SCHEDULING What do you mean I can’t

change my class!?!?

In a week or so, you will receive your

course selection sheet.

Take it to your teachers each period.

It will be collected at the

end of the day that it is

distributed.

You will meet with your guidance

counselor during a directed study.

Then the sheet goes home for a

parent/ guardian to sign.

How your schedule is created

Your teachers make course

recommendations for :

• English

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

• Foreign

Language

YOU

YOU

YOU need to know what the

courses are about . . .

select your electives . . .

need to know if you meet

the prerequisites. . .

Now this is important . . .

The Course Description Catalog

Well how am I supposed to do that?

R-E-A-D

Go to the Shepherd

Hill Regional High

School website from:

Go to the Guidance link

Click on the Course Descriptions for 2012-13 link.

Courses are set up by department

www.dcrsd.org

www.dcrsd.org

Scheduling conferences during

Directed Studies in the following

order:

Juniors March 26-29

Sophomores April 2-9

Freshmen April 23-27

It Is Mandatory to Select

Alternative Electives!

Much work is done to place the

electives you have asked for in your

schedule.

It cannot always happen – for a

number of reasons.

The alternative choices tell us what

the “next best thing” would be.

Scheduling Conferences

• Guidance Counselors will call for

students from Directed Studies (you

should not come down until called).

• This is only the data entry point.

Schedules are NOT generated

at this time.

• So…..Students called down first DO

NOT have any advantage.

Requests from every student are entered

into the computer by your counselor during

your one-to-one conference.

And Then…

The Master Schedule for the school is built!

Yeah, but why can’t I change

my class later?

The number of requests for a

course are used to determine

if it will be run or not.

The number of requests for a course

are also used to determine the

number of sections of a course.

Classes are run or not run based on what you put on your course selection sheets in MARCH.

Classes have a cap on the

number of students who

can enroll.

Schedules will NOT be changed to get you into a class that you did not ask for

during this process.

……What?

During the summer

• Work is done to try and

get you into the classes

you have asked for.

• Classes are actually placed in the

Master Schedule so that the largest

number of students who ask for a class

. . . get the class.

• Independent Studies are available to Juniors

and Seniors only. They are carried IN ADDITION

to your minimum caseload. You may NOT drop

a requested class (semester 1 or 2) to add an

Independent Study!

A couple of notes

• To change a class, the only

request that will be considered

will be if you have had a

teacher before.

Remember… ask

for the courses

you want… and

want the courses

you ask for!

If you have ANY questions, please have

them ready for your one-to-one conference

with your Guidance Counselor!