MONDAY, MARCH 4TH BEGINNING AT 6:30 P.M.
Hello Parent of a Future Knight,
Welcome to Walled Lake Northern High School! Your student will soon be making an exciting transition from middle school to high school; one of the most important tasks will be planning your student’s high school curriculum. Decisions made during the next few weeks will have an influence on your student’s academic and personal success in high school. These decisions will also impact the number of options available to your student after graduation. Therefore, careful thought and deliberation during this scheduling period is recommended.
Walled Lake Northern High School has scheduled a parent/student meeting for current eighth grade students / parents on Monday, March 4, 2024, at 6:30 P.M. in Northern’s Auditorium. (Doors open at 6:00 P.M. – Members of Northern’s Jazz band will be playing from 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) The purpose of this meeting is for you to become acquainted with the high school academic and extra-curricular programs available to all Freshmen.
Mr. Diamond, Principal of Northern High School, will open this meeting followed by a musical performance by Northern’s Choir. Information about Walled Lakes’ graduation requirements will be presented by Dr. Van Kampen, Counseling Department Chair, followed by our Student Activities leader whose will discuss student activities offered at Northern, and finishing with Mr. Froning who will speak about Northern’s athletics. After the auditorium session, there will be three, fifteen-minute breakout sessions where some of Northern’s teachers will present the course offerings at Northern. After the breakout sessions, Northern’s Coaches and Club Sponsors will be in the Commons from 8:15 P.M. - 8:45 P.M for an open house where 8th grade students can sign up for email lists, meet coaches and current athletes, and learn all about the extracurricular activities that Northern offers.
On the night of Parent Night, you will receive a session list showing you where the various breakout sessions are held. Additionally, building maps of Northern will be available at school the night of March 4th. We will also have administrators around the halls to help guide you.
Your student will receive more registration materials when Northern counselors visit the middle schools in the next few weeks. You can obtain additional scheduling information online at Northern’s homepage on the internet at https://northern.wlcsd.org/counseling. The webpage will give a complete description of Northern’s courses and a complete Program of Study Book. Please help your student by taking an active role in this critical planning process.
Students may then select two credit hours of electives to complete their schedule. Please remember that Physical Education/Health and visual arts, performing arts or vocational education are required electives for graduation. Many Freshmen elect to enroll in these classes during their first year at Northern High School.
We hope to see you on Monday, March 4, 2024. Please feel free to contact the counseling department should you need further assistance at (248) 956-5321. We look forward to working with you to help make the most of your student’s high school years.
Sincerely,
Walled Lake Northern Administration
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES FOR 8TH GRADERS
Wednesday, Feb. 28th- WLN High School Counselors come to CHS Middle School for a presentation at 8:30 am.
Wednesday, Feb. 28- March 1- Mrs. Maureen Bratke will visit all 8th Grade ELA classes to go over the orange scheduling sheet and directions to input requests in Skyward (see video below and attached PDF for directions). Orange sheets are due on Friday, March 8th. Skyward will be open from Feb. 28-March 10th.
Monday, March 4- Incoming Student and Parent Night 6:30 pm at WLN High School.
https://northern.wlcsd.org/counseling/course-selection
Link for freshman course descriptions:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M6opyOXpkCa65xTtpOXTaWBvNyAUi3e3/view
Friday, March 8 and Monday, March 11- WLN High School Counselors return to CHS Middle School to meet with all 8th graders to go over schedule requests (orange sheet) from 8:15 am-2:00 pm.
Week of March 18- Makeup session for absent students to meet with WLN High School Counselors
Please contact Mrs. Maureen Bratke MaureenBratke@wlcsd.org with any questions.