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PowerSchool provides families with online access to formally register for classes, update family contact information, and review grades throughout the year. About one week after acceptance, you will receive instructions on how to set up your PowerSchool account. If you have problems accessing PowerSchool, please contact the High School Office at (402) 393-1190.

• If you are an existing Prep PowerSchool user (have a son currently at Prep), you do not need to create a new account but must associate your incoming son with your current account.
• If you use PowerSchool at another school, you will still need to set up an account. Follow the instructions you will receive at the parent/guardian email.

If your son is recommended for advanced or honors courses in math, science or English, that information will appear on PowerSchool when making course selections. If two recommendations are listed in the same subject, your son is recommended for the higher honors course but has the option to take the lower course as well. 

Please note that taking advanced or honors math and world language courses require an additional placement exam to ensure that your son is challenged at the right level. See the tab labeled "April 1 and 9 - Math & World Language Placement Exams" for more information.

The preliminary recommendation to place a student in honors courses is determined by the entrance exam scores and a review of grade school records. Honors classes at Prep are demanding. In general, only students with a consistent “A” average in 7th and 8th grades and high entrance exam scores will be recommended for these classes.

If you have questions about advanced or honors courses, please speak with the department chair at Registration Night or contact them by email after that event.

Take a look at our Freshman Course Catalog to familiarize yourself with the options available to freshmen.

View the freshman course catalog

Students are required to take placement exams for math and world language in these circumstances.

• Students with preliminary recommendations for Honors Integrated Algebra I and Geometry (416) or Honors Algebra II (418) are required to take the algebra placement exam to confirm this placement. It is not unusual for placements to change.
• Students with a preliminary recommendation for Algebra I must take the algebra placement exam if they want to be considered for the honors courses (416 or 418).
• Students who have taken geometry (as a junior high or high school course) must take a geometry challenge exam after taking our algebra placement exam and have a grade of B or better on their final 8th grade transcript for the opportunity to test out of this requirement at Prep. 
• Students who have previous academic or life experience in Spanish must take a placement exam to be considered for Honors Spanish I, Heritage Speakers or a higher course. 
• Students who have previous academic or life experience in French or Latin should contact the World Language Department Chair Joe Ryberg.

The placement exams are scheduled on April 1 and April 9 at 3:30 p.m. Click here to register for one or more of these exams. Students should arrive as soon as possible after their school dismisses and enter through the main entrance on the west side of the building. Students may attempt the two subject area exams in one day but must begin the second exam by 4:40 p.m. Each exam takes about 60 minutes. Students should bring pencils and a pen. A calculator is permitted for the geometry exam but not for algebra.

A final recommendation will be shared with you by email in mid-May.

At Registration Night, you’ll pick up Prep’s 2025 summer reading book – Daniel Nayeri’s Everything Sad Is Untrue. The cost of the book is included in your Technology, Textbook & Supplies Fee. Every student is expected to read this novel over the summer, no matter what English class he is taking. All English sections will discuss the novel at the start of the school year. An online study guide will be available approximately mid-May.