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Freestyle-Foothill College Program

1. What is the Freestyle-Foothill College Program?
• This is a program to enroll high school students in college-level courses so you tin can receive elective credit for the college level work y'all do at Freestyle Academy.
• Basically, when yous consummate a project at Freestyle, yous submit the aforementioned project for Foothill and become college credit work for the project.
• Y'all tin choose to participate in up to 10 Foothill College courses over 2 years.
• You can potentially earn upwardly to 10 college quarter units total = twenty MVLA credits over ii years which is the equivalent of two extra MVLA elective classes.
• In a typical MVLA AP/Honors grade, yous tin can potentially earn 5.0 GPA points per semester instead of four.0 GPA points and in 2 years of taking whatsoever MVLA AP/Honors grade, you could potentially add 4 semesters 10 5.0 = xx GPA points (assuming yous get an A in all the classes).
• With the Freestyle-Foothill Program, you can think of the required Freestyle Digital Media class as a Digital Media HONORS PLUS class because you can potentially earn fifty.0 GPA points over two years. Specifically, each of the 10 Freestyle-Foothill courses potentially adds five.0 points to your GPA, - that's 10 classes 10 v.0 = 50.0 GPA points over 2 years (assuming you get an A in all the classes).
2. Who is information technology meant for?
• Merely Freestyle Academy students are eligible for this programme.
3. Is there any cost to loftier schoolhouse students?
• At that place is no cost to any high school student to take classes at Foothill, every bit long as they stay at 10 higher units or less per quarter. Ten college units is the educatee's Full number of college units allowed for ALL Foothill (Freestyle related or not) courses enrolled in for any quarter for any high school student.
4. Will students get college credit for these courses?
• Yes, students get v college quarter units = ten MVLA Credits for each school twelvemonth for courses successfully completed, and this data would appear on a Foothill transcript and/or your MVLA transcript.
• The courses are LINC Classes where LINC = LEARNING IN NEW MEDIA CLASSROOMS which is part of the Foothill College Concern and Social Sciences Department - meet https://foothill.edu/bss/
• Course Descriptions are posted on https://itemize.foothill.edu/courses-az/linc/
• In 2 years, a educatee could accumulate a full of 10 college quarter units of credit = 20 MVLA credits with these classes:

Juniors (5 College Quarter Units = 10 MVLA Credits):

JR Autumn Quarter (Phase 1: Oct through Dec)

Fall (Conceptual - Premiere Pro Haiku)

ane College Unit = 2 MVLA Credits

Fall (Conceptual - Photoshop Basics)

i College Unit = 2 MVLA Credits

JR Wintertime Quarter (Phase 2: February through Mar)

Winter (Illustrator Brusk Story Album Art)

i College Unit = ii MVLA Credits

Winter (WordPress Narrative 1 Website)

i College Unit = ii MVLA Credits

JR Spring Quarter (Phase three: May through June)

Spring (One Page Flyer)

i Higher Unit of measurement = 2 MVLA Credits

Seniors (five Quarter Units = 10 MVLA Credits)

SR Fall Quarter (Phase 4: Oct through Dec)

Fall (Video Production)

i Higher Unit of measurement = 2 MVLA Credits

SR Wintertime Quarter (Phase v: Feb through Mar)

Wintertime (3D Art Projection)

1 College Unit of measurement = 2 MVLA Credits

SR Spring Quarter (Phase 6: May through June)

Jump (Zenith Product)

2 College Units = 4 MVLA Credits

Spring (Portfolio Webpage)

1 Higher Unit = 2 MVLA Credits

5. Do I have to spend actress time on these projects?
• Other than the initial awarding time and a few minutes to actually submit a Freestyle completed project when washed, no additional fourth dimension is required.
6. SPECIAL Admit & HIGH Schoolhouse STUDENT CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT Class
• Three times per twelvemonth (Fall / Winter / Spring ) for each stage of the program, you volition receive via email a pre-filled newspaper form called "SPECIAL Admit & Loftier SCHOOL Student CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT Course"
• Why? Foothill College requires that parents sign a form EVERY quarter so that parents know that each student is taking a college class.
• Expect three forms each year - Fall / Wintertime / Spring (no Summertime form).
• The pre-filled form but requires a parent signature (go out Principal signature blank) and the form must exist submitted by these deadlines:
  
  • 9/17/202# for Stage 1: Fall 202#
  • 1/17/202# for Phase 2: Winter 202#
  • four/17/202# for Stage iii: Spring 202#
  
