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Sachem North High School

Graduation Requirements


In order to earn a diploma, every student must earn a minimum of 22 credits in addition to meeting specific testing competencies.  Only those students who successfully complete the diploma requirements will take part in graduation exercises.

CLASSES OF 2013(1) and thereafter

Required Core Subjects
Regents Diploma
Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation
English
4 Credits with 1 Regents exam (grade of 65 or higher)
4 Credits with 1 Regents exam (grade of 65 or higher)
Social Studies
4 Credits with 2 Regents exams (Global Hist. & U.S. Hist.) (grades of 65 or higher)
4 Credits with 2 Regents exams (Global Hist. & U.S. Hist.) (grades of 65 or higher)
Mathematics

3 Credits with 1 Regents exam

(grade of 65 or higher)

3 Credits with 3 Regents exams (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II)

(grades of 65 or higher)
Science
3 Credits(2) with 1 Regents exam (grade of 65 or higher)
3 Credits(2) with 2 Regents exams - Living Environment Regents exam and one Physical Setting exam (grades of 65 or higher)
Language Other than English (LOTE)
1 Credit(3)
3 Credits with 1 Regents exam or LOTE Comprehensive Assessment (4) (grade of 65 or higher)
Physical Education
2 Credits(5)
2 Credits(5)
Art and/or Music
1 Credit
1 Credit
Health
.5 Credit
.5 Credit
Electives
3.5 Credits
1.5 Credits
TOTAL
22 Credits
22 Credits


  1. Students entering Grade 9 in 2008 and thereafter must score a 65 or above on all 5 required Regents exams.  No local diploma option for regular education students.
  2. Included in the 3 Science credit earned must be 1 Physical Setting course and the Living Environment course.
  3. Students are required to complete 1 credit of Languages Other than English (LOTE) and/or to have passed the LOTE Proficiency Exam (Checkpoint A).  Students with a disability may be excused from the requirement for 1 unit of credit in languages other than English (LOTE) if so indicated on their IEP, but they must still earn 22 units of credit to graduate.  Such students are also exempt from the sequence requirement for earning a Regents diploma with advanced designation.
  4. May substitute 5 units of credit of Art, Music, or Occ. Ed.
  5. All students must take Physical Education each semester and earn the equivalent of 2 credits in order to graduate.

 

Multiple Pathways:

Multiple pathways recognize the importance of engaging students in rigorous and relevant academic programs.  The regulations approved in 2015 and 2016 recognize students’ interests in the Arts, World Languages, Career and Technical Education (CTE), Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS), Humanities, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) by allowing an approved pathway to meet students’ graduation requirements.  Under the “4+1” pathway assessment option, students must take and pass four required Regents Exams or Department-Approved Alternative assessments (one in each of the following subjects: English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies) and complete a comparably rigorous pathway to meet the fifth assessment requirement for graduation. See the NYS web site for Pathway Requirements.  

 

Mastery in Mathematics and/or Science:

* Students who first entered grade 9 in September 2009 or thereafter and who complete all coursework and testing requirements for the Regents diploma with Advanced Designation in mathematics and/or science and who pass, with a score of 85 or better, three commencement-level Regents examinations in mathematics and/or three commencement level Regents examinations in science will earn a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation, with an annotation on the diploma that denotes mastery in mathematics and/or science, as applicable.