Lakeside Years

This page contains information about our courses, curriculum, career planning, testing, and youth apprenticeships.

Next Year's Course Selections

Course Selection

Students make course requests in Xello. Students have until Dec. 15 to choose the next year's courses. After that point, the portal closes, but changes can be made through the Student Services office without a fee through March 1. After March 1, there is a $50 fee for course request changes. (This fee does not apply if the change is initiated by a teacher.)

Members of our Student Services office meet with students in classrooms to discuss course selection options, and how they relate to post graduation plans. If you have any questions, please contact this office.

Curriculum

Xello

Lakeside pays for all students to utilize this program as they prepare for post-high school careers or further education. We want to help our students prepare for post-high school life, whether that means going to a 4-year college, a tech school, entering the workforce or a trade, or serving in the military.

Xello (pronounced “Zello”) is an online program that helps anyone, anywhere in the world create a successful future through self-knowledge, exploration, and planning. Xello is used in Computer Essentials class by all Freshmen. In addition, all students will complete Xello activities according to their grade level throughout this year under the guidance of their homeroom teachers.

Check out Xello today!

Youth Apprenticeships

LLHS youth apprenticeships allow students to work and explore their God-given skills while taking a related class. Eligible students would interview at a jobsite, be hired, and log 450 hours of work from June 1 to the end of the school year. Visit our Youth Apprenticeship page to read about some of the common careers that our students have been paired with local businesses. See Mrs. Bosnak as you explore scheduling for next year; apprenticeships are an option for juniors and seniors when choosing courses.

ACT testing

The ACT is an achievement test, measuring what a student has learned in school. The SAT is more of an aptitude test, testing reasoning and verbal abilities.

The ACT is accepted by all 4-year colleges and universities in the United States and is the test recommended first for LLHS students. Some Lakeside students choose to take both the SAT and the ACT.

Lakeside will administer the ACT (with the writing component) on campus, traditionally mid-March. All current juniors will take the ACT on this date unless they have been opted out by a parent. There is no additional cost for families to take part in this testing opportunity, and there is no registration required. If a family chooses to have their student test again, it is the responsibility of the family to sign them up. This can be done through the ACT website.

The ACT also offers a free online test preparation program that is called ACT Academy. Lakeside students have this at their disposal and only need to create an account to get started. If you have any questions about the ACT, please contact Mrs. Jennifer Statz at [email protected]

For additional test dates, visit the ACT website.

AP Tests

AP Tests

Advanced Placement Exams are administered each year in early May. These tests allow students students to earn college credits, advanced placement or both. More information on AP exams can be found here.

See the full AP exam schedule.

Info Regarding AP Exam Fees

Students will be excused from Lakeside classes if AP exams conflicts. Students should inform those teachers in advance.
Each subject’s exam will be taken on the same day at the same time, worldwide.

It is important that students who plan on taking the AP exams they signed up for regularly log into their Collegeboard AP account, and read the emails they are being sent by Collegeboard. Students have access to additional tools and resources through their account that will aid them in test preparation. Visit the AP website for more info.

If you as a student or a parent have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to Mr. Rosenau or to your AP teachers.

Online courses

Online courses

In addition to our full range of course selections, Lakeside participates in Amazing Grace Virtual Academy. These online credit courses are taught by various active and retired teachers within the WELS high school system. Families are responsible for the cost of the courses and AGVA. Interested students/families can see course descriptions and more info on the Amazing Grace Virtual Academy.

Note: beginning in 2026/27, online AP courses do not receive the .333 GPA bump that the face-2-face AP courses taken at Lakeside do.

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Planning on College?

Read Lakeside college prep course recommendations. (Also available below.) We share which classes here to prepare you for your chosen career.

See Post-Lakeside Planning on right side menu for more important college info.

College Prep Course Info