Graduation Requirements

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Overview

Most students at MVHS will graduate with an Academic Diploma or an Honors Diploma. Requirements for each diploma are listed below.

Along with credit requirements, each diploma requires you to participate in career-related learning experiences (CRLEs); and, for the class of 2025, to demonstrate mastery of Oregon Essential Skills in reading, writing, and math. Keep these requirements in mind as you plan your classes. (Please note: Each semester-long course is worth one half (0.5) credit, and each yearlong course is generally worth one full (1.0) credit unless otherwise noted. Find more graduation information in Bend-La Pine Schools Policy IKF-AR and its associated reference table.)

Do You Need Additional Credits?

If you plan to attend college or pursue other advanced educational opportunities, you should consider challenging yourself during your high school career. This often means taking more than the minimum required courses. Talk to your counselor early about your post-high school goals and plan your coursework accordingly.

Career-Related Learning

Oregon requires students to participate in career-related learning experiences (CRLEs) in order to be eligible to graduate. As a student at MVHS, you will work with your counselor to document 16 hours of CRLEs. This is easier than it may sound: There are many ways to meet your CRLE requirement, including work-based learning, service learning, field-based investigations, school-based learning, and technology-based learning. A wide variety of educational and extracurricular activities and experiences fall under these broad umbrellas.

You can meet your CRLE requirement in a variety of classes at MVHS, including:

Essential Skills

To earn a high school diploma in Oregon, you must demonstrate mastery of Oregon’s Essential Skills: reading, writing, and mathematics. Though this requirement has been waived for the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024, it will apply to the graduating class of 2025 and beyond.

You can meet some or all of your Essential Skills requirements by meeting certain scoring thresholds on the ACT Aspire interim and summative tests (9th grade), the PreACT (10th grade), the PSAT (10th and 11th grade), Oregon’s Statewide Assessment/Smarter Balanced test (11th grade), and/or the SAT and ACT (11th and 12th grade). Additionally, students who take the GED test may meet the math Essential Skill requirement above a certain scoring threshold.