DCPS Graduation Requirements
DCPS Graduation Requirements
The Dcps purpose is the shared goal of these thousands of people is to make DCPS the highest performing urban school district in the nation, and to once and for all close the accomplishment gap that divides low-income students and students of color from their higher-income and white peers.
DCPS diploma, students who enroll in 9th grade for the first time in School Year and thereafter must earn 24.0 credits (or Carnegie Units) as follows:
Subject Credits (Carnegie Units)
Art 0.5 credits
Electives 3.5 credits
English 4.0 credits
Health and Physical Education 1.5 credits
Mathematics
(including Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II) 4.0 credits
Music 0.5 credits
Science
(Including 3 lab sciences) 4.0 credits
Social Studies
(Including World History I & II, DC History, US
Government, US History) 4.0 credits
World Languages 2.0 credits
Total 24.0 credits
Students must also meet the following requirements:
At least 2.0 credits of the 24.0 required credits must be earned through courses that appear on the approved “College Level or Career Prep” list.
100 hours of Community Service
Individual Graduation Portfolio
Culminating Composition or Project
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