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Grade level

Unit

~ In August of each year, students will be classified as grade level 9-12 based on having earned the following minimum number of credits:
~ Grade 9- 0 Credits
~ Grade 10- 5 Credits
~ Grade 11- 11 Credits
~ Grade 12- 19 Credits
~ Students will not be allowed to change grade level during the school year
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One credit is granted for satisfactory completion of any approved subject for thirty-eight weeks (two semesters). One-half unit is granted for satisfactory completion of a course taught for nineteen weeks (one semester). One unit of credit is given for all courses except as designated otherwise.

Requirements
In order to be graduated from Sabetha Unified School District 113, the following requirements must be met:
* Four Units of Language Arts
* Three units of History and Government including concepts of economics and geography. One year of American History and one year of Government are required. A half credit is required during the senior year.
* One Unit of Physical Education including the concepts of health and human sexuality
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*Three Units of Science, including physical, biological, and earth and space concepts
* Three units of Mathematics including algebraic and geometric concepts
*One unit of Computer Applications I
* 1/2 unit of Computer Applications II
* 1/2 unit of Personal Finance
* One unit of Technology
* One unit of Fine Arts (Vocal or Instrumental Music, Art, Forensics, Drama)
In addition to the eighteen required units of credit listed above, each student must complete, with a Grade of "D" or better, a minimum of nine additional credits of the student's choosing to fulfill the requirements for graduation for a total of 27 credits.
** Units of credit that count toward graduation requirements are those units completed during the Freshmen or Ninth Grade and subsequent years, this includes drivers education.
**Applicable to eight-period schedule - seven-period schedule will be "eight" additional credits for a total of 25 credits
(Students transferring into a building, regardless of the previous school's schedule, will follow graduation requirements of the new U.S.D. 113 school. If a building changes schedules during a student's enrollment, the graduation requirements that are the least restrictive will be applied.)

Created by: Consuela Moore

Last Updated: 10/4/11