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There are five School Counts Credentials that students can earn during high school. Only teachers, guidance counselors or principals can award School Counts Credentials.

During your high school years, you must do the following in order to earn the School Counts Credential:

•	Maintain a 95% attendance and punctuality rate. Don’t be late or absent more than nine times in one school year.
•	Take demanding courses and get the best grades you can – no less than a ‘C’ average.
•	Be on target for graduation in four years -- that’s eight consecutive semesters.
•	Do more than the minimum required for high school graduation – take more courses than required for graduation and avoid study halls.
•	Don’t get in trouble for violence or vandalism; don’t get suspended.

There are four annual School Counts credentials -- one for each year of high school. If you earn all four of the annual credentials,
you will be eligible for the School Counts Graduate Credential.

The School Counts Credential includes two important messages -- one to you congratulating you on your attitude and work ethic, and one to employers. The credential tells employers that YOU are the person with the attitude and work ethic they want. Take the School Counts Credential with you when you go on a job interview (either a part-time job during school or a full-time job after graduation), show your potential employer the School Counts Credential. The credential will tell the world the you have the skills employers want!