September 2, 2022

Dear Students,

Welcome to the 2022-2023 school year! Schedules for sophomores, juniors and seniors will be available on Talos by 5:00 pm EST tonight. 

We want to start classes beginning on September 8, 2022, and build the important teacher-student and student-student relationships needed for a successful class. Students are currently scheduled with a preliminary program (schedule) to meet graduation and Stuyvesant endorsement requirements. However, students will have the opportunity to request ONE program change submission. Therefore, the program change request process will occur PRIOR to the start of the first day of school and  through Talos, the portal to submit a program change request.  

Please keep in mind an approved program change request submission does not guarantee the request will result in a changed program. The request submission is a request only and dependent on many factors including but limited to graduation and Stuy endorsement requirements, AP limits and prerequisites, seat availability, and mandated instructional periods and courses/labs. Be sure to review this entire message (and the FAQ) as we provide more information for what qualifies as one program change request submission along with how and when to submit a program change request. Please note, program change requests on the basis of the following reasons will be denied:

• Teacher preference
• Period preference. Examples include, but are not limited to:
• Travel distance from home
• Requests to arrive late/leave early
• Changes to lunch period
• Undocumented health issues
• Classroom location
• Requests to reverse previously requested program change

Your Fall 2022 schedule is now available on Talos. The program change request through Talos will be open starting with our upperclassmen and following the timeframe below: 

Start Date and Time

End Date and Time

***IMPORTANT: The deadline for all students to submit a program change request through Talos is Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 5:00pm EST for all grades.

Important Directions and Guidelines (Please Read Thoroughly):

• A program change request submission must be accompanied with a justification for the request (a request without justification will be denied). Your justification allows for School Counselors and/or Department Chairs/Assistant Principals to easily identify the purpose of your request, which will inform their decision in either approving or denying the request, or perhaps devising an alternative. The highest priority for a program change request will be given to meeting NYSED graduation requirements and the Stuyvesant endorsement.
• YOU WILL BE LIMITED TO ONLY ONE PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST.  In your one program change request submission, you may need to drop multiple classes and/or add multiple classes.  Please be aware that the more actions you are requesting on your ONE request, the less likely it will get approved or even processed because of multiple waitlists and potential conflicts (please see FAQs).  
• Counselors and Department Chairs/Assistant Principals have the option in Talos to leave messages for you upon approving or denying a request.
• Since program change requests are to be exclusively handled through Talos, and messages are being posted and reviewed through Talos; extraneous emails will slow down the process of program changes--do not email the Department Chairs, school counselors, or Program Office with program change requests. Therefore, upon submitting a request, please wait patiently until the request has been handled.  
  **(Please note that teachers and counselors do not officially start until Tuesday, September 6, 2022) 

Follow the directions below to submit a program change request:

1. Click on the “Program Management Portal”
2. Click “Create Change” located on the right
3. Click the corresponding “Drop” button to drop a course
4. Find the requested course in the search area in the lower left and then click, “Add Course” to your schedule. Talos will prevent you from submitting an impossible schedule through red warning dialogues after clicking “Add Course”

Upon generating the request, Talos will notify the appropriate Guidance Counselor and Department Chair/Assistant Principal for review and approval/denial. Please refer to the FAQ to understand the overall program change request process. 

Please do not reply directly to this email. 

Stuyvesant High School Program Office

Dina Ingram
Business Manager/Director of Family Engagement
Stuyvesant High School 
212-312-4800 ext. 2731 - Office
347-224-6673  - Mobile         
www.stuy.edu

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