Mr. Walters educates Eve Cao (’19) about the summer courses provided by Fountain Valley High School. Photo by Bridget Ton.by Aozora Ito, Staff WriterSummer school is approaching and the guidance specialists want students to sign up for classes as soon as they can before they fill up. In addition to that, students are able to attend summer school to remediate or repeat a required course in which they have earned “D” or “F” grades.
Assistant Principal of Guidance Nancy Peterson strongly encourages students to talk to their guidance counselors to check what classes they still need to make up. The guidance specialists have each student’s transcripts as well as the paperwork, so they know exactly what courses the students must retake.
“Please see your guidance specialists. We have had in the past, when students thought they had to remediate something when they didn’t,” Peterson said. “Unfortunately, they had to spend all that time when they didn’t really need to take that class.”
There are several options for summer school which are dependent on the class that needs to be made up, the learning style of the student or transportation needs of the family. There is also a five week long charter school that’s off campus. The Huntington Beach Union High School District Adult School subjects also offers English and Social Science classes on Fountain Valley High School’s campus, as well as online courses through the Department of Education at Pacific Coast High School. Furthermore, students who need credit for their visual performing arts can take them at community colleges.
Guidance Counselor Marilyn Wong has called in most juniors that need credit to graduate. If anyone wants to redo a “D” grade they got in a class for college admission, they must come up to the guidance office on their own.
“Don’t fail! Do your best so you don’t have to remediate any classes. We can always fix things as long as the student wants to graduate and do the work,” said Lynn McCall, one of the guidance specialists. “We are here to help any way we can, but it’s up to the students to do the work.”
