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Scheduling

Scheduling Information for the 2025-2026 School Year
 
 
Below you will find instructions for your course selection process for the 2025-2026 school year. This is for students currently in grades 9-11.
 
A scheduling letter has been mailed home to all families entailing student course recommendations, their scheduling worksheet for the next school year, and instructions to input course requests on their Aeries Student Portal. 
 
Students will need to log into their Aeries Student Portal to input their course requests. The scheduling window to input courses is open from Thursday, January, 23, 2025 to Thursday, February 6, 2025. Instructions on how to access course requests in Aeries are also available below.

When logging onto the Aeries Student Portal, you will be able to see the next course in sequence in Math, English, and/or World Language, based on the grade earned in the prerequisite class in each subject. These courses cannot be removed by the student. You can, however, add to this, and upon your individual meeting with your counselor, course requests will be updated accordingly. If you do not meet the prerequisite for a course that you would like to take, you will need to fill out a Request for Placement form by May 23, 2025 which can be found below.
 
Students must submit their completed and signed Scheduling Worksheet to the Counseling Office by Friday, February 7, 2025.
 
Individual Scheduling Meetings with counselors will take place during English classes on the following dates: 
  • Juniors: February 10, 11, & 13, 2025
  • Freshmen: February 18-21, 2025
  • Sophomores: March 17, 19, & 20 2025
 
To aid in the course Selection Process, counselors have created helpful videos for our Sea King families:
 
Current 8th Graders (Freshmen in 2025-2026)
  1. You will receive your Scheduling Worksheet at your 8th Grade Orientation visit in March. Please complete this worksheet and bring it with you for your Individual Scheduling Meeting in April (dates below).

  2. Log onto Aeries and input your course requests by (TBD) (please note: Aeries Course Selection Window does not open until TBD))

  3. Bring any appropriate Requests for Placement forms with you in April for your Individual Scheduling Meeting. or submit to your intermediate school counselor by May 23, 2025.

  4. Should you plan to take a summer course, bring any appropriate Out-of-District forms with you in April for your Individual Scheduling Meeting or submit to your intermediate school counselor box by May 23, 2025.  
Individual Scheduling Meetings with high school counselors will take place during Social Studies classes on the following dates:
  • Miraleste: April 21
  • Ridgecrest: April 22nd
  • PVIS: April 25
2025-2026 Course Description Handbook
Dual Enrollment: To learn more about PVHS' partnership with LA Harbor College (LAHC) to offer Dual Enrollment in Business and other opportunities, please contact our Dual Enrollment counselor, Ms. Monica Hamilton, at [email protected].
Policy on Waiving Into/Leveling Down In Courses
Teacher recommendations are the best predictor of success. If students register for a course for which they were not recommended or for which they do not meet the prerequisites, they must complete a Request for Placement form (see above).

Please be advised, although we encourage our students to try Honors and AP classes, the availability of level changes is never guaranteed. Therefore, it is essential that students select courses wisely and not assume that they will be able to drop down from an Honors or AP class. Per Board Policy, level changes are based on space availability.
 
Once counselors have met with and verified all student course requests, parents will receive a letter with their child’s final course selections for 2025-2026. Prior to June 5, 2025, any student wishing to make a change to the courses selected must fill out a Program Change Request form. This must be signed by a parent and returned to the counselor's box in the Counseling Office. After June 5 through the summer break, requests to change a course due to a graduation requirement or summer school issue must be submitted via email to Mr. DJ Hill, Associate Principal, at [email protected]. All other course request changes must wait until Schedule Change Days in August 2025. Changes are based on space availability and ability to fit in the student's schedule.