Dear Students, 

Preliminary Spring Term 2023 programs are being released to students today in Talos. Student programs are mostly set and were developed to allow students to meet and progress through the graduation and Stuyvesant endorsement requirements. Please read the following information carefully for the opportunity to submit a program change request prior to the start of the first day of the Spring Term on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.  

Students will have the opportunity to request ONE program change and the submission must be made by the designated deadline listed below. Please keep in mind a submission for a program change request does not guarantee the request will result in a program change. The submission is a request only and dependent on several factors including but not limited to graduation and Stuyvesant endorsement requirements, AP limits and prerequisites, seat availability, IEP/504 services, and mandated instructional periods and courses/labs.  

Be sure to review this entire message carefully (and the FAQ) as we provide more information for what qualifies as one program change request along with how and when to submit a program change request. Talos is the portal where you may submit a program change request, which will be available to different groups of students at different times indicated below: 

PROGRAM CHANGE REQUEST GUIDELINES (Please Read Carefully): 

• 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 FAQ).   
• A program change request submission must be accompanied with a justification for the request (a request without justification will be automatically 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 to ensure a student has a program that fulfills NYSED graduation requirements and the Stuyvesant endorsement. 

            Please note, all 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
  
  
  

• Counselors and Department Chairs/Assistant Principals have the option in Talos to leave messages for you upon approving a request and will leave a message/reason when denying a request not listed above. Be sure to review the types of program requests that will be denied as outlined above.  
• 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.   
• Completed Spring Term Programs are expected to be finalized on Talos no later than on Monday, February 6, 2023, and any additional changes will occur only if there are errors.
    

DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PROGRAM CHANGE REQUESTS: 

1. Login to Talos 
2. Make sure you are in the 2022-2023 school year, Term 2 in the upper right corner (not visible on a smartphone) to see your Spring Term Schedule 
3. Click on the “Program Management Portal” 
4. Click “Create Change” located on the right 
5. Click the corresponding “Drop” button to drop a course 
6. 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” 

NOTE: Use the Spring 2022-2023 Elective Grid and Course List to review courses available 

Upon generating the request, Talos will notify the appropriate School 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. The Program Office  will be updating the FAQ as needed.  

Sincerely, 

Stuyvesant High School