2022-2023 Course Selection
The course selection process for next school year begins at the end of January. This may seem early to select courses, but this information is very important in regards to staffing decisions and course options for next year.
During the month of January, teachers will be evaluating student performance and data to make recommendations for course levels for next year. Teacher recommendations will be populated automatically into StudentVUE. Please take these teacher recommendations seriously, and encourage your student to have a conversation with his/her teacher if the student does not agree with a teacher’s recommendation. The core classes will be locked in StudentVUE and can only be changed with the school counselor AFTER the individual academic advising session has been conducted. Students and parents can edit elective courses in StudentVUE between January 20th & March 25th. Counselors will meet with ALL students individually to review each student’s course selection and discuss them in depth with their Academic Career Plan and post-secondary options.
Please remember this is a process. Please take advantage of the presentations being offered below as we believe these will answer all of your questions regarding course sequencing, class options, and graduation requirements.
Timeline for Rising 9th
- Jan 19: 6:30pm Curriculum Night
- Feb 9 and 11: Lightridge counselors join resource with current 8th graders at Willard to give an overview of 9th grade classes, answer general questions and assist with choosing electives in StudentVue
- Feb 11 8:30am: Coffee with the Counselors: Lightridge counselors will meet with parents to answer questions pertaining to course selection and rigor.
see additional dates below for all grade levels
Timeline for Rising 10th
- Jan 19: 6:30pm Curriculum Night
- Jan 20: Course selection video during Advisory
- Jan 21: Elective fair during activity block
- Jan 24-25: Counselors join study hall to answer general questions and assist with choosing electives in StudentVue
- Beginning of March: Individual Academic Advising conducted with counselors for current freshman during study hall. Counselors will schedule appointments for students not enrolled in study hall.
see additional dates below for all grade levels
Timeline for Rising 11th
- Jan 19: 6:30pm Curriculum Night
- Jan 20: Course selection video during Advisory
- Jan 21: Elective fair during activity block
- Jan 24-25: Counselors join study hall to answer general questions and assist with choosing electives in StudentVue
- Middle of February: Individual Academic Advising conducted with counselors for current sophomores during study hall. Counselors will schedule appointments for students not enrolled in study hall.
see additional dates below for all grade levels
Timeline for Rising 12th
- Jan 19: 6:30pm Curriculum Night
- Jan 20: Course selection video during Advisory
- Jan 21: Elective fair during activity block
- Jan 24-25: Counselors join study hall to answer general questions and assist with choosing electives in StudentVue
- Beginning of February: Individual Academic Advising conducted with counselors for current juniors during study hall. Counselors will schedule appointments for students not enrolled in study hall.
see additional dates below for all grade levels
Dates for all levels
Jan 20: StudentVue course selection open, teacher course recommendations for 22-23 loaded for review by parents and student
Feb 15: Winter admissions cycle for MATA and Advanced AET closes at NOON
March 25: Course registration portal in StudentVue closes. Once the portal closes, all Lightridge students will need to request changes online OR current Willard students can see their counselor to request a change.
April 30: Paperwork deadline for Dual Enrollment, Early Release, and Non-Recommended Level Up paperwork due to counselor
April 30: 1st Course Change Deadline - no change requests will be processed from May 1-June 1 allowing faculty time to evaluate course requests and begin to build the master schedule.
June 1-June 15: Course request window will reopen for students to make any last minute changes. Lightridge students will need to request changes online OR current Willard students can see their counselor to request a change.
June 15: FINAL DEADLINE TO MAKE COURSE REQUEST CHANGES
Course information
Academies of Loudoun
If you are interested in the Academies of Loudoun, please take a look at all the information posted here.
Application Deadline
February 15 at noon!
Curriculum Night Grade Level Presentations
Course Requests in StudentVUE/ParentVUE
An overview of the steps to select courses for the upcoming school year in StudentVUE/ParentVUE.
Please note: students please avoid using the Enter Key when searching for courses by Course ID or Course Title as the system will lock you out of being able to enter course requests. Feel free to watch this video with the recommended search method.