Graduation Requirements
Lemont High School students are encouraged to plan their courses of study carefully. Many post-secondary institutions have specific requirements that students must meet in order to gain admission.
Students are required to accumulate 26 credits in order to graduate from Lemont High School. One-half credit is earned upon successful completion of a subject that meets for one semester. The successful completion of a course that meets for a full year is worth one credit. There are some exceptions to this general rule.
Specific requirements within subject clusters are required among the 26 credits.
Required Credits by Subject
Classification of Students
Required Credits by Subject
COMMUNICATIONS - 6.0 credits
Required: English I (1.0), English II (1.0), English III (1.0), English IV (1.0), Speech Communication (0.5) and 1.5 credits of electives
SOCIAL/CULTURAL - 4.5 credits
Required: Cultural Geography (1.0), U.S. History (1.0), American Government (0.5), American Problems (0.5), Consumer Education or equivalent (0.5) and 1.0 credits of electives
SCIENTIFIC/QUANTITATIVE/TECHNOLOGICAL - 8.0 credits
Required: Mathematics* (3.0), Science (2.0), Business & Technology Concepts (0.5) and 2.5 credits of electives
(* - Students are required to complete one course with Geometry content and one with Algebra I content)
CREATIVE - 2.0 credits
Required: 2.0 credits of electives
HEALTH AND LEISURE - 4.5 credits
Required: Physical Education (4.0 credits - 3.5 for early graduates), Health* (0.5), Driver Education (0.5)
PERSONAL CREDIT - 0.5 credits
Required: Service project, apprenticeship or independent study (0.5)
OTHER ELECTIVES - 0.5 credits
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Classification of Students
Beginning with the Class of 2011, Lemont High School redefined how it determines a student’s classification. Students must now obtain a minimum number of necessary credits in particular courses in order to receive sophomore, junior or senior classification.
This change was made for a number of reasons, but mostly to stress that academic achievement is the school’s most important goal, and to ensure that students are properly prepared to sit for the PSAE Exam as second-semester juniors. Enrollment in Driver Education, parking privileges, sitting for the PSAE Exam and attending Prom independently, among other privileges, are contingent upon a student’s classification. This process will help encourage students to seek academic success sooner in their careers.
For students who fall behind, there are a number of opportunities to recover credits, including independent work with the NovaNet system; enrollment in the Freshman, Sophomore or Junior/Senior Academies or Academic Mastery Program; American School or other correspondence courses; or enrollment in a Summer School Program.
Sophomore Classification
In order to be classified as a sophomore, students must have completed 6.5 total credits, including 1.0 credits in Mathematics, 1.0 credits in English (Freshman) and 1.0 credits in Biology.
Junior Classification
In order to be classified as a junior, students must have completed 13.0 total credits, including 2.0 credits in Mathematics, 2.0 credits in English (Freshman, Sophomore) and 2.0 credits in Science (including Biology).
Junior Classification - sit for PSAE
In order to be administered the PSAE Exam, students must have completed 16.0 total credits, including those defined as requirements to be classified as a junior.
Senior Classification
In order to be classified as a senior, students must have completed 19.5 total credits, including 3.0 credits in Mathematics, 3.0 credits in English (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior) and 2.0 credits in Science (including Biology).
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