Course Scheduling starts tomorrow (Wed) for next year's Seniors! See the Master Schedule

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Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians,

• 11th graders schedule classes Wed (tomorrow!), 10th on Thu, and 9th on Fri
• Master Schedule

11th graders schedule classes on Wed, 10th on Thu, and 9th on Fri

Students have registration windows based on seniority.  11th Graders start on Wednesday, 10th Graders on Thursday, and 9th Graders on Friday.  All windows will start after lunch on the assigned day.  We auto pre-scheduled everyone to make sure that there were no major conflicts so we feel good about this schedule.  We left the math classes pre-scheduled since there were a lot of math options with subtle differences.  Those classes are locked, but can possibly be changed if you would like to ask your math teacher why you are in a particular class.

Instructions for how to use the scheduling system can be found in text form here or in video form here.  Ignore the scheduling dates that are mentioned in the video.  It's an older video that I should have made generic so it works for each subsequent year, but there's good information in there for new students, so I'm still going to share it.

Master Schedule

The master schedule for next year is now live and can be found here, but really you should be following the instructions in the links above and only looking at the classes that are available for you based on your current grade level and the pre-reqs that you have completed.  You do this by clicking on the View Options link on your CoreCompetency dashboard (see the instructions in the links).

Know that popular classes fill up quickly, so you should be looking at the master schedule (that link above, or Reports|Master Schedule) throughout the week to make sure that the classes that you want are not already full.  You'll be able to add yourself to a waitlist, but if you are deep on the waitlist, it's not likely that you will get the class.  You will also want to sign up as early as possible in your scheduling window so that you can beat out everyone else who is in your grade.  Students who pay attention to emails like this and are on the ball always seem to get the classes that they need or want.  I wonder why.  :)

Finally, there are some classes that are fixed -- your math class, for example.  Note that there is an Algebra 2 - final math class, new this year, that is designed to be a terminal math class for those students who have no interest in taking Pre-Calc and Calc.  The same material will be covered, but there will be a little less emphasis on making sure that you will be successful in advanced math classes.  It allows the students and the teachers to ease up a bit, and hopefully enjoy the math experience more.  The student, parent, and teacher all need to sign off on being in that class, so if you have been pre-scheduled in that class (based purely on what the teacher thinks you'll want) but don't agree, just talk to your math teachers and we'll change the class for you.

Your advisors are available to help you if you are new and/or confused.  Just about any staff member (including me) will be able to help if your advisor is busy for some reason.  Ask early, though, so that you know what you should be doing before your scheduling window starts.

Finally, please pay attention to the scheduling error messages.  Those are now accurate.  In years past there were a lot of extraneous messages for some students, but we've worked to make the errors actually relevant now so that people stop ignoring them.  If you see an error, you should work with your advisor to try to resolve it.  The error messages are tied to your particular grad plan, too, so you should click on your grad plan so that you can understand what classes need to be completed in the future.  There's a link to your grad plan on the Core dashboard.  

Oh, do not leave periods blank if you are thinking that you will TA , work on a Passion Project, or take a Mesa College class.  Those options all need to be pre-approved so you should be choosing Pre-Approved Other for each of the relevant periods.  You'll notice that Pre-Approved Other isn't an option until you get pre-approved.  So request pre-approval!  Just click on the request button next to the class.  If it's getting close to your scheduling window and your request hasn't been approved, remind the appropriate staff member to approve it.  Note that once the class has been approved, it will move over into the Allowed Options section for the period.

Thanks, everyone!

Dr. McCurdy