2025-26 Course Registration

  • Students will register on their own through their PowerSchool accounts from  February 25 – March 7. We strongly encourage all students to pay close attention to course recommendations entered in PowerSchool by their teachers. We recommend that students consider taking those recommended courses/levels as their teachers know their work ethic, performance, and the next course in the sequence.  

    All courses selected, including the four alternates, need to be courses students would consider taking since any course selected during registration may be a part of the student’s schedule.  

Teacher Recommendations

  • Teachers base their recommendations on students’ performance in class, course prerequisites, and their understanding of the rigor and expectations of future coursework. Generally, an A or B is the benchmark grade for recommendation to an honors-level or Advanced Placement (AP) course. Teachers also consider students’ study skills, work habits, assessment performance, and interest in the subject area to ensure success.
    While teacher recommendations are strongly encouraged as they have been shown to predict success, students and parents may opt to enroll in courses beyond these recommendations. However, students should carefully evaluate the challenges associated with such decisions, which may lead to difficulties or lower performance. Additionally, class sections are created based on student course selections, so we cannot accommodate schedule changes due to rigor/performance concerns.  

Schedule Corrections

  • Schedule corrections for the 2025-26 school year will only be completed during the schedule correction window at the beginning of the school year. This includes corrections for both semesters. We will not be able to consider requests that do not meet the schedule correction criteria. Administration will communicate the schedule correction process and timeline in August 2025.  

    Schedule Correction Criteria:  

    • Students with incomplete schedules 

    • Classes are out of sequence 

    • Example: Math 3 first semester, Math 2 second semester 

    • Scheduled for two courses in the same period 

    • Student already received credit for the course 

    • Student has not met the prerequisite for the scheduled course 

    • Senior who needs a specific course to meet WCPSS graduation requirements 

    Examples of situations that do not meet the schedule correction criteria: 

    • Requests to increase or decrease rigor 

    • Example - request to move from Honors Math 3 to Math 3 Academic 

    • Example - request to move from Civic Literacy to AP US Government & Politics 

    • Specific teacher/period requests 

    • Change of mind 

    • Received alternate(s) 

    • Parent requests/parent selected classes for student 

    • Schedule adjustments to accommodate early release/late arrival requests received after February 28, 2025 

Course Registration Timeline

  • February 3 – February 14: Classroom presentations

    February 25 – March 7: Course Registration – GH students enter course selections in PowerSchool for the 2025-26 school year

    NOTE: Students must use their student PowerSchool account

    February 25: Late Arrival/Early Release forms, Mid-Year/Early Graduation forms, and applications for application-based courses available in the Registration Forms section of this page

    February 25,26 and March 4-7: Open Lab in the Media Center – for GH students to receive additional support with course registration

    March 7: Deadline to submit applications for application-based courses, Late Arrival/Early Release forms, and Mid-Year Graduation/Early Graduation forms

Registration Support

  • 2nd Period Registration Sessions: Student Services will present to second period classes starting February 3 to provide students with an overview of the registration process and timeline for the 2025-2026 school year.  

    Counselor Corner: Students can come to Counselor Corner (in front of Student Services) before school or during lunch to ask questions pertaining to course registration.   

    Open Lab with Counselors: Students can go to the Media Center during lunch February 25,26 and March 4-7 to ask questions and receive support with course registration. Students may also receive PowerSchool login assistance during this time.  

    Counselor Appointments: Students are welcome to schedule appointments to meet with their assigned counselor to address course registration questions. Please note that counselor appointment availability will be limited during this time, and we encourage students to utilize Counselor Corner and Open Lab to receive support with course registration. 

Resources

Registration Forms