Graduation Requirements

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

The Board of Education establishes the following requirements for the satisfactory completion of the high school program of study and for the granting of the high school diploma of graduation. The student will:

1. Successfully complete a minimum of 230 semester credits. (To be applied toward the completion of this requirement, any credit taken outside of the regular high school program while attending a district comprehensive high school must be approved in advance by the principal or his designee and by the parent/guardian and must relate to identified goals of the student.)
2. No more than twenty of these elective credits may be earned in service based courses. The 20 credits which may be accumulated from grades11-12 are office, classroom and library aides. This excludes home study. Such courses shall be periodically reviewed and designated by the Deputy Superintendent, Educational Services, to meet this requirement.
3. Demonstrate proficiency in writing, mathematics, and reading according to District proficiency standards.
4. Effective with the graduating class of 2006, students must pass the High School Exit Exam.
5. Maintain an acceptable level of citizenship during the period of high school enrollment up to and including the final graduation ceremony.
6. Transfer students must meet all requirements of High school graduation established by the State of California. Transfer students who had met the requirements of their former districts prior to enrollment will be required to meet only those requirements of the District which may be expected in the time remaining in the normal four-year of attendance.
7. Successfully complete the specific requirements as indicated below:

SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREA REQUIREMENTS:

Language Arts: 4 years………………..40 credits
Language Arts 1………………..10 credits
Language Arts 2………………..10 credits
Language Arts 3………………..10 credits
Language Arts 4 or approved L/A elective………………..10 credits

Mathematics: 2 years………………….20 credits
(Acceptable completion of this course prior to ninth grade will meet this requirement.)

Social Science: 3 years………………….30 credits
World History/Culture/Geography………………….10 credits
AP European History/U.S. History/Geography………………….10 credits
U.S. Government………………….5 credits
Economics…………………5 credits

Science: 2 years………………….20 credits
(To include instruction in biological and physical science.)

Physical Education: 2 years………………….20 credits
P.E./Wellness 9 or Athletics………………….10 credits
P.E./Wellness or Athletics………………….10 credits

Fine/Arts or Foreign Language: 1 year………………….10 credits
(Fine arts includes courses from the fields of art, music, drama, humanities and dance. Dance may not be taken to satisfy both fine arts and physical education requirement.)

Health Education………………….5 credits

Academic Studies and Career Planning………………….5 credits

Elective Courses………………….80 credits

Community Service………………….40 hours