ACADEMIC INFORMATION & POLICIES GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Minimum Course Load: Minimum Graduation Credits:
6 Courses each term 24 Credits (Adjusted for students seeking reclassification)
Department Requirements: English and/or English Language:
Four Academic Years
Fine Art: Visual Art 1/2 Credit Performance Art 1/2 Credit + 1/2 credit in either area History: Three Courses (Humanities/World History I, World History II, US History) Informatics:
Computer Science I
Mathematics
Three Courses (Must include all prerequisites)
Modern Language:
Completion of Level III (English as First Language students only)
Science:
Three Courses (must include Conceptual Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or its equivalents and each must have a lab component)
Religious Studies:
One Grade Level Course per Academic Year
* Transfer Students: Transfer credits are awarded based on official transcripts. Adjustments to graduation requirements are made.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES Advanced Placement (AP®) courses are college-level courses offered in almost all academic departments, in grades 10, 11, and 12. Classes are taught as the equivalent of courses taken by college freshmen, and students are expected to produce college-level work in the course; that is, work showing greater depth, more sophisticated reasoning and higher creativity than the work in regular courses. These courses will include outside reading and other assignments, additional class time and significant amounts of homework each night. Because of the rigors of these classes, students are encouraged not to take more than three AP® courses in a given year. If four AP® courses are taken, an additional study period is required during the school day. Midterm and Final Examinations are weighted as one-third of the term average for all AP® level courses. Students are carefully selected for AP® courses according to the following criteria: • Recommendations of the student’s prior teachers in the subject matter 4
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