Trimester System

Academic and Career Planning

Kaukauna High School operates on a five-period trimester schedule. Details about the trimester schedule include the following:

Each trimester is approximately 60 days long.
Each class period lasts approximately 70 minutes.
Progress reports are issued once per trimester at approximately the end of the sixth week of each trimester. Students receive a final grade at the completion of the trimester.
A student must register for at least four credited classes each trimester, but may sign up for five.
Each trimester course is worth 0.5 credit. Therefore, a student may earn as many as 2.5 credits each trimester, which amounts to 7.5 possible credits per academic year and 30 possible credits during the four-year high school experience.

In the trimester schedule, most classes that are two trimesters long could be scheduled in three different ways, as shown in the sample below.

Additional Information:

Every effort will be made to avoid extended gaps in schedules (a gap greater than 1 trimester). Contact your counselor if this issue arises.
Because of the nature of the trimester schedule, a student may have the second or third part of a multi- term course in a different hour and/or with a different teacher.
Courses within the trimester can be one, two or three trimesters long. Course lengths are listed in the individual course descriptions, which are organized by academic department in this guidebook. Some courses are offered only in certain trimesters. Please check the course descriptions for trimester information.