Academic Scholars

The Woodland Academic Scholars Program is designed to reward those students who undertake the challenges of a rigorous academic program and achieve a high level of learning.

We believe this program motivates students to challenge themselves while it underpins Woodland School District’s commitment to excellence in education.

The Woodland Academic Scholars Program is open to any student pursuing a Woodland Diploma who is willing to pursue a demanding course of study.

Academic Scholars Program

The Academic Scholars Program is introduced during eighth grade prior to entering high school. To participate, we recommend that interested students complete a four-year high school plan with his/her parent and/ or the counselor in the spring of 8^th grade or the fall (first semester) of 9^th grade through Naviance.

However, the student may complete this process as late as the beginning of senior year.

A transfer student who meets the criteria is also eligible to participate as long as the transfer student has a transcript from a regionally accredited high school.

A student may discontinue his/her pursuit of the Academic Scholars Program at any time.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Woodland Academic Scholars Program the student must successfully complete the following:

• Minimum cumulative 3.5 GPA

• Four credits of English

• Four credits of college preparatory mathematics including Pre-Calculus*

• Four credits of college preparatory science including at least two advanced science classes (Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy or Anatomy & Physiology)*

• Two credits of the same second language

• Three credits of social studies

• All additional requirements for a Woodland High School Diploma

* The student must take a quantitative course senior year which can be a math course or an algebra-based science course.

Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) Course Requirements

In conjunction with the above prescribed program, students must complete at least seven credits in honors, advanced, or Advanced Placement (AP) courses selected from the following list.

Other courses may be added to this list as they are added to the course offerings:

• Art 3 - Studio Art and Drawing Portfolio

• Astronomy

• Biology - AP

• Biology - Honors/Pre-AP

• Calculus - AP

• Chemistry - Non-AP

• Chemistry - AP

• English 1 - AP

• English 2 - AP

• World History - AP

• Government - AP

• U.S. History - AP

• Human Anatomy & Physiology

• Physics

• Pre-Calculus

• Computer Science -AP

In addition to the courses listed above, a Running Start student may count college courses at 100-level or above which are approved for a transferable Associate Degree Program. Note: Courses must be transferable to a four-year college or university as part of a Bachelor’s Degree Program. A three-credit college course is equivalent to a one-semester high school course and a five-credit college course is equivalent to a one-year high school course.

Other Requirements

Whether the student is full-time at Woodland High School or full or part-time in the Running Start Program, the student’s program of study must be pre-approved by the Academic Scholars Committee.

All courses in the prescribed course of study must be graded, not Pass/Fail. An elective course which is not part of the Academic Scholars Program may be taken Pass/Fail as long as the student passes the class. The student may have no courses of any kind with a grade below a “C-.” (A grade of D or F disqualifies a student.)