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Course Selection

At Downers Grove South, we’re committed to ensuring that every student is supported in their educational journey and that includes in the course selection process. 

Every year, students will have an individual registration appointment during the school day with their counselor. We encourage students and families to review and discuss all of the options available. In August, all students will receive their schedule.

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Academic Planning

All changes to 2026-2027 course requests must be made before January 28th (12:00 p.m.) and sent via email to the student’s counselor. Any course change requests made after January 28th and prior to the first day of the 2026-2027 school year may be considered, but only if available seating allows. Once the school year begins, no schedule changes will be made without administration approval.

Changes will not be considered for the following reasons:

  • Change of lunch period
  • Requesting a teacher change
  • Moving classes for early release or late arrival

Changing Your Schedule

Course changes will only be made enrollment process error, failure in a prerequisite course, successful completion of summer school course or scheduling conflicts. Once the school year begins, a student must initiate the formal drop process in order to have a class removed from their schedule. Course drops cannot be initiated until the end of the 4th week of any given semester. A student will not be allowed to drop a course, if, in doing so, he or she would fall below the 6 credit class minimum requirement.