Counseling Department

The Role of a School Counselor

• School counselors are actively committed to helping students explore their abilities, strengths, interests and talents as these traits relate to career awareness and development.
• School counselors help parents focus on ways to further the education, personal and social growth of students.
• School counselors work with teachers and other educators to help students explore their potential and set realistic goals for themselves.
• School counselors seek to identify and utilize community resources that can enhance and compliment comprehensive school counseling programs and help students become productive members of society.
• Comprehensive school counseling programs are considered an integral part of the educational process that enables all students to achieve success in school.

Information About Schedule Change Requests for Students (Up. for 2025-26)

Email requests for schedule changes will not be considered.  All requests need to go through the Google Form (below).
Acceptable reasons to request a change:

• Student is missing a core class (Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, or Math class)
• Student has more than one study hall in a semester schedule
• Student does not meet the prerequisite of the course they are registered for
• Student needs to schedule/reschedule a required course for graduation
• Student wishes to drop an elective and replace it with a study hall
• Student needs to schedule a course required for admission to a secondary program or college
• Student was recommended by a teacher to move levels within a course (ex. regular to honors, or honors to regular)
• A change is based on a team recommendation based on a student's IEP or 504 plan

Before completing the form also understand the following items:

• Students may only complete the Schedule Change request form once.
• Schedule changes will be considered on an individual basis and will be based on the availability of requested classes and student need.  Not all requests will be granted.
• Requests for specific teachers, study halls or lunch periods will not be granted.
• If students are changing from an Honors/AP/CIS/IH course, counselors may need to connect with parents before finalizing the change.  
• Schedule change requests should be submitted by 8/29/25 to be considered for Semester 1 - 2025-26

After making a request, students need to continue to follow their original schedule as it appears in StudentVue until they see any changes

Schedule change request google form