  Failure to submit the signed course will result in being dropped from the classes for that phase.
7. Does the student accept to participate all school yr?
• A student can make up one's mind to join or not for every stage - Fall / Wintertime / Leap. Only Function one (big yellowish box below) and Office 3 (greenish box below) below needs to be completed at well-nigh once (normally just in the Fall) to get the pupil into the organization.
• Submitting the "SPECIAL ADMIT & Loftier SCHOOL STUDENT CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT FORM" and a current unofficial MVLA Transcript will indicate that you want to participate in that Phase.
• NOT submitting the "SPECIAL ADMIT & Loftier SCHOOL Student CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT FORM" and a current unofficial MVLA Transcript volition indicate that you practise NOT desire to participate in that Phase.
8. Where will I find the coursework?
• Coursework will be divers in Foothill College's Canvas Learning Direction System.
• Mr. Florendo volition be the instructor of tape. No other Freestyle teachers are the teacher of record.
• Work completed by students will be digitally submitted through the Foothill College Sail system. Students will be provided data on how to plough work in at Freestyle through Foothill's Canvas System.
• Letter grades will be given, based upon the teacher'southward rubrics and expectations. Check your grades on Foothill's Sail System.
9. What happens if I don't complete the consignment(s)?
• Max 100% on time, late penalties will be applied.
• Not submitting an assignment at all will event in a 0% = F. The F is a permanent record on your transcript. It's improve to submit tardily for a reduced grade than non submit at all for an F.
10. Practise I take to go to the Foothill Campus?
• Students will Non exist required to physically become to Foothill College at any fourth dimension. It'due south all done online.
11. Why should I do this? Why should I start collecting college credit in High School?
• You can get a maximum of ten college quarter units of credit = 20 MVLA credits which is the equivalent of 2 year long classes. Essentially, you take iii classes at Freestyle but with this program, you can get credit for 4 classes!
• You can asking Foothill College to send an official transcript to LAHS/MVHS so your courses tin can be added to your high school transcript. By doing so, yous could improve your high school GPA - assuming you do the Foothill College course assignments properly and go a good grade. Getting an A in a Foothill class is calculated into your GPA as a 5.0 instead of the usual high schoolhouse 4.0 per non-Honors/AP class. The contrary is also true - getting a bad course volition perchance bring your high school GPA down.
• Whether you plan to get a 4 yr college degree or not, having a class on a transcript is important equally it helps show to an employer that you possess a specific skill. When starting out, existence able to show a possible employer that you can practise multiple things is very important. That one class in video or in graphic arts might brand the departure for you getting a job. Likewise, you may want to work function time while you are going to school, then having documentable skills on a transcript is definitely helpful.
12. When exercise I go Foothill Transcripts?
• Foothill form grades still won't evidence up until the end of the Foothill quarter. You will be able to see them online, merely would non exist able to get an Official Transcript until the last grades are posted at the terminate of the Foothill quarter (January, April, and July). Order your transcript through https://foothill.edu/reg/registration/transcripts.html#online and have it sent to the LAHS/MVHS Registrar and your Advisor to be added to your MVLA Transcript.
13. What'due south this going to do for me one time I actually get to college?
• Virtually of the credits students will earn are "constituent credit" unless they are going into graphic arts or pedagogy fields. Having credits on your transcript that will transfer with you to a CSU or a private higher are units you lot don't have to accept AND don't have to pay for later on. The units you collect now in high school are for free AND are units afterward on you volition non have to pay for. 3 units at a CSU school will price about $800; at a private college, it will be much more than.
14. Will this increase my chances of getting into sure schools when I start applying?
• It is likely that having a good grade and completed units on a transcript will positively influence the likelihood of acceptance.
15. What would the college credits actually go to for schoolhouse, pregnant for electives or a specific course?
• You will typically exist earning elective credit that you will not accept to have or pay for when at a Community Higher, CSU, or private schoolhouse.
• Aid.org is the become-to website to make up one's mind if courses you have at a California community college will transfer to UC.
• Your courses are from Foothill College'due south Learning in New Media Classrooms (LINC), within the Fine Arts and & Communications department.
16. Does the college credit count for all colleges?
• The LINC class units are transferable to all CSUs and private colleges. LINC = LEARNING IN NEW MEDIA CLASSROOMS through the Foothill Higher Business organization and Social Sciences Section - see https://foothill.edu/bss/
• As for UC Schools, co-ordinate to the UC Application website, these LINC classes should exist listed nether the Activities and Awards section:
• Activities & awards
• This is your opportunity to tell u.s.a. most what y'all're most proud of outside the classroom. We're looking for quality, not quantity ­– so brand sure to focus on the activities and awards that are nearly important to y'all.
• You'll need classify each action/honor every bit one of half-dozen categories: Award or honor, Educational training programs (any programs that have enriched your academic experiences or helped yous prepare for college), Extracurricular action, Other coursework (courses other than those required for UC admission/courses that practice not fit in UC's A-G subject areas), Volunteering/Community service and Work Experience.

