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Oak Hill

                         Graduation Requirements and Class Rank for the Classes of 2009 through 201

                                                                     Graduation Requirements

 

 

 

 

      In order to graduate from Oak Hill Academy, a student must  earn a minimum of twenty-two Carnegie units of course credit. Of this number, sixteen designated units are required and six must be chosen from the approved list of the other academic courses. Non-academic electives will not be used to compute academic GPA. Class rank is determined by the weighted numeric average , which is computed by taking all semester grades, adding 3 points to the semester grades of each Honors course taken and by adding 5 points to the semester grades of each Advanced Placement course taken, then dividing by the total number of semester. 
REQUIRED COURSES NUMBER OF UNITS
English I-IV  4 units
Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II  3 units
Biology and Chemistry and one other Science listed below 3 units
MS Studies/Geography, World History, 4 units
U.S. History, U.S. Govt./Economics
Computer Applications I & II   2 units
ENGLISH : Honors English I, II, or III See: Other Approved Academic Courses
AP English IV/ Lit 
AP Composition/Lang
Advanced Composition
Speech 
MATHEMATICS: Pre-Algebra
Acc. Algebra I
Acc. Geometry 
Honors Algebra II
Algebra III/Trigonometry
Honors Alg III/Trig 
AP Calculus 
Senior Math 
Science: Physical Science
Human A&P  
Physics    
Honors Physics  
Honors Chemistry  
Advanced Chemistry  
AP Chemistry   
Foreign Lang: Spanish I  
Spanish II  
Fine Arts: Chorus  
Art I  
Non-Academic: Driver's Education  
Only one of the three courses below will be used to meet graduation requirements. Credits will be awarded only once REGARDLESS of number of years taken.

Band     1/2 unit                     Athletic P.E.1/2 unit                                                      Cheerleading           1/2 unit   

 

Graduating Requirements

             MS Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Requirements

                          (Requirements for entering the MS University System beginning in 2012)                                    

English  (Eng. I-IV) 4-units
Mathematics    (Alg. I, Geo., Alg.II, and Higher Level course) 4 units
Science (Bio. I.,  Chem.I, and 2 higher Level courses.) 4 units
Social Studies   (Geog., MS studies, World His., U.S. His., Gov., Econ.) 4 units
  Arts    1 unit
Advanced Elect (Foreign Lang. I & II or for. Lang I & Adv. World 2 units 
  Geo. or for. Lang I & Adv. Math, Science. Eng)  
   Computer Apps. 1\2 Unit

Allowable Pre-High School Units     ( Algebra I if Foreign Language taken in the 8th  grade.)

Oak Hill Academy Grading Scale

             Grading Scale
A= 90-100              GPA: 4.0
B= 80-89                GPA: 3.0
C= 70-79                GPA: 2.0
D= 68-69                GPA: 1.0
F= 67 or Below          

 


 

Oak Hill Academy Graduating Requirement Summary:
Required Credits      16
Elective Credits        6
Total units Required      22
English I-IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 units
Algebra I. Geometry And Algebra II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4 units 
Biology and Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 units
and one other Science course listed below

MS Studies\ Geography, World History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 units
U.S. History, U.S. Government\Economics
Computer Applications I & II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit

OTHER APPROVED ACADEMIC COURSES:  

English:
Honors English I, II, or III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
AP English IV\ Lit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
AP Composition\Lang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Advanced Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit

Mathematics:    
Pre-Algebra  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Acc. Alg. I or Acc. Geometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Honors Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Algebra III\ Trigonometry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Honors Alg. III\ Trig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
AP Calculus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Senior Math  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Science:
Physical Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Human A & P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Honors Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Honors Chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
AP Chemistry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Advanced Chemistry 1 unit
Foreign Lang:
Spanish I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Spanish II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Fine Arts:  
Chorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Art I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Other:
Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Publishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 unit
Bible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1 unit

 Non-Academic Electives

Driver's Education

  1/2 Unit
 *Only one of the three courses below will be used to meet graduation requirements*
Band:   1/2 unit (Credit will be awarded only once regardless of number of years taken)
Athletic P.E. 1/2 unit (Credit will be awarded only once regardless of number of  years taken)

Cheerleading:

1/2 unit (Credit will be awarded only once regardless of number of years taken)