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To
graduate, Genesis Preparatory School (GPS) students must earn 24
credits; however, most seniors graduate with 28 or more plus college
credits earned through dual enrollment and Advanced Placement courses.
Our students must carry 6 credits each year with classes selected from
among College Preparatory and Honors courses in every discipline,
Advanced Placement courses, and dual enrollment in one of
three area colleges for our seniors. GPS students may also earn credits in independent
studies and the Virtual High School.
Highlights
of our Upper School curriculum:
- 11 science courses,
including Honors and AP components, with companion laboratory classes
- Fine Arts: drawing,
painting, sculpting, instrumental and choral music, drama, journalism,
and speech and debate
- Language Arts:
composition, literature, language, and creative writing for college
prep, Honors, and AP courses
- 12 mathematics
courses from Pre-Algebra to AP Calculus AB & BC
- 14 options in the
social sciences, including Political and Philosophical Foundations of
the American System, AP U.S. Government & Politics and AP American
History
- Life Management,
Personal Fitness, Word Processing, Multimedia Technology, and Computer
Applications
Extracurricular
Activities include
- 6 competitive sports
teams plus cheerleading
- Poetry and essay
contests, our Literary Convention, and Law Week
- Presidential
Classroom, state and federal Congressional Page programs and
leadership conferences and those offered in Pasco County
- Science fairs and
Spanish, art, and music competitions
- Boys and Girls
State, Seminar for Tomorrow's Leaders, and Teen Court
- Crime Scene
Investigation, Engineering, Rocket Club, and weight lifting
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