GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CLASSES OF 2008 - 2010

  

 

 

STANDARD DIPLOMA

 

 

ADVANCED DIPLOMA

(In addition to the standard diploma requirements, students who wish to obtain an advanced diploma are required to take the following courses.)

COURSE

CREDIT

GRADE

COURSE

CREDIT

GRADE

ENGLISH 1

ENGLISH 2

ENGLISH 3

ENGLISH 4

2

2

2

2

 

9

10

11

12

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH 4-College Prep.

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

12

 

PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MATH OPTIONS:

 

ALGEBRA 1 ABCD

GEOMETRY OR MATH APPLICATIONS

SENIOR MATH OR HIGHER

4

2

 

 

1

9-10

11

 

 

12

 

ALGEBRA 1

GEOMETRY

ALGEBRA 2

              2

2

2

9

10

11

ALGEBRA 1

GEOMETRY

ALGEBRA 2 OR

SENIOR MATH

 

2

2

1

 

9

10

11-12

 

GEOMETRY

ALGEBRA 2

TRIG/PRE-CALCULUS

2

2

2

9

10

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPEECH

1

11

 

 

 

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

BIOLOGY

2

2

9

10

 

CHEMISTRY

 

2

 

11

 

WORLD HISTORY

U S HISTORY

U S GOVERNMENT

ECONOMICS

2

2

2

1

9 or 10

11

12

12

 

 

 

 

HEALTH

1

11

 

 

 

 

PHYS EDUCATION

2

9-10

 

 

 

 

HUMANITIES[1]

4

9-12

 

 

 

COMPUTER LITERACY[2]

1

9-10

 

 

 

 

ELECTIVES

9

9-12

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

42

 

TOTAL

44

 

             

 

The State Board of Education has added an additional graduation requirement of showing proficiency on the ISAT in the areas of Language Usage, Reading, Mathematics, and Science.  Student will be tested yearly and required to show proficiency in the sophomore year. 

 


 

[1] Courses approved for the humanities are:

                FINE ARTS – Foreign Language, Art, Music, Theater

                PRACTICAL ARTS – Industrial Technology, Business, Family and Consumer Sciences

                (of the 4 Humanities credits required, 2 may be taken in the Practical Arts)

[2] Courses approved for computer literacy are Computer Applications, Computer Graphics, and Computer Science