COURSE CREDIT LOAD

Students are required to be enrolled for a minimum number of credits each semester. All students must take a minimum of twelve credits a year - six credits each semester. A normal course load is considered to be fourteen credits per year - seven each semester (seven classes and one study hall each semester). The principal may grant exceptions to these requirements for upperclassmen with special considerations. All courses taken for high school credit are counted in the grade point average. Semester grades are the only grades used in computing a student's grade point average.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

DEPARTMENT CREDITS

· English 8

· Religion 8

· Social Studies 6

· Mathematics 4

· Physical Education 4

· Science 4

· Electives 14

· TOTAL 48 (minimum)

(1 credit = 1 semester of work)

PLANNING YOUR PROGRAM

Listed below are the required courses for each grade level. Students should make careful choices consistent with their goals when selecting courses, especially electives. This will avoid unnecessary schedule changes.

GRADE 9                                                                     GRADE 10

COURSES CREDIT                                             COURSES CREDIT

Freshman Religion 2                                         Sophomore Religion 2

English 2                                                        English (Language Usage; Genre) 2

Mathematics 2                                                Mathematics 2

Physical Education I 1 - 2                                 Physical Education II 1 - 2

Science* 2                                                    Science: Biology 2

Electives 5 - 7                                                World History 2

                                                                   Electives 3 - 5

GRADE 11                                                                  GRADE 12

COURSES CREDIT                                            COURSES CREDIT

Junior Religion 2                                              Senior Religion 2

English (Speech; Am. Literature) 2                     English 2

Physical Education III 1 - 2                               Physical Education IV 1 - 2

U.S. History I & II 2                                         Social Studies 2

Electives 5 - 9                                                Electives 5 - 9

* If a student takes Biology in Grade 9 in place of General Science, he/she will take another science course in order to meet the science requirements of 4 semester credits.

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