Posted June 1, 2012
Graduation requirements at Charleston Catholic exceed the standards set by the State of West Virginia. Students graduating from CCHS earn a total of 28 credits (i.e., seven credits in each grade level 9 - 12). No graduation credit is given for courses taken prior to ninth grade. The diploma granted to CCHS students is based on completion of both State and school requirements.
These requirements are:
These requirements are:
- Science: 3 credits (physical science, biology, chemistry)
- Foreign Language: 2 credits
- English: 4 credits
- Arts/Humanities: 1 credit
- Mathematics: 4 credits
- Physical Education: 1 credit
- Theology: 4 credits
- Health: 1 credit
- Social Studies: 3 credits (US History, World History, and 20th/21st Century)
- Electives: 5 credits
- Yearly community service requirement, as defined by the Theology department
- Yearly humanities/ fine arts requirement