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Promotion Requirements

Middle School Promotion Requirements

The Sweetwater Union High School District has established Middle School Promotion Requirements that your child must successfully complete by the end of the 8th grade.  Promotion Requirements to receive a middle school certificate for the class of 2016 and beyond is as follows:

1. Earn a minimum of 21 total credits across 7th and 8th grades

  • Students should earn 12 semester credits through grade 7 and 12 semester credits in grade 8.

2.  All Core Class subjects must be passed. 

  • This includes passing/completing the five subject areas of: 1) English/Language Arts  2) History/Social Science 3) Mathematics  4) Science  5) Physical Education.

Promotion Requirements to participate in the promotion ceremony and related activities are as follows: 

  • A minimum of 21 total credits must be earned in the 7th and 8th grades.
  • No “F” grade in ANY of the Core Class Subjects and P.E.
  •  All debts, library holds, IPADS, detentions, Saturday Schools, etc. must be cleared
  • Receiving an “F” grade entails there is no credit earned for that class.  Students who receive an “F” grade in any of the five subject areas noted above, prior to the second semester of 8th grade, must repeat the course. Credit Recovery (based on availability) will be offered to students to remediate the credit they need with a passing grade of “D” or better.

Counselors will notify students and parents via email, phone call, or in-person meeting if their student is not on-track with the promotion requirements.  Every effort will be made to enroll students in a credit recovery class; however course subject availability is subject to teacher availability. This is why it is imperative that IF your student needs credit recovery they take advantage of it as it may not be offered again. Summer School is reserved solely for 7th graders and is based on if the school is able to hold one.