26-27 Course Registration

Forsyth County Schools – Dual Enrollment Information Night

Date & Location

• January 12, 2026
• FoCAL Center
• 1150 Dahlonega Hwy • Cumming, GA

Audience

• All high school students and families are invited to learn more about Dual Enrollment opportunities in Forsyth County Schools.

Sessions (Choose One)

• Session 1: 5:00 – 6:00 PM
• Session 2: 7:00 – 8:00 PM

Topics

• Deciding if Dual Enrollment is Right for You
• How to Earn Credit for Both High School and College
• Steps for Enrollment and Registration
• Key Dual Enrollment Deadlines for the 2026-27 School Year
• Insights from Current Dual Enrollment Students and College Representatives
• Planning Ahead: Making Smart Choices for Your Future

Here is a link to the SFHS Dual Enrollment webpage, where we will post updates.

All IB and AP Capstone Applications are due at 4pm on January 13th. Click on the link below for more information and a link to the applications.

https://sfhs.forsyth.k12.ga.us/academics/advanced-studies

SFHS Counselors will be visiting middle schools to talk to current 8th graders about the transition to high school and course registration. 

January 21- Lakeside Middle School

January 22nd- Piney Grove Middle School

January 23rd- South Forsyth Middle School

Out-of-district students are welcome to attend the Incoming 9th grade Night on January 27th, where this information will be shared.

Want to see what was shared with your 8^th graders? Click the link here to view the presentation!

January 22nd 6-8pm at South Forsyth High School- South Forsyth Middle and Piney Grove Middle Families

January 27th 6-8pm at South Forsyth High School- Lakeside Middle School and Out-of-district Families

Opens: January 22 @ 8:00 AM
Closes: January 30 @ 4:00 PM

The information you submit during this window helps us build next year’s master schedule. If requests are not submitted by January 30, we may not be able to guarantee a spot in your preferred classes. Take your time, discuss as a family, and make thoughtful submissions to avoid delays or errors.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR: Once schedules are released in July, SFHS will not accept requests to change elective courses. Schedule changes will only be considered in cases where a student is academically misplaced in a core class.

For this reason, please review your course requests carefully now and be sure they:

1. reflect your genuine interests,

2. account for all summer plans, and

3. support a course load that promotes a healthy school–life balance.

Step 1 – Review Core Recommendations

Log in to Student/Parent Portal > More > Course Registration > South Forsyth High School to view the core courses recommended by your teachers.

Step 2 – Select Electives

Choose electives until the progress bar shows 28/28 units (even if some are placeholders). Use the “Add Course” button to search and add requests.

• If “Course History” appears, you’ve already taken that course—choose another.
• Electives that are not visible for you to select may require an application or prerequisites. Keep adding electives that you can choose. See the additional steps below for instructions on requesting electives that are not visible.
• Add at least 3 alternate electives in case your first choices don't fit in your schedule and/or your application for an application-based course (see below) was denied. If no alternates are selected, we will place you in available classes.
• Seniors: To request IE2 period(s) in your schedule, please use the following as your guide: Yearlong = y / Semester = s
  • Examples:
    • 7th period IE2 (semester) → IE27s
    • 7th period IE2 (yearlong) → IE27y
    • 1st period IE2 (semester) → IE21s
    • 1st period IE2 (yearlong) → IE21y
  • Please Note: 9-11th grade students must have a full class schedule (7 classes). 

Step 3 – Course Waivers

To request a change to a teacher-recommended course, complete the Course Waiver Request Form. Examples include:

• Waiving up in same course (on-level → Honors/AP)
• Waiving down in same course (Honors/AP → on-level)
• Switching courses due to summer plans* 
  • Examples:
    • Spanish III (over summer) → AP Biology (in schedule)
    • Health/Personal Fitness (over summer) → Intro to Software Tech (in schedule)
    • Dual Enrollment US History (over summer) → AP Statistics (in schedule)
• Advancing to the next level of a course by completing its prerequisite over the summer*
  • Examples:
    • Intro to Healthcare → Essentials of Biotech, because IHC will be taken over the summer
    • Algebra C&C → Geometry C&C, because Algebra C&C will be taken over the summer
• Switching courses due to taking an 8th period class*
  • Seniors must have graduation requirement classes in their SFHS schedule. They are not permitted to take these courses as an 8th period.
  • Examples:
    • American Lit → AP Physics, because American Lit will be taken outside the SFHS schedule as an 8th period class
• Switching to another course for which you are eligible
  • Examples:
    • Band → Visual Arts 1
    • Intro to Software Technology → Foundations of Engineering
    • AMDM → Statistical Reasoning

*Additional instructions will be emailed to the address provided at a later time. Those additional steps must be addressed to ensure your summer registration is complete. Be sure to check your email regularly.

Step 4 – Educational Setting Changes (if applicable)

After completing prior steps, you may request changes to where you’ll take a course for 2026–2027. Important Reminder: Students must leave school property during any Virtual and/or Dual Enrollment periods in their schedule. Therefore, make sure transportation is arranged before making these requests.

• Virtual
  • Examples:
    • Lit & Comp II → Forsyth Virtual Lit & Comp II
• Dual Enrollment
  • Examples:
    • American Gov → DE POLS 1101

Submit your requests in the Educational Setting Change Request Form. Additional instructions will be emailed to the address provided at a later time. Those additional steps must be addressed in order to ensure your registration is complete. Be sure to check your email regularly.

SFHS Counselors will be available in the War Eagle Dining Hall every day during all lunch periods to assist current students. 

• Intro to Culinary Arts
• Journalism (Yearbook)
• Peer Facilitation
• Directed Study (Office Aide)
• Internship Forsyth (Work-Based Learning)
• IE2

Once the Course Requests period has ended (January 30), we will enter into a "Course Registration Quiet Period" as we work to process everything.

During this "Course Registration Quiet Period," we will not be able to honor any additional requests from parents or students to make changes to their course requests.

Once everything has been processed, from March 2-6, families will be able to log back into Infinite Campus to view their student's final list of course requests for the 26-27 school year. The Viewing Window will open on March 2 at 8:00 AM and will close on March 6 at 4:00 PM.

Here is a link to the SFHS Dual Enrollment webpage, where you can find the initial steps for families to complete. 

1. See Step 4 above, in the "(Jan. 22-30) Elective Selections, Course Waivers, and Educational Setting Changes" section of this webpage. Follow the steps outlined there.
2. Later, you will receive registration steps from your SFHS counselor. Be sure to follow those steps before the shared deadline.

As a reminder, the list of courses you are able to view from March 2-6 is just a final list of course requests once we have finished processing everything. You are not guaranteed all of those courses, and it is not your final schedule.  Schedules are built over the summer.

In late July, actual schedules will be released for students to view classes, periods, teacher assignments, etc.