Counseling Services
Enrollment And Credit Information
The counselors can provide you with specific information on current graduation requirements, college information including scholarships and financial aid, testing services, career, vocational, academic and scholastic information. Each student receives a credit check during his/her sophomore and junior years. We encourage you to visit the counseling office whenever you have questions about your progress, credits needed for graduation, or to obtain any other information of an academic, vocational, social, or personal nature.
The Counseling Office oversees the enrollment of all qualified students. Any of the Guidance Staff can answer questions pertaining to qualifications, applicability, or exemptions of classes. Please contact them if you are concerned about In-Processing, Schedule Changes or Out-Processing.
The Earned Diploma
A diploma is earned by a student who has completed all the requirements for graduation as prescribed by the State Department of Education, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Choctaw/Nicoma Park Board of Education. The C/NP Board of Education views commencement exercises as a privilege; therefore, the Board will only allow seniors in good standing to attend commencement exercises. Any student who lacks two or fewer credits may participate in commencement exercises. Students who need more than two credits will not be allowed to participate in commencement exercises. In order to receive that year’s diploma you must complete all credits by the end of the first term of the following school year. The student's diploma will be issued AFTER the unit or credits are satisfactorily completed.
Earned Credit Sources
The preferred method of earning credits for graduation is through courses completed during regular school periods on our campus or through an approved area
Technology
Center
course. Courses must be taken in proper sequence and a student may not work ahead for the purpose of early graduation. Credits earned through summer school, correspondence courses, or night school, etc., may count for remedial purposes only. They may NOT be used for the purpose of early graduation.
Concurrent Enrollment Policy
A student making satisfactory progress toward graduation may enroll in college-level classes (excluding physical education classes) at any university or college in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. The guidelines for concurrent enrollment are listed below.
- The student must attend classes at Choctaw High School for a minimum of two class periods per day.
- The student must have taken the ACT and received a composite score of 19 or greater and received sub-test scores of 19 or greater in any subject area in which he/she wishes to enroll.
- The student must complete the Rose State College “Concurrent Enrollment” form with accompanying recommendations from the Principal and Senior Counselor and be accepted for admission by Rose State College.
- The student will enroll in 16 credits in the spring of his/her junior year at Choctaw High School and place an asterisk(*) by the classes he/she wishes to drop after enrolling at Rose State College.
- After the student enrolls at Rose State College, he /she must bring proof of enrollment to his/her counselor as soon as possible so that his/her high school schedule can be adjusted accordingly.
- If the student withdraws from classes at Rose State College after the second week of classes at Choctaw High School, Rose State will notify Choctaw High School immediately and the student will be placed in ISI for the number of periods he/she was enrolled at RSC for the reminder of the block and receive no credit for withdrawn classes.
- If a student drops out of Choctaw High School, Rose State will be notified immediately. A student is eligible for concurrent enrollment only while enrolled at Choctaw High School.
- Courses completed at a university or college through concurrent enrollment will be placed on the student’s high school transcript and a student will receive “elective” credit for these classes. Grades received for college credit will be factored into the student’s cumulative grade point average (GPA). This will affect the selection criteria for Valedictorian, Salutatorian and other academic honor programs
Night School and Summer School (Limit: 4 credits total)
Our district recognizes night school and summer school course work from any state certified high school program. Night school and summer school courses will not be approved merely to accumulate additional credits for the purpose of early graduation.
Correspondence Courses (Limit: 2 credits total)
The district only recognizes correspondence course work from the
University
of
Oklahoma
. Correspondence courses may be approved for a senior student needing credits. Correspondence courses will NOT be approved merely to accumulate additional credits for the purpose of early graduation. Enrollment in correspondence courses must be processed through the Counseling Office and approved by the Principal to insure that the work selected is appropriate. In order to have a correspondence course considered for graduation credit, the final test must be taken on or before May 1st of the graduating year.
Grade Classification
Classification of students will be established at the beginning of each school year and will not change until the next enrollment year. The following criteria will be used in determining the grade classification of students:
a. eighteen units (36 credits) classifies a student as a senior.b. eleven units (22 credits) classifies a student as a junior.
c. four units (8 credits) classifies a student as a sophomore.
(Note: these four units must include two solid subject units.)
Number Of Classes In Which A Student Must Be Enrolled
All students will be required to enroll in four classes per block.
Valedictorian And Salutatorian
The valedictorian (s) and salutatorian(s) for the senior class will be named during the last quarter of the school year. The following procedure will be used to decide academic honors:
1. Valedictorian is a designation of any student who has all "A's" on his/her high school transcript.
Student(s) will receive the honor of being named the Valedictorian of Distinction and will give the valedictory address at graduation. The student giving the address will be the valedictorian who has completed the most honor courses, advanced placement courses, all third and fourth year foreign language courses, physics, human anatomy/physiology, and computer programming two.
2. Salutatorian is a designation of any student who has "A's" and only one "B" on his/her high school transcript.
3. All valedictorians and salutatorians must have met the curricular college entrance requirements of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education while attending a state accredited high school for four years.
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