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Registration Tasks - Before Skyward

1. If you missed the registration lesson in your history class, review these slides. 

2. Watch videos on More Helpful Info page that might apply to you.

3. Review Course Catalog, talk to parents, teachers, and friends about courses you might want to take next year. Look at all courses to find ones that match your interests and your post HS plan.

4. Review the Schedule Planning Tool to help you figure out if you have enough time for everything. Show your parents the estimated homework minutes per week and if any class has any summer work responsibilities connected to it. (PDF version)

5. Review Course Availability List - Shows which courses are open and available to students in your grade. You can use this to find what you need to know about each class in the course catalog. Some classes may not be available to incoming sophomores if they fill up with students in higher grades. Classes that are closed to incoming 10th graders were removed from the availability list. 

6. Complete Registration Worksheet - Click on the link for the PDF version. Be sure to include course codes; you will need these when you put your requests in Skyward. 

7. Enter your requests in Skyward starting after your registration lesson in class. Use the instructions below - or linked here. 

Request Classes  - In Skyward (Opens March 12th) 

1. Enter Student Skyward login and password. If you do not know your Skyward login/password, call the counseling office 425-413-6204 or email mdidonat@tahomasd.us between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm (2:30 on Friday).

2. Click Schedule.

3. In upper right you will see Course Requests Now Open.  Beneath that, click on Request Courses for 2025 - 2026 in Tahoma Senior High School.

4. Select each request by searching for the course, clicking to highlight the course and then click Add Course.

5. To remove a course, highlight the course and click Remove Course.

6. When finished entering 8.0 credits of requests, click on Request Alternates at the top of the page.

7. Select at least three alternates. We recommend between 3-5 options. 

8. When finished, simply exit the program. There is no save button.

9. After you enter courses in Skyward, turn in your matching registration form to your World History or AP Human Geography teacher. If you need a new copy you can make a copy using the link above.  

High School Crediting for Middle School Classes

Tahoma students earn high school credit for the following courses offered in middle school: Algebra I, Geometry, and Spanish I-II.

Washington law (RCW 28A.230.090) states that unless requested otherwise by the student and the student's family, a student who has completed a high school course(s) before attending high school shall be given high school credit, fulfilling high school graduation requirements when the academic level of the course exceeds the requirements for seventh and eighth grade classes and the course would qualify for high school credit.   If a family decides not to credit a high school class prior to entering high school he/she will still proceed to the next course in progression and begin earning high school credit in the 9th grade year.  

High school credit earned before high school may be transcribed with either the letter grade earned or a nonnumerical grade, such as “pass” or “credit.” A non-numerical grade will not be included in the student’s high school grade point average calculations, which can affect college admissions, scholarship opportunities, and NCAA eligibility.  The tradeoff in a credit/non-credit designation is the interpretation by admissions staff at post-secondary colleges.  In some cases, a grade of “credit” or “pass” is interpreted as the lowest possible passing grade of “D”.       

Before the end of eleventh grade, a student and the student’s parent or guardian must inform the school 

• if they do not want credit for the course or courses taken before attending high school or 

• if they want the credit to be transcribed with a non-numerical grade. 

If you do not want credit for the course taken before attending high school, or want the credit transcribed with a non-numerical grade, please complete this form and give it to your counselor.