Dropping and Adding Classes

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The deadline for RAHS students to request schedule changes for Semester 2 of the 2018-19 school year is Friday, December 21 (before winter break begins). For a request to be considered, a student must speak to a School Counselor prior to the deadline. The student may also be required to submit a signed schedule change form to the School Counselor in order for the request to be processed. After school resumes in January, changes will only be made for students with Semester 2 scheduling errors or if credit remediation is required. Senior requests for off-campus will be considered later; watch/listen for upcoming announcements. NOTE: Students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) must speak to their Case Managers and obtain written approval before School Counseling Staff will consider schedule change requests.

Before Semester 2 begins, students are reminded to log onto their Skyward Family Access accounts to confirm their schedules, teachers, and classrooms. In general, RAHS Staff will not provide printed copies of schedules to students.

When students and families take the time to plan schedules for the following school year, they pass that information along to the RAHS School Counseling department, who in turn, puts a great deal of effort into creating schedules to best meet the needs of students. With this in mind there will be very few schedule changes. There needs to be a compelling reason for a change to take place.

• A student may request a schedule change with the School Counseling Department.
• Before the School Counseling will change the schedule of a student with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), the student must first receive approval from the student's Case Manager.
• Students will be allowed to drop a class within three weeks of the beginning of each semester.
• A withdrawal request after three weeks will result in a "W" on the student's transcript.
• A withdrawal request after one quarter will result in a "W" if the student is passing the course or a "WF" if the student is failing the course on the student's transcript. The "WF" will be factored into the student's grade point average (GPA).
• Administration will make the final decision on all schedule change requests.
• Seniors: If you have already submitted your transcript and/or application to a college, it is important that you contact the college admissions office before dropping a class to determine if the schedule change could impact your admission status.

For more information, please refer to the online Student Handbook and Annual Course Description books.

More Information
If you have questions, please contact the RAHS Counseling Office at (608) 768-8928 ext. 1158.