Non-Traditional Graduation Options

All early graduation requests are subject to approval from the principal

Year Early Graduation

  1. Any student who will complete all graduation requirements a year early, may apply to become an early graduate. For a student to graduate a year early, the following must be done:
  2. All graduation requirements must be met by May of the year that the student wishes to graduate and a letter must be on file from the parent/guardian no later than May 1 of the preceding year about the approval for the early graduation.
  3. No night school may be used to earn credits, only summer school and the regular school day.
  4. To graduate a year early, a student must have 3 English credits by the beginning of the senior year and then take their fourth year of English in the senior year during the day.

Early Graduation

  1. Students who will complete all graduation requirements by the end of the first semester of their senior year and wish to graduate at mid-term (the end of December) must do the following:
  2. A letter from a parent expressing their approval of the early graduation needs to be on file preferably before the student enrolls in their senior classes or at the very latest by the end of the second week of the first semester of the senior year. The senior may enroll in two English classes (one literature, 1 writing) for the first semester to complete his/her English requirement. No other required class will be given any special conditions.
  3. Student is responsible for checking with the class sponsor and other students about deadlines and information on graduation. No special effort will be made to give the early graduate information that he/she may miss by not being in attendance at BTW.
  4. If a student fails a class first semester that is required for graduation, the student will re-enroll as a full time student for the spring semester of their senior year.