Highland High School
Features Outstanding Educators and Administrators
4 National Board Certified Teachers
4 Teachers with the SIUE Excellence in
Education & Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards
82% Hold Advanced Degrees
Highland High School
Offers an Outstanding Curriculum for All Students!
HHS Curriculum includes: - 4 years of ENGLISH including AP English Language Classes
- 4 years of MATH through AP Calculus AB
- 4 years of SCIENCE including AP Biology and AP Chemistry
- 4 years of SOCIAL STUDIES including 4 AP courses
- 8 Dual Credit Courses with Southwestern Illinois College
- 2 Dual Credit Courses with St. Louis University
- 11 AP Courses
- Diverse offering of electives in 9 additional departments including:
| Acappella Choir |
Industrial Education |
| Accounting |
Landscape Management |
| Adult Living |
Marching Band |
| Ceramics/Drawing/Painting |
Music Electives |
| Child and Day Care Services |
Parenting |
| Computer Animations |
Project Lead the Way-Engineering Program |
| Computer Programming |
Symphonic/Concert Band |
| Computer Programming |
Technology Lab, including Robotics |
| Foods & Nutrition |
Web Design |
| Spanish |
Welding |
| Greenhouse Management | |
HHS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Students must meet the following credit/course requirements to earn a diploma from Highland High School:
Graduation requirements are listed below:
* 4.0 English Credits, Including English I, II, and III * 3.0 Math Credits (Illinois law requires 3 years of Math, including Algebra and Geometry) * 1.0 U.S. History Credit, including passing the US and IL Constitution Tests * 1.0 World History Credit * 1.0 Art, Music, Vocational Ed, or Foreign Language * One of the following courses to meet Illinois’ Consumer Education requirement: * 0.5 Personal Finance Credit (junior or senior) * 0.5 AP Economics Credit (junior or senior) * 1.0 Agriculture Business Management Credit (senior) * 0.5 Civics Credit (Class of 2020 and beyond)
***PE (see note at that bottom) *Take the required state assessment - Illinois’ graduation requirement.
In planning how you will arrange your classes, you may want to take a look at the high school course requirements of the universities in Illinois. Also, you can access the database of Highland High School course offerings at http://hs.highlandcusd5.org/
The HHS School Counseling Department recommends that students complete the above requirements using the format outlined below: | Periods | Freshmen | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | | 1 | English | English | English | English | | 2 | Math | Math | Math | | | 3 | Science | Science | | | | 4 | World History | | US History | | | 5 | PE/Driver’s Ed | Driver’s Ed/Health | PE | PE | | 6 | Civics | | | Personal Finance | | 7 | | | | |
Minimum college admissions requirements usually include: 4 English credits; 3 Math credits; 3 Science credits; 3 Social Studies credits; 2 credits of a foreign language, music, art or vocational courses. However, some colleges require more credits in one or more of these areas.
***Any HHS student in marching band may waive PE during a semester, or any student currently enrolled in Health or Driver’s Ed may waive PE. Also, PE may be waived for juniors and seniors if:
1. the student is on an athletic team during any season or 2. the school(s) where a student is planning to apply after graduation, requires, for admission, a course in the student’s schedule (this course must exceed the state and local requirements for graduation).
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