All of the descriptions for courses offered at York Tech can be found in the Educational Planning Guide.(https://www.ytech.edu/epg)

No. Unfortunately, not every course is offered during every block of each day. Your technical credits will be scheduled first, then your core course requirements (English, math, history/social studies, science, physical education/health). The blocks during which classes are held cannot be guaranteed from year to year.

If you are a junior or senior and interested in the possibility of co-op, please take the following steps. 1. Speak with your technical teacher, who will need to recommend you for co-op. 2. Visit the Student Services Department and speak with the co-op coordinator.

No, you do not need to take Dual Enrollment courses to be eligible to do co-op. Dual Enrollment courses may be an option if a student has the intention to continue on to a college following graduation at York Tech. (More information is available in the online Educational Planning Guide.)

If you have completed and passed all required core courses, you do not need to enter a course or credit value in those subject areas, unless you are choosing to take a course as an elective course. You will then fill your schedule with electives.

All students will have a full schedule of eight (8) credits during the initial scheduling process. Changes for co-op or senior release will happen later. Please keep the following in mind. 1. A shop area counts as three (3) credits. 2. Core classes like English, math, science, and social studies are all worth one (1) credit. 3. Elective classes that are offered for only a semester are worth one-half (0.5) credit. 4. Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 are yearlong courses and count as one (1) elective credit. 5. Some students choose to take an extra science or math course as an elective credit.

Yes. It is very important that you rank a minimum of ten (10) elective options and prioritize them. Not every course is offered every block of each day, and counselors need elective options to complete your schedule.

Health and the first PE class you complete are required and do not count as an elective credit. Any extra PE course you take can be counted as a one-half (0.5) credit elective.

No. Students can only take one Physical Education (PE) course in a year. Additionally, a student may only take each PE course one time when the course has been taken and passed.

The privilege of senior release is extended to seniors who meet and maintain eligibility requirements and receive parent/guardian permission. Senior release permits seniors to leave the campus early or arrive late by their own transportation. These changes are to be completed within two weeks after the start of each semester. Students turning in documentation after the first two weeks of a semester will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Guidelines for senior release are listed below. 1. Student must be a senior. 2. Student must provide a copy of a valid driver’s license, York Tech parking permit — which parents and caregivers can purchase online through Skyward — or bus pass/ticket. 3. Student must have scheduled all courses required for graduation, including their technical program, when appropriate. 4. Student will have no more than two blocks per semester of senior release. 5. Students will not be permitted to drop required core courses in order to participate in senior release. Only elective courses not needed for graduation will be dropped. 6. Removed elective courses may not be between two required blocks. 7. Students must maintain a passing grade in all required courses to remain on senior release. 8. Student/parent/caregiver must complete the liability release form. 9. Students must sign in/out in the Attendance Office. Students must enter and exit using the Attendance Office door. 10. Senior release is not a study hall. 11. Any student who is identified on campus three or more times when scheduled for senior release will be removed from senior release and scheduled into a current elective course available at that time or with the least amount of interference to their current schedule. 12. Any student who fails, or is failing, a course needed for graduation will be removed from senior release and placed in a course for second semester. 13. Seniors with any senior release periods on their schedule must only report to their regularly scheduled block(s) and not intervention periods, unless they have an approved teacher pass.

We do not have regular study halls. If you are considering college or technical school after high school, it is suggested you take a math course during your senior year and possibly take more core/advanced courses. Schedules will be changed if you are approved for CO-OP - Sr. RELEASE.

You must still number the electives in order of your preference (first choice, second choice, third choice, etc.). We do not have study halls, therefore, students will be in an elective and/or a required core course unless scheduled for co-op or senior release.

No subject may be dropped unless a subject is added to replace it. All schedule change requests must be approved by a school counselor or the director of student services. The window of opportunity to make any schedule change requests is two weeks after the start of each course.

A student is eligible to graduate here at York Tech If they took and passed Algebra 1, English 10, biology, and NOCTI.

Due to specific academic and technical requirements at York Tech, it is not in the created pathway to graduate early.