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Minimum requirements for all Adams County/Ohio Valley School District High School students shall be the following:
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1. Students must complete all requirements for graduation before they will be permitted to participate in graduation ceremonies. 2. Students are required to pass all parts of the Ninth Grade Proficiency Test or Ohio Graduation Test before graduation, except where they are exempted by law. 3. Course requirements may be
revised to comply with the Ohio Revised Code and or Ohio State
Department of Education requirements. The following courses or
equivalents will be required for Adams County/Ohio Valley
students in grades 9-10 in preparation for the Graduation Test: 4. Students in grades 11 and
12 are required to pass the following additional courses: 5. Students who have not yet passed the graduation test will be placed in remediation courses for individual tutoring in areas of academic deficiencies. 6. Students may earn high school credit prior to the ninth grade under the following conditions: a. The course must be
taught by a person with high school certification. 7. At the beginning of the junior (11th) year, a student has a choice of remaining at the local high school or attending the career and technical center. In order to attend the career and technical center, a student should have earned at least ten (10) credits and have successfully completed the following: 2 credits English 8. Class standing is determined by the number of credits attained as follows: a. Sophomore 5 9. At the end of the 12th grade year, students will have developed a Career Passport consisting of the following: Section 1: Letter of Verification A letter written by the school administrator verifying that the student was enrolled in their school. Section 2: Resume A resume or personal data sheet developed by the student. Section 3: Validation of performance Part 1: Career Narrative – a one page paper defining the student’s career goal and how they have reached that conclusion. Part 2: Evidence of Student Skills – the student’s high school transcript. Part 3: Verification of Employability Skills – a one-page paper that describes how the student exhibits two of the five SCANS competencies. Additional Recommended Contents: 1. School profile describing the educational environment. 2. List of student accomplishments. 3. Letter of recommendation. 4. Sports, or related Personal Data Sheet. 5. Documentation of other abilities. 6. Documentation of community/volunteer service.
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EARLY GRADUATION High school seniors are eligible for early graduation only if they have completed all credits and required courses. In addition they must have completed an approved Career Passport and passed all parts of the 9th Grade Proficiency Tests. If they have met all these conditions and are eighteen years of age, they may withdraw for the second semester and still participate in graduation exercises. The withdrawal procedure includes an interview with the Secondary Supervisor. The student must bring a final transcript, complete with proficiency test or OGT results, his/her Career Passport, and a letter requesting early graduation. Students under the age of eighteen must have an acceptable reason for requesting early graduation. No request can be made before the student has completed the freshman year, earned six credits with at least a 2.00 or C average, and passed all five parts of the ninth grade proficiency test. Students requesting early graduation (in three years or less) will not be eligible for valedictorian or salutatorian status.
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