Graduation Requirements

GRADUATION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

To align with to the Washington State Board of Education regulations for a standardized transcript, Kennedy Catholic requirements are as follows: a full year course is awarded 1 credit and a semester course is awarded 0.5 credit.

KENNEDY CATHOLIC REQUIREMENTS

Theology 4 credits

English 4 credits

Mathematics 3 credits

Social Studies 3 credits

Science 3 credits Health 0.5 credit

Fitness 1.5 credits

Career & Technical Education (CTE) 1 credit

Fine Arts 2 credits±

Electives 6 credits

TOTAL REQUIRED: 28 credits

• 0.5 Civics credit required; 0.5 Washington State History required. • A one-time waiver of 0.5 credit of Fitness may be granted to those who participate in school organized athletics. A student must complete a full season or one semester of school organized athletics prior to requesting the waiver. A fitness waiver request form must be submitted for approval to the Academic Office. • It is the final responsibility of each student to make sure they have met all the requirements for graduation.

Counselors will give assistance and make periodic transcript checks, but final responsibility rests with the student. • In order to participate in graduation activities, a student in grade 12 must have earned 24.5 credits by

January 24, 2021 or be scheduled to meet the credit requirements as stated above. Students with insufficient credits will be notified in February by the President/Principal.

± 2 Fine Arts credits required beginning with the class of 2025.

INTEGRATED SERVICE LEARNING EXPERIENCE (ISLE)

Graduates of Kennedy Catholic High School will complete a senior project that includes the following three components: 1) A service learning experience approved and verified by the Theology Department. 2) A written paper about the service learning experience approved and verified by the English Department and faculty readers. 3) A visual presentation of the service learning experience approved and verified by the Social Studies Department and faculty panels. Final credit for Junior Theology (Ecclesiology and Sacraments), senior English, and both Social

Studies courses will be dependent upon the completion of 30 hours of service learning, as well as the meeting of established standards for the written and visual components. Please refer to the Theology Department section for further information.

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS STANDARDS

High school graduates seeking freshman admission to a four-year college in the state of Washington will be required to meet the minimum college admissions standards approved by the Washington Student Achievement Council:

† Students in grade 12 seeking admission to a four-year college in the state of Washington will need to fulfill the senior year math-based quantitative course requirement in one of the following manners: • Enrollment in Algebra II, Enhanced Algebra II, or Honors Algebra II in grade 12. • Previous completion of Pre-Calculus, Calculus, UW Honors Pre-Calculus, or AP Calculus. • Enrollment in a quantitative course such as Statistics or AP Statistics in grade 12. • Enrollment in an algebra-based science course in grade 12. Refer to the Science Department section for a listing of approved courses.

‡ As approved by the State Board of Education on August 1, 2019 students will need 3 credits of science in order to graduate; 2 credits must be laboratory science courses.

English 4 credits - -

Mathematics 3 credits† During senior year, students must earn 1 credit in a math-based course. An algebra-based science course taken during senior year would also satisfy this requirement

Science 3 credits‡ 2 credits of laboratory science required

World Languages 2 credits Credits must be in same language

Social Sciences 3 credits 0.5 credit of Civics credit required; 0.5 credit of Washington state history is required

Arts 2 credits 2 credits of fine, visual, or performing arts OR 1 additional credit in an academic elective