Recommended Programs: Four-Year College Preparation
The National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC) recommends the following program (as a minimum) for students preparing for a four year college program:
4 years English
1 year Biology with Lab
1 year Chemistry or Physics
1 year Geometry
2 years Algebra (Algebra I & II)
2 years of the same foreign language
Graduation Requirements
Students who graduate in June 2007 have the following requirements:
1. Must accumulate twenty (20) credits to graduate from Brewer High School.
2. Must successfully complete: -four (4) credits in English
-two (2) credits in social studies (one must be U.S. History)
-three (3) credits in mathematics (neither Accounting nor Consumer Math count as a math)
-two (2) credits in science (one must be Biology)
-two years in physical education
-one credit in fine arts (as approved by Fine Arts Committee and noted under course description)
-one half (1/2) credit in health
-computer literacy in middle school (or earn one credit in Computer Applications 1) 3. Students are required to take a minimum of five (5) full credit subjects or their equivalent each semester.
Students who graduate in the Class of 2008, 2009 and 2010 have the following requirements:
1. Must accumulate twenty (20) credits to graduate from Brewer High School.
2. Must successfully complete:
-four (4) credits in English
-two (2) credits in social studies (one must be U.S. History)
-three (3) credits in mathematics
-two (2) credits in science (one must be Biology)
-two years in physical education
-one credit in fine arts (as approved by Fine Arts Committee and noted under course description)
-one half (1/2) credit in health
-computer literacy in middle school (or earn one credit in Computer Applications 1)
3. Students are required to take a minimum of five (5) full credit subjects or their
equivalent each semester.
In addition, students who graduate in the Class of 2008, 2009 and 2010 must meet Maine Learning Results (MLR) standards in reading, writing, math, science, social studies and health/PE.
Many of these assessments are like classroom activities that the students do routinely during classes (e.g. lab reports, research projects).
Students will be taking about 2-4 assessments per year in the five areas. To meet standards in the area of Physical Education, knowledge of concepts is needed, rather than high levels of physical achievement.
Assessments will be scored according to the following scale:
1 = Does Not Meet the Standard
2 = Partially Meets the Standard
3 = Meets the Standard
4 = Exceeds the Standard (Like the MEA's, this score will be rare, and will reflect a highly advanced knowledge of the subject)
If students score a "1" or are getting mostly "2's", they will have 3 chances over the years to "replace" the score if they achieve a higher one on a similar assessment.
The level of performance that students must reach is not to have all scores of 3, but to have at least a 2.5 average in the content area. In other words, students can have 2's on half of the assessments, as long as they are offset by a 3.
Student Promotion
Student promotion is based on the following:
To become a sophomore a student must earn 4 credits AND pass English 1.
To become a junior a student must earn 9 credits AND pass English I & II.
To become a senior a student must earn a minimum of 13 credits AND pass English 1, II & III or must develop with his/her guidance counselor a written plan to meet graduation requirements by the end of his/her junior school year.
If courses are taken at an alternate site, courses must be completed and grades received by May 15.
Computer Proficiency
The following Brewer High courses have been approved to satisfy the computer proficiency requirement for graduation:
Computer Applications I (or part A and part B of Computer Applications)
Students
must receive a minimum passing grade to fulfill the computer
proficiency requirement in these courses. As allowed by State law, many
students will complete the Computer Proficiency requirement through
their middle school instruction.
Fine Arts---What is it?
FINE
ARTS instruction includes an aesthetic dimension, a process of creation
and a history of art forms. Fine Arts shall include visual art, music,
forensics, dance or drama. Fine Arts may be provided through separate
or integrated study and should include an awareness, appreciation and
active participation in the art form. These arts challenge and extend
human experiences and provide means of expression that go beyond
ordinary speaking and writing.
Courses presently approved for fine arts include:
All Music Department offerings
All Art offerings Multimedia
Performance Arts Webpage Design
Early American Furn/Metal Communications
Drafting Fundamentals Electronic Publishing Graphic Arts
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