Contact your child's counselor for homework requests for illness/injury. Please allow 24-hour notice for teachers to fulfill the request. Teachers may opt to email the homework to you, so if you have an email address, please be ready to provide it to the counselor.
Please submit REQUEST FOR STUDENT ABSENCE form at least 1 month prior to travel date. Student is responsible to insure that form is filled-out completely and signed by Principal and Teachers prior to absence(s). It is student's responsibility to obtain and complete missed assignments. Teachers are not obligated to provide work, unless approval was granted prior to the absence(s). Please see someone in the front office to obtain the form.
In order to be moved to the next grade level, the following credit requirements must me met. Promotions are done once per year, at the start of the year. Students will not be promoted to the next grade level, mid-year. Students are not promoted based on the number of years they have spent at Pearl City High School.
Pearl City High School is obligated to provide 4-years of instruction for regular education students. Please see your counselor if you have any questions regarding the promotion policy.
Grade 09 to Grade 10 Minimum of 5.0 credits
Grade 10 to Grade 11 Minimum of 11.0 credits
Grade 11 to Grade 12 Minimum of 17.0 credits
Credits will be awarded as specified in the Authorized Courses and Code Numbers (ACCN) by the Department of Education, State of Hawaii. Only designated courses may be repeated for credit.
Students must be enrolled in a semester course for a minimum of 1 quarter+3 weeks to earn ½ credit
Students must be enrolled in a year course by the end of the first quarter and be enrolled in that class for a minimum of 3 quarters to earn 1.0 credit.
Before enrolling in any non-DOE school course (e.g. summer school, correspondence/credit recovery courses, distance learning, e-school courses, etc.), please see your counselor to obtain approval. Courses taken without prior approval may not be granted credit.