Scheduling process

Scheduling for the 2024-2025 school year has begun! The information provided on this site is designed to give you everything you need to select your courses for next year. The scheduling process begins with class meetings to share information in a group setting. If you need individual assistance, please contact your School Counselor after attending the meetings and exploring this site. 

Not currently attending Loveland Middle School? Welcome! Some of the information on this site will not be applicable but much of it will be. Be sure to click on the links specific to students "not currently attending LMS" when available. 

• • • January 12

      • • High School Counselors present to rising 10th - 12th graders

        • Class meetings will take place in person throughout the school day

    • January 16 - 19

      • • Teacher Talk Week at LHS

        • Rising 10th - 12th graders discuss teacher recommendations and obtain signatures

    • January 17

      • • Step Up Day at LHS

        • Current LMS students will visit LHS to get a glimpse of the high school life firsthand

    • January 18

      • • LHS Advisory Bell for rising 10th - 12th graders as a follow up to the scheduling meetings that took place on January 12

    • January 18 

      • • High School Counselors present to rising 9th graders

        • Meetings will take place in person at LMS

    • January 18

      • • Parent Information Meeting for rising 9th graders' parents

        • LHS Auditorium 

        • 6:30pm

    • January 19

      • • Rising 9th graders will view a video during Tiger Time reviewing the scheduling process presented on January 12

    • January 23 and January 25

      • • LHS students - counselors will be available in the Media Center during all lunches for SchooLinks help 

    • January 24

      • • College Credit Plus Information Night

        • LHS Auditorium

        • 6:30pm

    • January 26

      • • Rising 9th grader scheduling documents due

          • • Recommendation Signatures and Course Planning Forms due to Tiger Time Teacher

            • Course selections submitted online in SchooLinks

        • Rising 10th - 12th graders scheduling documents due

          • • Recommendation Signatures and Course Planning Forms due to 1st bell teacher

            • Course selections submitted online in SchooLinks

    • May 10 

      • • Last day to request a change to your course selections

        • Last day to drop an Advanced Placement (AP) class without receiving a Withdrawal/Failure (W/F) on your transcript

Before you begin, please make sure you have your handouts given to you at the scheduling meeting. If you were absent or misplaced them, there are links with access to each so you can print them on your own. 

A copy of your transcript is available in SchooLinks to aid in making your course selections.

• • Log into SchooLinks

  • Click on Schools in the left menu

  • Click on Records Requests 

  • Click on Download Unofficial Transcript

The Course Selection Guide contains all of the information you need to know in order to select the appropriate classes. Be sure to check out the general information on the Home page regarding a variety of topics designed to help you make your decisions.

A Course Selection Information handout was provided at your scheduling meeting. Be sure to read it carefully! If you have misplaced it, please use the links below to access it. 

• This form is designed to help you plan for the appropriate number of courses and to obtain your teacher recommendation signatures.

• Refer to the Course Offerings lists linked below as you complete the form. For course descriptions and prerequisite/corequisite information, please refer to the Course Selection Guide. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO PREREQUISITE AND COREQUISITE REQUIREMENTS WHEN CHOOSING YOUR CLASSES.

• Many courses require a teacher recommendation. A box is provided on the Recommendation Signatures and Course Planning Form for a teacher signature. 

• Teacher recommendations play a vital role in course selection. However, if there is a discrepancy between the teacher recommendation and the course a student would like to request, an appeal may be made by submitting a Course Placement Override Form. Before submitting the form, please read it carefully. The completed form should be turned in with the Recommendation and Course Planning Form. 

• SENIORS can skip this step!

• As part of the course selection process, it is important that you look beyond next year (unless you're a Senior!). Planning for each of your remaining high school years helps you make the right choices for next year. 

• This plan is tentative! It will be updated each year during the scheduling process. It is based on current course offerings which may change over the years or your interests may change. No worries! You will have the opportunity to update it. 

• The worksheet has space to plan for up to 3 remaining years. Use what you need to get you to graduation! For example, if you are a junior, you will only need to complete it for the 2025-2026 school year. You must make choices for all of your remaining high school years.

• Be sure to refer to the current Course Offerings lists as you make your choices!

• You will enter this information in SchooLinks with your course requests for next year so be sure to fill it out completely.

• Class of 2028 NON-LMS students...all links below are applicable to you as well.

• Using the courses from your Recommendation Signatures and Course Planning Form and your Multiple Year Planning Worksheet, complete and submit your Course Planner in SchooLinks.

• This is how you will submit your requests so be sure to follow the directions carefully.

Let's Get Started!

