Credits
This is the word for the value you earn when you pass a high school semester class with a D or better.
What is a credit?
his program helps students prepare for college and closes opportunity gaps; its name is an acronym that stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.
What is AVID?
This is the only required class for freshmen that's worth .5 credit
What is PE (physical education)?
If you don't want to go to one of the big four MMSD schools, this is one option you can apply to in March/April.
What is Shabazz, or Capital High?
This is how many total credits you need to graduate from MMSD
What is 22?
This is how many credits you would earn if you pass a class that meets every day for two semesters.
What is 1 credit?
This is one of the two programs that students can apply to that may include essays and staff recommendations and can lead to a scholarship to UW–Madison.
What is PEOPLE or ITA?
This is what we call classes like English 9 or Algebra.
What are core classes?
If a student wants to view the course offerings for a particular high school, which document should they look at?
What is the course catalog?
Name two classes that you have to take for at least three full years in high school.
What are math, English, science, and social studies?
This is how many credits you would earn if you pass a class that meets every day for one semester.
What is .5 (or 1/2) credit?
This is what DLI stands for.
This is one example of a CTE (career and technical education) class.
What is .... (culinary, auto, woods, design, etc.)
Name something you learned about a class or program you could take in high school.
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This is how many English credits you need to graduate from MMSD
What is 4?
This is how many credits of a World Language you need to graduate from MMSD
What is zero?
AVID has an application timeline. This is the month that the application opens and closes.
What is January?
Name a specific art class that you can take in high school.
What is ... (metals, sculpture, painting, drawing,etc.)?
Name two post-high-school “paths” that a student could choose after graduating.
What are 2-4 year college, university, employment, gap year, military, apprenticeship, job training?
This is another graduation requirement that involves learning about money.
What is financial literacy?
This is how many credits you sign up for your freshmen year.
What is six or seven? (6, 6.5 or 7)
This is one of the ways you can earn college credit while you're still in high school.
What is early college, dual credit, AP...?
One of these allows you to get credit in your regular core class; in the other, you are with only honors-level students.
What is earned honors and stand-alone or universal honors?
These are the four MMSD schools; if you live in Madison, you will be projected to one.
What are East, West, Vel Phillips Memorial, and La Follette
List 1 category where you need to earn credits that is NOT a core class.