Graduation Requirements
All students must earn 135 credits to graduate
| Full-year courses | 5 credits |
| Semester courses | 2.5 credits |
| Grade Placement | |
| Grade 10: | 30 credits |
| Grade 11: | 60 credits |
| Grade 12: | 95 credits |
| Required courses for all students: | |
| Language Arts Literacy | 20 credits |
| PE/Health | 20 credits |
| Mathematics | 15 credits |
| Science | 15 credits |
| United States History | 10 credits |
| World Culture/World History | 5 credits |
| World Language | 5 credits |
|
Visual or Performing Arts |
5 credits |
| 21st Century Life and Careers, or Career-Technical Education (Practical Arts) | 5 credits |
| Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy (Financial Literacy) | 2.5 credits |
Additional Graduation Requirements:
- Many four year colleges require students to have taken 2 consecutive years of a World Language. Students planning to continue their education at four year colleges are strongly encouraged to complete a minimum of 10 credits in the same World Language.
- All students must enroll in a combination of a full year of Math or Science.
- All students must be enrolled in at least 35 credits each of their four years.
NJ HS Graduation Assessment Requirements
FAFSA Requirement
Dear Parents/Guardians:
As promised in September (see linked letter), we are now requesting that you notify us whether you have completed the FAFSA or are opting out of this graduation requirement.
In order to gather this information, we have added a REQUIRED, one question survey, to your parent portal in Realtime which will have to be required prior to you being able to access your student’s Marking Period 3 grades.
On February 2, 2025 (grades will become available at 3:30 pm on February 3, 2025) you will be required to answer the following question:
My student, a member of Mount Olive High School's graduating Class of 2025, has completed the 2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
with either an answer of “YES” or “OPT OUT.” You will then need to click on “Save Answers & Submit Survey.”
If by the end of April, neither FAFSA or this survey question has been completed, it will be necessary for your student’s counselor to complete the waiver on your student’s behalf, as permitted by this legislation.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me,
Robert Feltmann
Vice Principal for Student Services