Required Courses
These are the 4 core subject areas.
What are Math, English/Reading, Science, and Social Studies
True or False? You can take different world languages to make up your 2 required credits.
False- both years must be the same language.
What is considered a passing grade in CPS?
What is a D or better?
True or False...All students who entered CPS after 2016 must complete a Post-Secondary Plan.
What is TRUE?
These are the math classes that students typically take to meet the three year requirement.
What are Algebra, Advanced Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry
This is how you demonstrate knowledge of the U.S and Illinois Constitutions.
Public Law 195 Test or Constitution Test
A unit of credit equals this many hours.
What is 120 hours?
You must have this number of credits to be promoted to 12th grade.
What is 17?
300 Beginning in 2018-2019, these are the three science courses each student must take to graduate.
What are Biology, Chemistry, and Physics?
This is the requirement that must include at least two classroom based projects.
What is Service Learning?
To be promoted to 10th grade, a 9th grader needs to meet these two requirements.
What is 5 units of credit and passing 3 core subject area classes in both semesters?
2 credits of Fine Arts are required for graduation. Must these 2 credits be from the same category or any combination of categories?
What is any combination?
This is the only subject that requires 4 credits to graduate.
What is English?
This is the name of the test that high school students are REQUIRED to take before graduating.
What is SAT?
This is the maximum number of credits that a student can earn in summer school.
What is 2 units of credit?
These are the times that a parent MUST be notified of their student’s failing status.
What is progress reports and report cards?
At the end of the fifth week, fifteenth week, twenty-fifth week, and thirty-fifth week.
This course, worth 0.5 credits, is required to graduate and addresses issues such as government and the duties of being a citizen.
What is Civics?
This graduation requirement insures that you receive instruction about handling financial matters such as credit management, budgeting, etc.
What is Business or Financial Education?
What percentage of a student’s grade must the final exam comprise?
What is 10%?
List 5 things that a college would want to see above and beyond minimum graduation requirements.
What are advanced classes, extracurricular activities, high GPA, volunteer work, good recommendations, more credits than those required, no failing grades, high SAT and/or ACT score, etc.