2024-2025 School Year
Course Offerings Guide
2024-2025 School Year
24-25 Course Offerings (1).pdfMHS offers Virtual Learning High School (VHS) online courses for our students. Often students may take a class through VHS if they are interested in a course that we do not offer or if there is a conflict with courses in their schedule. If you are interested in learning more, please discuss with your school counselor during your scheduling meeting.
Drop Deadline for all VHS classes to be announced at the start of the new school year.
Madison High Schools offers students the opportunity to take classes through different pathways. Please see below to learn more about outside course options and available Dual Enrollment through MHS.
DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Kean University
Holocaust & Genocide, taught at MHS by an MHS humanities teacher.
Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
Honors Entrepreneurship, taught by an MHS business teacher.
Global Politics, taught by an MHS humanities teacher.
Intro to Law, taught by an MHS history teacher.
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
Honors Tech, Engineering, and Design III, taught by an MHS technology teacher.
OTHER OUTSIDE COURSE PATHWAYS:
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
Offers online high school courses.
Virtual Learning High School (VHS)
Offers online high school courses.
Drew University
Offers college courses to MHS senior students, taught at Drew by a Drew professor.
County College of Morris (CCM)
Allows MHS students to take college credit courses and earn college credit.
Each offer something unique that can be fitting to students at MHS. Often times this is offered for upperclassmen, pending a students schedule and any scheduling restraints. Cost, grading scale, and syllabi vary for each school as well.
The best time to learn more about these offerings and discuss if it could be a fit for you is during your scheduling conference with your counselor. Since each student has a personal academic track, more details can be discussed with your counselor incorporating your post high school goals.
Athletic Eligibility at MHS:
Fall Eligibility Status
To be eligible for athletic competition during the first semester of grades 10-12 (fall sports), students must have passed and earned 30.0 credits (6 academic courses) from their previous school year.
Winter Eligibility Status
Students must maintain their grades and be passing 15.0 credits (6 academic courses) mid-year.
Spring Eligibility Status
To be eligible for athletic competition during the second semester of the current school year (spring), students must be passing the equivalent of 15.0 credits (passing 6 academic courses by mid-year).
Graduation Benchmark Class of 2024 & 2025
New Jersey public schools are transitioning to a new required statewide graduation assessment called the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) for all students in Grade 11. Students in the classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025 will take the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) in grade 11. The assessment will be aligned to New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) for grade 10 ELA and NJSLS for Algebra I and Geometry. The assessment format will be familiar to students and educators, as it will be delivered on the same platform students use for the current New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA).
Class of 2023-2025 Graduation Pathway Assessment Requirements