2008-2009 Alabama High School Graduation Exam Test Dates

September 15-19, 2008

December 8-12, 2008

March 6 – 13, 2009

July 20 – 24, 2009

**Please note when students will take the graduation exam. Every student does not take the graduation exam each time it is administered. For questions, call or see Mrs. Archer.

Information regarding when students may take the Alabama High School Graduation Exam (AHSGE):

Pre-graduation exam (Tenth Grade): Students will have one opportunity to take the graduation exam their tenth-grade year.  Reading, language, and social studies will be administered in the spring to all tenth graders.  Tenth grade students who have successfully completed Algebra I (not Algebra 1A) during their ninth grade year will take the math portion of the AHSGE in the fall of their tenth grade year.  Students who take Algebra 1A during the 9^th grade and then take Algebra 1B during the tenth grade will take the math portion in the spring of the tenth grade. Tenth grade students who have successfully completed Biology during their ninth grade year will also take the science portion of the AHSGE in the fall of their tenth grade year.

Graduation Exam (Eleventh Grade): Students will have one opportunity to take the graduation exam during the spring of their junior year.

Graduation Exam (Twelfth Grade): Students will have four opportunities to pass the graduation exam during their senior year: summer, fall, winter, and spring

**The only exception to the above guidelines is if a student transfers into our school and has not yet taken the graduation exam or if a student is absent and misses one of their opportunities.  These students will take the exam on the following administration of the graduation exam.