Course Selection

The school counseling staff is available to assist students with course selection and college planning. To aid students in this process, a four-year educational plan is included in this catalog. In addition, general information on the State University System, Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, and NCAA Clearinghouse is included (see page 7).

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Bishop Kenny High School has a college preparatory curriculum. Twenty-eight (28) credits in the following subject areas are required for graduation:

4 credits Religion 4 credits English 4 credits Mathematics 1 credit Practical/Performing Arts 1 credit Health Education/Fitness 6 credits Electives

3 credits Social Studies 3 credits Science (two labs) 28 credits Total 2 credits World Language 25 hours Community service per year (same language) 2.0 Cumulative GPA

OVERALL COURSE SEQUENCE

9TH GRADE

Religion 1 English 1 Mathematics World Language Science Health Education/Fitness and/or Naval Science 1*

Choice of ONE elective:

Art 1 Keyboarding (Piano) 1 Band 1 Naval Science 1 (NJROTC) Chorus 1 Speech Digital Information Technology Theatre 1 Drumline 1 World Cultural Geography Family and Consumer Science 1 Writing Workshop *To fulfill the Health Education/Fitness requirement, the student must also take Naval Science 2 or a physical education elective.

10TH GRADE

Religion 2 English 2 Mathematics World Language Science World History

11TH GRADE

Religion 3 English 3 Mathematics Science United States History

Choice of ONE elective:

AP Seminar Art Band Chorus Digital Information Technology Creative Photography Creative Writing Drumline

Guitar Humanities & World Religions Keyboarding (Piano) Multimedia Journalism Naval Science (NJROTC) PE elective Speech Theatre World Cultural Geography Sophomores who qualify may be allowed to register for some of the electives on page 3.

Choice of TWO electives

from Course Offerings (see page 3)

12TH GRADE Choice of THREE electives

Religion 4 from Course Offerings (see page 3) English 4 Mathematics United States Government/Economics