Selecting Courses for the Upcoming School Year

Students, parents/guardians, and counselors are partners in the course selection process, which begins in January and continues throughout the spring. We encourage students and their parents/guardians to take advantage of the in-person Curriculum Fair (for students) and virtual Curriculum Night (for parents/guardians & students), as well as our online resources when making decisions about which courses to request for the upcoming school year. 

This is an important process that requires open communication, thoughtful consideration, and serious decision-making, as school staff take students’ course selections very seriously when building the master schedule. We encourage students and parents/guardians to take the time available between January and March to read, research, and consult school staff before inputting course requests in SIS StudentVUE. 

Requesting Changes to Course Selections

After students meet with their counselors during Academic Advising, Course Requests are locked-in, and can only be changed by contacting the counselor before the stated deadline. We encourage those who are requesting a change to email the counselor with the details of the request. We will honor requests to change course selections that are received by the stated deadline. Once the course selection window closes, school staff make critical decisions about which courses and how many sections of each to run based on the tallied number of students requesting each course. A few students may make the difference between whether or not a course runs, or whether there is an impact to staffing.

Requesting Changes to the Schedule

Once student schedules are published in StudentVUE, we encourage students and parents/guardians to review the schedule carefully for accuracy, and promptly email the school counselor if any errors occur. If a student's desired elective doesn't appear on the schedule when school begins, it means that it was not possible for the class to fit into the schedule. When this happens, your student will automatically be enrolled in an alternate choice from their list. Financial and space constraints, such as allocated staffing, limits on student-to-teacher ratios, and lab capacity, do not always allow flexibility to grant requests to change courses. 

Reasons for a Schedule Change that may be Approved

• Student is missing a class that is required for graduation
• Student has an incomplete schedule (too few or too many credits)
• Student has been scheduled into a course previously passed (e.g. a course completed during summer school)
• Student has been scheduled into the wrong level of a course (e.g. Spanish 3 before Spanish 2)
• Student did not complete a class that was a prerequisite for another course
• Changes as a result of MTSS, 504, or IEP Team recommendation 

Reasons for a Schedule Change that may not be Approved

• A preferred elective creates a conflict in the schedule that cannot be resolved
• Elective course switches due to a change of mind/preference
• Switching a course to/from in-person to Online Campus
• Teacher changes
• Preferred period/time of day of a course