Course Catalog & Scheduling

Students will participate in four years of English.

Students receiving a D or an F in an English class any semester will be scheduled to retake the semester.

Students receiving a D or an F in a Dual Enrollment English class at the semester will be moved into a CP English class.

Course sequence is pre-AP English I for freshman year; pre-AP English II or AP Seminar for sophomore year; Writing courses for junior year of which we have three choices: English III, AP English Language, or DE English oo1 and 2A, and literature courses senior year of which we have two choices: ERWC and AP Literature.

Students will participate in four years of math or three years of math and an additional year of science.

Students receiving an F both semesters of the math class will be scheduled to retake the class.

Students receiving a D or an F first or second semester of the math class will be scheduled to take Summer School to relearn the foundations. 

Students will participate in four years of science or three years of science and an additional year of math.

Students receiving a D or an F in a semester of a science class will be scheduled to retake the semester.

Health lessons are embedded in Biology classes as part of the state curriculum, in order to opt out of health curriculum, please complete the opt out form during registration.

Be aware that honors classes in science do not receive a point bump for colleges, they are a preparation class for students who wish to take AP science classes, as they are the hardest AP tests available.

AP Chemistry has a prerequisite of CP or HP Chemistry due to needing the foundational coursework in order to be successful in the course. The prerequisite can be waived on a case by case basis for an incoming sophomore who successfully passed both semesters of their freshmen science class with a C+ or higher.

Students who take HP Chemistry freshman year as part of the IGETC program, who opt out of the program sophomore year, will go back and take the Conceptual Physics course that was skipped during their sophomore year. 

Students will participate in three and a half years of social science.

Students receiving a D or an F in a semester of a social science class will be scheduled to retake the semester.

Ethnic Studies lessons are taught during the freshman year as part of the state curriculum, in order to opt out, please complete the opt out form during registration.

Students receiving a D or an F in a Dual Enrollment Social Science class at the semester will be moved into a CP version of the  class.

Students will participate in two years (four years highly recommended) of the same World Language. If students change languages, they will take two additional years if they have not met their world language A-G requirements. 

Students receiving an F both semesters of the World Language class will be scheduled to retake the class.

Students receiving an F first or second semester of the World Language class will be scheduled to take another year of the class to make up the F, up to four years.

Students receiving a D or an F in a Dual Enrollment World Language class at the semester will be moved into a CP or AP World Language class.

In order to be eligible for the State Seal of Biliteracy,see the tab for Graduation. 

Students who choose to participate in a CTE program are committing to three years of the program.

Students who commit to a CTE program must maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

Students receiving a D or an F in a Dual Enrollment CTE class at the semester will be moved into a CP version of the CTE class in the same period with the same teacher.

Students who choose to participate in the AVID program are committing to four years of the program.

Students who commit to the AVID program must maintain C's or higher in all classes or they will receive academic probation and mandatory tutoring support.

Students receiving a D or an F in a Dual Enrollment AVID class at the semester will be moved into a CP version of the AVID class in the same period with the same teacher.

Students may not enroll in AVID 11 or 12 without having been in AVID 9 or 10. 

Students will participate in one year of an elective of which visual art is one of the options.

Art I is a prerequisite for Sculpture, Digital Art, and advanced art classes. If a student passed ceramics or digital art in middle school with an A or B, the prerequisite can be waived for the respective programs. 

Yearbook I is a prerequisite for Yearbook II, III, and IV; must have teacher approval. 

Journalism I is a prerequisite for Journalism II, III, and IV; must have teacher approval. 

Students will participate in one year of an elective of which performing art is one of the options.

Performing Arts courses are audition based unless waived by teacher; students are not guaranteed entrance into a performing arts course. The only exceptions are Theatre, Technical Theatre, Mixed Chorus, and Beginning Band.

Two years successful completion of physical education is required for graduation eligibility.

All students must take PE 1 as a course and take the state physical fitness tests.

If both semesters of PE 1 are failed, student will retake PE 1.

Students must pass both semesters of PE 1 & 2 to be eligible for Personal Fitness.

Students who pass the PE 1 course may opt to take PE2, CIF PE (varsity athletics), or marching band as the second year of PE. All other students must take PE2.

Health lessons are embedded in PE classes as part of the state curriculum, in order to opt out of the health lessons, please complete the opt out form during registration.