Course Load Requirements
All students are automatically scheduled for a class or activity (study hall and/or teaching assistant) during each of the seven periods in the school day. Students who are lacking any credits in any given school year due to failure may not return to Seton Catholic High School the following fall semester unless summer school credits are taken as makeup. Students who do not repeat these courses during summer school will not be readmitted. It is the summer school student’s obligation to have a transcript sent to Seton Catholic before school opens in August.

Summer School and Off-Campus Courses
Summer courses may be taken at any accredited high school or through an approved correspondence program. Students must first secure the necessary forms from the Counseling Office before enrolling for any summer school courses. Credit for enrichment courses during the summer may be accepted at the discretion of the Assistant Principal. Students should discuss such plans with the Assistant Principal in order to be assured that this credit is accepted at Seton Catholic. In general, the policy is to permit supplemental courses for the following reasons: 1) the student cannot fit this course into his/her schedule, 2) the course is not offered at Seton Catholic.

Course Selection Changes and Drops
Choosing an appropriate program of studies is an important part of each student’s high school responsibilities. Parents are encouraged to participate in the yearly process of selecting courses that meet the needs of their son/daughter. Alternate courses should be selected in case the administration finds it necessary to cancel courses and replace them with others. After a student has been registered and has received his/her schedule, he/she may not change the schedule without approval of the Assistant Principal. Because great care is taken to correctly place and register students, schedule changes or course drops are permitted only as an exception when one of the following criteria is met: 1) teacher recommendation based on student ability, 2) desire to take a heavier academic load (if space is available), 3) misplacement in a course. Requesting a teacher switch and poor grades are not sufficient reasons for dropping a course. All schedule changes must be signed by the parents of the student.

All requests to change or drop a course must be submitted on a schedule add/drop form according to the above norms.

Student-initiated schedule changes are processed only:

• 1st Semester: the first 5 days of the semester
• 2nd Semester: 2 weeks prior to Christmas break