C ENTRAL B UCKS S CHOOL D ISTRICT
L E A D I N G T H E W A Y
The Central Bucks Schools will provide all students with the academic and problem-solving skills
essential for personal development, responsible citizenship, and life-long learning.
January 2016
Dear Parents and/or Guardians,
Beginning the second week of January, students in the Central Bucks School District will be entering their course requests for the following year through the Parent Portal (additional information about the Parent Portal can be found on the district website).
Students will receive program planning materials in homeroom after the holiday break. The 2016-2017 Program of Studies book will be online (on East’s guidance website and also under student resources on www.cbsd.org) for you and your students to access. Counselors will conduct in-class presentations during English classes (10th grade) and Social Studies (11th grade) covering both 1st and 2nd semester classes through February 3rd. During these presentations graduation requirements, college requirements and course registration deadlines will be explained. Students may feel free to register prior to hearing the presentation and then make changes as needed via the portal or may wait until the presentation if they are unsure of the process. Additionally, counselors will meet with students individually after the portal closes to ensure that the correct courses were selected and they meet district requirements for graduation. For any student who is either unable to enter his/her course requests using the online website, counselors will meet individually with those students as well. During the period the online website is available (January 8 through February 7), students and parents can contact their counselor with any questions or concerns via email or telephone. ALL course requests must be entered into the program by March 11, 2016. Verification sheets will be distributed after that date to confirm course requests. Students will be permitted to make changes to their course r equests until Friday, March 18 , 201 6 via the guidance department . Students will not be able to make changes to these requests after March 1 8 th unless these changes meet the requirements set out in the district’s Critical Course Change criteria (see P rogram of Studies ).
We are hopeful that this program allows more opportunity for students and parents to discuss course requests at home with time to read about the many classes offered by the district. We would also ask that if you have any problems, do not hesitate to seek our assistance.
TIMELINE
January 8 Course registration available through portal
February 7 Course registration portal closed
March 11 Completion of all student course requests
March 14 Verification sheets available on the parent portal
March 18 LAST DAY for course request changes
Class of 2017 Counselors
Mr. Walt Sandstrom (A-La)
Mrs. Melanie Jones (Le –Z)
Class of 2018 Counselors
Mrs. Elizabeth Carr (A-K)
Mr. George Moustakas (L-Z)
Central Bucks High School-East - 2804 Holicong Road - Doylestown, PA - 18902-1400 – Telephone:(267)-893-2300 - Fax: (267)-893-5821
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE STUDENT COURSE REGISTRATION
Browser requirements for home computer:
d.org/Page/874
Link to Parent Portal where Registration is available for course selection: Available on the district website under Student Resources, the high school website, or go directly to: d.org/campus/portal/cbsd.jsp
Log in screen:
LOGIN - Use student’s school ID number which is located on the student ID card.
PASSWORD- FOR FIRST TIME USERS - Student’s initials and date of birth (FLMMDDYY) with no spaces or slashes. The initials are the first letter of student’s first name (F) and first letter of student’s last name (L).
PASSWORD -FOR RETURNING USERS - Returning users should use their current Parent Portal password.
Note: Students can request password resets through the district website on the Student Resources page.
Menu on left column:
Registration – See information below.
Calendar – Displays district & school assignment, attendance, and day events.
Schedule – Student’s current class schedule & may be used for reference when requesting courses for next year. The schedule also includes a link to grades, assignment scores & teacher’s email addresses.
Attendance – Displays student’s year to date attendance information.
Health – Displays student’s current immunizations entered in student information system.
Assessment – Displays student’s national, state, and district tests & scores.
Graduation Planner – Provides a student’s credit check for their current graduation requirements.
Transportation- Displays student’s bus number, pick up and drop off times, and the address for the bus stop.
Reports – Provides access to Unofficial HS Transcript, IPR’s and Report Cards in adobe format.
BMI to Portal – Displays student’s latest BMI screening information.
Family Members – Displays contact information for student’s household members. (Contact counselor if inaccurate).
Log Off – Select this when exiting this website. Do not “x out” of page.
Instructions for Course Registration:
q Return to Registration Screen.
q Select COURSE SEARCH.
q Enter desired course by number, not course name (found in Program of Studies or on course request card). Click on GO.
q Course number and title will appear on right of screen. If correct, click on course name.
q Course name and number will appear with any prerequisite courses and number of units (see explanation of UNITS below). Course descriptions are available by clicking on this request.
q If desired as requested course, click on REQUEST THIS COURSE. If desired as an alternate course, click on REQUEST AS AN ALTERNATE.
q Course will be entered under REQUESTED COURSE heading and units will be totaled.
q Repeat process again beginning with COURSE SEARCH.
q Students should continue selecting REQUESTED COURSES until units are full (32).
q Students should also select three to six courses as ALTERNATES.
q If you decide to remove a course from your list, click on that course in the REQUESTED list. The course title will appear with an option to DROP THIS COURSE.
q All entries will be saved and students can review requests at any time during the period the online website is available (January 8 to February 7).
q If desired, a printed copy of the selected course list is available by clicking on PRINT REQUEST.
q Log off.
The number of UNITS will continue to be added until the requests have totaled 32. After that the only option students will have to added courses is under the ALTERNATE list. If a student wants to move a course from ALTERNATE to REQUESTED, this can be done by deleting a course and adding another on to the REQUESTED list.