After this semester, some Arrowhead students will sign up for summer school courses. Summer school will last from June 11th until July 19th, Mondays through Thursdays.

According to the Arrowhead website, “Students will be registering for summer school courses at the same time they are selecting courses for the next school year. This is important for overall planning, including those who may be interested in improving their grades for courses already taken. Online requests are in priority of grade level in school (Example: Seniors first, then juniors, etc.) and the date of registration. Online registration for summer school course begins in February. If there are sufficient students enrolled to offer the course, students may continue to add, if space is available, until Monday, June 5, 2017.”

Students take summer school either to get a course done, so they don’t have to do it during the school year, or to improve their grade in a certain class.

The Arrowhead website stated this about the summer school grading: “Students will receive the grade they earn during summer school.  If students are repeating a course and they earn a higher grade, the transcript will be updated to reflect the change. Students can only earn credit once for repeated classes. If a class is repeated for an improved grade, the students would not receive additional course credit. Effective for Class of 2018, the transcript will reflect the higher of the two grades and an ‘R’ replaces the lower grade to identify the course was repeated. Courses are the same curriculum that is offered during the school year. Final exams are required for all summer school courses. For year-long courses, summer school classes may only be taken once to repeat a grade.”

On their website, they also have policies and procedures for summer school: “An enrollment of 10 students is necessary for the course to be offered. No student absence is excused from summer school for any reason other than personal illness or an unforeseen emergency. Summer school students are expected to attend for the full-specified term of the course. ‘Every day and on time’ applies to summer school. Students absent for more than two sessions will be dropped and an ‘F’ placed on the transcript. PE Adventure Education students are allowed NO absence. Four tardies is equal to one absence. Students who drop a full credit course after the first week will receive an ‘F’. Arrowhead school year expectations concerning conduct and behavior apply in the summer session. Courses identified with an (*) are generally recognized as academic units for college admission. The program is available to all residents of the Arrowhead School District Children in the school district on a vacation basis will be considered as resident students providing they and their parents or legal guardians reside within the school district for the full duration of the course selected. Students and parents/ legal guardian should contact their counselor prior to the end of the regular school year if they have questions or concerns. This is particularly important for students who are credit deficient.”

Some students have taken summer classes like summer Phy Ed. Senior, Liam Coughlin said, “Taking summer gym and online English over the summer freed up my school year schedule for my AP classes.”