All drops/withdraws must be approved by Administration and/or Counselors staff. 

Students may drop a course within the first 10 school days of the school year for year-long courses and the first 10 school days of the semester for semester-long courses, without impacting a student’s GPA. If approved, the course is removed from a student’s schedule. Beyond the withdrawal deadline, you must remain in the course for the duration of the semester. If you are in a year-long class, you must remain in that class for the entire duration of the class (i.e. the full year). Priority is given to academic misplacement. If a student wishes to add a course they did not originally register for, the request will be denied due to not having enough space in the classroom. 

Withdrawing from a course, after the deadline, yields a permanent W/F (Withdraw/Fail) on their transcript which impacts their GPA. Exceptions to this policy are made on a case by case basis and approved by Administration and/or Counselors. 

Failing to attend classes or neglecting courses does not constitute notice of request to drop or withdraw.  Students must complete the official Drop Form and have it approved by the appropriate VRHS Administration and/or Counselor within 2 business days of receiving the form. 

Dropping or withdrawing from a course will be approved pending appropriate Administration and/or Counselor discretion.

Course fees will still be applied if students request to withdraw the course after the drop deadline date. Additionally, certain courses will have non-refundable fees regardless of the date of withdrawal, depending on what the fees are applied to (Ex. Software license). All class materials (textbooks, calculators, etc…) must be returned prior to approval. Receiving a withdraw/fail may affect a student’s ability to participate in CHSAA sanctioned sports and school-based competition/performance activities.

Registering for the CURRENT school year:

1. 1. 1. 1. Once a new student is visible in PowerSchool, the VRHS registrar will send a Welcome Letter to the new student,     family, respective counselor, counselor AP and counseling secretary.

         2. The counseling secretary will reach out to the family of the student within 24 hours and set an appointment to meet  with the counselor.

         3. During the phone call, the counseling secretary will double check and ask the family if the student has any academic plans (IEP, 504, GT, CLDE, AP, MTSS, etc.) or is an athlete. 

         4. The counseling secretary will ask the family if they have a copy of the current transcript and/or current grades. This helps the counselor to build a more accurate schedule. 

         5. The counselor will meet with the student and family to build a schedule.

         6. After the schedule is built, the counseling secretary will inform teachers of their new student and our new student will be given a tour of the school.

Registering for the NEXT school year:

1. 1. 1. 1. Once a student is visible in the VRHS PowerSchool portal, the counselor will reach out to introduce themselves to the family and guide the student through class registration. Students will use a Google Form to input requests. Please note, this is to input requests, this is not building a schedule. Counselors will make every effor to get students into their first choices. 

         2. Families should share if their student has an plans (e.g. IEP, 504, ALP, etc.) and provide a copy of the plan to the counselor. 

         3. Families make sure your parent portal has a good email address. Rembmer to check your emails!

         4. Families will receive information via email about the first day of school, schedules, etc.