Registering Next Year's Classes

Tomorrow's Pack Period will kick off the process for registering for classes for next school year.  

I recognize that it feels too early to be making these decisions when you are just a few weeks into the new semester, but the time it takes to be able to take your requests and then build a master schedule that will meet your needs is very complex.

One of the most common reactions for students (and parents) as soon as they hear that it is registration time is to panic.  So please, right now, before you even receive your registration information, pause, take a deep breath and relax!  Thinking about the future can feel overwhelming, but I promise that I will help you through it.  This is a very hectic time of year for me dealing with far more than registration, but I want to reassure you that I am aware of the anxiety and we will get through it together.

So, let me give you a quick glimpse of what these next few weeks will include.  Tomorrow you’ll get the details of what you need to do to register for your classes.  You will submit your course selections online through Infinite Campus in the next week.  The deadline to submit your requests is Friday, February 4th.  I will meet with every student individually to review your requests.  We will still be able to make adjustments to your requests at that time so if you are uncertain about something, go ahead and make your best guess on what you are thinking and then we will talk about it when we meet together.

Here are some of the key dates you’ll need to know about:

-        Wednesday, January 26^th: Registration materials distributed and online registration begins

-        Tomorrow is also Curriculum Night at 7:10pm – you and your parents can come to talk with the teachers and learn more about the different options available to you

-        Monday, January 31^st: Individual meetings with juniors and parents as scheduled

-        Thursday, February 3rd: Individual meetings with juniors and parents as scheduled

-        Friday, February 4th: Deadline to submit online course requests

-        Monday, February 7th: Individual meetings with all freshmen during English class

-        Tuesday, February 8th: Individual meetings with all sophomore during Science class

-        Wednesday, February 9^th: Individual meetings with juniors and parents as scheduled

-        Friday, February 11^th: Individual meetings with juniors and parents as scheduled

-        Thursday, February 17th: Individual meetings with juniors and parents as scheduled

-        Friday, February 18^th: Individual meetings with juniors and parents as scheduled

-        Friday, February 25th: My deadline to be able to make any adjustments in the online system

Over the next few days, during classes, your teachers will be reviewing the different classes offered within their departments as well as talking with you individually about the courses they would recommend for you to take next year.  You will have a course selection sheet to help guide you in the different options available and you can use that sheet to make notes about your thoughts on what interests you and then you can highlight to help select your classes that you will then enter online.  If you would like to hear more in depth information directly from the teachers who teach particular courses, please set up a time to talk to the teacher or come to meet with them during Curriculum Night.  (Let me know if you need help finding a teacher during one of their off periods.)

After you have determined which courses you would like to take, please talk it over with your parents and then login and register on Infinite Campus.  When you submit your course requests on Infinite Campus they will be saved automatically.  You will need to be sure to submit 3 alternates.  I will only use those to replace classes if your first choice selections are absolutely not possible.  

Also, just in case you lose any of your forms, we will have extra copies posted, along with the video from tomorrow’s presentation, and the Course Planning Handbook all available for students and parents to access on the Kilbourne Counselor website – www.wkhscounselors.com – and as of tomorrow we will have it on the home page for your convenience.

Once again, I am here to help you, but I do beg for you to try to be patient with me as having more than 350 students makes it hard to get to everyone all at the same time.