Waynesville High School
(Grades 9-12)

The following facts are presented to aid all students in planning their schedules:
 
1. Each student must be enrolled for seven periods of classes, unless otherwise approved by administration.
 
2. A student may enroll in more than one music, art, or vocational education course per year upon approval
of the principal.
 
3. Students are required to be enrolled for eight semesters of high school instruction before graduation. 
Exceptions are made by guidelines established by state and local school districts.
 
4. Students in grades 9 through 12 in the Waynesville R-VI Schools are required to enroll in and participate
in the physical education program with the following exceptions:
 

(A) The program will be modified for those students who have a current statement (since July 1) from
a doctor recommending limited participation in physical education activities.
 
(B) In the few instances where serious scheduling conflicts cannot be resolved otherwise, this local
requirement may be waived upon the mutual consent of a committee composed of the counselor,
the high school principal, and the chairperson of the physical education department.

 
5. Selection of the elective courses should be given great consideration.  After final enrollment in August,
schedule changes will be made for only the students who have schedule conflicts.
 
6. A quality-point grading system is used for class ranking and GPA.  Advanced classes from the academic
areas of language arts, social studies, mathematics, computer science, and science are designated quality-
point classes.  A 1/2 unit class receives 1/2 quality-point and a 1 unit class receives 1 quality-point.  The
quality-points are added to the total points of the regular classes in computation of grade point average for
class rank.  No more than four quality points may be used in the class rank; beginning with the class of
2013 students can earn five quality points.