1. Scheduling for 2017-2018 School Year

2. What You’ll Need Internet Access Student Login Info
Course Registration Sheets
Program of Studies

3. Before you enter requests…
Speak with your teachers about their recommendations
Know what you want to enter for your elective classes
Check your course registration overview sheets
Use the program of studies for a description of core classes and elective choices

4. Have a strong high school curriculum
Prepare yourself today for your future
Get a solid, well-rounded education
Work to your highest potential
Be competitive
Tahanto transcript
Remember Tahanto requirements as well as college requirements
Develop lifelong skills
Expose yourself to a wide range of ideas

5. Tahanto’s graduation requirements
Minimum admission requirements for MA State Colleges & UMass Schools
115 credits
English: 4 years
English: 4 courses
Math: 4 years
Math: 4 courses (including during senior year)
Science: 3 years of lab sciences
Science: 3 lab science courses
U.S. History: 2 years
History: 2 courses (including 1 in US History)
World History: 1 year
PE: 4 years
World Language: 2 courses in a single language
Health: 1 year
Technology course
Electives: 2 courses from the above subjects or from the Arts & Humanities or Computer Science
Passing scores on the MCAS ELA, Math and Bio tests

6. Program of Studies/PowerSchool
Click on High School Program of Studies

7. Step 1: Logging into PowerSchool
Go to:
Click on Tahanto Regional Middle/High School
Click on For Students
Click on PowerSchool Login
The PowerSchool Window will open
User name will be:
2018jsmith (year of grad, first initial, last name)
Initial password: stags2
You will be asked to change the password

8. Step 2: Click on Class Registration from the left-hand menu

9. Step 3: Choosing your courses
At the top of the registration screen that required courses – Physical Education (and Health for grade 10) – are already entered for you.
Next you will find your other subject areas – English, Math, Science and Social Studies. Click on the “Pencil” icon to open up the choices for each subject. When a choice is needed you will see a red exclamation point. When you have completed a request you will see a green check mark. A green check mark can also mean that a selection is optional – so you may still need to make a selection in those areas, this is true for some electives.

10. Step 3 continued…
Once you have clicked on one of the “Pencil” icons you will see the choices available for that subject. You will also see if there are teacher recommendations for you in that subject area. To make a selection click in the small check box on the left of that choice. You may notice that some courses are not available for you to check. This may happen if a teacher has not recommended you for that course. If you still wish to take that course you will need to follow the procedures for a course override. Click “Okay” to accept your choice of courses.

11. Step 3 continued…
Continue to make choices for each subject area and each elective. Be sure to also complete the “Alternate” electives in case your first choices are not available. Make sure that you click the next arrow to see the various elective screens
At the bottom of the screen is a running total of credits. Be sure to complete all sections in order to reach the total number of credits requested.
Please note that VHS courses and Teaching Assistant courses will only be available with administrative approval.

12. Important Dates March 17: Deadline for students to input courses
March 24th: Course override deadline for students
June 9th: Tentative date for move-up date

13. Review Login on to PowerSchool
Login with appropriate username and password
If you do not agree with the course recommendation made by the teacher, get the course override form from the counseling office and okay the course that was recommended for you
Add Elective Requests
Click Okay

14. Visit Mrs. Clark or Mr. Picariello
Review cont.
All requests will be run through the scheduler
not all requests can be met for all students
Questions or concerns?
Visit Mrs. Clark or Mr. Picariello