Scheduling Timelines

Student scheduling begins in the winter, and class schedules generally are finalized before the school year ends. Course choices related to one’s particular interests and plans for the future need to be made with the following guidelines in mind.

1. Teacher recommendations are based on progress up through mid-year. Rubrics are used for teacher recommendations to assist in best determining student placement. The master schedule is created based on this data and cannot be adjusted to accommodate additional students beyond maximum available seating.

2. Where courses are sequential, one may pursue a higher level only after adequately mastering the previous level as determined by departmental recommendation.

3. Partial credit is not given. For a student to earn credit for a course in which he/she is enrolled, the entire course must be completed successfully.

• January 8th- Class Meetings to Review Scheduling Process

• January 8th - College Knowledge Night (College Selection Process- Juniors)

• January 10th - AP/ Elective Fair

• January 15th- Parent University (Charting your Course)

• January 15-17th-Counselors will visit English classes at PTHS for students to review elective choices

• January 24th - Counselors visit PV English classes to give students scheduling sheets and discuss electives 

• January 27th - January 31st:  PV students/parents enter electives on Realtime

• February 21st  -  Portal opens for PTHS for students and parents

• February 26th - Appeals are due

• March -  Counselors review student requests

• March and April - Schedule is built

• May 23rd (on or about): Schedule of classes released to students for review

** Dates are subject to change

Changing a student’s academic program once classes have started disrupts the learning and teaching process and is strongly discouraged. The following guidelines and procedures are used in dealing with requests for educationally sound changes to a student’s schedule after the school year has begun. 

1. Guidelines 

• Schedule changes require approval from all of the following: student’s parent/guardian, school counselor, academic supervisor and the Principal.

• A student who wants to make a change in his/her schedule must complete all steps listed below: 

  • First, speak with a school counselor to ensure that there are available seats in the class and that another class will not be overloaded in the move. If the change is feasible, the counselor will prepare forms for academic supervisor, administrator and parent approval. 

  • Meet again with the school counselor to establish whether academic supervisor, administrator and parent approval has been secured. 

  • Continue to attend all classes previously scheduled until final approval is received from all involved teachers. 

• Information regarding Level Changes:

  • A student may change levels within a subject (e.g. Honors Geometry to 

Geometry) until the last school day in September, subject to availability.  The student earns a full year of credit for the new course upon successful completion. 

2. Credit, Grading, and Record of Schedule Changes:

• A student withdrawn from a class prior to October 1st will have no notation of such made on his/her transcript. After October 1st, one of the following notations will be entered on the transcript:

  • Withdrawn Passing (WP) if the student’s total average for the course to date is a passing one. This grade will not be calculated into the student’s overall grade point average.

  • Withdrawn Failing (WF) if the student’s total average for the course to date is a failing one. This grade will be entered on the transcript and calculated in the student’s overall grade point average.

• No credit is given for a course from which a student is withdrawn.

• When a student changes from one course to a similar higher or lower level course (e.g. English to Honors English, Honors Physics to Physics), the grade to date which a student has earned will transfer to the new course and be averaged with the grades subsequently earned in the new course