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Bob Jones High School

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Counseling

New Student Information

If you have a new student transferring to Madison City Schools, please note the following:

  1. New students must be enrolled via the MCS website's New Student Enrollment Link. Once requested documentation and information have been submitted and approved, the district will notify the registrar at BJHS.
  • PLEASE NOTE: Upon successful enrollment in the district, you will receive an electronic confirmation, but please allow the school to contact you first. Everyone who completes the registration process will receive this general confirmation. Once all requirements have been verified, the school registrar will notify your school counselor, and the school counselor will make contact with you regarding courses and scheduling.
  • Counselors will typically begin to make contact with new students and parents who enroll over the summer around mid-July.
  1. Please keep in mind that counselors try to contact families in order based on their enrollment completion, so it may take time for you to be contacted depending on the number of new students who have completed this step prior to your student’s enrollment.
  1. In the meantime, please do the following to prepare for your counselor meeting:

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Please review graduation requirements, core course progression charts, and course catalog (descriptions of courses, prerequisites required) to complete your course request form for your upcoming grade level. If you are a rising 9th grader, you may ONLY select courses from the 9th grade form. Be prepared with courses in mind as well as any questions you may have.

Each student is required to select 8.0 credits-worth of classes. Typically, this includes four core courses (English, Math, Science, Social Science) and four elective courses. Please list/include multiple alternative options for elective courses (4 to 5), as some courses may be unavailable or not fit around the requested core classes.

 

  • If possible, acquire or develop a student record of courses taken and grades received for high school courses from your student’s previous school. Our registrars will request an official transcript from your students’ former school, but often the delivery of transcripts is delayed and will be received well into the school year.
  • Counselors will conduct a review of all courses to determine which graduation requirements have been met by your student’s previous ourses and which requirements are yet to be fulfilled.
  • Without a record of previous courses and grades, it may be a challenge for your counselor to create a schedule in which he/she has full confidence will allow students to remain on track to graduate with their cohort (especially rising 11th and 12th graders).

Thank you for your patience, and welcome to Bob Jones High School!

Schedule Changes

Selecting courses is one of the most important tasks for students and parents. Proper course selection allows students to meet graduation requirements, explore possible career interests, prepare for post-secondary education opportunities, and engage in activities they enjoy. Course selection is vital to the school as well, as our schedule for the next school year is prepared based on the choices our students make now. The number of teachers hired, teaching assignments, and the specific courses offered each school year are decided based on the courses requested by students during course selection in the spring.

To make all of these different pieces work together, students must make the correct course choices now. The school’s role in course selection is to confirm with the student his/her choices and verify that the courses selected are wanted and/or needed by the student.  Once this process is completed in the spring, schedule changes will be limited. Students should expect to stay in the courses they choose. 

Changes will be made based on misplacement. Simply changing one’s mind after the schedule is built, or believing a course is “too hard” are not valid reasons to change classes. Therefore, we expect students and parents to choose next year’s courses wisely. The counseling office and administration are here to assist in any way possible. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us.

 After the registration deadline, to make schedule changes, the following are the only reasons corrections will be considered:

  • You have an "EMPTY" spot in your schedule.
  • You are missing a core class (English, Math, Science, History).
  • You are missing a course or courses needed to meet graduation requirements.
  • You’ve already taken and passed a course in your schedule.
  • Co-op and Dual Enrollment concerns or scheduling issues. 
  • Athletic PE or Band was left off your schedule, etc.

PLEASE NOTE:

True circumstantial requests may be considered, but will not be guaranteed.

FALL SEMESTER: We will review schedules that need "corrections" for the year and adjust those that warrant them during the first 2–3 days of the start of school.

SPRING SEMESTER: We will look at circumstantial change requests and those due to scheduling errors (not because you no longer want to take an elective or class that you chose) that are submitted for the spring classes by December 1st. 

    • You'd like a specific teacher
    • You want to have your classes at specific times or in a specific order
    • You requested a class, and now you no longer want to take it
    • You don't like the teacher
    • You want to be in a class with a friend, etc.

     

  • Once selected, AP and Honors courses cannot be dropped without administrator approval (choose wisely).

    We take a great deal of time to develop our master schedule and balance classes to accommodate students based on the selections they make in the spring, so PLEASE choose wisely. Look at the course descriptions and schedule an appointment with your counselor if needed.

  • Off blocks are provided to 11th and 12th graders who are enrolled in a virtual class, enrolled in Co-Op, or enrolled in an approved dual enrollment course ONLY. In order to receive an off block, you must be enrolled in:

    • A virtual course
    • A dual enrollment course, OR
    • Co-Op

    AND

    • Have transportation (YOU CANNOT remain on campus during that time)
    • Be on track for graduation
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Transcript Requests

All Transcript requests for current and former students must be purchased through our Scribbles software. Click here to access. 

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