Graduation Requirements

Advanced Endorsement Requirements

The following coursework is required to receive the Shelby County Schools Advanced Endorsement:

  • Algebra II with Trigonometry
  • Chemistry
  • World Language (2 years of the same world language)
  • One-half credit of an approve Fine Arts course
  • Minimum of two AP courses with one in a core content or the equivalent (Dual Enrollment)

Graduation Credits

Sophomore Junior Senior Graduation Total
6121824

Grading Plan

GOLD Grades = Major tests and work products/projects will comprise of 60% of a student’s grade

SILVER Grades = Quizzes and secondary assignments will comprise of 30% of a students’s grade

BRONZE Grades = Homework and minor classwork will comprise 10% of a student’s grade

Semester averages will be comprised of two nine week grading periods each accounting for 40% of the final average and a cumulative semester exam accounting for 20% of the final average.


Grade Point Average Calculation

Regular CoursesHonors CoursesDual Credit CoursesAP Courses
A = 4.0 A = 4.5A = 4.5A = 5.0
B = 3.0B = 3.5B = 3.5B = 4.0
C = 2.0 C = 2.5 C = 2.5 C = 3.0
D = 1.0 D = 1.5 D = 1.5D = 2.0
F = 0.0 F = 0.0 F = 0.0 F = 0.0
For more information pertaining to graduation requirement, please refer to page 2 of the “Shelby County High School Academic Guide 2019-2020

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