Diploma Information
Students must be enrolled and earn credit in a minimum of 4 academic courses while聽in attendance聽at a given high school in order to qualify for a diploma from that high school. If a聽student attends a DMPS-governed聽alternative setting/program聽and is enrolled within the district, the student may also qualify for a home high school diploma if he/she has聽at least 50% of their required (23)聽credits earned from the home high school. Principal and administrative team discretion may be necessary in certain circumstances.
Students who transfer聽from other school systems must be enrolled and complete one full semester’s work in 半岛体育 and meet the local requirements for graduation before receiving a Des Moines high school diploma. A semester’s work is defined as four subjects, which give two units of credit.
When students return to 半岛体育聽from international exchange experiences, they should submit grade cards, transcripts, and other explanatory materials from the host schools to the registrar at the appropriate high school. 聽An evaluation will be made of the courses taken, and 聽appropriate credit will then be placed on the student’s transcripts.