<p>I need some help. I would like to graduate early from high school with the class of 2012due to more reasons than I can list (but read on please). I am a current junior with a 4.2 GPA (GIEP in Art with an IQ of 136, I believe) who does winter/spring track, Girl Scouts, Art Lessons (and I also teach at the art studio as a job), Student Council, Key Club, Interim Club, and I am in different art organizations outside of school. My school has not given out the senior projects yet and I am taking the SAT on November 5th. I also have volunteered on my own with 240 hours since freshman year. I have taken as many honors classes as I can so far in high school (including a class called “Great Books” last year which is an equivalent to 12th grade english. It is a prerequisite to AP enlgish for senior year. But I also had 10th grade honors english in the same year) I need 22 credits to graduate and I would have 21.75 by the end of junior year. The only requirements I haven’t fullfilled class-wise would be another social studies/or social studies elective and senior gym. I’ve heard that your senior year gym can get waived though. If I took a social studies elective class online I believe that would fulfill my classes and credit requirements as set by my school district. I have yet to ask my parents (who say I should enjoy high school) or my guidance counselor (who I plan on making an appt with tomorrow). Some reasons why I would like to graduate are mental maturity and because I’d only have 2 required classes next year (Great Books counts as a fourth year english class). I always feel kind of strange at school since I’ve always been more mature for my age and I (and other adults I know) feel that I would be ready to start college a year early so I can get “ahead of the game”. This would help me to be academically challenged/feel more fullfilled with school knowing that I am not wasting time of petty, not useful high school classes (yes senior gym and home ec are a couple of them). My plan is to go to my local communtiy college for Social Science with a minor in Art for two years then transfer to another college (possibly Marywood in Scranton, Pa.) for my masters in Art Therapy. On a side note about being mentally mature…I meant that i am not one for the “waaaah my shoe’s untied the world’s going to end” or “come and fight me, girl”. I just steer away from drama/complaining/slacking with school or life. It’s hard to describe my maturity but I’m sure any of you who are on this blog would probably understand what I mean. I also am very used to an extremely heavy workload and busy schedule in and out of school. I’ll stop at that so I do not write too much, but any suggestions or advice would be extremely appreciated. Nervousness is filling my brain about what you’ve written on petitioning to graduate a year early and also I am worried about what my parents will say. Thank you to anybody that responds!!</p>