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Parents, please review the catalog selections with your daughter and work together on building her four-year plan. Consider the academic course graduation requirements for SFHS as well as any additional courses needed to attend more selective colleges and universities.
- Please check the prerequisites carefully.
- Enrollment in honors or advanced placement courses require department approval.
- Be mindful of all weekly activities in terms of academic preparation, athletics, fine arts, and other co-curricular/extra-curricular commitments.
- Note that the Naviance Course Scheduler includes an area to check whether a student is able to attend classes offered at the "zero" block, from 7:15-8:05am. If a student indicates that she cannot accommodate a "zero" block, she will not be scheduled for any "zero" block course for the entire school year, even if her circumstances change. Requesting a "zero" block course is not a guarantee she will be enrolled in a "zero" block course.
- Parent signature on the schedule is required.
Once a schedule is submitted, students will not be allowed to request schedule changes until the beginning of the new academic year. See Scheduling Policy below...
Course Scheduling Information
St. Francis High School students have already registered for 2009-10 courses online using Naviance Family Connection.
Training on this process for 2010-11 course scheduling will be given at the end of January 2010.
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If you have questions regarding Naviance or the Course Catalog, parents and students are encouraged to talk with counselors in the Guidance Department.
Course Scheduling Dates
Naviance Course Scheduler is open for priority registration during February and March of each school year. Exact dates are published here as they become available.
After submitting requests online, each student meets one-on-one with her counselor to finalize her selections. It is each student's responsibility to ensure that she meets with her counselor during this time period.
After the counselor approves the course selections, a course registration form is sent home with the student for parent review and signature.
Course Scheduling Policy
Our general policy as outlined in our School Profile is to allow students to register for a maximum of three (3) Advanced Placement or Honors classes per semester. We have carefully determined that a student taking no more than three (3) of these classes can maintain a balance between her spiritual, social, extra-curricular and family commitments. Students may challenge this policy via the Placement Panel. A student who successfully challenges and is allowed to request more than 3 Advanced Placement or Honors classes will not be permitted to drop any courses or move to a less rigorous class.
Students may enroll in no fewer than six (6) classes and no more than a total of eight (8) courses or 80 credits (7 classes or 70 credits if the student cannot take zero block) per semester. This includes contract sports and after school offerings. As noted above, selections of Honors and AP courses cannot exceed three (3) per semester. Additionally, every student must have a lunch block, which means that C, D, E or F block must be free for lunch. We will require a student to drop a class if the schedule does not permit one of those blocks to be free. There will be no exceptions to this rule.
While every effort will be made to accommodate schedule requests, several factors may affect our ability to fulfill every request. Factors such as course availability, prerequisites, and departmental guidelines must be considered.
Schedule Changes
All schedule changes will be processed during the month of July. The Guidance Department will be staffed intermittently over the summer to handle schedule changes. Counselors will be available to receive schedule change requests at that time.
- The last day to request a schedule change for the 2009-10 school year will be Thursday, July 23, 2009.
- Once school has started, no schedule changes will be considered until after the end of the 1st quarter and then only for reasons outlined in the Student-Parent Handbook.
Make your course selections carefully! No course changes are allowed, except for the following circumstances:
- Students who must add PE in their second semester due to a dropped sport or cut from a sport.
- Teacher-initiated changes, determined through student performance in the class.
- Adjustments determined necessary by a licensed physician/psychologist, or Individual Educational Plan (IEP).
- Our error in scheduling. For example: a schedule that is missing a required course.
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