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ACADEMICS
FEATURES OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
4 National Board Certified Teachers
4 Teachers with the SIUE Excellence in
Education & Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards
82% Hold Advanced Degrees
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS AN OUTSTANDING CURRICULUM FOR ALL STUDENTS!
HHS Curriculum includes:
4 years of ENGLISH including AP English Language Classes
4 years of MATH through AP Calculus AB
4 years of SCIENCE including AP Biology and AP Chemistry
4 years of SOCIAL STUDIES including 4 AP courses
8 Dual Credit Courses with Southwestern Illinois College
2 Dual Credit Courses with St. Louis University
11 AP Courses
Diverse offering of electives in 9 additional departments including:
Acappella Choir | Accounting | Adult Living | Ceramics/Drawing/Painting | Child and Day Care Services | Computer Animations | Computer Programming | Computer Programming | Foods & Nutrition | Spanish | Greenhouse Management |
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Industrial Education | Landscape Management | Marching Band | Music Electives | Parenting | Project Lead the Way-Engineering Program | Symphonic/Concert Band | Technology Lab, including Robotics | Web Design | Welding |
HHS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Students must meet the following credit/course requirements to earn a diploma from Highland High School:
Graduation requirements are listed below:
A total of 25 credits
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, including passing the US and IL Constitution Tests
1.0 World History Credit
1.0 Art, Music, Vocational Ed, or Foreign Language
0.5 Health Credit
One of the following courses to meet Illinois’ Consumer Education requirement:
0.5 Personal Finance Credit (junior or senior)
0.5 Economics Credit
0.5 AP Economics Credit (junior or senior)
1.0 Agriculture Business Management Credit (senior)
0.5 Civics Credit (Class of 2020 and beyond)
***PE (see note at that bottom)
*Take the required state assessment - Illinois’ graduation requirement.
The HHS School Counseling Department recommends that students complete the above requirements using the format
outlined below:
Periods | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freshmen | English | Math | Science | World History | PE/Driver’s Ed | Civics |
Sophomore | English | Math | Science | Driver’s Ed/Health | ||
Junior | English | Math | US History | PE | ||
Senior | English | PE | Personal Finance |
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.
***Any HHS student in marching band may waive PE during a semester, or any student currently enrolled in
Health or Driver’s Ed may waive PE. 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).