Welcome to Heath High School – Class of

2019

21 credits needed to graduate from Heath High School.

• 4 credits of English• 4 credits of Math• 3 credits of Science• 3 credits of Social Studies• ½ credit of Health• ½ credit of Physical Education**• 1 unit of Fine Arts**• 6 electives ( fine art can be included in this number)

Physical Education Exemption

• Students must take 2 Physical Education (PE) Classes or participate in 2 seasons of Heath High School Sports or Marching Band. • You cannot combine 1 PE course with one sport.• No credit is given for the sport, so the student must make up that ½

somewhere else.

• If your child took PE 8 that will be counted as a High School Credit. PE is also a freshman/sophomore course. Students who say that they are playing a sport or are in band must do one of these their freshman year or sign up for two PE classes their sophomore year.

Art Requirement

• The state of Ohio requires students to take 2 semesters of art or music between grades 7-12 for graduation. 7th and 8th grade art and music do not count for high school credit, but meet the fine art requirement. • Middle School Students that take ART 1 will receive HS Credit.

• Students who are planning to attend college and/or earn the honors diploma should take 1.0 credit (2 semesters) of high school art or music.

Honors Diploma Requirements

• You must meet 7 of the 8 requirements listed:• 4 units of English• 4 Math including one beyond Algebra II• 4 Science including Chemistry and Physics• 4 Social Studies• 3 years of one world language or 2 years of 2 different world

languages.• 1 high school art• 3.5 GPA• 27 ACT or 1210 SAT

Things to think about……

• Art/Music – Have the discussion now with your child about this graduation requirement.

• Core classes – Regular or Honors• World Language – not needed for graduation, however 2 years of

same language is desired by most colleges/universities. 3 years of same for Honors Diploma.

• Industrial Tech courses• Music classes

• Women’s Choir• Men’s Choir• Chorale• Symphonic Choir

• PE class or exemption

• Resource Room – Determined by IEP Team/Teachers if needed

• Study hall – no more than one per semester

Sample Schedule

First Semester Period Second Semester

English 9 1 English 9

Algebra I 2 Algebra I

Art I 3 Art I

Lunch 4 Lunch

Physical Science 5 Physical Science

World History 6 World History

Study Hall 7 Study Hall

Band 8 Band

Next Steps

• I will be coming into classes on March 10 to review the core classes that your students are enrolled in as well as discussing the options for electives.

• Feel free to contact me at anytime• Tara Clark, HHS School Counselor• tclark@heath.k12.oh.us• 740-788-3306