Page 28 - Course Catalog 2018-2019 (UPDATED 1-25-18)

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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