Each February students are guided through the course selection process
for Fall semester of the upcoming year. Counselors and teachers carefully
explain required and elective class options, and students receive the Memorial
High School
Curriculum Guide which contains all course descriptions. Students
are instructed to confer with their parents, teachers, and counselor, and
to choose
courses carefully. The ability to add/drop courses later is very limited!
Students complete this process by obtaining parent and teacher signatures
on the course selection card, and then handing this card in by month's end.
Each April, students will be able to go online and check their course
requests for next fall.
If a course requested in February is not listed, students are to contact
their counselor immediately to double check the processing of their course
requests.
By August of each year most schedules are ready for student
pick-up during Registration.
After this course selection
process, only the following changes may be made:
* Errors made by the school;
* Simple drops when no other changes are needed and the
student does not fall below a minimum class load(written parent permission
required);
* Teacher recommended level changes;
* Teacher recommended co-op changes;
* Credit shortages for seniors;
* Class leveling;
* Students who have failed once with the same teacher;
In order for students to develop a broad subject matter
background as well as a degree of specialization in one or more areas,
they should carry six subjects, including physical education or health,
each semester in high school. Students are permitted to enroll in
additional courses if their schedule permits and there is room in the
courses. Colleges and universities also consider course loads
(both quantity & quality) during the senior year. Seniors are strongly
urged to take six subjects both semesters.
District policy on dropping
classes once the semester has begun:
Occasionally,
a student may wish to drop a class once the semester
has begun. Students
and parents are urged to consult with the teacher
and counselor
as soon as this is a likelihood, since dropping classes can affect
grade point average
and/or athletic eligibility. If the course is dropped
before the end
of the seventh week, it will be recorded as a "withdrawal"
and will not effect
grade point average. If the course is dropped after
the end of the
seventh week, it will be recorded as a failed course on
the transcript.
Again, be sure to consult with your counselor.
Counselor
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