Starting with our Class of 2021 and every graduating class after that, we have updated graduation requirements. These requirements are less about grades earned for time spent in a classroom, and more about students demonstrating they are truly prepared for the world after high school.

Learn about each graduation requirement:

• ICAP

• Coursework

• Competency

DPS requires all students to graduate having a plan for after high school that is meaningful to them. Students work with their counselors to develop, update and complete their personalized Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAPs), a process which started as early as the sixth grade.

Through this personalized career and academic planning process, students are empowered to learn about themselves and evaluate their path to career and college including setting and marking progress towards goals, exploration career and college options, planning towards high school graduation, and financial aid opportunities.