1. SCC School Board Policy states that a student must take at least 6 classes per day each semester plus Physical Education with a maximum of 9 study halls per week.
2. Courses are scheduled according to the number of student(s) pre-registered for them.
3. The total number of students pre-registered for any one (1) course determines how many sections of that course will be offered during a given semester or year.
4. If your son/daughter wishes to take an online course or Earlybird college credit class, they must understand the responsibilities and requirements necessary to succeed at this type of course before registering for it.
5. All students technically have until school-wide registration days in August and also three (3) add/drop days at the beginning of each semester to make changes to their schedule.
6. The high school administration and counselor reserve the right to reduce the size of a class list through arbitrary reduction. Simply, if an older student needs a class and it is full, the younger student will be asked to postpone taking the class until a later semester.
Please refer to the information below related to the South Central Calhoun graduation requirements (50 Credits):
ENGLISH (8 semesters): English requirements for the class of 2024, each student must successfully complete two semesters in each of the following English I, English II, English III, plus one semester in public speaking and one other English course of the students' choosing. Beginning with the class of 2025, each student must successfully complete two (2) semesters in each of the following: English I, English II, English III, plus two (2) additional semesters of the students' choosing.
SOCIAL STUDIES (6 semesters): 1 semester must include American Government. One year must include United States History, plus three (3) additional semesters of the students’ choosing.
MATH (6 semesters): We encourage a progression of mathematics. An example would be: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II.
SCIENCE (6 semesters): Each student must successfully complete Physical Science (2 semesters), Biology (2 semesters) and Earth Science (1 semester, plus one (1) additional semester of the students' choosing.
TECHNOLOGY (2 semesters): Each student must successfully complete two (2) 1 semester technology courses.
FINANCIAL LITERACY (1 semester): Each student must complete one semester of Personal Finance or one year of Financial Literacy and Consumer Math.
VOCATIONAL / FINE ARTS (1 semester): Each student must complete one semester of a vocational and/or fine arts class.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Students must be enrolled in PE or Personal Fitness at least 1 semester per year. For exemptions and/or opt out criteria see State Regulations found on the SCC Webpage under School, High School, Students, Course Catalog, Physical Education and Health.
High school students taking college coursework under a concurrent enrollment agreement will be require to meet two (2) criteria to stay in good academic standing with the college(s).
Must earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
Must satisfactorily complete 67% of credits attempted.
Failure to meet either of these two criteria may impact student enrollment and/or financial aid status when enrolling at a college after high school.