Dropped Electives

     The beginning of the school year is an exciting time for students. Buying new school supplies, seeing your friends who you haven’t seen in a while and finding out what classes you’ll be taking. For some students, they received classes they didn’t expect.  Many students found they were not given the elective classes they had signed up for last spring. Several classes here at Riverbend High School including Humanities, Public Speaking, Art History, Art Appreciation, AP Music Theory, American Sign Language, AP German, Geology, AP Chemistry, African American History, Economics, SAT Prep, Horticulture Science, Psychology, AP Java, and Debate, were dropped. This was because of the loss of multiple teachers. Mrs. Rahn says, “The students who had asked for these classes would have been assigned to one of their alternate class choices.” Students feel this may contribute to them not getting the necessary credits to graduate. This also contributes to study hall sizes getting significantly larger.

      When Riverbend Sophomore, Lizzie Schreppler was asked if she had been enrolled in her preferred classes, she said she had signed up for Psychology and Public Speaking, which are both half credit courses, and received Marine Science and Art, still half credit courses. Neither of which were her alternate choices. Another sophomore student Rebecca Statler signed up for Psychology and Finance, which are also half credit courses and she received Fashion Marketing, again, not her alternate.  

     So keep in mind all the hard work it takes for guidance to get you the classes you want.

Lyndsay Johnson, Staff Writer