Sunday, July 26, 2015

Class Schedules Visible Tomorrow

Your Fall 2015 class schedule should be visible on Powerschool on Monday, the 27th.  We have reached the point where we believe all incomplete schedules have been fixed and schedule change requests that have been turned in have been addressed.  Please take a minute to look at your fall schedule and look for any issues, the biggest of which is for balance.  Balance is where we hope to get an even amount of academics across the two semesters.  For example, if you are taking four core classes this year, a balanced schedule would be one that has two core in the fall and two in the spring.  If you see that your schedule for the fall has too little or too much, this is cause for a legitimate schedule change.  The other issue you may see is there might be 2 classes in the same block and missing one in another.  This is a problem that is a legitimate schedule change request.

The other reasons for legitimate schedule changes are as follows:
- need a specific course to graduate
-failed and must repeat a specific course to graduate
-earned credit for a course listed on the schedule in the regular day, summer school, on-line, etc.
-teacher recommendation for a level change
-balancing (as mentioned above)
-changing levels (i.e.- regular to honors)
*If your schedule change is not for one of these legitimate reasons, please do not submit a change request form.

Please note that we do not make "change of teacher" schedule changes.  Please do not ask to switch teachers.

Also, we do not make changes to put certain classes in the morning or afternoon.  A popular request is to put Weight Training 4th block.  It is full.  Please do not submit a request for this.  Along with that, requesting a specific course to be first or second semester is not something that we can accommodate either.

Last, schedules are very tight, and we cannot guarantee that your legitimate request can be honored based upon our ability to make the changes requested.

If you fall into the legitimate parameters and wish to initiate a schedule change, please come to the front office and complete a pink schedule change request form.  No emails or voice mails about schedule issues will be addressed.  Only forms will be considered.  Office hours to get a form are Monday through Friday 8 to 4.