parent/guardian sign your registration form.
4. Return your signed registration form to the office by March 3rd, 2023 (there will be a table outside of Missy’s window with a grade-specific box for you to place this in).
If You Are Taking an Online College Course
Here are some important things for parents and students to know:
- The MCC High School partners with Infinity Online (with college credit running through Itasca Community College) and Distance Minnesota (comprised of Northland Community and Technical College, Northwest Technical College and Alexandria Technical and Community College).
- Students who enroll in online college courses will be given a corresponding period in their schedule to work on these classes. Students will report to the library for this.
- Because of FERPA laws, the MCC High School does not receive grading information until the completion of a semester nor does the school receive communication about a student’s progress from their online college instructors. Throughout the semester, parents/guardians should periodically ask their students to show them a current grade as a way to monitor their progress.
- In addition, students are encouraged to keep Ms. Anderson in the loop about their grades/how they are doing in their class(es). Although courses are semester-based, students are required to share their current grade with Ms. Anderson at mid-semester. If a student is passing at mid-semester, a ‘P’ will be recorded on the quarter 1 or quarter 3 report card. However, only the final semester grade will be placed onto a student’s permanent grading record/transcript.
- If a student wishes to drop a Distance Minnesota class, they must do so 7 days PRIOR to the start of the semester. Infinity courses can be dropped through the first two weeks of the class.
- Infinity classes are basically aligned with the high school’s semester start/stop dates. Distance Minnesota classes, however, run differently. For Distance Minnesota classes, the fall semester starts the same day as school starts at the high school but it ends during the third week of December. Spring semester for Distance Minnesota classes begins the second week of January (which is typically a couple of weeks before the end of fall semester at MCC). Because of this, students enrolled in a Distance MN spring course will not have a formal spot in their schedule for their online classes until the start of MCC’s semester two (so it is critical that they put in the time at home).
- Please be aware that an instructor can drop a student from a course after the first week if a student hasn’t completed and submitted their first week assignments. This drop will be a permanent part of their college transcript
Progress Towards Graduation
Your credits toward graduation start counting in 9th grade. Students must repeat any required course for which they received a failing grade. Courses that have to be repeated may result in:
- students missing out on elective options
- being held back in core courses while your classmates advance on to the next one in the series (e.g. English 9 to English 10)
- students needing to enroll at the Area Learning Center in Thief River Falls during the summer or during evening sessions throughout the school year
- ineligibility for sports and other school activities
- postponed graduation
Transcript
All of your senior high grades are recorded on a document called a ‘transcript’. Your transcript follows you throughout high school and beyond. It is reviewed by:
- The high school counselor and principal to determine if graduation requirements have been met
- College and/or military representatives to determine if you will be admitted
- Scholarship Committees
- Employers to determine if you are hireable (they are looking at your ability and work ethic)
Work Place Expectations
Your job is to be a student right now. In order to be successful on any job, there are common expectations that need to be met. Some of these include:
- Showing up on time and limiting your absences
- Being prepared and ready to work
- Proper communication (be respectful with your words…if you don’t understand something, ask…respond to requests in a timely manner…LISTEN…pay attention/take notes)
- Doing your work to the best of your ability and completing it on time
- Working well with others (teamwork and collaboration)
