Dear 7th Grade Parent,

We are all looking forward to the 2021-2022 school year and hope it will bring a return to all of the “normal” routines and activities that our students, teachers and families have missed so much over these past 12 months. In that spirit, it’s time to register for next year’s courses!

Please read this communication carefully to learn the two important components of course registration:

Like last year, your 7th grade student will use the PowerSchool Portal to select their classes. Later today, we will send an important email with your 7th grade student’s credentials to access the PowerSchool Portal. (If you do not see this email in your inbox by Friday morning, please check your junk or spam email boxes). Keep these credentials in a safe place and treat them confidentially. Beginning tomorrow at 3PM, you can access the portal by going to lnc.powerschool.com and entering your 7th grade student’s confidential ID (user name) and password. If you have an existing LNC PowerSchool parent account for which you know your credentials, you can also access the PowerSchool Portal that way. 

Either way, you will choose “Class Registration” on the left menu bar and proceed to select courses. For 8th grade, students select only their elective courses as their core courses are predetermined. We determine math placement later, based on other factors, and that is completely independent of course registration. Once your student has made their final selections, they should take a screen shot and keep it for their records. 

As a rising 8th grade student, your child will have additional elective opportunities, including yearlong courses in French, Spanish and art. Students earn high school credit for French and Spanish, but they do not count toward their high school GPA. Your student must have taken the semester-long version of these classes to select these HS credit courses. Just like in 7th grade, semester-long electives are also available, as are quarter-long electives. Like in previous years, a key consideration is whether your student chooses band as one of their electives. Band is a yearlong elective, resulting in only one additional yearlong elective, two additional semester-long electives or four additional quarter-long electives needed. Keep in mind that 7th grade band is a prerequisite for 8th grade band.

The following resources will help guide your student’s selections:

Finally, this is usually when we ask you to confirm your emergency contact information. We have decided to postpone that exercise until late summer. That said, if any of your contact information has changed, please use our Student Information Update form to tell us. It is especially important that we always have accurate email addresses, mobile phone numbers and mailing addresses on file for your student’s parents or guardians. If your student will not be returning to LNC next school year, please email MS Registrar Jennifer Wolfe at jwolfe@lncharter.org to let her know.

Please reach out to Ms. Wolfe at jwolfe@lncharter.org if you experience issues with the PowerSchool Course Registration Portal. You may reach out to your counselor, Ms. Hayes at jhayes@lncharter.org or me at cgraham@lncharter.org if you have questions related to selecting courses.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!