• Log into your SchooLinks account - there is a link to SchooLinks in your Abre waffle

  • • Complete the onboarding section if this is your first time in SchooLinks.

• Click on Submit Course Plan and then Go to Feature OR click on the School icon in the left menu and then Course Planner

• Click on Let's Go

• College Bound? 

  • • Click on Additional Classes for College Bound Students 

    • Click on it again in the drop down menu

    • Click on Continue in the top right

• Not College Bound?

  • • Click on Continue in the top right

What's Next?

• Courses you have already taken will automatically populate for the years you have completed.

• Courses you are currently taking will automatically populate in the current year column.

• You will work your way through each subject area selecting your courses. There is an icon at the top for each subject area allowing for easy navigation from one subject to another.

• For details on the subject requirements, click on the View Requirement Details link to view what you have completed and what you still need to complete. To view it in a different format, click on View Requirement Tree if available. 

Now What?

It is time to enter your courses! Be sure to have your Recommendation Signatures and Course Planning Form and your Multiple Year Planning Worksheet ready to go! You will need it!

• In the appropriate grade column, click on Add Another Course - the available courses will populate

• Click on the course you plan to take next year - CAUTION! After a few seconds, you may see an alert regarding missing prerequisites or corequisites. Click on the link for details. You will need to select a different course. Use the “trash can” icon to delete the request if needed. 

• Be sure to choose the course that matches the one on your planning sheet. Some subjects have a lot of choices. Use the Search Courses option to locate your course quickly and easily.

• The bar at the top will turn from red to green when you have successfully entered all courses for that subject area.

• Click Continue in the top right to move on to the next subject area.

• There may be years that you do not take a course in a particular subject area. It is okay to leave it blank! For example, you may take World History in 9th grade, American History in 10th grade, and American Government in 11th grade. You have taken all of the Social Studies classes required. You do not need to pick one for 12th grade. There are lots of great options though so be sure to check them out!

• The final category is Electives. If you choose a course that fits into another category, SchooLinks will move it automatically to that category. You will receive a pop-up letting you know! Don't worry, it still counts!

Time to Choose Some Alternate Courses!

• Alternate courses are used as substitutes in the event your original choice is not possible.

• You will choose 1 yearlong classes and 2 semester-long classes for the upcoming year only.

• Click on Continue

It's Summary Time!

• After selecting your alternates and clicking on Continue, you will see a summary page (this is the last icon at the top if you need to go back to it).

• Green check marks mean you are good to go!

• Red bars mean you need to fix something!

  • • Click on either the subject area name or the pencil icon on the far right to revisit that category

    • To return to the summary, click on the Summary link in the top left or the last icon at the top

• Make sure you have chosen at least 5.75 credits and at most 7 credits for each year. Why at least 5.75? If you choose a Study Hall or Student Aide for either one or two semesters, it will not count in your credit total and that's okay! 

  • • If you entered your courses from your planning worksheets, you should be just fine. 

    • Look at the little box next to the grade names at the top of the summary. Here are some examples:

      • • • 7/5.75 means you chose 7 credits out of the minimum of 5.75. You are good to go! 

          • 6/5.75 means you chose 6 credits and two Study Hall or Student Aide bells. You are good to go!

          • 7.75/5.75 means you chose more than 7 credits so you need to delete something. There are only 7 bells in the day so no room for extras!

          • 5/5.75 means you didn't choose enough courses for that year. You need to go back and add more!

Last Steps! Submit, Fix, Download and PE Waiver

Submit, Fix and Download

• Click on Submit Plan at the bottom

• If you have errors, you will get an alert. Click on Fix the Errors to go back to your plan to fix them.

• If you have an error that you have already discussed with your School Counselor, you may submit the plan with errors but you will need to include a note for your counselor explaining why you are submitting with an error. 

• Download a PDF of your plan by clicking on the download button to the left of the Comments button. This allows you to print it if you would like to do so.

PE Waiver - Rising 9th graders and 10th graders only!

• If you selected PE Waiver as your PE choice, you MUST also complete the PE Waiver Google Form. The PE Waiver is "one and done" so if you completed it last year, no need to do it again!

• Complete and submit an application for any course that requires one by the designated due date. Many of the applications are linked in the Course Selection Guide. Others need to be obtained from the teacher of the course.

• Rising seniors wishing to apply for Early Graduation should complete and submit the Early Graduation Form with their Recommendation and Course Planning Form. 

• • • Rising 9th graders - due January 26 to your Tiger Time teacher

    • Rising 10th - 12th graders - due January 26 to your 1st bell teacher

    • Students not currently attending LMS or LHS - return your form to the LHS Office of School Counseling as soon as possible