SOPHOMORES: Students must have at least five (5) credits at the beginning of the school year to go from junior high school to senior high school and be classified as sophomores. Students who have fewer that five (5) credits at the end of their ninth grade year are deficient. They should attend summer school to remove this deficiency. At the beginning of the sophomore year, a student must have at least five (5) credits towards graduation or have passed five (5) credits the previous year in order to be eligible for extracurricular activities.

JUNIORS: To be classified as juniors, students must have at least ten (10) credits at the beginning of the school year. Students who have fewer than ten (10) credits at the end of their sophomore year are deficient. They should attend summer school to remove this deficiency. A student must have at least ten (10) credits toward graduation or have passed five (5) credits the previous year in order to be eligible for extracurricular activities.

SENIORS: To be classified as seniors, students must have at least fifteen (15) credits at the beginning of the school year. Students who have fewer than fifteen (15) credits at the end of the junior year are deficient. They should attend summer school to remove this deficiency. A student must have at least fifteen (15) credits toward graduation or have passed five (5) credits the previous year in order to be eligible for extracurricular activities.

In grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, courses taken in summer school, by correspondence, or advanced placement can count toward eligibility; however, credit by examination will not count toward eligibility. Students may earn high school credit beginning the summer after the 8th grade. (Refer to XIV in this bulletin.)

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