Academic Planning Materials for the 2025-2026 School Year

Overview:

• Directions for registering using the online FOCUS Student Portal. The LINK to the FOCUS Student Portal can be found below.
• Grade-level presentations to learn about courses and graduation requirements that are specific to your students’ grade level next year.
• Grade-level course planning guides to assist in course selection.
• Department-based presentations, handouts, and videos to acquaint you with our course offerings and course progressions.
  
• Contact information for our School Counselors and Instructional Coaches who are available to answer any academic planning questions that you have.
• Opportunities to connect with the School Counselors regarding registration.
• Registration timeline.

Directions for Student Registration Using the FOCUS Student Portal:

• Link to FOCUS Student Portal (be sure to select "Login with your BCPS Account")
• Registration Self-Check
• Directions for Using the FOCUS Portal
• Frequently Asked Questions & Answers
• Course Request Correction Form

Registration Presentation for all grade levels for SY 2025-2026:

• Graduation requirements and courses for all grade levels-Video
• Graduation requirements and courses for all grade levels-PDF

Graduation Requirements

• Graduation requirements-all grades
• Sample Four Year Plan- Grade 9
• Sample Four Year Plan- Grades 10 and 11

Grade-Level Course Planning Guides (all grade levels are for SY 2025-2026:

• Rising Grade 9
• Rising Grade 10
• Rising Grade 11
• Rising Grade 12

Department Handouts:

• AP Capstone
  • AP Capstone Information
• Art
  • Art Department Course Offerings
  • Art & Technology Informational Video
  • Fine Arts Pathway Informational Video
  • Photography Pathway Informational Video
  • Joining the Art Community Video
• English
  • AP Language Informational Video
  • AP Literature Informational Video
• Mathematics
  • Math Department Presentation
  • Math Course Sequence
• Music & Theatre
  • Music & Audio Tech Informational Video
• Physical Education & Health
  
  • PE Leadership Application
• Science
  • Science Department Course Offerings
  • Science Department Presentation
  • Rising 9th Grade AP Environmental Video
  • Anatomy Informational Video
  • AP Biology Informational Video
  • AP Chemistry Informational Video
  • AP Environmental Science Informational Video
  • AP Physics 1 Informational Video
  • AP Physics C Informational Video 
  • Forensic Science Informational Video
• School to Career 
  
  •  CCRD Intro
  •  CCRD Advanced
  • CCRD Information
• Social Studies & LPP Magnet
  • Social Studies Academic Planning
  • Films in History
  • Abnormal Psychology Informational Video
  • Psychology Informational Video
  • History through Sports
  • AP Comparative Government
  • AP Economics Informational Video
  • AP European History
  • AP Human Geography Informational Video
  • AP Psychology Informational Video
  • AP World History Informational Video
• World Language
  
  • AP Latin Informational Video
  • AP Spanish Informational Video
  • AP French Informational Video
  • World Language Registration

Additional Materials:

• BCPS Course Registration Guide
• Course Request Correction Form
• Taking a course outside of BCPS
• What is AP? 
• CCBC Dual Enrollment
  
  • Apply to CCBC
  • CCBC Admissions
  • Health Dual Enrollment Information 
• Early Release Application for Rising 12th Grade Students (Coming Soon!)
• PE Leadership Application

Instructional Coaches:

• Art - Ms. Miller ([email protected]) 
• Counseling - Dr. Hobbs ([email protected])
• CTE- Ms. Smith ([email protected])
• English - Mrs. Taddeo ([email protected])
• Mathematics - Mr. Tregaskis ([email protected]) 
• Music,Theatre & Culinary Arts - Mr. Worthington ([email protected])
• Physical Education - Mr. Eastham ([email protected])
• Career Navigator - Mr. Brotman ([email protected])
• Science - Mr. Filosa ([email protected])
• Social Studies - Mr. Olson ([email protected])
•  LPP Magnet - Ms. Kromsky ([email protected])
• Special Education - Ms. Anias ([email protected]) 
• World Languages - Ms. Bissmeyer ([email protected])

School Counselors:

• Last names start with A- Dr. Hobbs ([email protected])
• Last names start with B-F - Mrs. Raley ([email protected])
• Last names start with G-K - Ms. Weir ([email protected])
• Last names start with L-Q- Mrs. Petras ([email protected])
• Last names start with R-Z - Mr. Tormey ([email protected])
• Students in the Law & Public Policy Program - Ms. Valian ([email protected])

Need Assistance?

• School Counselors are available in the Cafeteria during each lunch shift.
• Students can schedule a 1-1 appointment with their School Counselor using the Bookings App.
• If there is a problem with your automatically assigned courses, please complete this course request correction form.
• Ms. Valian and Ms.Weir will be meeting with rising 9th grade students on the following dates:
  • Dumbarton Middle School: December 19
  • Loch Raven Technical Academy: December 17
  • Ridgley Middle School: November 15

Registration Timeline:

• November 25 and 26 - Students engage in pre-registration lessons in Advisory
• December 2-December 20 - Students register in ELA classes using the FOCUS portal 
• End of January - Course Verification Forms distributed in Advisory & Course Corrections completed