Good morning Stuy families, Below is a courtesy copy of an email sent to grades 10-12 students from the Program office regarding the ability to drop an AP class if they wish from the AP classes they were accepting to. Students have this capability in their Talos account and should be encouraged to read their stuy.edu<http://stuy.edu> emails and make their decisions by the August 26 deadline. As a reminder, this is not an available function on your parent Talos account. Enjoy the weekend, Dina COPY OF EMAIL: Hello Stuyvesant student, We hope your summer is going well. Please log onto Talos to review the AP courses you are accepted to for Fall term 2020. This can be found by clicking the “Request Management Portal” function along the top banner once you log in. You will be able to drop an AP course that you do not wish to take. Please note: once you drop an AP course, you will NOT be able to add it back. At this stage, you cannot request any additional courses, AP or otherwise. To create a request to drop a course: Click “+ Create Change” button Click the “Drop” button next to the corresponding course you want to drop Repeat this for as many courses as you want to drop Review the list of “Actions” and verify those are the courses you wish to drop Click “+ Create” button to create this drop request We will review and process your request. You will have until Wednesday, August 26th at 11:59pm EST to request any drops. If you have questions or concerns about this process, please note that School Counselors are not working until September 8. Please limit your questions to only those absolutely necessary and send them to programoffice@stuy.edu<mailto:programoffice@stuy.edu> DO NOT reply directly to this email. Please remember to include your name, official class, and OSIS number when emailing us. Quick things to consider: We are on a 10 period schedule. Typical junior schedule: Math/Pre-Calc (1 period) English (1 period) Science/Physics (1.5 periods) Phys Ed (0.5 period) Social Studies/U.S. History (1 period) World Language (1 period) Lunch (1 period. Yes, a period must be reserved for lunch) If you have not taken Health (1 period, even if it is next term) if you are part of a band or chorus (1 period) Typical senior schedule: Math/AP Calculus (1 period. 1.5 for BC Calc) English (1 period) Science elective/AP Science (1 for AP Bio Psych, AP ES or 1.5 periods for AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Physics) Phys Ed (0.5 period) U.S. Government/Economics (1 period. 2 periods if you are taking both AP U.S. Government and AP Economics) If you are accepted into AP World Language (1 period) Lunch (1 period. Yes, a period must be reserved for lunch) If you have not taken completed your 10-tech (1 period) if you are part of a band or chorus (1 period) -- -- Stuyvesant High School Program Office 345 Chambers St. New York, NY 10282 (212) 312 4800 Ms. Dina Ingram Director of Family Engagement Stuyvesant High School 347-224-6673 cell ringram3@schools.nyc.gov<mailto:ringram3@schools.nyc.gov> www.stuy.edu<http://www.stuy.edu> Read my Blog<https://talos.stuy.edu/hera/blog/feed> on talos.stuy.edu<http://talos.stuy.edu> Follow Stuyvesant on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/StuyNYC/> @StuyNYC or Twitter<https://twitter.com/StuyNY> @StuyNY “This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message."