Graduation Requirements

class of 2029 and beyond credits:

• 7 Electives
• 4  English
• 3  Math
• 3  Science (2 lab-based credits)
• 1.0  Social Studies
• 1.0  US History
• 0.5 Personal Financial Literacy^
• 0.5  US Government
• 2  Fine and Practical Arts (Music, Art, Theater, Career & Technical Education, World Language)
• 0.5  Physical Education 
• 0.5  Healthy Choices

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23 Total*

^ For students enrolled in AP Government, units of study regarding Personal Financial Literacy (PFL) are embedded in this course. As a result, AP Government meets the 0.5 PFL credit requirement.

CLass of 2026-2028 Credits:

• 7  Electives
• 4  English
• 3 Math
• 3 Science (2 lab-based credits)
• 1.5  Social Studies
• 2 Fine and Practical Arts (Music, Art, Theater, Career & Technical Education, World Language)
• 1  US History
• 1  Physical Education (0.5 Healthy Choices, 0.5 PE)
• 0.5  US Government

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23 Total*

* Students must also meet College and Career Competency Requirements – demonstrating proficiency in ONE option for both Reading, Writing and Communicating and Math (see menu below)

Students must also meet College and Career Readiness Requirements – demonstrating proficiency in ONE option for Reading, Writing and Communicating and Math:

ICAP is a personalized process that starts in sixth grade for every Five Star Schools student, and helps students imagine a future career and design a way to get there. ICAP is guided by counselor and/or teacher-led activities and gives students ownership of a process that helps them explore their unique talents and aspirations, participate in career and postsecondary options, and create pathways to financial success after high school.

The ICAP may include:

• Career and college interest surveys
• Postsecondary and workforce goals, benchmarks, and data reflecting progress toward those goals
• Advanced Learning Plans (GT students)
• A transcript showing academic progress and assessment scores
• Experiences in service learning and/or work environments
• Activities that establish connections between school-based instruction and the world of work
• An intentional sequence of courses that reflect progress toward the postsecondary goal
• College application(s), a resume, or alternative work-based applications
• Financial literacy skills and financial aid knowledge.

Students planning to attend a four-year college or university in Colorado should complete the classes below in order to fulfill the HEAR recommendations. HEAR is one factor of many that public four-year institutions consider in the admission decision process. Meeting HEAR does not guarantee admission to a four-year public institution. Additionally, certain academic programs may have additional admission factors.

Credits Needed / Subject Area

4 - Reading, Writing and Communicating
4 - Mathematics (Must include Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II or equivalents)
3 - Natural/Physical Sciences (two classes must be lab-based)
3 - Social Sciences (at least one class of US or world history) 
2 - Academic Electives (additional courses in math, science, English, and social sciences, World Language, art, music, journalism, drama, computer science, honors, AP, IB and appropriate CTE courses)
1 - World/Foreign Language (American Sign Language courses apply)
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17 Total (of the 23)