High School Classes
Types of High Schools
HS & College
Requirements
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HS Extracurriculars
100
Name a foreign language class that is available in at least one SFUSD high school.
What are Spanish, French, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Latin*, and Hebrew?
100
This type of high school requires you to pay to attend.
Private schools.
100
True or False: A-G Requirements are the exact same as SFUSD high school graduation requirements.
False!
100
What is Lowell HS?
100
This is system that consists of students that advocate for student needs, organizing events, and influencing school policies. These students are often on by the rest of the student body for positions such as "President" and "Treasurer".
What is student government/council?
200
These two types of classes can get your weighted GPA to be above 4.0.
What are AP and Honors classes?
200
A public, non-charter high school in SFUSD.
What are Balboa, Burton, Galileo, Ida B Wells, Independence, John O’Connell, June Jordan, Lincoln, Lowell, Mission, SF International, The Academy, Thurgood Marshall, Washington, Wallenberg
200
This is the minimum score you need to get on AP tests for colleges to give you (at LEAST) college elective credit.
What is 3?
200
What is Balboa HS?
200
Name five sports that you can play through an SFUSD high school.
Basketball, football, baseball, soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball, golf, track, cross country, cheer, tennis, flag football, wrestling, fencing, lacrosse, and badminton.
300
Name five visual/performing arts class you can take in at least one SFUSD high school.
What are photography, orchestra, band, choir/vocal, visual art, guitar, ceramics/pottery, dance, media arts, architecture, AP music theory, theater, and creative writing?
300
The two public high schools in SFUSD that have additional requirements when you apply.
What is Lowell HS and SOTA?
300
The amount of years of foreign language classes you must take to graduate high school (unless you test out of it).
2 years.
300
What is Mission HS?
300
This is the minimum amount of volunteer hours that SFUSD requires for students to graduate.
What is 0 hours?
400
This is the maximum number of classes you can take in a semester.
What is 7 classes?
400
Name a public, charter high school in San Francisco.
What is KIPP, Leadership, Life Learning Academy, Gateway, or Mission Prep?
400
You are required to take a class in this subject in all 4 years of high school to graduate.
What is English?
400
What is Burton HS?
400
In this sport originating from China, an entire team in this sport is broken down into several smaller crews which consist about 20 to 25 students, with certain students having roles such as the "steersperson" and the "drummer".
Hint: Despite not being a high school, CYC even has a team in this sport!
What is dragon boat?
500
Name as many math classes you can take in high school.
What are Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Algebra 2 + Precalc (Algebra 2 Honors), Precalculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, Statistics and Probability, and AP Statistics?
500
The name of the oldest high school in San Francisco.
What is Lowell HS or Mission HS?
500
This class is an A-G requirement, but requires only a single semester to complete it.
What is Health?
500
What is Wallenberg HS?
500
In May 12, 1875, Norwich Free Academy and New London High School in Connecticut first played against each other in this sport, forming the oldest rivalry in any American sport, making it the oldest high school sport in the United States.