Southwest High School (known as Southwest or SHS) is a 4 year public high school in

El Centro, California El Centro (Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the largest city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban ar ...

that serves approximately 2,085 students to its diverse population. Southwest is one of the 3 high schools within the

Central Union High School District The Central Union High School District (CUHSD) is the district of the 3 high schools in El Centro, California — Central Union High School (CUHS), Southwest High School (SHS), and Desert Oasis High School (DOHS). The CUHSD main office and bo ...

. It has been a

California Distinguished School California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs. Approximately 5-10% of California schools are awarded t ...

Music Programs

* Women's Choir * Men's Choir * Ladies' Ensemble * SAVAPA Music * Concert Band * Jazz Band * Marching Band * Guitar * Orchestra (Cadet, Philharmonic, Chamber) *Orange juice

Athletics

SHS competes in the Imperial Valley League in the California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section. The school's teams are called the Eagles Fall Sports * Cross Country ( JV, Varsity) (Co-ed) * American Football (

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, JV, Varsity) * Girls Volleyball (Frosh, JV, Varsity) * Girls Tennis (JV, Varsity) *Girls Golf (JV, Varisity) Winter Sports * Soccer (Frosh, JV, Varsity) * Basketball (Frosh, JV, Varsity) * Wrestling (Frosh, JV, Varsity) * Girls Basketball (Frosh, JV, Varsity) Spring Sports * Baseball (Frosh, JV, Varsity) * Softball (Frosh, JV, Varsity) * Track (JV, Varsity) * Swim (Frosh, JV, Varsity) * Boys Tennis (JV, Varsity) *Boys Golf (JV, Varsity) Yearly *Cheerleading (JV, Varsity)

Graduation Requirements

Southwest High School and the Central Union High School District follow the (A-G) requirements which are *220 Credits *2.0 Grade Point Average or above from grades 9 through 12 (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) Year. MUST pass the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) with a 350 or above in order to graduate. *

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– 8 Semesters (4 Years) (40 credits) -English 9 -English 10 -English 11 -English 12 * Social Science – 6 Semesters (3 Years) (30 credits) -

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1 year (2 Semesters) (10th grade) -

US History The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely ...

1 year (2 Semesters) (11th grade) -

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1 semester (12th grade) -

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

1 semester (12th grade) *

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

– 4 Semesters (20 credits) Two years with 1 year being

Algebra Algebra () is one of the broad areas of mathematics. Roughly speaking, algebra is the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for manipulating these symbols in formulas; it is a unifying thread of almost all of mathematics. Elementary a ...

-Algebra 1 -

Geometry Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is c ...

-Algebra 2 (optional), -

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(optional), - AP Stats (optional), -

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(optional), -AP

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(optional) *

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

– 4 Semesters (2 Years) (20 credits) -Physical Science 1 year (2 Semesters) -

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

1 year (2 Semesters) -Chemistry (optional) -Physics (optional) -AP Chemistry (optional) -AP Biology (optional) *

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– 4 Semesters (2 Years)(20 credits) All 9th grade students must be enrolled in PE. - P.E 1 -P.E 2 -

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(Training) *

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– 2 Semesters (1 Years)(10 credits) -Satisfied by any combination of

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and/or

Foreign Language A foreign language is a language that is not an official language of, nor typically spoken in, a given country, and that native speakers from that country must usually acquire through conscious learning - be this through language lessons at schoo ...

. *Practical Arts – 1 Semester (5 credits) -Satisfied by a course in

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or ROP. * Academic Elective – 2 Semesters(2 Years) (10 credits) -From the following areas: (Mathematics,

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, and/or

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Health Education Health education is a profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health, as well as sexual and r ...

- 1 Semester * Computer Information Literacy - 1 Semester

References

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