STUDENT LEADS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. To graduate students must meet the requirements in two areas Credits- students must earn credits (by passing classes)

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STUDENT LEADS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

To graduate students must meet the requirements in two areas Credits- students must earn credits (by passing classes) Tests- students must meet standard on state exams

CHANGES TO REQUIREMENTS This presentation will focus on the credits you must earn to graduate Don’t forget if you take STAAR test that your performance on these exams also affect these grades!

JUNIORS AND SENIORS-EARNING CREDIT Because graduation requirements have gone through changes recently, there are 3 sets of graduation requirements. The plan a student follows is based on the year the student ENTERED 9 th grade

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Entered 9 th grade (Current seniors) Entered 9 th grade or (Current juniors and sophomores) Entered 9 th grade (current freshmen)

Credits Students must earn 26 credits to graduate Typically you earn half a credit for each semester (semester A and semester B) To earn credit, the average must be equal to or greater than 70. Each semester, the average is derived from your report card grades and final exam (Freshmen and Juniors, STAAR EOC will count for 15% of this average)

CORE CLASSES = 16 credits total ELA-4 creditsAB English 1½½ English 2½½ English 3½½ English 4½½ Math-4 creditsAB Alg 1½½ Geom½½ Alg 2½½ Mth Elec½½ Science-4 creditsAB Bio½½ Chem½½ Physics½½ Sci Elec ½½ Soc. Studies-4 creditsAB World Geog.½½ World History½½ US History½½ Government½½ Economics½½

Other Requirements= 3.5 credits LOTE-2 creditsAB ½½ ½½ Fine Arts- 1 creditAB ½½ Speech: ½,½,½A or B Comm. App. ½ LOTE means Language Other Than English (Spanish or French)

Graduation Requirements The rest of the graduation requirements vary by the grade level you are in

Physical Education Seniors require 1.5 credits Freshmen, sophomores and juniors require 1 credit

Technology Seniors, juniors and sophomore require 1 credit to graduation Freshmen require 0 credits in technology to graduate

Health Seniors, juniors, and sophomores require 0.5 (one half) credit in health to graduate Freshmen require 0 credits in health to graduate

Electives Seniors require 3.5 elective credits to graduate Sophomores and juniors require 4 elective credits to graduate Freshmen require 5.5 elective credits to graduate