Curriculum Guide - Coal City High School

Academic InformationRegistration & Scheduling GuidelinesRegistration GuidelinesALL students must be enrolled as a full-time student (8 total credits per year).Students must be enrolled in two (2) semesters of Math during the Freshman, Sophomore,and Junior year.Students will not be allowed to take more than one Physical Education course each semester.Only Seniors will be allowed to serve as teacher/office assistants or tutors.Seniors can only be assigned one teacher/office assistant or tutoring period in the same semester.Schedule ChangesCourse registration is an important decision that a student makes each year. Registration determinesthe classes the school will offer, development of student scheduling, and how the schoolwill utilize staff. Students are to carefully select courses during the enrollment period in thespring and are encouraged to confer with their parents, counselor and teachers before makingtheir final selections.Students have from March until August 1 st to make any adjustments in their course selections.After school begins in August, schedule changes will only be made for these reasons: A specific course is needed for graduation or college admission. Student does not meet the prerequisite for a class. Student has failed a course must retake the class. There is a schedule conflict. School personnel initiate the change. Schedule has a clerical error such as incorrect level or incorrect course sequence.These types of changes will be made during the first 4 days of each semester unless approvedby the Administration under the above guidelines.Schedule changes will NOT be made for these reasons: Student has changed his/her mind regarding the elective class(es) chosen. Student would like to switch lunch periods. Student would like to change the teacher(s) he/she has been assigned. Student is concerned that taking the class will negatively impact his/her GPA. Student would like to drop because credit is no longer needed.Exceptions to the above guidelines will be by Administrative approval only.-5-