Summer School

Information about summer school was distributed along with the rest of your registration materials. I know that a lot of students have indicated that they intend to take a class in summer school, but as we met to review your courses, many students were uncertain if they had actually signed up yet. I wanted to remind you that it is important to make sure you sign up for soon if you are planning on taking summer school classes. There are limited courses available in summer school and seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you failed a class during the 1st semester, you need to discuss signing up for summer school with your parents. The success rates for students who take summer school is very strong because you are only asked to focus on one subject at a time and it is a more relaxed environment.

This year summer school will be held at Thomas Worthington High School and most courses cost around $200. (Students on the free and reduced lunch program are allowed to attend for $50.)

The first term of summer school will run from June 11th until June 28th.  The second term of summer school runs from July 8th to July 25th.  Please note that for all of the classes taught by a teacher (not the online credit recovery courses) the terms of summer school represents the semester of the class.  So, for example, if you failed 1st semester, you would need to attend the 1st semester to make up the credit.

If you have lost your summer school registration brochure, please stop in the Counseling Center and ask one of the secretaries for a new brochure.  You can also access the brochure on the district website under district info and then summer school.  Here is a link.

Some students and parents have had questions related to taking classes through a different school district or through an online school.  The basic answer is yes, you are allowed to take classes through any accredited school.  Please be sure that they are accredited before you sign up for their classes.  After you have completed your course, they will give you a transcript and you will need to provide that to us at WKHS so that we can transfer your credit.  As these courses are not coordinated or run by Worthington, I don't have a lot of details about options, but a Google search has been successful for students in the past.  My top tip is to make sure you are signing up for their summer school classes because I do know that in the past students found there was a significant difference in the cost if they were taking a class online during summer school vs. taking a class online during the school year.