Independent Study Policy:

An independent study is a course that is not offered as part of the schools regular curriculum.

Conditions:

• Student must be a junior or senior and have a minimum 2.8 GPA.
• Student  is limited to two independent studies in the course of the two years.
• The students guidance counselor must recommend the scheduling of an independent study.
• Course must be approved by the administration. Approval must be made during the course selection process.
• All independent studies will be granted college prep credit.
• Honors credit may be granted by the team leaders if ALL of the following conditions are met:
  1. The student applied for honors credit when registering for the course.
  2. The student demonstrates work above and beyond college prep expectations.
  3. The supervising teacher and the faculty committee that viewed the presentation recommend that honors credit be granted.
• All final grades will be assigned by the supervising teacher following a presentation to the faculty committee.