Graduation Requirements

Graduation requirements from Xavier Charter School are based on the State of Idaho Board of Education graduation requirements and exceeds those requirements. The graduation requirements for receiving a diploma from Xavier Charter School, are: 52 credits, 40 credits are required courses, the balance are electives. The required credits include:

LANGUAGE ARTS–9 Credits total including:

English 8 credits

Speech 1 credit

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION– 3 Credits including:

Health 1 credit

PE 2 credits

HUMANITIES - 6 Credits total from the following areas:

Fine Arts, Debate

MATH - 6 Credits, Algebra 1 or higher

SCIENCE - 6 Credits including two required Laboratory Sciences.

SOCIAL STUDIES - 10 Credits including:

Government 2 Credits

History 6  Credits

Economics 1 Credit

Personal Finance 1 Credit

SENIOR PROJECT – students must write a lengthy thesis in their senior year and defend it orally in front of peers, teachers and the principal/designee.

POST SECONDARY PREPARATION: All students are required to take either the ACT, SAT or Compass exam by the end of grade 11.

PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

Students will show proficiency on the 10th grade ISAT (Idaho Standards Achievement Test) as defined by State Board rules.

If a student does not attain these scores or better, the following options for graduation shall be available:

A. A special education student would have to meet the requirements of their IEP (Individualized Education Plan) that outlines specific alternative requirements for their graduation and/or what adaptations will be made for the student when testing. If in the opinion of the IEP team the student has met their IEP requirements, a recommendation would be made to the Xavier Charter School Board to grant a waiver of the ISAT requirement.

B. A student scoring a score of seventeen (17) or better on the ACT (American College Test) or two hundred (200) on the SAT (School Aptitude Test) or 70 on Compass test in English and scoring nineteen (19) on the ACT or four hundred sixty (460) on the SAT or 46 on Compass test in math, would meet (ISAT) proficiency and be eligible for a waiver to graduate from Xavier Charter School if he/she had met the other graduation requirements.

C. A student who is considered an LEP (Limited English Proficient) student through a score determined on the state language acquisition test and has been in an LEP program for less than three academic years would be eligible for a waiver to graduate if he/she had met the other graduation requirements.

D. After failing to gain a proficient score on the ISAT three times as a junior (fall, winter, spring), students who do not meet the criteria listed in A, B and C above would have the option of working with teachers, the counselor and principal in developing a portfolio based on their plans following high school. If they can demonstrate skills necessary to meet the requirements of their plan including they could be eligible for a waiver for graduation by the Xavier Charter School Board. The students would continue to take the ISAT in the summer of their junior year and in the fall and winter of their senior year. If successful, a student would be eligible for graduation without a waiver, provided he/she met the other school requirements for graduation.