Graduation Requirements

Graduation by Proficiency Requirements to Earn a South Kingstown High School Diploma

4   credits in English

4   credits in Mathematics (see Appendix for more information)

3   credits in Social Studies (to include U.S. History)

3   credits in Science (to include 2 lab courses)

2   credits in Physical Education 

1   credit in Health Education              

          7 credits in electives and/or support courses  to include:

World Languages 

Year and semester-long electives

Special Education 

Senior Paper/Project

Multi-Language Learner courses

Broad Rock Middle School (BRMS) has aligned Spanish 1, French 1, and Algebra 1, and CS Discoveries 1 & 2 (both CS Discoveries 1 and 2 must be taken for HS 1.0 credit) curriculum with the South Kingstown High School Curriculum. If an incoming ninth grader from BRMS has earned a C- or better in these courses at BRMS, the course and 1.0 credit for each course will be recorded on the high school transcript. Grade point average quality points from a BRMS course are not calculated into the high school grade point average. 

4   credits in English

4   credits in Mathematics* 

3   credits in Social Studies (to include U.S. History)

3   credits in Science 

2   credits in World Language*

2   credits in Physical Education 

1   credit in Health Education 

.5  credit in Fine or Applied Arts              

          4.5 credits in electives and/or support courses to include:

Year and semester-long electives

Special Education 

Senior Paper/Project

Multi-Language Learner courses

*World Language:

Broad Rock Middle School (BRMS) has aligned Spanish 1, Spanish 2 and French 1, with the South Kingstown High School Curriculum. 

If an incoming ninth grade student has earned a C- or better in these world language courses at BRMS, the course and the credit for each course will be recorded on the high school transcript. 

Grade point average quality points from a BRMS course are not calculated into the high school grade point average. 

Students must take at least 1.0 consecutive credit of world language at SKHS.

 *Algebra 1:

If an incoming ninth grader has earned a C- or better in Algebra 1 at BRMS, the course and 1.0 credit will be recorded on the high school transcript.

Grade point average quality points from a BRMS course are not calculated into the high school grade point average. 

All students must take 4 credits of math at SKHS. 

CS Discoveries 1 & 2 (both must be taken for HS 1.0 credit):

If an incoming ninth grader has earned a C- or better in these courses at BRMS, the course and 1.0 credit for the course will be recorded on the high school transcript. 

Grade point average quality points from a BRMS course are not calculated into the high school grade point average. 

II. Proficiencies

Financial Literacy 

Computer Science

Civics

III. Senior Project (components include Senior Project Proposal, Senior Paper, Presentation of Digital Portfolio and Senior Project)

COURSE SELECTION 

South Kingstown High School expects to offer all courses in this Program of Studies.  However, certain courses may be deleted or combined depending on enrollment, staff availability and school committee approval.  Students should select their courses very carefully, choosing as challenging a program as one can in order to keep as many alternatives after high school graduation available as possible.  Students are urged to respond to their special abilities and interests and to consider their possible future educational and vocational plans as each student completes the graduation by proficiency and diploma requirements.  

Please note: Our school master schedule for the 2024-2025 school year will be created based on students course selections, current course academic success and teacher/family conversations. 

As students consider their course options for next year, the school counselors will assist students in finalizing their course requests.  Students will be scheduled for 8 periods, including at least 7 credits of course work with the option of Personal Learning Time for up to one period.  Student course requests may not always be accommodated once the master schedule is developed, even if course requests are submitted on time.  Students may not receive all of their course requests due to scheduling conflicts, limited course capacities or specific course omissions from the schedule.

South Kingstown High School offers Honors, College Credit courses and Advanced Placement (AP) courses that are designed to challenge the student who wishes to explore a particular topic in depth.  Advanced Placement, College Credit and/or Honors courses are demanding. A discussion with teachers or department chairperson is recommended to assess a student’s potential to meet the rigorous expectations of advanced level courses.