Alarm ONLY for Seniors - later you graduate from high school and if y'all are attention a academy/college other than Foothill College, practice NOT take Foothill College or other college courses in their Fall quarter (Sept) later you graduate high school because Fall courses designate you as a "transfer student", not an "incoming freshmen", at your university which may have very significant implications. Check with your university nearly taking community college courses subsequently high school graduation and starting college in the fall so that yous don't jeopardize your "incoming freshman" status.

Registering for Foothill College Classes

This part needs to be done ONLY In one case EACH SCHOOL YEAR at Freestyle. Ultimately, I need to get a CWID (Campus Wide ID) number from you to enroll you in the proper classes. Information technology's an 8 digit number, no messages - something similar 20######.

If you have ALREADY taken a form from Foothill College, ignore the yellow box below and leap to the dark-green box because you already take a CWID tha's specific to Foothill College. If you have a CWID but don't know it, y'all should accept gotten an email when you completed the Foothill College application with subject "Welcome to Foothill College as a Loftier School Student" and your CWID is the eight-digit number labeled "Student ID" in the email - leap to the greenish box.

If you accept NEVER taken a Customs College class from Foothill, DeAnza or any local customs college, you must apply to get a student to go a CWID. Post-obit instructions in yellow and green boxes beneath.

Part 1 - this part assumes you have NEVER taken a Community College class from Foothill, DeAnza or whatever local community college so you have to fill out an application to Community College system

• The deadline is nine/ten/202# for Fall 202#. If you lot consummate this section in the Autumn, you do Not take to complete it again for Winter and Spring.
• If you didn't complete this section in the Fall, the deadline is one/10/202# for Winter 202#.
• If yous didn't complete this department in the Fall or Winter, the borderline is 4/10/202# for Spring 202#.

Go to https://world wide web.opencccapply.net/gateway/use?cccMisCode=422 and answer ALL questions. Here are some items y'all should be aware of:

1. What quarter exercise y'all apply for?
   • If applying in the September, use for Fall 202# Foothill Higher
   • If applying in the Jan, apply for Winter 202# Foothill College
   • If applying in the April, apply for Spring 202# Foothill Higher
2. Social Security Number - Preferably utilise your Social Security Number. There is a choice for "Do Not Take a SS#" - if you do not accept access to a SSN, select this choice.
3. User Name/Password - use your normal Freestyle account info for ease of use - Just don't add the ! at the end of the password (because the ! is non accustomed)
4. Electronic mail address - don't employ your Freestyle or MVLA email accost. Apply your personal e-mail address and then that you lot can be in the Foothill system even when you lot graduate from loftier school
5. Security PIN - suggested utilize last four digits of your phone number or concluding iv of habitation address.
6. Security Question - accept a photo of your choices and answers
7. Educational Goals - Select "Detect / Codify career interests, plans, goals."
8. Intended Major - Select AA- Graphic Interactive Pattern.
9. Higher Enrollment Condition - Select "Enrolling in loftier school and higher at same time"
10. High School Education Status - Select "Enrolling in high school and college at same time"

Once you complete and submit the application, you will eventually get an email (sometimes it takes five-10 minutes or even a solar day or ii to arrive) with subject "Welcome to Foothill College as a Loftier School Student", your CWID is the 8-digit number (NO LETTERS!!!) labeled "Student ID" in the email - something similar 20######. Once you go that email, become to the greenish box.

Part ii - this part assumes you accept forgotten your CWID and you tin't get information technology from any previous email with subject area "Welcome to Foothill College as a Loftier Schoolhouse Student"

Get to http://foothill.edu Click on the MYPORTAL link at the top middle. You won't know your CWID, so go through the process Equally IF You'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR CWID. At some point you'll exist asked to create a countersign - the start 1 will exist TEMP password for verification of email, the 2d ane volition exist a PERMANENT Password. You'll eventually get a CWID - something like 20###### - now continue going to the dark-green box.

Part 3 - this part assumes you lot know your CWID from Foothill College

Record your CWID# - something like 20###### so it's hands accessible because you'll need it for accessing class info online.

Once yous have your CWID (eight digits with no letters), fill out this grade only accessible by students using their @freeestyleacademy.rocks account (no access to parents)

Submit your CWID through this form

The info y'all submit on the form will allow Foothill College Staff to mass register all Freestyle students into the right classes (instead of you doing it individually like a normal college pupil).

One time you have submitted your CWID, y'all will immediately receive an email to your @freestyleacademy.rocks accost with subject of "CWID for Outset Last - SAVE THIS Message".

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