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Teams 1 & 2 Teams 3 & 4 Guidance Secretary
GUIDANCE
Guidance Staff
Douglas Brister Tracy Woodson Lynn Sellers
Guidance Office and Career Center
1. Students need to obtain a pass from a teacher or administrator before going to guidance. If a counselor is unavailable, students may sign a counselor appointment request slip and their counselor will send for them as soon as possible.
2. Parents, guardians, teachers, or administrators may request that a counselor see a student.
3. The Career Center, located across from Guidance, is open from 7:40 A.M. – 3:55 P.M. Please check in with the Guidance Office if you are not accompanied by a classroom teacher.
Homebound Instruction
Parents of students who require homebound instruction need to contact your student’s Guidance Counselor for a homebound form and to discuss homebound procedures. Depending on the duration and the restrictions listed by the doctor on the approved homebound form, it is possible that students may not be able to earn credit in courses such as physical education, ROTC, business education, RD Anderson, fine arts, technology and lab science courses.
South Carolina Diploma Requirements
Effective March 24, 2006 – SC State Board of Education: Each student must earn a total of 24 prescribed units of credit or fulfill all of the requirements for a local diploma (RATE) to participate in the commencement exercises. The requirements are distributed as follows:
Subject
Unit Requirements
English/Language Arts
4 units
Mathematics
4 units
* Science
3 units
US History & Constitution
1 unit
Economics
1⁄2 unit
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