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Schedule of Guidance Events
Students must meet the following credit and course requirements
to receive a diploma from Highland High School:
Students need 29 credits to graduate.
Graduation requirements are listed below.
- 4.0 English Credits, including English I, II, and III
- 3.0 Math Credits (Illinois law
requires 3 years of Math, including Algebra and Geometry)
- 2.0 Science Credits
- 1.0 U.S. History Credit, inluding passing the US and IL Constitution
Tests
- 1.0 World History Credit
- 0.5 Health Credit
- One of the following courses to meet Illinois' Consumer Education
requirement:
- 0.5 Consumer Ed Credit (freshman or sophomore)
- 0.5 Resource Management Credit (junior or senior)
- 0.5 Economics Credit
- 0.5 AP Economics Credit (senior)
- 1.0 Agriculture Business Management Credit (senior)
- PE
- Electives (your choice)
*Take the Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE) - Illinois' graduation
requirement for 11th graders
In planning how you will arrange your classes, you may
want to take a look at the high school course requirements of the universities
in Illinois. Also, you can browse the database of Highland High School
course offerings at http://www.highlandcusd5.org/hhs .
The Highland High School Guidance Department recommends that students complete
the above requirements using the format outlined below:
| Blocks |
Freshman |
Sophomore |
Junior |
Senior |
| 1 |
English |
English |
English |
English |
| 2 |
Math |
Math |
Math |
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| 3 |
Science |
Science |
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| 4 |
World History |
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U.S. History |
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| 5 |
PE/DrEd or |
Dr Ed/Health |
PE |
PE |
| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 |
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Minimum college admissions requirements usually include:
4 English credits; 3 Math credits; 3 Science credits; 3 Social Studies
credits; 2 credits of a foreign language, music, art or vocational
courses. However, some colleges require more credits in one or more
of these
areas.
HHS has an 8 block schedule and a closed campus. All students
must be at HHS all 8 blocks and take a minimum of 8 courses. Blocks
1-4 meet on Day 1 and Blocks 5-8 meet on Day 2. Block 3 and 7 are split
between lunch and a class each day. There are no study halls.
Any HHS student in marching band may waive PE during the
fall semester. Also, PE may be waived for juniors and seniors if:
- the student is on an athletic team during any season or
- the school(s) where a student is planning to apply after graduation,
requires, for admission, a course in the student's schedule (this
course must exceed the state and local requirements for graduation)
Updated:
March 16, 2010
Highland High School: http://www.highlandcusd5.org/hhs/
Pathways: http://www.highlandcusd5.org/hhs/pathways/
Email: bheyen@highlandcusd5.org |
