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Graduation Requirements
There are three components to earning a diploma from Millennium High School: Course Credits, Exhibitions, and Regents exams.
 
COURSE CREDITS AND EXHIBITIONS: In order to graduate from Millennium High School you need four years of English, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Science, and at least three years of Spanish or Mandarin. You must have full class schedules for 9th-11th grades and you may have one free in 12th grade. In 9th & 10th grades you will take English, Global History, Math, Biology/Chemistry, Foreign Language, Writing, Art, Phys Ed, Health, and Advisory. In 11th & 12th grades you may request courses in each required subject and electives. All students must complete 1 semester of Government, 1 semester of Economics, 1 year of Physics, 1 year of Algebra II or equivalent, and 3 exhibitions. Qualified students may take AP courses. Simultaneous high school credit is offered for college courses at local institutions.
 
Subject Area Requirements 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Total
ENGLISH 2 2 2 2 8 credits
WRITING 1.5 1.5 - - 3 credits
HISTORY 2 2 2 2 8 credits
MATHEMATICS 2 2 2 2 8 credits
SCIENCE 2 2 2 2 8 credits
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2 2 2 - 6 credits
ART 1 1 - - 2 credits
HEALTH 1 - - - 1 credits
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 4 credits
ADVISORY 1 1 1 1 4 credits
ELECTIVES - - 2 2 4 credits
EXHIBITIONS - 1 1 1 3 exhibitions
Total 15.1 credits 14.7 credits & 1 exhibition 14.2 credits & 1 exhibition 12.2 credits & 1 exhibition 56 credits & 3 exhibitions
 
REGENTS EXAMS: To qualify for a Regents Diploma, students must achieve 65 or higher on 5 required NY State Regents exams. To qualify for an Advanced Regents Diploma, students must also achieve 65 or higher on 3 additional exams (Class of 2009, 2010, 2011) or 4 additional exams (Class of 2012 and thereafter), indicated by * below. To earn honors, students must achieve an average of 90 per cent in all exams required for the diploma (either Regents diploma with honors or Advanced Regents diploma with honors). Usually, students take exams as per the following schedule:
 
Required Exam 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade
MATH - Integrated Algebra (Class of 2012 and thereafter) June - - -
MATH - Math A (Class of 2009, 2010, 2011) - January - -
SCIENCE - Living Environment - January - -
GLOBAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY - June - -
ENGLISH - - January -
US HISTORY & GOVERNMENT - - June -
*SCIENCE - Chemistry / Physics / Earth Science - June (Chemistry) June (Earth Science) June (Physics)
*FOREIGN LANGUAGE - Spanish / Chinese - - June -
*MATH - Math B (Class of 2009, 2010, 2011) - - - June
*MATH - Geometry (Class of 2012 and thereafter) - June - -
*MATH - Algebra 2/Trigonometry (Class of 2012 and thereafter) - - June -
 
To qualify for a Local Diploma, requirements vary by the year a student enters the 9th grade: Students who started 9th grade: (1) in 2005 must pass 2 out of 5 exams with a 65 or higher; (2) in 2006 must pass 3 out of 5 required Regents with a 65 or higher; (3) in 2007 must pass 4 out of 5 required Regents with a 65 or higher. For students entering 9th grade in September 2008 and thereafter, the Local Diploma is not applicable in general education. Students with disabilities may qualify for a Local Diploma by passing the required Regents exams with scores of 55-64.
 
ARTICULATION POLICY: In order to be promoted from grade to grade, students must earn enough credits for them to be able to graduate in four years. Students may only make up two (2) classes in summer school. [Seniors are allowed to take three (3) classes].