ASA students are expected to complete their summer reading before the first day of classes. They will use their summer reading material in the first units of their ELA classes.
Student schedules for the 2025–2026 school year are now available in the documents section of your ParentVUE and StudentVUE account. Please take time to review your student’s schedule carefully.
When reviewing your student’s schedule, each student should have five core academic classes:
Math
Science
English
Social Studies
And:
Advisory for 5th–7th grade
College & Career Readiness for 8th grade
Foreign Language for 9th grade and above
You should also see the appropriate grade-level lunch, two arts classes, and a third arts class if your student opted into 9th Hour.
We recognize that, despite our best efforts, there may be occasional scheduling errors or oversights. If your student believes there is a mistake or would like to request a schedule change, please use this Google Form to submit your request:
Schedule change requests will only be considered for the following reasons:
A student is enrolled in the wrong level of a course (e.g., a 10th grader scheduled in a 9th grade English class).
A student is missing a required course or has an unassigned period.
A student’s prioritized advanced courses from the February scheduling forms are not accurately reflected.
A student submitted an arts change request that is not reflected in the schedule.
Requests will not be considered for the following reasons:
Preference for a different teacher or class period
Wanting to be in the same class as a friend
Requesting placement in an Honors or AP course without a teacher recommendation or demonstrated readiness
Requesting placement in all Honors or AP courses — many of these courses only have one section and cannot be scheduled concurrently
Requesting a course change for reasons unrelated to academic need or graduation requirements
Please note that moving 8th grade students to the high school schedule has impacted the progression of some subject area classes, especially in middle school arts. For example:
Three levels of Piano will now be offered in Lower School, instead of four.
Intermediate Ballet has been removed, requiring students to complete more than one year of Ballet Foundations before advancing.
Arts faculty provided input to ensure students are placed in the appropriate course for their skill and performance level for the 2025–2026 school year.
All schedule change requests must be submitted through the Google Form. Verbal or emailed requests will not be accepted.
The deadline to submit schedule change requests is Thursday, May 22, at 11:59 PM. This allows us time to process any necessary adjustments before the end of the school year.
Dual Enrollment at Phoenix College partners with Valley high schools to offer dual enrollment credit for academic and occupational classes. Dual enrollment courses are held on high school campuses and are taught by high school instructors who have met community college hiring qualifications. Through dual enrollment, we strive to ease the transition from high school to college and to increase the number of college-bound high school students in our community. www.phoenixcollege.edu
Dual enrollment credits do not transfer to every university. However, ASU, NAU, and UA receive dual enrollment credits, and they transfer easily. It is important to find out the dual enrollment policies for your potential college before you choose this path. It allows a student to go into college with college credit and saves time and money.
Dual Enrollment courses are subject to teacher qualifications and availability. Dual Enrollment courses may change from year to year.
For the 2024-2025 school year, ASA is offering the following classes as Dual Enrollment credits, partnering with Phoenix College (PC)
*Equivalent to fall and spring courses at Phoenix College
The Advanced Placement® Program (AP) enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school.
The AP Program develops college-level courses that high schools can choose to offer and corresponding AP Exams that are administered once a year.
All students who are willing and academically prepared to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum should be considered for admission to AP courses.
Learn more about how AP benefits students
Advanced Placement courses may change from year to year.
For the 2024-2025 school year, ASA is offering the following classes as Dual Enrollment credits, partnering with College Board:
ASA participates in the Arizona Seal of Biliteracy during a student’s Senior year of High School. Information is circulated during Foreign Language classes during Quarter 1.
ASA participates in the Arizona Seal of Civics Literacy during a student’s Junior and Senior year of High School. Information is circulated during Social Studies classes during Quarter 1.
Summer acceleration for math courses is an option at ASA; however, this process is initiated by the ASA teaching staff and must be approved by the Dean of Academics.
Students in the middle school are invited to accelerate by teacher recommendation only. Students who earn high enough content and engagement grades along with high NWEA and AASA scores and general enthusiasm for the topic are considered.
Students in the high school are invited to accelerate by teacher recommendation and via family initiated interest. Students who earn high enough content and engagement grades along with high classroom assessment and state testing scores and general enthusiasm for the topic are considered.
All students must take and pass an ASA-approved summer course and pass in-person final before their schedule will be changed for the upcoming school year. All acceleration fees are paid by the family.
Academic tutoring during a students lunch period is one of the best ways for students to access 1:1 or small group support. Teachers create a weekly schedule and share that information at the beginning of the school year. Students are more than welcome to attend on their own and after they are absent from school; however, this is also an academic intervention that is employed by teams if a student is struggling.
Please reach out to your child’s grade level team leader if you wish to set up a schedule for your child.
Students must pass all their academic classes to move on to the next grade level. If a student does not pass 1-2 of their academic classes, they have the opportunity of Credit Recovery. Students must pass their summer school classes with a C- (70%) or higher for credit recovery, which will be posted on their transcript as a Pass/Fail. If a student does not pass their summer school class(es), they will be retained.
ASA offers summer school opportunities for both credit recovery and math acceleration to help students stay on track or move ahead in their coursework.
This year, we are partnering with Smart Schools, an accredited, self-paced online platform offering affordable summer options for most subjects. Courses are $99 per month and can be completed in June, July, or a combination of both.
Foreign language recovery must be completed through an accredited community college or high school. Following the course completion, students must pass an in-person final exam on ASA’s campus on July 28th, July 29th, July 30th, or August 1st. A score of 70% or higher in both the coursework and the final exam is required to earn credit.
If you can find an in-person option, that is HIGHLY recommended as foreign language mastery requires consistent immersion. An in-person course will also better prepare students to pass the in-person final exam mentioned above. However, we understand that in our post-COVID environment, finding an in-person summer program can be challenging. Students/families are responsible for making foreign language credit recovery arrangements independently, and must request transcripts of their completed coursework be sent directly to andrew.doumakes@goasa.org.
Families will be notified of any prescribed summer courses during the week of May 27. If your student is assigned summer coursework and has not already registered, you must do so by the end of the week of June 2 to ensure enough time to complete the course.
****All summer coursework must be completed by July 25th.****
