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General Guidelines
Lake Forest High School reserves the sole right to grant credit
for work completed at or through other institutions. These
guidelines apply to any academic work to be completed outside
LFHS including, but not limited to, summer school at another
high school, college level courses, correspondence courses, and
special summer programs, institutes, and seminars offered by
colleges and universities. Once a student has enrolled
at Lake Forest High School, courses to meet graduation requirements
are to be taken at the high school. With the PRIOR written approval
of the Director of Counseling and the appropriate department
administrator, exceptions may be granted. Approved external
credit (taken at the student’s request) will be listed
on the Lake Forest High School transcript with the grade received
and a notation regarding the source of the credit. Grades for
courses taken outside Lake Forest High School will not be included
in the GPA. The GPA will reflect work done at LFHS only. The
costs (tuition, instructional or testing materials, proctoring
of examinations, etc.) associated with the class that the student
elects to take outside of Lake Forest High School is the responsibility
of the student and/or his or her family.
Acceptance of credit for work submitted post hoc without prior
written approval by Lake
Forest High School cannot be guaranteed. Procedure for Approval
of External Credit
Prior to taking the course:
1. The student completes and submits “External Credit Application” to
the Director of Counseling.
2. The student attaches course description and/or syllabus (preferred)
to application as well as a statement explaining the reasons for
taking the course outside of Lake Forest High School.
3. The application is then reviewed by the appropriate department
administrator and the Director of Counseling and is approved or
disapproved.
4. A copy of the approved/disapproved application is transmitted
to the student, his/her counselor to place in student’s cumulative
folder, and the Registrar.
5. The student may appeal a denial of his/her application for
external credit to the Principal.
When the student completes the previously approved external course,
he/she will have an official copy of the transcript sent to the
Registrar at LFHS to have the credit posted to his/her transcript. Again,
please note that approval of requests for credit for external work
that has not been approved in advance through this process is not
guaranteed.
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