Course Selection
*See below to view the 2024-2025 Program of Studies*
Course Scheduling Procedures
In the Spring Semester, students will begin selecting courses for following academic year. All students will have access to a Program of Studies available on-line and faculty will make time available to provide recommendations for the next appropriate course and level in a particular core subject area. Students will also select a sufficient number of electives to meet the seventy credits per year requirement. Be aware that certain courses need teacher approval and/or grade prerequisites. Students may meet with their school counselor to review and finalize their course selections.
Students are encouraged to critique their final choices with their parent/guardians. Any changes can be discussed with their school counselor and/or possibly the department head. Students must be attentive to fulfilling the required distribution of credits needed for graduation in selecting their courses.
Honoring Students’ Course Selections
Every effort will be made to honor all course selections. Core courses will receive priority. We are, however, limited by our facilities and size of faculty. All students must select three or four alternative electives. We reserve the right to assign students to their alternate choices when their primary choices are unavailable. Course offerings may be limited due to enrollment, staffing, and course requests.
Receiving Course Schedules
After all course selections have been finalized, a master schedule will be developed. Once schedules have been completed for all grades they will be made available to all students on Aspen in early August (or sooner if possible).
Incoming Freshmen Course Selection Information:
Information about
Early College Academy
Course Change Policy
A great deal of time and thought is devoted each year to student course selection and a master schedule with an appropriate number of course sections to successfully meet the needs of our students. It is the view of Leominster High School and the Center for Technical Education Innovation that part of a student’s education involves learning to adjust to a variety of personalities, instructional styles, class management techniques, and course assignments. Therefore, changing a student’s schedule requires careful consideration.
There will be an add/drop period, offered at the beginning of each semester, during which students can, where opportunity exists, change courses. After this period, changes to individual schedules are generally not permitted.
An exception to the course change policy is adjustments to course levels. An example would be moving from Honors Physics to Conceptual Physics. This process may be initiated by a parent, student, or teacher. A Change of Course Form must be secured from the student’s school counselor. The completion of this form, to include a statement of reason for the change along with the signatures of the parent, school counselor, classroom teacher, department head, and vice principal approving the change, is required to make any adjustments. If there is no consensus, a meeting involving these parties is initiated. If no agreement is attained, the parent may request, in writing, a review by the designated school administrator. If the request for a change is approved, a (W) Withdrawn will appear on the transcript. The student’s grade from the dropped course will transfer to the new class within the same department.
Parents are requested to discuss classroom conflicts or issues with individual teachers and, if needed, the designated administrator. If unsatisfied, a parent can make a request for teacher change through the designated school administrator. This request must be in writing and detail the specific complaints or concerns initiating the change. The administrator will only review requests submitted, with details, in writing. As above, all grades from dropped courses will transfer to the new class.
No course changes will be made with three weeks or less remaining in a term. If due to the unusual circumstances such a change is made, a grade for the dropped course will appear as part of the transcript. Students wishing to drop full year courses after the one-week window will have to wait until the end of the first semester. Generally, only students who are failing and have teacher confirmation that they cannot recover will be allowed to make a change.