Requesting Classes

8th Grade students will make requests for next year in class starting Monday, May 3rd.

North MS: GPHS Counselors will visit all 8th grade Physical Ed. classes, M-F, 5/3-5/7.

South MS: GPHS Counselors will visit all 8th grade English classes, M-F, 5/3-5/7.

What can students and families do to prepare for the classroom visits?

1. Read and find electives that students are interesting in taking next year.

2. Decide if advanced classes are something students wish to take next year.

3. The Academic Planning Guide has a complete list of classes that are available next year. See below.

These requests are important, as they inform us how we should build the master schedule for 2021-22. Students will be scheduled into the classes they request.

TIMELINE:

• April 22 - request window opens

• May 7 - request window closes / if your student misses the visits please complete/change requests with MS counselor.

• May/June - master schedule is created and scheduled

• August - student schedules available in PowerSchool

Students will need to login to their PowerSchool account, then select the Class Registration tab.

Step by step on requesting:

1. Advanced Course offerings will be the first line. Students have the option to inform us they would like to take an advanced courses at GPHS by adding their name to the list the Counselors will have in class. Both Math and English options will be approved by administration and teacher after looking at data, such as prerequisites, grades, state testing, etc.

2. Electives - semester or year-long:

a. The year-long electives, such as band and world languages, are in the second line down. You will find two pages of electives available. When you find an elective you wish to request, click the box on the left and scroll down to click the 'Okay' button. The electives without a box to check on the left are only available with a teacher recommendation.

b. The semester long electives are in the third line. Please choose enough to fill the credits needed to fill their schedule.

3. Alternate Electives - these elective choices should be different than those above. Why? If a student's elective choice is full, the system will pull from alternates to fill their schedule.

4. Last step - click the submit button to save requests. Students can change their requests at anytime during the request window. If a change is needed after the window is closed, please contact the student's middle school counselor.