Southern Cayuga Jr/Sr High School 
Guidance Office
2384 Route 34B -- Aurora, NY 13026 
Phone: 315.364.7111 x2114 -- Fax: 315.364.8207  

Ms. Kali Supples, Sr HS Counselor/College Planning
supplesk@southerncayuga.org
Ms. Tanya Thompson, Jr HS Counselor/DASA Coordinator
thompsont@southerncayuga.org
Ms. Paula Schmitt, Guidance/Attendance Secretary
schmittp@southerncayuga.org
 

Mission Statement: The Mission of Southern Cayuga Jr/Sr High School is to create an environment that is conducive to personal and academic excellence. This will be accomplished by creating a school community that embodies the principles of being:  Safe, Respectful, Responsible, and Kind. 

Welcome to Southern Cayuga Jr/Sr High School Guidance Website.
Below is a sample schedule for our students in Jr & Sr HS.

Please see the information on the right-hand colum for college and careeer planning

Sr HS (Grades 9-12)

Regents Diploma: Total Credits needed for graduation: 26

9^th Grade                   10^th Grade                            11^th Grade                            12^th Grade
English 9                   English 10                             English 11*                           English 12
Global Studies 9        Global Studies 10*                 US History & Gov’t*               Government
Algebra 1*                 Geometry                              Alg2/Trig or 3^rd Math            Economics
Earth Science             Living Environment*              3^rd Science                             Elective
Language 2               Health/SH                              Elective                                  Elective
Art/Music/Tech         Language 3                           Elective                                  Elective
Elective                      Elective                                 Elective                                 
PE 9/Lab                    PE 10/Lab                             PE 11                                     PE 12   

Total Credits: 7.5      Total Credits: 7.5                 Total Credits: 7.5                   Total Credits: 6.5

Note:      * Indicates Regents exam that must be passed with a 65 or higher

* IEP students may receive a 45, 55 or 65 or higher on select Regents exams

For Foreign Language:  Students who wish to substitute a 5-unit sequence in Ag or Fine Arts in place of the 3 years of Language must check with their counselor to ensure the graduation requirements will be met for the Advanced Regents Diploma.

Jr HS (Grades 7 & 8)

7^th Grade                                                                     8^th Grade                               

Advisement                                                                 Advisement
*English 7                                                                   *English 8       
*Social Studies 7                                                         *Social Studies
*Math 7                                                                       *Math 8 or *Math 8E
*Science 7                                                                   *Science 8                 
Lunch                                                                          Lunch
*AgriMath (project based)                                           *Spanish 1      
Band and/or Chorus/SH                                               Studio Art/Art8/PE
Health/PE                                                                     Music/Band and/or Chorus/SH
*ELArt (project based)                                                 *Tech 8/STEM (project based)

*Blocked Course (82 minutes every other day)

Our 7^th and 8^th Grade Schedule

Jr high school students will follow a modified block schedule. Each day, students will begin with an advisement period from 7:40-8:00am. Our block schedule will contain many courses held for 82 minute periods. The blocked courses in the schedule are denoted with an asterisk. As an example within the schedule, students will have 2 core courses (ELA & Social Studies) on A/C days and the other 2 core courses (Math & Science) on B/D days. Also, included in the schedule are project based courses that are blocked every other day and are team taught with 2 teachers. Courses such as Health, Art, PE, Band, Chorus, and Music are single periods (41 minute periods) taught every other day.