Graduation Requirements

Graduation diplomas shall be awarded by the Board of Education to those students who successfully fulfill the following requirements:

•  A minimum of 140 credits shall be earned

• Credits shall be earned from the following:

                          Core Requirements: Years                             Credits

English         4     20

World History         1       5

US History         2     10

Physical Education/Health                4     15

Science (with Lab)     3     15

Mathematics   3     15

World Language   2     10

Financial Literacy   .5     2.5

21st Century Life and Careers   1       5

Visual/Performing Arts   1       5

Electives     37.5 

Please see the following link to the district High School Graduation Policy- 5460

New Jersey High School Graduation Assessment Requirements  (As of May 2023)

The following courses, when successfully completed, will count toward the graduation requirement in Visual and/or Performing Arts: 

Visual Arts I AP Studio Art Concert Band

Visual Arts II Music Theory Honors Concert Band

Visual Arts III AP Music Theory Dance

Digital Arts I Music Technology Theater

Digital Arts II Concert Choir         Music in the Performing Arts

Digital Arts III Piano 1

Photography I Piano 2

The classes listed below, when successfully completed, will count toward 21st Century Life and Careers requirement identified above:

Accounting I* Wall Street Vo Tech Programs

Contemporary Business Entrepreneurship & Leadership Digital Arts I, II, III

Information & Technology Computer Aided Design** Senior Capstone

Marketing I Game Design AP Computer Science

Marketing II Engineering Design & Development Computer Inf. Technology 

Marketing Capstone Work Based Learning (WBL)

*All business courses offered in the 2025-2026 program of studies would count toward the requirement.

**All technology courses offered in the 2025-2026 program of studies would count toward the requirement.

Transfer students who enroll in Pequannock Township High School may receive credit toward graduation for courses taken in properly accredited high schools outside the school district. However, they must meet the state requirements for graduation.

The graduation requirements for students with disabilities are prescribed by an Individualized Educational Program determined by the Child Study Team. Successful completion of these requirements, in keeping with state and local requirements, will make the student eligible for graduation.

A commencement will be conducted each June to honor and recognize students who have become eligible to graduate from high school since the commencement program of the previous year.

Final grades for all subjects completed at Pequannock Township High School or an approved summer school program while enrolled at Pequannock Township High School, except those designated as EXEMPT, MEDICAL, NG (no grade), INC, WP (withdraw passing), WF (withdraw failing), P (pass), and F (fail) are used in computing grade point average (GPA). The grading scale, used for reporting student progress, is a numerical grade based on a 100-point scale. A passing grade is 63.

GPA weighting is determined as follows:

• Academic courses are worth 100%

         (multiply numerical grade by 1.0)

• Honors courses are worth 105%

         (multiply numerical grade by 1.05)

• AP courses are worth 110%

         (multiply numerical grade by 1.10)

Distinguished Scholars:  To be eligible to be a Distinguished Scholar, a student must receive 90% or higher in all courses.

High Honor Roll: To be eligible for the High Honor Roll, a student must receive 90% or higher and only one 80-89% in all courses.

Honor Roll: To be eligible for the Honor Roll, a student must receive 80% or higher in all courses.

Membership in the Neva Fenner Chapter of the National Honor Society is one of the highest awards that our high school can confer upon a member of the student body. A student is selected on the basis of scholastic achievement, qualities of leadership, well defined service rendered to the school and/or community, and character.  The cumulative average at the end of second marking period of junior year will be used for purposes of eligibility.

A wide variety of scholarships are available to seniors, such as those awarded by the State of New Jersey, colleges and universities, civic groups, PTA's, parent organizations and a plethora of other organizations.

Announcements of available scholarships are made by the school counseling department via posting on the Scholarship Listing on the Naviance website.