When you’re 17 years old and apply for a job, no one asks for your diploma.  When you’re 19, everyone will.  You need a diploma to get a good job or to go on to higher education for even better jobs.  You need to graduate to get that diploma.  And you need to have a certain number of credits to do that.

Every student at RCB will have a graduation plan and should understand, after meeting with our guidance counselor, how far he or she has already come toward graduation and how much is still needed.· It is not enough to have a certain number of credits: you have to have the right credits in the right courses.  Requirements for graduation have been changed in recent years by the Arizona Board of Education, and these are as follows

Arizona Board of Education

High School Graduation Requirements

Class of 2009, 2010 & 2011

English                                  4 credits

Math                                       2 credits

Science                                 2 credits

Social Studies                      2.5 credits

Voc(Medical)/Fine Arts       1 credit

Electives                                8.5 credits

Total                                       20 Credits

Class of 2012

English                                  4 credits

Math                                       3 credits

Science                                 2 credits

Social Studies                      3 credits

Voc(Medical)/Fine Arts       1 credit

Electives                                7 credits

Total                                       20 Credits

Class of 2013

English                                  4 credits

Math                                       4 credits

Science                                 3 credits

Social Studies                      3 credits

Voc(Medical)/Fine Arts       1 credit

Electives                                7 credits

Total                                       22 Credits