You MUST bring your Chromebook to your Course Selection appointment.
1) Complete Course Selection WS at home. This is only a resource to help you prepare for Course Selection. You do not need to turn it in.
2) Make Course Requests in PowerSchool at home (see below for more details).
3) Update your Next Step Plan at home. The assignment is located in MaiaLearning and you will be able to download the fillable Next Step Plan. Use a pdf editor to update the information. This must be done EVERY year.
4) You will upload the completed and saved Next Step Plan back into the assignment in your MaiaLearning account. This must be done EVERY year.
NOTE: Students have access to many pdf editors on their Chromebooks.
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It is important to keep in mind that you are making course requests, not creating an actual schedule.
You will not receive a class schedule until prior to the start of school. However, the courses you select at this time, including your alternate selections, are key to the development of the school's Master Schedule and in determining whether or not a course is offered as well as the number of sections needed and class sizes. Please review the Course Catalog and make your selections carefully and thoughtfully.
1. Carefully review the graduation requirements listed on Los Alamos High School Graduation Requirements (LAHS Progress to Graduation), keeping in mind what is needed to graduate, such as four credits of math. Also consider additional college admission requirements such as three credits of foreign language or other requirements.
For example, University of California schools require a full credit of a continuous fine art class, such as Dance 1 and 2 or Fine Arts 1 and 2. Texas schools require a 4th science. Do not wait until your last semester of high school to come to this realization. ***Graduation requirements have been updated by NM PED for the Class of 2029 (students entering 9th grade in the Fall of 2025). Please make sure that you are reviewing the correct requirement for your cohort.***
2. Complete the Course Selection Worksheet (Course Selection WS). List your required classes first. Then choose your electives, and finally, choose your alternatives. Make sure your alternate course selections are different from your required and elective course choices, and select alternates that you would like to take if your other choices are unavailable.
Homework Indicators:
🕜Minimal homework
🕜🕜Moderate homework
🕜🕜🕜 Substantial homework
Summer Assignment Indicator: ☀️
NCAA Approved Course: 🏆
3. Discuss your completed Course Selection Worksheet and your in-progress Next Step Plan with your parents/guardians before your appointment.
4. Sign in to PowerSchool. Click on the Class Registration icon, and follow the instructions. If you have problems selecting courses in PowerSchool, don’t panic. Reach out to the LAHS PowerSchool Data Specialist at 663-2519 or email Stephanie Fabry.
5. Print a copy of your Course Selection Confirmation Sheet from PowerSchool at home or in the Topper Library, prior to your Course Selection appointment. This pdf Course Selection Confirmation sheet from PowerSchool must be turned in to your Counselor during your appointment.
Online course selection will be available from January 17th through February 10th, 2025 for current 9th, 10th, and 11th graders. Course Selection will open for rising Freshmen (Class of 2029) on February 3rd and close on February 10th.
Recommendations are required when course prerequisites are not met. Teacher recommendations will be noted in your PowerSchool account.