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Prepare for College

Divine Child High School is rooted in a long-standing tradition of excellence and in an educational partnership with students, parents and the community. We are committed to providing opportunities that nurture each student's academic, creative, social and spiritual growth. As such, we've set high academic standards for our students, which produces results.

In 2011, 36 students scored a 30 or higher on the ACT college entrance exam, and 68 students scored a 27 or higher.


Graduation Requirements

26 credit hours are required to graduate

  • Social Studies: 3
  • Religion: 4
  • English: 4
  • Science: 3
  • Mathematics: 4
  • World Languages: 2
  • Physical Education: 1
  • Fine/Applied Arts: 1
  • Computers: .5 (or pass Proficiency Test)
  • Electives: 3.5
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Current Course Offerings

Divine Child offers a variety of regular, honors, and advanced placement courses tailored to the needs of all our students

APPLIED ARTS

  • 101 Food Prep Tech (9-12)
  • 103 Pastry Arts (11-12)
  • 111 European Cuisine (11-12)

FINE ARTS

  • 121 Music Appreciation (9-12)
  • 131 Music Theory (9-12)
  • 123 *Beginning Band (9-12)
  • 125 *Symphonic Band (9-12)
  • 145 *String Orchestra (9-12)
  • 133 Varsity Chorus (9-12)
  • 137 *Jazz Choir (9-12)
  • 141 Acting 1 (9-12)
  • 143 Acting 2 (9-12)
  • 169 Playwriting (10-12)
  • 151 Interior Design (9-12)
  • 153 Film Study (11-12)
  • 155 Crafts (9-12)
  • 157 Design (9-12)
  • 159 Drawing (9-12)
  • 161 Painting (9-12)
  • 165 Ceramics (10-12)
  • 173 Printmaking (10-12)
  • 163 Photography (10-12)
  • 171 *AP Art History (11-12)
  • 179 Ind. Study in Adv. Art Tech. (10-12)
  • 167 Computer Graphics (10-12)
  • 181 Intro to Woodwork (10-12)
  • 909 Web Design (9-12)

ENGLISH

  • 201 *English Survey 1 (9)
  • 203 *Hon English I (9)
  • 207 *Hon American Lit (10)
  • 209 *American Lit (10-11)
  • 213 British Lit (11-12)
  • 217 Honors Brit Lit (11)
  • 219 *AP English Language/Comp (11)
  • 225 College Composition (11-12)
  • 229 Poetry Writing (11-12)
  • 169 Playwriting (10-12)
  • 233 Shakespeare (11-12)
  • 223 Science Fiction/Fantasy (11-12)
  • 237 Contemporary Lit (11-12)
  • 241 *AP English Lit/Comp A (12)
  • 243 Newspaper Journalism (9-12)
  • 245 Basic Rhetoric (9-12)
  • 247 Art of Rhetoric (9-12)
  • 251 Rhetorical Tradition (9-12)

MATHEMATICS

  • 401 *Intro Algebra (9)
  • 403 *Algebra 1 (9-10)
  • 405 *Hon Algebra 2 (9)
  • 407 *Plane/Solid Geometry (10)
  • 409 *Hon Geom/Trig (9-10)
  • 411 *Algebra 2/Intro to Trig (10-12)
  • 417 *Hon Pre-Calculus (10-11)
  • 419 Statistics (12)
  • 420 Honor Stats (12)
  • 427 *Coll Alg w/ Trig (11-12)
  • 428 Consumer Math (12)
  • 423 *Pre-Calculus (11-12)
  • 425 *AP Calculus (12)
  • 430 *Calc 1 (12)

PHYS ED/HEALTH

  • 501 Physical Ed-Boys (9)
  • 503 Physical Ed-Girls (9)
  • 505 Health (9)
  • 507 Life Act/Team Sports (11-12)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

  • 601 Theology 9A (9)
  • 603 Theology 9B (9)
  • 605 Theology 10A (10)
  • 607 Theology 10B (10)
  • 609 Ethics (11)
  • 611 Christian Lifestyles (12)
  • 613 Christian Lifestyles-0hr (12)
  • 623 Peace/Social Justice (11-12)
  • 629 Philosophy (11-12)
  • 631 Prayer Journey (11-12)
  • 637 Values in Media (12)
  • 639 World Religions (11-12)
  • 640 Values in Media 0 hour (12)

