CURRENT eighth graders

Activities that will help you plan your schedule - before Skyward

1. Watch this video about registration. (This is the same video you saw in STRETCH.)

2. Watch graduation requirements video, or view the requirements here. 

3. Review the slides for the lesson you got from HS counselors in your Social Studies (STMS) or Science (MVMS) class. 

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. Talk to your parents/guardians about your future plans and what classes you want to take next year. You can log into High School & Beyond/Four Year Plans, to review credits required for graduation and classes you selected for ninth grade. The information in the Four Year Plan is not an exact match to the information in Skyward. HS counselors can answer any questions you have during our visit. 

6. 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. 

7. Review Course Availability List to see what classes are available to ninth graders. Some classes may not be available to incoming freshmen if they fill up with students in higher grades. Some classes may not be available to incoming 9th graders if they fill up with students in higher grades. Classes that are closed to incoming 9th graders were removed from the availability list.  

8. Use the Registration Worksheet to help you plan your schedule before you enter your requests in Skyward. 

   1. 1. • Make a copy of the registration worksheet here. If you need a PDF to print use this link. Use this to help plan your schedule. Be sure to include course codes; you will need these when you put your requests in Skyward. 

         • You will turn in this form to your middle school teacher after you enter requests into Skyward (see below for directions or linked here). Be sure your form matches what you put into Skyward. 

Request Classes - In Skyward (Opens March 18th) 

1. Enter Student Skyward login and password. If you do not know your Skyward login/password, call or email the counseling office at your middle school using the contact information below. 

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 five alternates. 

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 Social Studies teacher (STMS) or Science teacher (MVMS). If you need a new copy you can make a copy using the link above.  

Registration is done through student Skyward Access, not Family Access.  

If you do not know your Skyward login/password, see below.

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.

View Letter Emailed to Families

Grade 8

Future Freshman Night