Academics

Course Credit Distribution Requirements

Students shall graduate, if he or she has earned a total of 23.5 credits

Promotion from grade to grade should be based on credits earned:

Promotion to 10th grade – 5 credits
Promotion to 11th grade – 11 credits
Promotion to 12th grade – 17.5 credits
23.5 credits by the end of 12th grade

A passing grade is described as a D or higher (60 or higher).

**Credits must be accumulated in the categories below:

2 credits of the same language (must be taken at the Philadelphia Military Academy)
2 credits of Art and/or Humanities
4 credits of English (Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4)
4 credits of History (World, African American, American, and Social Science)
3 credits of Math (Math courses must be taken in high school.
3 credits of Science (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics)
4th advanced credit (Math, Science, or an AP course that doesn’t count in another category)
4 credits of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)
0.5 credits of Health
1 Multi-Disciplinary Project (i.e., Senior Project)

PMA students will earn more than the required school district's credits. It is mandatory that "All" students adhere to the JROTC uniform and complete a total of 4 consecutive "LET "courses.

ALL SENIORS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA. (The school counselor is the point person to fulfill this requirement).

PLEASE NOTE: A student in grade 12 who does not meet the graduation criteria, and who is within 2 credits of the required number for graduation, shall be assigned to a Summer Program and shall be retained if he/she does not attend or if he/she does not complete the Summer Program in its entirety.

Homework

Students should expect to have homework assigned every day in all subjects. Weekend assignments are given at the discretion of individual teachers. Students should see their teachers, and/or school counselor if they need help organizing and completing their work in a reasonable amount of time.

Daily homework assignments should take 30-45 minutes per class to complete for freshmen and sophomores and 45 minutes per class for juniors and seniors.

Homework assignments are posted daily on the school’s online student portal and the students' Google Classroom.

Up-to-date homework information is provided for both current and past assignments, enabling students to keep pace with the work and allowing parents to monitor assignments as needed.

Academic Departments Offers Tutorials

PMA Academic Departments are great resources for our students to achieve excellence in "All" disciplines. Each department offers academic assistance and/or tutoring (i.e. Mathematics, Science, English, Spanish, History, etc...).

The Academic Departments encourage students that are receiving below a "C-" average to attend tutoring. With this in mind, the student and student's parent are required to attend an Academic Conference with the school counselor and the respective teacher(s).

The team (i.e. student, student's parent, teacher(s), and school counselor) would develop an Academic Plan and follow-up within a month to discuss the progress.

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