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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

VCS requires a minimum of 26 credits for students graduating in 2011-2012.  These credits must include the following:

                                                                     4 English

                                                                     4 Math

                                                                     4 Science

                                                                     4 History

                                                                     1 Foreign Language

                                                                     1 Fine Arts

                                                                     1 Computer 

                                                                     7 Electives




Seniors are required to take the ACT in order to graduate. All fees and requirements must be met by April 30th in order to participate in the graduation ceremony. Other requirement may apply. Please call the school office for more details.




Grading Scale:
 
100 - 90        A
  89 - 80        B
  79 - 70        C
  65 - 60        D
  64 -  0         F



Scholarship and Website Information

Here is a list of available scholarships. Please call the school office for assistance.

Financial Aid & Scholarship Scams
 
The start of the financial aid season, when people should apply for financial aid for college, will be upon us soon.  It is also the time of year when scholarship scams start advertising their phony scholarship services.

Unfortunately, in their efforts to pay the bills, many students and their families are falling prey to scholarship scams.  The Federal Trade Commission cautions students to look for tell tale lines:


* "The scholarship is guaranteed or your money back."
* "You can't get this information anywhere else."
* "We'll do all the work."
* "The scholarship will cost some money."
* "I just need your credit card number or bank account number to hold this scholarship."
* "You're a finalist" in a contest you never entered.
* "You've been selected by a 'national foundation' to receive a scholarship.
 
Families do not need to pay someone to apply for and receive financial aid for college.  Several avenues to receive help include the local high school guidance office, financial aid administrator at a college.


MTAG (Mississippi Residents): www.mississippi.edu/riseupms/search-result.php?article_id=230

TOPS (Louisiana Residents): www.ololcollege.edu/Financial_Aid_TOPS.html
 
LOSFA - Louisiana Office of Student Financial Aid: www.osfa.state.la.us/


For Financial Aid assistance for states other than Mississippi and Louisiana please contact the school office.




College Websites
 

Hinds Community College: www.hindscc.edu 

Louisiana State University:  www.lsu.edu   

University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM): www.ulm.edu

Mississippi College: www.mc.edu

Millsaps College: www.millsaps.edu

Belhaven University: www.belhaven.edu   
                           

Mississippi State University: www.msu.edu  
                                 

University of Mississippi (Ole Miss):  www.olemiss.edu  
                          

University of Southern Mississippi (Southern): www.usm.edu     
                              

Stanford University: www.stanford.edu      
                      

Harvard University:  www.harvard.edu    
                           

Yale University: www.yale.edu       

Princeton University:  www.princeton.edu

Brown University: www.brown.edu

California Institute of Technology (Cal-Tech): www.caltech.edu

Duke University: www.duke.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia-Tech): www.gatech.edu

Cornell University: www.cornell.edu

University of Pennsylvania: www.upenn.edu

John Hopkins University: www.jhu.edu

Georgetown University: www.georgetown.edu

University of Notre Dame: www.nd.edu

Vanderbilt University: www.vanderbilt.edu

University of California (Berkeley): www.berkeley.edu

University of Texas: www.utexas.edu

Texas A & M: www.tamu.edu

University of Virginia: www.virginia.edu

University of Florida: www.ufl.edu

University of Tennessee: www.tennessee.edu        
                 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): web.mit.edu