Forecasting Information
for the 2009-2010 School Year

It is very important that parents and students are informed and involved throughout our forecasting process. For your information, an outline of the process is detailed below. Students should be talking to their teachers and their parents about courses for next year.

March 17-April 3: Teachers are making personal recommendations to students in their classes. Each department is also advertising and selecting students for courses which require applications. Students can begin researching courses they would like to take by looking at the course syllabus’s provided by the teachers on the department web pages.

April 7: Class of 2013 forecasting night. Welcome to La Salle!

April 6-9: *NEW* Online course requesting will take place during class in the computer lab through the following courses: 9th – World History, 10th – Church History, 11th – English. At this time, these students will make their course request selections based on the recommendations they have received from their teachers and their personal preferences.

April 13: Course request lists given to departments for review/approval.

April 17: Course request list and graduation requirement checklists are sent home to families for review. Families wishing to edit the course requests can call or email the academic office or the student’s counselor.

May 1: Final edit date for course requests. After this date, all course requests will be used in building the student schedules.

June 1: Master Schedule completed and preliminary student schedules mailed home to students and parents.

June 11: Due date for all schedule change requests. Schedule change requests should be made to the academic office.

June 26: Final schedules mailed home to families.

July 1-31: Academic Offices Closed

Please contact Andrew Kuffner, Vice Principal of Academics at 503.353.1412 or akuffner@lshigh.org if you have any questions regarding forecasting for the 2009-10 school year.