As December rolls around, the hallways of Kaneland High School are full of students talking about their next year courses.

Every year, students meet in the library with their counselor to schedule their chosen classes. These meetings are efficient and essential to the scheduling process.

Students can find out when their meeting is by looking at a list posted by the student services office.

“The meeting ends up being five minutes. Not a lot of time,” Student Services Secretary Laura McPhee said.

McPhee recommended students read the course book that is available on the school website and talk to their parents before their meeting.

“More than half come unprepared. It’s your future,” McPhee said.

There are several Kaneland classes that are hard to get into. According to McPhee, courses such as AP Stats, Foods and Astronomy especially are difficult for students to get into.

On the other hand, other classes don’t get filled up as much. Courses like Living Environments, Intro to Child Development and Theater do not get large enough rosters.

“When there are too many choices under one genre, the pickings get slim,” McPhee said when commenting on the enrollment of theater classes.

Ultimately when students pick their classes it’s important to make sure the classes they pick now are what they truly want by next fall.

“Students drive the schedule,” McPhee said.

Students will know their final schedule two weeks before the new school year.