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TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Beginning with the 2003/04 school year, any student who graduates from high school must have completed the requirements for an Academic or Career/Technical Major. Students graduating from a district high school with an eight-period block schedule must have 25 units as detailed below. The 25-unit graduation requirement is being phased in and will not be required for graduation until the beginning of the third year of block schedule. The dates of implementation are listed below:

Rogers, Scott, Waite, Woodward
Bowsher (2003-2004), Libbey (2004-2005),
Start (2004-2005)
Seven Period Day

21 units required for graduation
Block Schedule (Eight Periods)

25 units required for graduation

English 4 units (4 years)

• English 1 (1 unit/1 year)
• English 2 (1 unit/1 year)
• English 3 (1 unit/1 year)
The following courses will fulfill the fourth-year
English requirement:
• English 4
• English 4 Honors
• English 4 AP
• English 4 - Effective Living
• Contemporary Literature
• Senior Composition
• World Literature
English 4 units (4 years)

• English 1 (1 unit/1 year)
• English 2 (1 unit/1 year)
• English 3 (1 unit/1 year)
The following courses will fulfill the fourth-year
English requirement:
• English 4
• English 4 Honors
• English 4 AP
• English 4 - Effective Living
• Contemporary Literature
• Senior Composition
• World Literature

Mathematics 3 units (3 years)

• Students graduating after September 15, 2004 must
successfully complete Algebra 1, or the equivalent
(Algebra A and Algebra B); and Geometry.
Mathematics 3 units (3 years)

• Students graduating after September 15, 2004 must
successfully complete Algebra 1, or the equivalent
(Algebra A and Algebra B); and Geometry.

Social Studies 3 units (3 years)

• American History (1 unit/1 year)
• American Government (1/2 unit/1 semester)
• World History (1 unit/1 year)
• Unspecified Elective (1/2 unit/ 1 semester)
Social Studies 3 units (3 years)

• American History (1 unit/1 year)
• American Government (1/2 unit/1 semester)
• World History (1 unit/1 year)
• Unspecified Elective (1/2 unit/1 semester)

Science 3 units (3 years)

• Physical Science (1 unit/1 year)
• Biological Science (1 unit/1 year)
• A third Science year requirement may be chosen from
the course offerings from the Science Department.
Science 3 units (3 year)

• Physical Science (1 unit/1 year)
• Biological Science (1 unit/1 year)
• A third Science year requirement may be chosen from
the course offerings from the Science Department.

Health and Physical Education

• Physical Education 1/2 unit (1 semester for two years)
Each semester counts as 1/4 of a unit.
• Health Education 1/2 unit
Health and Physical Education

• Physical Education 1/2 unit (1 semester for two years)
Each semester counts as 1/4 of a unit.)
• Health Education 1/2 unit

Practical and/or Fine Arts (1 unit/1 year)

• A Practical Arts requirement may be chosen from
Business, Technology Education or Family and
Consumer Science programs in a student’s high school.
• A Fine Arts requirement may be chosen from the Art
and/or Music and/or Drama programs in the school.
Practical and/or Fine Arts (1 unit/1 year)

• A Practical arts requirement may be chosen from
Business, Technology Education, or family and
Consumer Science programs in a student’s high school.
• A Fine Arts requirement may be chosen from the Art
and/or Music and/or Drama programs in the school.

Electives 

6 units
Electives 

10 units

Total Graduation Requirement

21 units
Total Graduation Requirement

25 units


No student may be graduated from a Toledo Public High School who has not passed all parts of of the Ohio Ninth-Grade Proficiency Test and/or Ohio Graduation Test (OGT). Students graduating after September 15, 2008 will be required to pass all parts of the OGT. No student may be graduated from a Toledo Public High School who has not completed at least two units at that school.
 

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