Guidelines for Grade Level Advancement

To enter Grade 8: Students will have successfully completed the seventh grade .

To enter Grade 7: Students will have successfully completed the sixth grade.

To enter Grade 6: Students will have successfully completed the fifth grade.

Students are advanced to the next grade level with the successful completion of all four core content areas. If a students fails two of the content subjects, he or she will be afforded the opportunity to attend a summer program to pass the course. If the students fails the summer course, he or she will be retained.

The four core academic content areas are: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.