Curriculum Structure
Greenwich High School offers 23 Advanced Placement courses (US History, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science, English, Environmental Science, European History, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Music Theory, Physics B, Physics C, Psychology, Spanish, Spanish Literature, Statistics, US Government, Comparative Government, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics) and a variety of Honors courses and electives. Students are required to complete four credits or years of English/Language Arts courses, three credits each of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, one-and-a-half credits of art or business, one credit of physical education, one-half credit of wellness, and six credits of electives (a total of 22 credits). In the school course guide, additional requirements include the following:
- The social studies requirements include a full year of American History, and semester courses in Civics and Contemporary America.
- The science requirements must include one credit in a biological science and one credit in a physical science (chemistry or physics).
- The arts requirements must include one and one half credits in any of the following areas: visual art, business, family and consumer sciences, human development, media, music, technology education, and theater arts.
- To be eligible for a Greenwich High School diploma, a student must have attended Greenwich High School for at least one full semester immediately prior to graduation."
Students are allowed to take general elective courses (e.g. art, music, business, et cetera) all four years at GHS, but are only allowed to take certain subject electives (e.g. English) in Junior and Senior years.
Students' grade point averages are calculated on a weighted scale. For non-honors classes, the maximum mark a student can receive is a 4.33 (A+); in Advanced Placement or Honors level courses students can receive up to a 5.33 (A+).
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