Switching High Schools Senior Year

worried_mom
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:26:55 +0000

In our state (AZ), private schools do not have to follow the same requirements as public schools, and that applies to curriculum as well as standardized testing. There may well be some small “gotcha” that would jeopardize your graduation next spring, so be sure to check on the graduation requirements for your new high school as soon as possible. Get them in writing and make sure you understand how they match up with the classes you have already taken at your private school, so that you can fill in any gaps during your senior year.

A friend’s son was almost tripped up that way when he transferred from a private school to a public school. He was missing a required class in AZ History that was normally taken by freshmen at the public school. His private school did not offer any such class, so he didn’t know that he needed it to graduate from the public school.