Students initially register for the following year’s courses during February of each year. Based upon course requests, administration builds a master schedule that reflects students’ interests and demands as well as teacher availability. Course sections and teacher assignments are then made, and adjustments are made to reduce conflicts. The entire process takes several months with the objective of meeting every student’s course requests. The deadline for submitting final course requests for the 2025-2026 school year is Friday, May 30, 2025. Requests for schedule changes after this date will not be entertained until the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year. Any errors, conflicts, omissions, or additions to a student’s schedule will be resolved as soon as possible. The following guidelines exist for all other schedule changes.
- A schedule change request form must be completed by the student and parent. Forms are available in the Counseling Office and on the high school website starting on the first day of the new school year.
- Schedule changes will be considered for valid educational reasons only. Schedule changes will not be made to accommodate requests for lateral moves within the same subject area.
- The counselor and assigned teacher will review schedule change requests.
- Full year courses will not be dropped after the first six days of class. Likewise, semester courses will not be dropped after the first six days of class (unless a student is carrying an overload of seven academic courses).
- NOTE: Requests to move up or down a level in a full year course after the first six days of the school year requires administrative approval. If approval is granted, grades earned in the previous course will be factored into the rating period grade in the new course. The transfer of grades will be proportional to the amount of time spent in the previous course and will include grades earned for summer assignment work/projects/assessments (if such existed in previous course).
- Students moving from an Honors or Advanced Placement course to a GHP or CP level course will not be awarded a weighted grade. Students must successfully complete the entire Honors or AP course in order to receive a weighted grade.
- Requests to drop down a level in a course will not be considered unless the student has a 75% or lower in the course.
- Requests to move up to Honors/AP Courses must adhere to the following:
- Students must make up all of the work from the new Honors/AP class including the summer work (the work from GHP or CP does not take the place of the honors work). This work must be completed within 2 weeks of a student’s start date in an Honors/AP course.
- Moving up is not an option after the end of the fourth weekly cycle.
Withdrawals from a course will not become part of the student record if the course is dropped within the first six days of a full-year class and within the first six days of a semester class. A “W” (Withdraw) will be recorded after those days but prior to the end of the first quarter. Either a “WP” (Withdraw Passing) or “WF” (Withdraw Failing) will be recorded if the course is dropped after the first quarter, indicating the student’s progress at the time of withdrawal.