Virginia High School Course Descriptions Handbook - Download

Dear Virginia High School Students and Parents:

As you select courses for the coming year, you should talk with your teachers and guidance counselors about what courses you should take, based upon your goals and aspirations. Be sure that you sign up for the courses you intend to complete. We will begin to build the master schedule shortly after the close of registration this spring. Based on that master schedule, we make decisions about how many teachers to hire in each department.

Once the master schedule is complete, there is little room to accommodate requests for schedule changes. We will, of course, honor requests for changes under the following circumstances:

●  The student passes a course taken in summer school and does not need to retake it during the school year;

●  The student failed the prerequisite course;

●  A required course was omitted from the student’s schedule;

●  The student’s schedule was printed with fewer than seven classes;

●  The student wished to enroll in a higher-level course and room is available in that course;

●  The student is changing his/her diploma track.

All requests for schedule changes that are not listed above must be submitted in writing with specific reasons for the requested change. No schedule modifications will be made without appropriate justification.

An advisory committee to the principal will review all written requests for schedule changes. The only changes that will be made are those that are approved by the committee and signed by the principal. For these reasons, I urge you to make course selections carefully and thoughtfully. It may not be possible for you to change a schedule once it is written.

Sincerely,

Martin Ringstaff 

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