Graduation Requirements

 
Any student graduating from Waynesville High School is required by Waynesville School Board action to attain twenty-five (25) units of credits.  The requirements are as follows:
 

 Communication Skills 4 units

 Electives 7.5  units  

 Personal Finance .5 units **

 Fine Arts   1  unit

 Physical Education   1.5 units

 Health .5  unit

 Math   3   units***

 Practical Arts   1  unit

 Social Studies   3  units

 Science   3  units (2 lab units)

 Total Units 25  units *

 
The above graduation requirements will be met under the approved courses of studies offered at Waynesville High School.  Any exceptions of these requirements must have prior permission from the high school principal and the superintendent or his/her designee.
 
Students will meet all designated technology competencies by taking a sequence of Language Arts 9, 10 and 11.
 
**In order to meet the personal finance requirement students must either earn .5 credits in Personal Finance or pass the Missouri Personal Finance Exam.  The exam will be given to juniors and seniors enrolled in the following courses for which the Personal Finance objectives are embedded: Economics, Consumer Science,
JROTC LET III and IV.

***Beginning with the class of 2014, students are required to take four years of Math classes.