General Information and Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (E.S.L.R.'S)
The information in this booklet is important as it will assist you in planning a successful high school program. It is the student's responsibility to know the requirements for a high school diploma and the various options available to complete those requirements. Please study the information in this brochure with great care, and use it as a reference during your high school career.
Graduation Requirements and Grade Level Status
- The unit requirement for graduation is 230 credits. These credits must be earned in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
- A student's grade level is determined by the number of credits that he/she has earned. The following explains the credit requirement for grade level status:
| Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 |
| minimum of 55 credits | minimum of 110 credits | minimum of 170 credits |
- In addition to completing 230 credits of work, students must satisfy specific requirements. It is the student's responsibility to know that they have completed the courses required for graduation. These requirements are explained in this handbook, so please read it carefully.
Our Expected Schoolwide Learning Results, or E.S.L.R.’S., list what our students are expected to be able to do by the time they graduate from Sylmar High School. These are: Effective Communicators who:
- express complex ideas through reading, writing, speaking, and listening
- utilize computer-based resources for research and production
- develop plans to achieve self-initiated personal, academic, and career goals
- identify and utilize resources independently
- locate, analyze, and integrate information
- apply complex problem-solving to real-life and academic challenges
- exhibit self-discipline and accept individual and group responsibility
- demonstrate sensitivity in interpersonal, social, and multicultural relationships
- work cooperatively with subordinates, peers, and authority
- contribute time, energy, and talent to improving the community
- enjoy, observe, evaluate, and comment on the arts
- recognize the elements of good health
- make informed life decisions firmly based on ethical standards