Lower Merion School District Online Summer School Health (**NEW**)

Lower Merion School District is proud to offer our own Online Summer School Health course to our incoming 10th grade students. This online course allows students to complete their required health credit over the summer. This course is asynchronous and completely online.

The entire course will be released on June 20, 2025.

The first part of the course (Units 0-3) will be due no later than July 10, 2025.

The second part of the course (Units 4-6) will be due no later than July 31, 2025.

Please use these firm deadlines for coursework due to help organize the time spent for course completion.

To ensure a structured and manageable workload for both students and instructors, the Online Health course is divided into two parts with firm deadlines:

• Units 0-3 must be completed no later than July 10, 2025
• Units 4-6 must be completed no later than July 31, 2025

These deadlines are established to help students pace their learning, prevent last-minute cramming, and allow instructors adequate time to provide meaningful feedback and assessment.

Late Work Policy for Units 0-3

Any assignments from Units 0-3 that are not submitted by the July 10 deadline will be marked as "Late—Incomplete" in the gradebook. However, students will still have the opportunity to complete and submit this work under the following conditions:

1. Grade Deduction for Late Submissions:
• Work submitted after July 10 but before July 17 will receive a maximum score of 80% of the total points available.
• Work submitted between July 18 and July 24 will receive a maximum score of 60% of the total points available.
• Work submitted after July 24 will not be accepted and will remain marked as "Incomplete."
2. Requirement to Continue in the Course:
• Students who have not submitted substantial work by July 10 will receive a notification and warning that they are at risk of failing the course.
• If no work is submitted by July 17, the student will be required to attend a mandatory check-in with the instructor to develop a plan for successful course completion.

Final Deadline for All Work—July 31, 2025

• There will be no extensions past July 31 for any coursework.
• Students who have not completed at least 80% of the total course assignments by this date will not receive credit for the course.

There are no extensions to the July 31, 2025, deadline.

Health will NOT be offered through MVP.

• This course is available to LMSD students who attend LMSD schools only.
• This course is available to incoming 10th grade students ONLY.
• Online registration is between March 5, 2025, and April 11, 2025.
• Registration and tuition payment is online ONLY
• The two step registration process is below:
  • Go to the link below and pay the $75.00 non-refundable registration fee starting March 5, 2025.
    MySchoolBucks Online Health Registration Link
  • You will be invoiced for the $525.00 tuition fee through MySchoolBucks. The tuition must be paid no later than May 30, 2025.
  • Registration is NOT complete until both the registration fee and tuition fees are paid
• $75 registration fee payment is online through MySchoolBucks and through credit card only
• Course tuition is non-refundable.
• The course deadline CANNOT be extended. July 31, 2025, is the last day to complete coursework.
• Students may enroll up to two online courses: 1 MVP and 1 LMSD Online Health Course, if desired.
• LMSD Online Summer School Health will count toward GPA.
• LMSD Online Summer School Health is offered only at the College Prep level.
• Please note that the LMSD Online Summer School course experience is fully asynchronous for instruction.
• All instruction is pre-recorded. Students may access the content 24-7. While there are instructors with office hours, the expectation is that students can access the content independently.
• Students should feel comfortable embarking on a fully asynchronous experience with no engagement during class with peers or the instructor.

• Please note that summer school fees do not qualify as a child and dependent care expense deduction for federal income tax purposes; therefore, the District will not provide its Employer Identification Number for this purpose.

Students participating in the Free and Reduced Lunch program are only responsible for the $75.00 non-refundable registration fee.

Students MUST have applied for, been accepted to the F/R lunch program, AND have completed the "Sharing Information with Other Programs" waiver form prior to April 11, 2025, to be considered eligible.

No free and reduced lunch applications will be processed after April 11, 2025.

Both forms are below:

• Free/Reduced Application Form
• Free/Reduced Waiver Form

The waiver form must be printed, filled in and scanned to Lauren Marcuson at marcusl@lmsd.org and Karen Pinardo, Food Services, at pinardk@lmsd.org.

There are NO REFUNDS for online courses for ANY reason.

When a student withdraws during the first three days of Summer School from MVP Online/LMSD Online Health Courses, no record will be made on the student's transcript. After that, if a student withdraws during the first three weeks of a Summer School course, one of the following notations will be made on the student's transcript for that course:

1. "WP" for Withdrew/Passing
2. "WF" for Withdrew/Failing

When a student withdraws after the first three weeks an "F" for Failure will be recorded on the transcript.

Students may have access to their computers over the course of summer school if they are enrolled in either the MVP or LMSD Online Summer School Health courses. They must notify their tech support person at their school of their enrollment in summer school. This is the school that issued them the laptop.

All student computers will need to be returned to their home school (the school that issued the computer) on or before Tuesday, August 5, 2025. If you fail to return the laptop by this date, you may not be eligible to receive your laptop for the early distribution rollout.

There will be MVP/LMSD Online Summer School Health Course Orientation at LM and HHS during the school day (Lunch and Learn) in early June. Students who have enrolled in an MVP or in the LMSD Online Summer School Health course are expected to attend. If you are unable to attend, there is a link to the online orientation that can be emailed to you.

Students should plan to spend 2-3 hours per day, 5 days a week, for the duration of the course. Students may find that the LMSD Online Health Course requires fewer hours but should consider 2-3 hours per day an average. Some students may require more, some may not require as many hours per day.