Middle and High Schools - Grades 6-12

Graduation Requirements

A student who graduates from Ivy High School must earn a minimum of 220 credits, including credits for certain required courses. All courses for credit must be passed with a grade of C or better.

In order to graduate from Ivy Academia Entrepreneurial Charter School, your child must:

1. Complete required core and elective coursework and earn the minimum letter grade required for their graduation year (D or better for Class of 2016, C or better for Class of 2017 and beyond). Note that core and elective coursework required for a diploma from Ivy Academia exceed state, LAUSD and UC-CSU A-G requirements, and include a career pathway of two years of business courses.
2. A student who graduates from Ivy Academia must earn a minimum of 220 credits, including credits for certain required courses.
3. Meet non-course requirements:
   1. 60 Community Service Hours (volunteer work) need to be completed and signed off by the end of the third quarter of the student's senior year. This can be done, 15 hours per year.

High School A-G Course Requirements

Ivy Academia will strive to ensure that all students meet the University of California's A-G requirements and the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) requirements by the time they graduate, so that our students will be prepared should they want to attend a UC or CSU campus or play sports for a Division I or Division II school.

In accordance with the A-Gs, high school level math and foreign language, taken in middle school may be counted toward pre-requisites for high school provided the student continues taking upper-level math and continues their specific foreign language study while in high school. These instances must have prior approval from the Counselor.

Students in grades 9-12 follow applicable California standards. Ivy Academia maintains the following graduation requirements that are in accordance with University of California A-G requirements and for WASC accreditation.

Subject	UC/CSU eligibility requirements	Ivy Academia Graduation  Requirement
Social Science	2 years	30 units (3 years)
English	4 years	40 units (4 years)
Mathematics	3 years, 4 recommended	30 units (3 years, 4 recommended)
Laboratory Science	2 years, 3 recommended	20 units (2 years, 3 recommended)
Foreign Language	2 years, 3 recommended	20 units (2 years, 3 recommended)
Visual/Performing Arts	1 year	10 units (1 year)
Business/Entrepreneurship	n/a	20 units (2 years)
Physical Education	n/a	20 units (8 semesters)
Health	n/a	5 units (1 semester)
College Prep Elective	1 year	25 units (5 semesters)

 

Students need a minimum of 220 credits to graduate. Ivy Academia’s standard course sequence is as follows.

Grade	Academia Pathway
Ninth	English 9 Math (Alg, Geometry or Alg. 2) Biology Freshman Seminar/Health Foreign Language P.E.
Tenth	English 10 Math (Geometry, Alg. 2, Pre-Calculus) Biology or Chemistry World History Spanish 2 P.E.
Eleventh	English 11 Math Alg. 2, Pre-Calculus U.S. History Chemistry or Physics Business 1 P.E./Spanish/Elective
Twelfth	English 12 Government/Economics Business 2 Visual/Performing Arts Elective (Math and/or Science Recommended)

 

The elective courses will follow the UC requirements accordingly. Additional advanced courses (not lower division or introductory) from the required taken in social science, mathematics, laboratory science, foreign language, and visual and performing arts may count as the elective course in order to meet UC/CSU eligibility.

High School Diploma Requirements

220 credits

(4 years English, 3+ years Math, 1 semester Health, 3 years Social Science, 2+ years Lab Science, 2+ years Foreign Language, 2 years Business, 1 year Visual and Performing Arts, 2 years P.E. plus 5 semesters of college prep electives)

4 semesters of P.E. (2 years)

(Each team at Ivy counts for one semester. Students can also sign up for a P.E. class at Pierce College or take fitness for their elective from junior year on)

Service-Learning Project

(60 hours of volunteer work needs to be completed, and signed off, by end of the student's senior year. A signed service log due end of 3^rd Quarter.)

 

Credits

The credit given to any course represents the quantity of work required. Most courses earn five credits per semester. The student may not earn partial credit.

Student Assignment to Grade Level

There are several recent laws and policies pertaining to Promotion and Retention (AB 1626, AB 1639, and SB 1370, Board of Education policy 5130 and administrative regulations). At the high school level the promotion or retention from one grade level to the next is based on the number of credits earned. The criteria for grade placement is as follows:

Grade Level Credits

Grade 9 Less than 50 credits

Grade 10 50 or more credits

Grade 11 100 or more credits

Grade 12 160 or more credits

Determination is based on the number of credits a student has earned as of August 15th of each year. If a student has not earned enough credits to be promoted to the next grade level, the student and parents will be notified of the classification by letter at the beginning of the school year. Students may be reclassified at each grade level. Classification of a student is an indication that graduation from high school is in jeopardy and may require completion of additional coursework outside of the school day.

 

The form below is used to track students progress toward a diploma at Ivy Academia. This form is completed during mentorship in the fall and spring each year. Students who are not making satisfactory progress toward a diploma may be required to meet more regularly or given additional achievement tracking measures such as a weekly progress report.