• Credit Transfer

    There are many wonderful enrichment opportunities available outside of the District. Often, the credits from these programs will not transfer to your high school. If you are considering taking a class for high school credit outside of the District and you hope to use that credit towards your high school graduation, it is imperative that you check with your counselor prior to signing up for the class.

    Amphitheater School District will accept:

    • Credit granted from previously attended regionally accredited high schools
    • Summer school credit from regionally accredited institutions upon counselor approval
    • Credit from a District approved alternative or accredited online program upon counselor approval

    Transcripts for transfer coursework must be received by the campus Registrar by May 1 of the student’s senior year. The student may not be allowed to participate in commencement if the transcript is not received by May 1.

    COURSE CREDIT/MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES

    A student who has attended an Amphitheater School District middle school will receive high school credit for Algebra I, Geometry, and/or Algebra II courses and high school level Spanish I and Spanish II courses taken during the student's middle school enrollment. The grades earned in such courses shall be posted on the student's high school transcript but shall not be included in grade point average calculations.

    HIGH SCHOOL COURSES TAKEN AT NON-DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PART OF A K-12 ACCREDITED SCHOOL DISTRICT

    A student who has attended a Non-Amphitheater School District middle school that is part of a K-12 accredited school district will receive high school credit for Algebra I, Geometry, and/or Algebra II courses and high school level Spanish I and Spanish II courses taken during the student's middle school enrollment. The grades earned in such courses shall be posted on the student's high school transcript but shall not be included in grade point average calculations.

    HIGH SCHOOL COURSES TAKEN AT NON-DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT PART OF A K-12 ACCREDITED SCHOOL DISTRICT

    Because instructional content, standards, and practices may vary in external instructional programs, and to assure adequate preparation of students for higher level content within the District, a student who attended a Non-Amphitheater School District middle school that is not part of a K-12 accredited school district and who, during the external middle school enrollment, completed courses equivalent in content and rigor to high school level courses in Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Spanish I and Spanish II, will receive high school credit and a recorded grade on their high school transcript for such courses taken during the student's middle school enrollment, provided the student demonstrates adequate mastery of the course content. The grades earned in such courses shall be posted on the student's high school transcript but shall not be included in grade point average calculations.

    The student will demonstrate adequate mastery through an end-of-course assessment in the content area with a resulting score of eighty percent (80%) or better. The end-of-course assessment shall be developed and administered by a District teacher(s) who is (are) secondary certificated and is (are) highly qualified in the content area. The District shall not assess a fee for the administration of the end-of-course assessment.

    Students who do not demonstrate content mastery by achieving a score of eighty percent (80%) or better on the assessment will not receive credit for the high school course taken in middle school, nor will the grade in the high school course taken in middle school be included in the student's high school grade point average calculation.

    The eighty percent (80%) score criteria may be modified, and high school credit may be given, to individual students approaching the eighty percent (80%) criteria if consensus is reached among appropriate faculty members representing the District high school and the sending middle school consistent with the AdvancED standards.