Final decisions and changes are being made to course choices for the 2025-2026 school year. The course selection process began in mid November and is coming to an end. 

“All the requests get put into what we call Eschool and then Eschool will start with seniors and it goes through the order, so seniors, juniors, sophomores, then freshman get priority of seating,“ counselor Ryan Kiefer said. “Obviously as you get closer to graduation we need to make sure you get the classes that you need to graduate, and want.” 

It’s a process that begins in 8th grade and is done every year. For senior Saanvi Jain, it’s something she enjoys.

“I think it’s a fun process because you can explore a lot of things and then you do it’s fun.” Jain said. 

The joy Jain feels from choosing her classes directly contrasts to the way her classmate, senior Hansika Pakkir feels while picking hers out. 

“It stresses me out,” Pakkir said. “Especially because we have to be done by February and a lot can change in the next, like, four or five months, like, during summer.” 

According to Kiefer, the counselor’s try their best to balance a student’s needs with scheduling limitations.

“Obviously it’s just impossible to get every single request. We don’t know what the master schedule’s gonna be,” Kiefer said. “We don’t know how many slots there are going to be each period, and so it’s quite common for students to not get every request that they want even though we try our best.” 

Some students may not put much thought into their alternative course selections, but Kiefer says it’s helpful to pick something that interests a student. 

“That’s why we want to know because we want to give students the opportunity to take, if not their first choice, their second or third choice for a class,” Kiefer said. “We don’t have any idea what you want.”