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Ohio Department of Education​ Graduation Requirements:

Get Ready! It’s Your Future!

Requirements for Graduation:
● It is the student’s responsibility, along with their parent and/or guardian to see that requirements for
graduation are met. Please refer to the Ohio Department of Education link below.
● The high school will make every effort to keep up-to-date records and to keep students and parents
informed regarding the status of progress toward compiling the necessary coursework to meet the
graduation requirements.
● However, it is the student’s responsibility to be acquainted with and to earn the necessary
requirements to meet this goal.
● Ohio’s High School Graduation Requirements
● Graduation Seals

COMMUNITY SERVICE FROM BRUSH HIGH SCHOOL
All students graduating from Charles F. Brush High School are required to complete 40 hours of
community service or 10 hours for each year of attendance. To access the Community Service Form, go
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to Documents & Forms at ​www.sel.k12.oh.us​.

PROGRAM OF STUDIES
Students are directed to a particular program based upon their past academic performance and their goals
after high school. Students and parents must carefully select courses to ensure that enough credits required
for graduation are earned in the program that will prepare the student to meet specific goals.

● Students enrolling in Honors and/or AP classes should meet certain criteria. Be sure to note each
department’s requirements and prerequisites for entrance as stated in each department’s section of
this Course Description Book.
● Students apply to a technical program through Mayfield Excel Technical Education Career
Consortium when they forecast for their junior year. Information regarding Mayfield Excel
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TECC can be found by accessing ​www.mayfieldschools.org/exceltecc_home.aspx

HONORS/AP COURSES
Units of study present a variety of content incorporating students’ interests. Instructional activities are
abstract and complex, using upper levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

HONORS COURSES
There is a wide range of Honors Courses reflected in each of the major discipline areas. Honors Courses,
because of their academic rigor, are assigned a weighted grade contingent upon a semester grade of C or
higher. Prerequisites exist for admission to Honors Courses.

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