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Eckstein Registrar

Find information about announcements and news from the Registrar, Eckstein’s courses, electives, PE waivers, how to request records (outgoing students and private school requests), schedules, and course registration.

2025-2026

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Important Dates

  • 9/2/25
    • New Student Orientation (WEB Day, “Where Everyone Belongs”)
    • Student schedules are available online in the Source
      • Note: student schedules for the full year will be available in the Source in 2025-2026. This means your student will be able to see their classes for semester 1 and semester 2 in September.
  • 9/3/25: First Day of School
  • 9/3 – 9/5/25
    • Changes to core class errors (e.g. student is missing a core class)
    • Schedules for newly assigned and enrolled students
    • Note: Ms. Tai will not process any elective changes during the first week of school
  • 9/8 – 9/10/25: Semester 1 elective change request process opens.
    • All changes must be done online.
    • Please visit your grade-level counselor’s Schoology page to access the online request form.
    • All requests are due by 9/10/25.
  • 11/5/25: Quarter 1 ends
  • 11/6/25: Quarter 2 begins
  • 12/1/25
    • PE waivers and documentation due
    • Quarter 1 grades are available in the Source
  • 12/5/25: Private school transcripts and recommendations must be requested by 12/5/25
  • Mid-January 2026: Semester 2 elective change request process opens
  • 1/27/26: Semester 1/Quarter 2 ends
  • 1/28/26: Semester 2/Quarter 3 begins
  • 2/18/26: Semester 1 grades available in the Source
  • 4/7/26: Semester 3 ends
  • 4/8/26: Quarter 4 begins
  • 6/17/26: Semester 2/Quarter 4 ends
  • 7/9/26: Semester 2 grades available in the Source
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Fine Arts Requirement

  • As communicated in February 2025, all 6th and 7th grade students enrolled in Seattle Public Schools are required to take at least one (1) semester of fine arts in both 6th and 7th grades.
  • Fine Arts is not required for rising 8th graders in 2025-2026.
  • Fine Arts courses include: music (band, choir, orchestra, guitar), visual arts, ceramics, and theater.
  • New as of September 2025: STEAM Innovation Lab A and STEAM Innovation Lab B will count towards the fine arts requirement. They were formerly known as STEM Innovation Lab.

How is a Student Schedule Made?

Think of a student schedule as a simple math problem. There are 6.0 worth of credits:

  • Core classes make up 4.0 credits (Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science).
  • Electives make up 2.0 credits (year-long and semester-long, including PE)
    • Students can take 2 year-long electives (example: band, world language), waive PE
    • Students can take PE (0.5), 3 semester-long electives (0.5 x 3) = 2.0 credits
    • Students can take 4 semester-long electives (0.5 x 4), waive PE = 2.0 credits

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