2010-2011 course schedules will be mailed to students’ home addresses on Friday, August 27.
Your schedule reflects, as closely as possible, the course requests you submitted last spring via your Verification Form. Guidance counselors and other staff members spent numerous hours this summer working on student schedules. If you did not get a first choice request, very likely it is due to the limitations of course offerings or class size limits. Every single student schedule was reviewed in an effort to resolve potential issues.
Please carefully review your schedule of classes for all three trimesters. We are assuming that the vast majority of schedules are as accurate as possible. Thus, we will consider changes for a very limited number of reasons. To determine if you have a schedule problem that would qualify for a first priority course change consideration, please use the following questions:
If you can answer YES to one or more of the above questions, then you very likely have an issue which your guidance counselor needs to review as soon as possible. Please complete the enclosed Schedule Change Request Form and either mail it to the Guidance Department, Amherst Regional High School, 21 Mattoon Street, Amherst, MA 01002, or drop it off with one of the guidance department secretaries. Due to time constraints, guidance counselors will not be available for one-to-one appointments until the week of September 1st. Thus, all requests for a change of a course should initially be made in writing. Counselors will contact students with whom they need to consult regarding issues they cannot resolve.
You may submit a Schedule Change Request Form if you wish to inquire as to whether a first choice course could replace an alternative choice in which you have been scheduled. These requests will be considered after all identified problems have resolved. If you have submitted a Schedule Change Request and find that you have not been placed in a class due to its being full, you may request that your guidance counselor complete a Wait List Request.
The end of the Add/Drop Period for student generated requests is September 10. This applies to First Trimester requests. However, if you have a concern regarding Second or Third Trimesters, you should submit it to your counselor before that deadline because a change in your First Trimester schedule may be required. This is a reminder that there will be no Add/Drop period in Terms 2 & 3. Requests for course changes in those terms must be made prior to the start of the term. No changes will be made after each term begins.
We appreciate your following the above guidelines. Your cooperation will help ensure that the scheduling process runs smoothly as possible. Please check the name of your guidance counselor in your schedule, since it might have changed from last year. Ms. Peggy Fallon has assumed the caseload of Mr. Derek Shea. The guidance staff is looking forward to working with you this year and will do its best to ensure that each of you have a productive and rewarding school year.