Graduation Requirements

Graduation Ceremonies Participation: The Washington County School District requires that students meet all graduation requirements in order to participate in graduation ceremonies.

LANGUAGE ARTS: 4 credits

Students must complete a total of 3 credits of Language Arts 9-11. One credit of elective Language Arts is required in 12th grade. The class may be Language Arts 12 or an approved course. To receive Language Arts credit, courses must integrate reading, writing, speaking and listening during each quarter.

MATHEMATICS: 3 credits

Students must complete a total of 3 credits of Math. Minimum requirements include Secondary Math I, Secondary Math II, and Secondary Math III.  Concurrent Enrollment  Math, Calculus, AP Calculus or AP Statistics etc., are also recommended if a student is college bound.

SCIENCE: 3 credits

Students must complete 3 units of Science. 2 Science foundation requirements must be fulfilled from two of the following 5 areas: Earth Science, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Computer Science. The student must then complete one additional credit of an elective science.

SOCIAL SCIENCE: 3 credits

Students must complete the following credits: 

• World Geography 9th grade: 0.5

• World Civilizations (or Honors) 10th grade: 0.5-1.0

• U.S. History (or AP) 11th grade: 1.0

• U.S. Government and Cit (or AP/CE) 12th grade: 0.5

• Elective (if Honors World Civ isn’t taken) 0.5

  FINE ARTS: 1.5 credits

Students must complete a total of 1.5 credits of Fine Arts. This includes arts, music, theater, dance and other approved courses.

HEALTH: 0.5 credit

Students must complete 0.5 credits in consumer health.

FITNESS: 1.5 credits

Students must complete the following courses for credit: (Completed 9th-12th grade)

• Physical Skills  9th grade                 0.5

• Fitness for Life 10th grade 0.5

• Additional elective fitness course         0.5

DIGITAL STUDIES: 0.5 credit

Students must complete 0.5 of this course.

FINANCIAL LITERACY: 0.5 credit

Students must complete 0.5 units of this course during their 11th grade or 12th grade year. Students may not take Financial Literacy in their 9th and 10th grade year.

CAREER TECHNOLOGY 1.0 credit

Students must complete 1 credit in any state-approved career technology course. (This includes, agriculture, business, family and consumer sciences, health science, information technology, graphic design, automotive, and manufacturing)

ELECTIVES: 8.5 credits

Students must complete a total of 8.5 elective credits in any of the above areas

TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION: 27 Credits

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Valedictorian and Salutatorian

The Valedictorian and Salutatorian will be chosen based on the following criteria:

1. All candidates must have a cumulative GPA of 4.0 at the end of the third quarter of their Senior year.

2. Class rank will be determined using a point system valuing classes from the areas of English, Math, Science, and Social Science.

The following Snow Canyon High School courses are worth 1 point:

Language Arts 9 Honors Chemistry                 Calculus

Language Arts 10 Honors Physics   World Civilization Honors

Language Arts 11 Honors Math Extended/Honors 1   Math Extended/Honors 3

Geography for Life Honors         Math Extended/Honors 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

The following Snow Canyon High School concurrent enrollment courses are worth 1 point:

English 1010 Chemistry 1010 w/ Lab 1015 Math 1030         Math 1060

English 2010 Human Biology 1200         Math 1040       

English 2200 POLS 1100 American Gov Math 1050

Any other concurrent enrollment courses available through an accredited institution in the area of English, Math, Science, and Social Science.                

The following Snow Canyon High School  AP courses are worth 2 points:

AP Language Arts AP Psychology AP Chinese

AP Literature    AP Biology         AP Spanish

AP US History         AP Chemistry AP French

AP US Government AP Calculus

Any other advanced placement courses available through an accredited institution in the area of English, Math, Science, and Social Science. 

*Note -  In the event of a tie in rank after implementing the point system, ACT score will determine final class ranking.