YPSO Laney College Orchestra Class Enrollment Instructions - Fall 2021
YPSO LANEY CLASS ENROLLMENT IS MANDATORY
FOR MUSICIANS entering 9th - 12th Grade
YPSO is part of the Laney College Performing Arts Alliance (LCPAA) program. YPSO's participation in the Alliance consists of an orchestra course (Music 30 - College Orchestra) that is offered at Laney College in Oakland during the fall and spring semesters each academic year. We require all eligible YPSO musicians enroll in the class because it provides a major financial benefit to YPSO, but it also provides musicians with two units of college credit per semester they can list on their four-year university applications. YPSO musicians may take the class for a total of four semesters (8 units of credit). Maestro Ramadanoff assigns all enrolled YPSO musicians a letter grade for the course each semester unless you choose to take the class credit/no credit.
Students may take the class once, then repeat it three times, for a total of four semesters. If you were enrolled while you were in Berkeley Youth Orchestra (BYO) or Oakland Youth Orchestra (OYO), those classes count toward the four times total you can enroll for credit. If you are not sure how many semesters you already have, please contact Laney's Admissions and Records Office at 510-464-3121, or check your Peralta/Laney College online account.
Please Note: If you have previously taken the YPSO Laney College Orchestra class four times, you aren't eligible to enroll in the class. You may stop here.
Summary of Enrollment Steps for 9th-12th grade musicians.
1. Enroll online in Peralta Community College District for new students (California Community College general application and then the Laney College application)
2. Once you've enrolled in Peralta, please write down your online Log in ID & PW, and your 8-digit student ID number - this number is needed for the Form below.
3. Download, print, complete and have your school administrator stamp and sign the High School Special Enrollment Form
4. Turn in your completed High School Special Enrollment Form by mail before May 31st, 2021. Mail to YPSO, 2600 Tenth St, Suite 632, Berkeley, CA 94710
1) PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT/LANEY COLLEGE ONLINE ENROLLMENT PAGE
At the link above you click on the Laney College application button, create an account with a user ID and password, and complete the California Community College Application and the Laney College Application, entering yourself as a Music Major. However you do not need to actually enroll in the class online. High school students register online as a student who is eligible to take classes, but then must fill out the high school concurrent enrollment form, turn that in to YPSO, and YPSO then turns that into the Admissions office. The Laney Admissions Office enrolls YPSO musicians/high school students manually into the YPSO Music 30 Class. If you completed the class enrollment in the past, you should have a user ID and password in the online system. If you have problems or questions, you can call the help line for online registration at 510-464-3540.
2)Once you've completed the online enrollment, you will receive a confirmation within 24 hours. When your Peralta/Laney account is created, you'll be assigned an 8-digit student ID number. SAVE THIS NUMBER! It goes on the high school enrollment form every semester that you are enrolled in Laney/YPSO.
3) DOWNLOAD AND PRINT OUT THE HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM FORM FOR YPSO's Fall 2021 COLLEGE ORCHESTRA/MUSIC 30 CLASS: CLICK HERE
Fill out completely the paper High School Special Enrollment Program form in ink and have the high school’s office personnel stamp/emboss the form with the school’s seal. You must also have your high school principal and counselor sign the form. (Note that during COVID, Laney has allowed online signing by schools rather than seals/stamps/ink signatures). Please also write your 8-digit student ID number at the top of the form. Note that the form already has the class code and Laboratory and Lecture information filled in at the bottom of the page for the Fall 2021 YPSO class. (You will be assigned a letter grade for the class.) Home school students who are enrolled in a charter school, private school or are part of an independent study program through a public or private school complete the "HIGH SCHOOL AUTHORIZATION" section the same way students of site-based schools do but do not complete the "HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION" section. HOMESCHOOLERS - please have your district administrator stamp and sign the form.
4) Turn in your form by mail to YPSO, 2600 Tenth Street, Suite 632, Berkeley, CA 94710, or bring it to a rehearsal. Please Note: Once you've completed your special enrollment form and turned it in to us, YPSO will take your form to Laney. You DO NOT need to go to the Laney campus.