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Course Scheduling


Policies and Procedures for Course Scheduling
Course Load: Freshmen and sophomores must be enrolled in a minimum of six classes each semester; juniors and seniors must be enrolled in a minimum of five. Sports count toward graduation credits, but not toward the minimum academic class requirement.

Prerequisites: Students must meet the prerequisites of a course before they will be enrolled.

  • Students wishing to meet a prerequisite or academic requirement with an external course must complete the External Course Agreement form for acceleration by May 1 of the previous school year. 
  • A transcript for the external course must be submitted by the required August deadline in order to be placed in the next course for advancement.
  • Any requirement placement assessments (e.g., for accelerated/honors/AP math courses) must also be completed.

Requests to Change Teachers: Requests to change teachers are not honored unless the student has previously taken a class from that teacher and would prefer a new learning experience. A request is subject to space availability and other master schedule constraints.

Requests to Change Periods: Requests to change periods of classes are not honored.

Adding a Class: Students may request to add a course during the specified schedule change dates at the beginning of the school year. Classes cannot be added in the second semester, with the exception of P.E., Work Experience, T.A. positions, and any semester-long classes, if available. Class additions/changes are always subject to space availability and fulfillment of all prerequisites.

Changing Course Levels: Students may request to change a course level (i.e., move from Algebra 2 Accelerated to Algebra 2 or AP European History to World History) during the specified schedule change dates at the beginning of the school year or at the semester. Class additions/changes are always subject to space availability and fulfillment of all prerequisites. 

Dropping a Class: Assuming that the minimum number of classes will be maintained, a student can requrest to drop a non-required course without penalty up to the 6-week grading period in the first semester. Requests to drop after the 6-week grading period will result in the class being added to the official transcripts with a W/F (Withdraw/Fail) grade.

Most classes are year-long and the expectation is that courses will not be dropped at the semester. An exception will be considered when a student fails the first semester of a math or world language course or is otherwise, in consultation with the teacher, not making adequate learning progress.

Course Change Process: Course changes can ONLY be requested via the request form. Students must attend their classes as listed in Aeries until their counselor notifies them of a change. Submitting a request does not guarantee that a schedule change will be made.

Below is the timeline/process for schedule/course changes for the 2026/27 school year:

8/7/26 - 8/10/26: Students can request changes for scheduling errors (e.g., a sophomore enrolled in English 9 or a freshman enrolled in US History), class drops, level changes, or elective changes using the Schedule/Course Change Request Form. Schedule/Course change requests can be submitted through the end of day, Monday, August 10. If the change is possible, students will be notified of the change by the end of day, Tuesday, August 11.

8/12/26 - 8/13/26: For the first two days of school, only schedule errors and class drops will be accommodated using the Schedule/Course Change Requests Form.

8/14/26 - 8/20/26: Students can request changes for scheduling errors, class drops, level changes, or elective changes using the Schedule/Course Change Request Form.  Changes will be made, if possible, to begin no later than Tuesday, August 25. 

8/20/26: Last day to request an elective change (using the Schedule/Course Change Request Form). 

8/21/26 - 9/11/26 (end of first four full weeks): Students can request changes for class drops or level changes to a lower level using the Course Drop/Level Change Request Form. For level changes to a lower level, grades will be transferred to the new class. Changes will be made, if possible, to begin no later than Tuesday, September 15.

9/11/26 - 9/18/26 (end of first 6-week grading period): Only class drops will be accommodated using the Course Drop/Level Change Request Form.

9/18/26: Last day to drop a class without it going on the transcript. Must use the Course Drop/Level Change Request Form.

1/11/27: Last day to request a course drop or level change to a lower-level course for the spring semester. No new courses can be added in the spring semester. Must use the Course Drop/Level Change Request Form.