Educational Experience/Coursework Outside the Lower Merion School District

Students often engage in educational experiences or coursework outside the District’s program. While these experiences may enrich and enhance a student’s learning, such courses will not be documented on an LMSD transcript nor be awarded District credit. Enrollment in these experiences is a decision made by a family or student; thus, the District will not offer opinion or guidance for participation. Students are welcome to pursue outside courses on their own. Upon request, the District will evaluate placement into the next best course in the curriculum sequence for students who choose to do so; however, credit will not be awarded towards graduation for outside courses. In addition, LMSD does not recognize courses taken outside the District for acceleration purposes when those courses are associated with a Keystone Exam. Students are allowed to take an AP Exam for any District offered AP courses, even without taking a District AP course, but we do not award credit for taking the AP exam. Credit is only earned when they complete a District offered AP course.