Golden High School

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1. What are the minimum admission requirements set by the Colorado Council on Higher Education's for Colorado's public 4-year colleges and universities?

   English 4 years

   Math- Algebra I or higher 4 years

   Natural/Physical Sciences 3 years (2 lab sciences)

   Social Studies 3 years

   Foreign Language 1 year

   Academic Electives 2 years

   **Please note that these are the minimum. Many schools require more years of world language or other courses. Please check with the individual college/university.




2. What are the graduation requirements?

   All students must successfully complete the required 23 credits in order to participate in GHS's graduation ceremony. The requirements include:

   * English (4.0)

   * Social Studies (3.5) in the following areas:

   --0.5 Geography

   --0.5 American Government

   --1.0 American History

   --1.0 World History

   --0.5 Economics

   * Mathematics (3.0 at least at a level of Algebra 1 or above)

   * Science (3.0)

   * Physical Education (0.5)

   *Fine Arts or Career Technical Ed (CTE) (0.5)

   * Electives (8.5 total)




3. What are the Valedictorian Criteria?

   --Have a cumulative 4.0 grade point average (unweighted)

   --Have completed the required 23 credits to graduate

   --Have a minimum of 10 credits in Advanced Placement classes, Honors classes or Accelerated classes

   --Take 1 of the 10 credits in Advanced Placement, Honors or Accelerated classes in the senior year

   --Pass/Fail classes will not count

   --In the case of a tie, the valedictorian will be the student with the highest total grade points. The Salutatorian will be the first runner up