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Graduation Requirements Grading Scale
All graduates of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic
High School must earn a minimum of 28 credits. A Quality Points:
full credit is awarded for successful completion of a Adv./
full year course, and a half credit is awarded for suc- Range Acad. H AP Number
cessful completion of a one-semester course. A 4.0 4.5 5.0 90-100
B+ 3.5 4.0 4.5 87-89
Students may complete up to 32 credits (8 credits B 3.0 3.5 4.0 80-86
per year for four years) but only 28 are required for C+ 2.5 3.0 3.5 77-79
graduation. For a variety of reasons, students may C 2.0 2.5 3.0 70-76
take one course less than the full load as often as D 1.0 1.5 2.0 60-69
every semester for four years.
Grading within the Options Program reflects the
Transfer students may receive full credit for credits uniqueness of the program. An individualized re-
earned at their high school of origin. porting system is used for students in the Options
Program.
Requires courses and the number of credit hours for
graduation follow:
Cross-listed Classes:
Religion– 4 credits are required, or .5 credit for every Health: An Ethical Approach:
semester enrolled at Saint John Paul the Great. Bioethics, Physical Education

Bioethics– 2.5 credits are required. Speech and Debate:
English, Fine Arts, Communication/Media Arts

English– 4 credits are required. Introduction to Sports Medicine:

Science, Physical Education

Social Studies – 4 credits are required. History of Media:
Social Studies, Communications / Media Arts

Mathematics – 3 credits are required. Students who History of the Catholic Church:

Religion, Social Studies
complete required courses in middle school need to
earn 3 credits at Saint John Paul the Great. (4 cred- Digital Photography I:
its are recommended for college preparation) Fine Arts, Communication / Media Arts

Digital Photography II:
Science– 3 credits are required. (4 credits are rec- Fine Arts, Communication / Media Arts
ommended for college preparation) Theatre Technology:
Fine Arts, Communication / Media Arts
World Language– 2 credits are required from the
same language. Students who complete one or two Acting I :
years of a foreign language in middle school must Fine Arts, Communication / Media Arts
still take 2 credits in high school. (3 years of the Playing Shakespeare:
same language, or 2 years each of two different lan- Fine Arts, Communication / Media Arts
guages, are recommended for college preparation)
Dance I :
Fine Arts, Physical Education
Fine Arts, Communication/Media Arts– 1 credit is
required. Students may earn the required credit in Dance II:
one of these departments or split the requirement by Fine Arts, Physical Education
earning .5 credit in Fine Arts and .5 credit in Com-
munication/Media Arts. Dance III:
Fine Arts, Physical Education

Physical Education & Health– 2 credits are required
and must include Health: An Ethical Approach.

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