1: Credit means satisfactory completion of a class with a grade of "D-" or better

1A: Required Credits are classes that every student must complete, such as, English, Math, Social Studies, Science, Health, etc.

1B: Elective Credits are classes that an individual student selects to take due to interest or career preparation.

2: Core 40 is a high school curriculum that helps prepare students for postsecondary education.  It includes a series of academically challenging courses in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

3: Core 40 with Academic Honors has the Core 40 requirements as the base with additional requirements in mathematics, world languages, fine arts, and other rigorous requirements above and beyond those required for the Core 40 diploma.

4: Core 40 with Technical Honors has the traditional Core 40 requirements as the base with additional requirements in career and technical education classes focused on a specific career field.

5: Career & Technical Education (CTE) Pathway is a series of classes focused on a specific career field.  A CTE Pathway may also include opportunities for the student to earn dual credits, participate in an internship or work-based learning experience, and possibly earn industry certification.

6: Employability Skills are a set of skills and behaviors that are necessary for every job or career. They are sometimes called soft skills, foundational skills, or work-readiness skills.  It is important that students practice developing these skills while in high school through a variety of activities.  The Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s Employability Skills Benchmarks are Career Mindset, Self-Management Skills, Learning Strategies, Social Skills, and Workplace Skills.

7: Service-Based Learning (SBL) is the integration of academic study with service experience to address a social or economic issue and requires collaboration between the student, school, and the local community.  It is about providing a service to others using what you have learned in school.  Examples at JCHS that do this are Key Club, Student Council, Athletic Teams, and other clubs or teams.

8: Work-Based Learning (WBL) provides students with real-life work experiences where they can apply academic and technical skills while developing their employability skills.  These activities generally occur outside of the school where the student works with an employer who assigns them job tasks while training them about a specific career and workplace skills and behaviors.

9: Project-Based Learning (PBL) allows students to gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question. Students make their work public by displaying, explaining, and/or presenting it to people beyond the classroom.

10: Work Product is a document of some type or form that serves as proof that a student has completed a set of experiences to develop employability skills while in high school.

11: Postsecondary Ready Competencies are the knowledge, skills, and academic preparation needed to enroll and succeed in some form of postsecondary education, such as apprenticeship training, military, entering a career training program, earning certification required for a specific career, attending a two or four-year college, or other options.

12: Dual Credit is when high school students have the opportunity to earn both high school and college credits by completing a single course. Dual credit courses can be taught by high school faculty, adjunct college faculty, or college faculty either at the high school, at the college or university, or sometimes through online courses or distance education.