STUDENT PERSONNEL
Series 500
Policy Title: Course Requirements – Career Diploma Code No.: 508R2
Following are courses required for all students who plan to graduate from Carroll Community High School with a Career Diploma:
- Science: (All freshmen must enroll for a full year laboratory science course). Six science credits will be required for graduation.
- Mathematics: Six credits of mathematics will be required. All freshmen must enroll for a full year mathematics course.
- Social Studies: Six credits of social studies are required. Students are required to pass Geography, either Government class, and 2 of the 3 classes involving American History (American History I, American History II, or Topics of American History). All other Social Studies classes are electives and can count towards the 6 total credits.
- Language Arts: Nine credits are required in language arts area. The required sequence of freshman, sophomore, and junior courses will assure that the student completes the necessary balance of grammar, composition, and literature. All freshman are required to take and pass Freshman Reading and all seniors are required to enroll in a writing course for one semester and pass. Any writing course taken off campus that is not a dual enrolled course will not meet the senior writing requirement at CHS. Additional electives are available to juniors and seniors from which students may choose to meet the nine required credits.
- Vocational: Two credits in Vocational education courses and options include all family and consumer science courses, business education courses, industrial arts courses, or agriculture education courses.
- Fine Arts: Two credits are required in Fine Arts and the options include all Art, Music, Foreign Language, and any English course beyond the required 9 credits.
- Computer Requirement: All students must take U in Real Life (URL) and are encouraged to take this class during their freshman or sophomore year. The course is mandatory beginning with the Class of 2018.
- Special Education Graduation: See board Policy 603.3.
- Physical Education: All students must successfully pass one semester of physical education (1 credit) per year.
- DMACC Transfer/Dual Enrolled Courses: Credits transferred from DMACC for a Carroll High School credit will be converted at one (1) credit for each period of class time in the CHS schedule.
- Elective requirements may be waived by the building principal/designee for those students who have been enrolled in Band and Chorus for four years and have scheduled a full course load for four years.
NOTE: Students who have taken a study hall at anytime during their four years at Carroll High School are not eligible for a waiver.
All the above is the same as 508R1
The final four credits must be taken through the Alternative school program. No student will be allowed to graduate from the Alternative school program with a Career Diploma until that student’s original graduating class has completed the first semester of the senior year at CHS. Students earning the career diploma will be permitted to participate in CHS commencement exercises.
Date of Adoption/Review/Revision:
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