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Graduation Requirements
Porter's expects the following from students in order to be eligible for a Miss Porter's School diploma:
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Completion of unit, course and program requirements as stated below.
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Attendance on campus during the entire senior year.
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Attainment of passing grades in all courses during the senior year.
Unit Requirements and Course Load
Each student must take at least 4 one-unit courses each semester and earn at least 9 units each year. In general, ½-unit courses meet two periods a week for one semester; 1-unit courses meet four or five periods a week for one semester; and 2-unit courses meet four to six periods a week for two semesters. The standard Porter's course load is 5-6 units per semester. A student may take more than 6 units in a semester only with the permission of her advisor and the Academic Office.
Course Requirements
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Computer Science:
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Students who enter Porter's in 9th or 10th grade: Introductory Computer Science in the first year and one additional computer course.
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Students who enter Porter's in 11th grade: one computer course
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Ethical Leadership: Ethical Leadership Seminar in 10th grade
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History:
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Foundations of Western Civilization in 9th grade
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A semester area studies course in 10th grade
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U.S. History or AP U.S. History in 11th or 12th grade
- Some international students may satisfy the U.S. History requirement by taking American Studies.
- Modern and Classical Languages: Completion of the third level in a language in which the student is not already proficient
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Mathematics: Algebra 1, Intermediate Algebra or Advanced Algebra and Geometry
or Honors Geometry
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Science: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Note:
Credit for requirements completed at schools attended prior to
enrolling at Porter's will be determined by the Academic Office.
Normally, no credit is awarded for academic work completed over the
summer.
Program Requirements
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Athletics Participation in the athletic/physical education program each season
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9th and 10th graders and all New Girls: participation in either an interscholastic team or Dance Workshop each season.
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Community Service:
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Students who enter Porter's in 9th or 10th grade: 20 hours
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Students who enter Porter's in 11th or 12th grade: 10 hours
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Experiential Education:
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Students who enter Porter's in 9th or 10th grade: minimum 80-hour experiential education project
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Summer Reading 2010
updated 5.27.10
Changed the required summer reading for rising juniors to The Best Essays of 2009, edited by Mary Oliver and Robert Atwan. |
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