GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
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120 credits must be earned for graduation with the following categorical requirements:
| English |
4 years |
| Physical Education/Health | 4 years |
| Mathematics | 3 years |
| Science | 3 years |
| Social Studies | 3 years |
| • World History | 1 year |
| • United States History | 2 years |
| World Languages | 1 year |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 1 year |
| Practical Arts/Career Education | 1 year |
| Computer Education | 1/2 year |
The state of New Jersey Department of Education has approved the following changes to the high school graduation requirements:
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Math - 15 credits including Algebra 1 or the content equivalent (effective with the 2008-09 9th grade class), Geometry or the content equivalent (effective with the 2010-11 9th grade class), and a third year of math that builds upon Algebra 1 and Geometry and prepares students for college and 21st century careers (effective with the 2012-13 9th grade class)
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Science - 15 credits including laboratory biology/life science or the content equivalent (effective with the 2008-09 9th grade class), chemistry, environmental science or physics (effective with the 2010-11 9th grade class), and an additional lab/inquiry-based science (effective with the 2012-13 9th grade class)
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Economics - 2.5 credits in financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy (effective with the 2010-11 9th grade class)
All students must also achieve a passing score (200 or better) on the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment) in Mathematics and Language Arts Literacy.
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