Creating Student Schedules

Each spring all students in grades seven through eleven are scheduled to meet with the School Counselor to review their graduation plan and request courses for the upcoming school year. The schedule requests are based on graduation requirements and additional course electives a student wishes to take to create a major or explore other curricular areas. A student’s course requests are then sent home with the student for their parents to review and sign, signifying that they approve and understand the course their child will be taking. Parents are encouraged to contact the School Counselor if they have any questions concerning the requested courses. Due to staffing, graduation requirements, and class numbers, not all requested classes may be scheduled. It is very important that all concerns regarding student schedules are brought to the attention of the School Counselor as soon as possible so that they can be rectified or an explanation can be given. Prior to the fall semester beginning you can reach the School Counselor by email, written note, fax, etc. However, we do expect the student and guardian both be included in the communication via a signature, courtesy copy (CC), etc. We want this process to be as collaborative as possible.

Drop/Add Procedure

Once the Fall Semester begins schedule changes go thru the Drop/Add procedure. The Drop/Add procedure involves the School Counselor, Teacher(s), Principal, Student, and his/her Parent(s)/Guardians. Add/Drop forms are completed using a Google Form that the School Counselor emails to the students at the start of the semester. When the drop/add request receives the School Counselor approval, it indicates that the student may make this schedule change without affecting his/her graduation plans. The School Counselor will communicate any concerns that may exist via the notes section of the form, a phone call or email. Students are expected to speak to the teacher of any course they plan to drop and review their reasoning with their parent/guardians to ensure everyone is on the same page. If a students request doesn't align with their stated career goals the School Counselor will reach out to all parties to informally resolve the matter or schedule a parent/school conference to discuss more complicated situations.

The fall semester Drop/Add process begins once the first day of the falls semester begins and lasts through the second Friday of September. The spring semester Drop/Add process runs from the first day of the second semester to the second Friday of February each year.

The form must be completed and returned to the School Counseling by the close of each semester’s Drop/Add window for the dropped course grade not to show on student records.

In exceptional circumstances the HS Principal may approve an add/drop after the windows have closed. Requests describing the exceptional circumstances must be made in writing to both the HS School Counselor and Principal. However, please note any courses dropped outside the add/drop window will result in the students in-progress grade(s) showing on the student transcript and a withdrawn passing or withdrawn failing designation.