• Arcola Intermediate School

    Revised Timeline for Course Scheduling (including Honors)

     

    Below is the revised annual scheduling timeline for students currently in grade 6 who will be taking classes (including honors classes) in grade 7 next school year AND for students currently in grade 7 who will be taking classes (including honors classes) in grade 8 next school year.

     

    April

    • Marking Period 3 ends
    • Student eligibility for honors is determined based on course/subject specific data points as listed within the honors eligibility section of this web site by end of month 

    May

    • Arcola Administration provides communication to current 6th and 7th-grade parents to:
      • Notify parents of the general scheduling process and remaining timeline
      • Notify parents of the descriptions of World Languages and the selection process for next year
    • Students complete the electronic World Language selection for next school year

    June

    • Arcola Administration provides communication to current 6th and 7th-grade parents (beginning of month) on the following:
      • How and when to access course assignments via Parent Portal
      • Procedures for inquiries about course assignments
      • Description of appeal process
    • Access to student course assignments enabled in PowerSchool Parent Portal (mid-month)
      • This allows parents/students to see the courses, including honors courses that are included in next year’s student schedule. The actual schedule with teacher assignments is provided in August as per this timeline.
    • Deadline for submission to the Arcola Administration of all honors courses appeals (end of month)
    • Last day of current school year

     August

    • Access to individual student schedules enabled in PowerSchool Parent Portal (last week)
      • This allows parents/students to see the courses including honors courses and the daily schedule along with assigned teachers for the coming year