Programming / Course Selection Timeline

• Week of January 13th: Presentations for current 8th grade/ rising 9th grade (Class of 2028) at Creekside & Canyon including Q&A with high school counselors. 

• January 16th: 8th Grade Family Night for students and families of current 8th graders/ rising 9th graders. Held from 6 pm to 8:00 pm at CVHS. 

• January 31st: Paper and Aeries online course requests are due for Rising 9th Graders. Students will turn these in to their English teacher.

• February 5th: All current CVHS students will receive a video programming presentation during Closed Trojan Time. The videos will be posted on the School Counseling website under Class Pages for review. Students will be given a paper course selection sheet to complete & directions on how to complete course requests in Aeries. BOTH paper course requests and online Aeries course requests are due February 12th.

• February 6-10: Q&A sessions will be held in English classes.

• February 6th: Academic Planning Night for current students & families. Held from 6 pm - 7:00 pm, in the Cafeteria.

• February 12th: Paper and Aeries online course requests are due, students will turn these in to their English teacher. Aeries course request window will close after February 12th and students will not be able to submit past this date. 

• February - Mid-March: Counselors will be meeting with students individually to review course selections before they are finalized. Students who miss the day of their meeting will be rescheduled. 

Course Change Policy

Communication is frequently the key to understanding and resolving problems, disagreements, or misunderstandings that arise due to a student’s classroom behavior, a teacher’s instructional methodology and grading expectations, or the relationship between a student and teacher. Good communication is often the best way for students and teachers to resolve problems and strengthen problem-solving skills. Changing teachers to resolve disagreements is a very last resort. 

Following are steps that students, teachers, or parents must take before consideration is given to a change of teacher:

Teacher or student/ parent initiates oral communication with each other to explain, discuss and try to resolve the problem. 

If the problem involves inappropriate student behavior (non-suspendable offenses), the teacher takes normal steps to correct the behavior including conference with student, phone calls to parent, and teacher detentions, or other teacher-assigned penalty. 

Teacher or student/ parent ask counselor for assistance in resolving the problem if it has not been resolved thus far. At this point an in-person conference is recommended between the parties involved. 

If the initial problem was behavior, then the student is referred to their Assistant Principal. 

If the problem is still not resolved after these steps, then counselor and/or administrator may decide, in conjunction with the parties involved, that a change of teacher should be made. 

Drop / Add Policy

1) Mandatory changes. These include:

Graduation requirement needs (mainly seniors).

Changes determined by IEP, 504, or English-language-learner proficiency.  

Programming errors on the part of the school. Be advised: course placements resulting from student failure to select back-up courses do not fall under this category. Choose back-ups during course selection thoughtfully!

Schedule changes needed due to major and unforeseeable personal situations.  

Mandatory changes are allowed as necessary, with the approval of school administration.

2) Student Proficiency  Changes.

In this type of change, teacher and student agree that a class is not at the appropriate skill level for the student. It is important to note that this determination can only be made if the student has shown appropriate effort, seeking out academic supports, attempting to complete homework and classwork, and coming to school regularly.  

Proficiency changes are allowed up to five days after progress reports are mailed (for quarter 1 in the first semester and for quarter 3  in the second semester). These changes are conditional on course availability.

Changes That Are Not Allowed

Students are not able to change courses because of a change of mind in summer or fall. Similarly, preferences for teachers are not allowed.

If a student must drop a course outside of the allowed situations outlined above, the student will receive an ‘F’ for the semester.