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Graduation Requirements

Students must earn a total of 230 credits to graduate and receive a diploma from Channel Islands High School. The number of classes a student takes and passes with a grade of "D" or better will determine the number of credits a student earns.

For detailed graduation requirements see Board Policy 6146.1

First page of the PDF file: CIHSGraduationPoster11X17Final23
First page of the PDF file: CIHSGraduationPoster11X17FinalSpanish

QUARTER SYSTEM

Each class in a quarter is worth 5 credits, and each quarter is equal to one semester of instruction. At Channel Islands, classes in Quarters 1 and 2 correspond to Semester 1 and Quarters 3 and Quarter 4 correspond to Semester 2.

All students will have a minimum of three classes per quarter. Although some may have a full schedule of four classes. Students can earn anywhere between 60-80 credits during the school day. 

  Q1  Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Minimum 3 classes  15 credits 3 classes 15 credits

3 classes 15 credits

3 classes 15 credits 60 credits
Max 4 classes 20 credits 4 classes 20 credits 4 classes 20 credits 4 classes 20 credits 80 credits