Classes for Tenth Graders
The classes a 10th grader needs when coming from another country will depend on the factors in the table below.
Read the line in the chart that most closely resembles the English class that your child took in 9th grade and is now enrolled for in 10th grade.
For more detailed information, contact your counselor or the department chair.
Didn't take English in 9th grade
Beginning ELD
(Intermediate ELD in summer school)
English 11 SE
(English 9 SE in summer school)
English 12 Electives
English 10
To prepare for college, you need 2 years of summer school. For graduation only, you can take only 1 year of summer school.
Took English in another country
Beginning ELD
(Intermediate ELD in summer school)
English 11SE
(English 10 in
summer school)
English 12 Electives
To prepare for college, you need to go to summer school.
Didn't take English in 9th grade
Intermediate ELD
(English 9 SE in summer school)
English 11 SE or English 11
(English 10 in
summer school)
English 12 Electives
To prepare for college, you need to take summer school.
Took English in another country
Intermediate ELD
(English 10 SE in
sumer school)
English 11SE
or English 11
English 12 Electives
To prepare for college, you need to take summer school.
Didn't take English in 9th grade
English 10SE
(English 9 or 9 SE in summer school)
English 11
English 12 Electives
You are on track for college as long as you make up the 9th grade year of English in summer school.
Took English in another country
English 10 SE
English 11
English 12 Electives
You are on track for college. You do not need summer school.
Didn't take English in 9th grade
English 10
(English 9 in summer school)
English 11
English 12 Electives
You are on track for college as long as you make up the 9th grade year of English in summer school.
Took English in another Country
English 10
English 11
English 12 Electives
You are on track for college. You do not need summer school.
Here are some additional factors to consider:
- Most 9th graders take Health. If you did not take Health in 9th grade, you need to make it up.
- See the chart about transferring credit to stay on a college-prep track.