Course Selection

Lemont High School's Counseling Department is registering students for classes for the 2025-26 school year.

Members of the Class of 2026, Class of 2027 and Class of 2028 already have received instruction on how to select their classes for next year.

Counselors will meet individually with students and finalize course selections by mid-February. After meeting with a counselor, students' selections will be entered into Skyward and no changes can be made until late spring, after the master schedule for the 2025-26 school year has been created.

Members of the Class of 2029 will receive course placement and elective course selection information by the end of the week of January 20, 2025. This information will be sent via email to the address associated with Guardian 1 in our student records system.

The school's course catalog - the Program of Studies - is available exclusively online. This allows unlimited access to the course descriptions for students, parents/guardians and Counseling Department staff members, not only during course selection, but throughout the school year.

Lemont High School is required to adhere to the Accelerated Placement Act, which has a major impact on how students are placed into core courses in English, mathematics, science, and social studies. More information on the Accelerated Placement Act is included below.

Students or parents/guardians who have questions concerning the course selection process should contact a member of the Counseling Department. A directory of those individuals may be found at the bottom of the page.

Course Selection Resources

Accelerated Placement Act

Lemont High School adheres to the requirements of the Accelerated Placement Act (P.A. 103-0743).

What is the intent of the Accelerated Placement Act?
The Accelerated Placement Act requires Illinois public school districts to adopt and implement policies on acceleration. Its goal is to ensure districts adopt equitable and effective assessment and placement practices. Accelerated placement is not limited to those students who have been identified as gifted and talented; it is open to all students who demonstrate high ability and who may benefit from accelerated placement.

Beginning with the 2025-26 school year, all students who exceed Illinois State Learning Standards in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and/or Mathematics automatically will be registered for the next-highest level of coursework. In most cases, this means a placement in the Honors or Advanced Placement course in a given subject.

What assessments are used for course placement?
Placements for freshmen are based on Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) results from the spring of their 7th grade school year, while placements for sophomores are made using IAR and Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) results from the spring of their 8th grade school year. Placements for juniors are made using PSAT 8/9 results from the spring of their freshman year, while placements for seniors are made using PSAT 10 results from the spring of their sophomore year. Please consult the chart below for more information.

	English	Math	Science	Social Studies
Freshman	7th Grade IAR (ELA)	7th Grade IAR (Math)	7th Grade IAR (ELA)	7th Grade IAR (ELA)
Sophomore	8th Grade IAR (ELA)	8th Grade IAR (Math)	8th Grade ISA	8th Grade IAR (ELA)
Junior	PSAT 8/9 (EBRW)	PSAT 8/9 (Math)	PSAT 8/9 (Math)	PSAT 8/9 (EBRW)
Senior	PSAT 10 (EBRW)	PSAT 10 (Math)	PSAT 10 (Math)	PSAT 10 (EBRW)

Schools also may use more recent test results in placing students in courses. For instance, a freshman initially placed in a regular level sophomore course who meets or exceeds standards on the PSAT 8/9 as a freshman in the spring can have those results used for placement in a higher level course as a sophomore.

What if my student does not wish to be placed in the higher level?
* Parents/guardians of incoming freshmen who wish to request an alternative placement for a student in English, Math, Science or Social Studies will be able to do so within the first few steps of the Freshman Elective Course Selection Form. This form is included in the email message parents/guardians receive with course placement information.

Course Selection Materials

Materials have been updated for the 2025-26 course selection process.

Class	Form	Course Selection Resource
Senior - Class of 2026	Course Selection Form	Course Selection Slides
Junior - Class of 2027	Course Selection Form	Course Selection Slides
Sophomore - Class of 2028	Course Selection Form	Course Selection Slides
Freshman - Class of 2029*	Course Selection Form	Course Selection Slides

* Parents/guardians who wish to request an alternative placement for a student in English, Math, Science or Social Studies will be able to do so within the first few steps of the Freshman Elective Course Selection Form. This form is included in the email message parents/guardians receive with course placement information.