ODCS requires all students to meet state minimum standard requirements for graduation as well as all ODCS graduation requirements. Effective with the class of 2005, ODCS will require 23 ½ credits.

The following required courses will apply to the state of Ohio's minimum plus the ODCS requirements: Bible (3 units); English (4 units); Mathematics (3 units); Social Science (3 units); Health (1/2 unit); Physical Education (1/2 unit); *Science (3 units); Fine Arts (1 unit); Speech (1/2 unit); Electives (4.5 units). This totals twenty-one and one-half Carnegie units of credit. (Included is 1/8 credit of school/community service for each year enrolled in ODCS, grades 9-12.)

Honors Diploma

All students who plan to graduate prior to 2007 must pass all components of the Ninth-Grade Proficiency Test. Commencing with the class of 2007 students will be required to pass the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT).

Please download the Parent/Student Handbook for complete information regarding graduation as well as all aspects of attending the Open Door Christian Schools.

ALTERNATIVE PROVISION FOR RECEIVING A DIPLOMA WITHOUT PASSING ALL FIVE OGT TESTS
A provision in state law originally enacted as part of Senate Bill 1 in 2001 is still effective. Since this provision includes a student’s high school attendance rate, it is important to share this information with your freshmen students. According to Ohio Revised Code Section 3313.615 (A), students may graduate and receive a diploma without passing all five tests of the OGT if they meet the following requirements:

• Pass four of the five tests and have missed passing the fifth test by no more than 10 points;
• Have had a 97 percent attendance rate through all four years of high school and must not have had an expulsion in high school;
• Have a grade point average of 2.5 out of 4.0 in the subject area missed and have completed the curriculum requirement in the subject area missed;
• Have participated in any intervention programs offered by the school and must have had a 97 percent attendance rate in any program offered outside the normal school day;
• Obtain letters of recommendation from each teacher in the subject area not yet passed as well as the high school principal.