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General Information


                        COURSE SELECTION RULES AND


                                             REGULATIONS



          1.    Minimum  schedule  load  –  A  minimum  schedule  of  5.75  credits  per  year  for  freshmen  and
               sophomores is required and 6.0 credits per year for juniors and seniors.  A student in grades 10-
               12 must be carrying a minimum of 6 credits to be eligible to select one course on a pass/no pass basis.
               No courses  required for graduation may be taken pass/no pass.  Honors and Advanced Placement
               classes may not be selected for pass/no pass.  Please refer to the student handbook for other details
               of the pass/no pass program.

          2.   Promotion – The following minimum credit accumulation is in effect for a student to be promoted to
               the next grade level:
                             Sophomore Homeroom               5.00 credits accumulated
                             Junior Homeroom                  10.50 credits accumulated
                             Senior Homeroom                  15.50 credits accumulated

               *If at the end of the first semester a student passes enough subjects and is enrolled in sufficient courses
               to graduate, the student will be classified as a senior and become a candidate for graduation.*

          3.   Transcripts – It is the student’s responsibility to check his/her transcript to make sure all requirements
               for graduation are being fulfilled. Credit evaluations are completed through the Counseling Department
               during the scheduling appointments. Students are encouraged to regularly access the Academic Planner
               in Infinite Campus to monitor his/her progress towards graduation.

          4.    Schedule Changes/Dropping a Course – Students  are strongly encouraged to  explore all course
               offerings before requesting specific courses.  Courses offered and the teaching staff assigned to those
               courses  are  based  upon  the  number  of  students  who  request  to  take  them.  Schedule  changes  can
               seriously impact class sizes and course offerings.  Therefore, schedule changes in preparation for the
               coming year should be made by the close of the current school year.

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               Students will have 5 days starting on the 3  day of class to add or drop a course without a withdraw or
               withdraw/fail marked on the transcript, contingent upon the permissible reasons. (Semester 2 changes
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               must take place within the first three days of the 3  marking period.) Students looking to drop a course
               to replace with a lower level course, may only do so after 2 weeks of class.  It will not be reflected on
               the student’s transcript.

               Schedule change requests will be considered for the following reasons:
                    insufficient credit
                    incorrect placement
                    courses needed for graduation
                    additional elective options where enrollment permits and does not require movement of other
               courses. (excluding AP)



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