SCIENCE

  • 701 *Physical Science (9)
  • 703 *Hon Freshman Biology (9)
  • 705 *Biology (9-10)
  • 707 *Chemistry (10-11)
  • 729 *Honors Chemistry (10-11)
  • 711 *AP Chemistry (11-12)
  • 713 Human Genetics (11-12)
  • 715 Botany (10-12)
  • 717 Electronics (10-12)
  • 719 Environmental Science (11-12)
  • 721 *Hum Anatomy/Physiology (11-12)
  • 723 *Physics (11-12)
  • 727 Independent Science (11-12)
  • 728 A.P. Independent Science (11-12)
  • 741 *Honor Physics (11-12)

SOCIAL STUDIES

  • 801 *World History (10)
  • 803 *American History (11)
  • 805 *AP American History (11)
  • 807 American Government (12)
  • 809 Am Government-0hr (12)
  • 813 *AP American Government (12)
  • 821 American Law (11-12)
  • 823 Economics (11-12)
  • 825 Cont World Affairs/Cultures (10-12)
  • 827 Psychology (12)
  • 829 Sociology (12)
  • 833 American Civil War (11-12)

TECHNICAL STUDIES

  • 901 Intro to Computers (9-12)
  • 903 Microsoft Applications (9-12)
  • 907 Microsoft Applications II (10-12)
  • 909 Web Design (10-12)
  • 921 @Accounting I (10-12)
  • 923 @Accounting II (10-12)
  • 925 @Advanced Accounting (11-12)
  • 927 @Intro to Business (10-12)
  • 963 @*Yearbook Journalism (10-12)
  • 931 @Video Technology (9-12)

WORLD LANGUAGES

  • 321 *German 1 (9-12)
  • 323 *German 2 (10-12)
  • 325 *German 3 (11-12)
  • 327 *German 4 (12)
  • 351 *Latin 1 (9-12)
  • 353 *Latin 2 (10-12)
  • 356 *Latin 3 (11-12)
  • 357 *Latin 4 (11-12)
  • 365 *Hrs Latin 3 (11-12)
  • 367 *Hrs Latin 4 (11-12)
  • 341 *Spanish 1 (9-12)
  • 343 *Spanish 2 (10-12)
  • 347 *Spanish 3 (11-12)
  • 339 *Hrs Spanish 3 (11-12)
  • 349 *Spanish 4 (12)
  • 383 *Hrs Greek (11-12)
  • 385 *Hrs Greek 2 (11-12)

OTHER

  • 001 @Plan to Succeed (9-10)
  • 109 @Life Management (10-12)
  • 009 @*Vo Tech (12)
  • 089 @Attendance Assistant (11-12)
  • 099 @Guidance Assistant (11-12)
  • 095 @Activities Assistant (11-12)
  • 093 @Athletic Assistant (11-12)
  • 597 @Phys Ed Assistant-Girls (11-12)
  • 599 @Phys Ed Assistant-Boys (11-12)
  • 699 @Campus Ministry Assistant (11-12)
  • 799 @Lab Assistant (11-12)
  • 051 @Senior Priv-6th hr/1st sem (12)
  • 053 @Senior Priv-6th hr/2nd sem (12)
  • 055 @Senior Priv-7th hr/1st sem (12)
  • 057 @Senior Priv-7th hr/2nd sem (12)

The following courses meet at an alternative time (before school, after school, during lunch periods, etc.)

  • 129 Marching Band (9-12)
  • 135 Jazz Ensemble (9-12)
  • 137 Show Choir (9-12)
  • 139 Women's Ensemble (9-12)
  • 197 @Stage Crew (10-12)
  • @ - Course does NOT fulfill dept. requirement for graduation
  • * - Full year course that may NOT be dropped mid-year
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Grading Scale

The Cumulative GPA and Class Rank are computed on a semester basis.

Grade Percent Standard Honors
A+ 100-99 4.33 5.33
A 98-93 4.00 5.00
A- 92-90 3.67 4.67
B+ 89-87 3.33 4.33
B 86-83 3.00 4.00
B- 82-80 2.67 3.67
C+ 79-77 2.33 3.33
C 76-73 2.00 3.00
C- 72-70 1.67 2.67
D+ 69-67 1.33 2.33
D 66-63 1.00 2.00
D- 62-60 0.67 1.67
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