Schedule Change Requests

Annually, New Trier students complete a course request process during the spring semester. This process includes comprehensive input from the student as well as their family, Adviser, teachers, and other New Trier staff. The goal of this process is to capture each student’s interests, aspirations, and needs through the development of a course schedule for the following school year.

It is recognized that students’ needs, interests, and aspirations are dynamic and may change from when they request classes to when they are actually enrolled. For this reason, students and families may request a change to a student’s course schedule. These requests are reviewed on an individual basis. The decision to make a schedule change includes a process that requires input from and discussions from the classroom teacher, department chairs, and/or Graduating Class Team.

The timing of when a student’s schedule is changed influences the educational experience for the student as well as the teaching and learning environment in our New Trier classrooms. Because of this, most changes are encouraged to be made prior to the start of each semester, and after a semester starts, many changes will be delayed until the following semester.

Following are guidelines and details regarding requesting a student schedule change.

Types of Schedule Changes and Timing

Any request made before the school year starts

At times, changes may be requested to a student’s schedule after course registration is completed in the spring with their Adviser but before the school year begins.

Course request changes for rising 9th grade students should be submitted to adminservices@nths.net.

Course requests changes for rising 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students should be submitted to…

- their current Adviser if made before the end of the school year.
- via the Parent Schedule Change - Next Year form on the PowerSchool Parent Portal if made during the summer.

These requests will be reviewed on a periodic, scheduled basis throughout the summer.

Considerations for changes may include a recommendation from the department chair, availability of seats in the requested course, and fit within the student’s schedule. A request for a schedule change does not not guarantee inclusion in a student’s schedule. It is possible that some requests may not be able to be fulfilled.

Changes for rising 10th, 11th, and 12^th grade students identified from 8/8/25 and the start of the year should be brought to Advisers on the first day of school. Changes for rising 9^th grade students can be continued to be emailed to adminservices@nths.net until the first day of school.

Level Up - Requests for the same course at a higher level

2025-26 REQUEST PERIOD

Semester 1 Courses: Up to 8/23/25
Semester 2 Courses: Up to 1/5/26

Level Down - Requests for the same course at a lower level

Students who are considering a level down request should first communicate with their Adviser and teacher prior to making a request.

2025-26 REQUEST PERIOD

Semester 1 Courses: Up to 10/6/25 and 10/19/25 to 11/17/25
Semester 2 Courses: Up to 3/3/26 and 3/15/26 to 5/11/26

Changes will not be made within 2 weeks of the Q1/Q3 marking period and 4 weeks of the Q2/Q4 marking period.

Change of Mind - Requests to swap one course for another or add a new course

2025-26 REQUEST PERIOD

Semester 1 Courses: Up to 8/23/25
Semester 2 Courses: Up to 1/5/26

Course Drop - Requests to remove a course without a course replacement

Students who are considering a drop request should first communicate with their Adviser and teacher prior to making a request.

The timing of a drop request results in different notation of the drop on a student’s transcript. Following are the different ways a drop may be notated:

Clean Drop - No record of the course or grade is indicated on the student’s transcript. No credit is earned. No GPA is recorded.

Withdraw Pass (WP) - The course is recorded on the transcript with a grade of a WP in place of a student’s passing grade (A,B,C,D). Credit is given. No GPA is recorded.

Withdraw Fail (WF) - The course is recorded on the transcript with a grade of a WF in place of a student’s failing grade (F). No credit is earned. The GPA is recorded.

2025-2026 DROP REQUEST PERIODS AND TRANSCRIPT NOTATION

Period	Fall 2025 Dates	Spring 2026 Dates	Transcript Notation
Drop Period	Up to 11/8/25	Up to 4/11/26	Clean Drop
Withdrawal Period	11/9/25-12/8/25	4/12/26-5/25/26	WF or WP
No Withdrawal Period	After 12/9/25	After 5/28/26	WF

Request Processes

Requests for schedule changes do not not guarantee inclusion in my student’s schedule. Requests will be reviewed with consideration of a number of factors (e.g. prerequisites, seat availability, fit in schedule). It is possible that some requests may not be able to be fulfilled.

During the summer, parent and student requests should be made through the Parent Schedule Change Request Form located on the PowerSchool Parent Portal Any questions should be sent to the student’s Assistant Principal or to Adminservices@nths.net.

During the school year, parent and student requests should be made to a student’s Adviser.

During the summer, parent and student requests should be made…

to adminservices@nths.net (rising 9th grade students)

via the Parent Schedule Change - Next Year form on the PowerSchool Parent Portal (rising 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students).

Katherine Kapustiak