Academics
North Pocono High School offers six programs of study.
Academic - The academic program of study provides students with a well-rounded education. This course of study will prepare students for college or continuing their education.
Accelerated - The accelerated program of study will provide students with the most challenging courses offered at North Pocono High School. The sequence of courses is designed puts students in classes a year in advance of the academic students in science and math. This will give students the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses.
Basic/General - The basic and general programs of study offer students a well-rounded education each with their own specialized math and science sequence.
Business - The business program of study combines the general or academic program of study with business electives.
Vocational - The vocational program of study offers students an opportunity to combine their basic, general or academic program of study at North Pocono High School with programs offered through the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County.
- Grades in all tracks are weighted differently when calculating Quality Point Average.
The school is organized into the following departments:
Art
Business
English
Foreign Language like French or Spanish
Health and Physical Education
Mathematics
Music
Science
Social Studies
Students must meet the following requirement to graduate:
In grades 9 through 12 every student shall obtain at least 21 credits. These 21 credits must include the following:
'Credits /Unit'Course Title
4 English 4 Social Studies 3 Mathematics 3 Science 2.2 Physical Education/Health/Driver Ed .2 Family and consumer science .2 Career Awareness 4 Electives (which must include 1 credit of Arts or humanities)Read more about this topic: North Pocono High School
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