Specific courses individual students may complete as they progress in their learning toward graduation are within the Perry Local Schools K-12 Course Maps.

The school recognizes that honors level classes are more rigorous and demand more student work outside of the classroom. Grades of a C or higher in any honors or accelerated class will positively affect a student's grade point average.

Offering high school courses in middle school is considered one way of providing accelerated and challenging coursework to students in addition to pursuing career exploration. 

Yes, students have the ability to take classes not offered through independent study, online platforms, College Credit Plus, Personalized Learning, and at Perry HS. Please contact the guidance counselor for more information about these options. 

Your student will earn high school credit. This may allow your child to complete graduation requirements early, allow them to take more elective courses in high school, allow for dual enrollment/postsecondary classes, and provide challenging course work to your child. 

 Students who are not emotionally ready for the rigors of a high school course may develop negative attitudes toward both the content of the course and their abilities in the subject area. 

If a student earns a D or F in the course, the course is repeated at high school and the same course taken in grade 8 is not reflected on the high school transcript.  If a C is earned in the course, the parent/guardian has the option to repeat the course at high school.

Schedule changes occur at the discretion of the principal and may or may not be available depending on class sizes/enrollment. 

No, your child can earn all the necessary credits needed to graduate and go to college without taking HS credit courses in middle school.

 Yes, it is important to communicate with your child’s teachers, guidance counselor and principal. It is also important to involve your child in the decision.

The Ohio Core requires two semesters or the equivalent of fine arts for students to graduate, unless the student is enrolled in and completes a course of study in career-technical education. Students may complete the coursework in any grades 7-12. The coursework in grades 7 or 8 may also count for high school credit if it meets these two requirements for advanced work:

• It is taught by a teacher licensed to teach the course at the high school level; and
• The course content meets high school curriculum requirements, as designated by the local board of education.

Otherwise, the coursework still counts toward the two-semester completion of fine arts graduation requirement.

The Ohio Department of Education has created a form which may be used to document completion of the fine arts requirement in 7th and 8th grade.

• Fulfills the graduation requirement if two semesters in grades 7-8
• HS Credit – only if meets the two criteria (transcript)*

Students who take this course for high school transcript credit must meet or exceed the grade 9-12 Fine Arts learning standards.

Courses taken during middle school will be accepted as credits toward graduation. These classes, however, will not count towards the student’s high school GPA.