Southwest High School, known as Southwest or SHS, is a 4 year public high school

High school

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 in El Centro, California

El Centro, California

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 that serves approximately 2,200 students. Southwest is one of the 3 high schools within the Central Union High School District

Central Union High School District

Central Union High School District is the district of the 3 high schools in El Centro, California — Central Union High School , Southwest High School , and Desert Oasis High School .CUHSD is next to DOHS....

. It has been a California Distinguished School

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. It is home to the Southwest High School Eagles.

SHS Clubs

SHS has a wide variety of clubs such as.

Clubs-

• ASB
• SAVAPA Dance
• Mock Trial
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• Interact Club
• Key Club
  Key Club
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• Best Friends Club
• Mexican-American Club
• Yearbook Club
• AVID
  Advancement Via Individual Determination
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   Club
• Academic Decathlon
• AP Club (Advanced Placement)
• Native American Club
• Political Action Club
• Green Club
• Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Club (MESA)

Music Programs

• Chorus
• Concert Band
• Jazz Band
• Marching Band
• Guitar
• Southwest Chamber Orchestra
• Southwest Philharmonic Orchestra
• Southwest Cadet Orchestra

SHS Athletics

SHS competes in the Imperial Valley League in the California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section. The school's teams are called the Eagles.

Year Round Sports-

• Cheerleading (Frosh, JV, Varsity)

Fall Sports-

• Cross Country (Grades 9-12) (Coed)
• American Football (Frosh, JV, Varsity)
• Girls Volleyball (Frosh, JV, Varsity)
• Tennis

Winter Sports-

• Soccer (Frosh, JV, Varsity)
• Basketball (Frosh, JV, Varsity)
• Wrestling (Frosh, JV, Varsity)
• Girls Basketball (Frosh, JV, Varsity)

Spring Sports-

• Baseball (Frosh, JV, Varsity)
• Softball (Frosh, JV, Varsity)
• Track (Grades 9-12)
• Swim (Frosh, JV, Varsity)

Graduation Requirements

Southwest High School and the Central Union High School District follow the (A-G) requirements which are

• 220 Credits
• 2.0 Grade Point Average or above from grades 9 through 12 (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) Year.

You MUST pass California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) with a 350 or above in order to graduate.

• English – 8 Semesters (4 Years) (40 credits)

-English 9 -English 10

-English 11 -English 12

• Social Science – 6 Semesters (3 Years) (30 credits)

-World History 1 year (2 Semesters) (10th grade)

-US History 1 year (2 Semesters) (11th grade)

-American Government 1 semester (12th grade)

-Economics 1 semester (12th grade)

• Mathematics – 4 Semesters (20 credits)

Two years with 1 year being Algebra
-Algebra 1 -Geometry
-Algebra 2 (optional), -Trigonometry (optional),
-AP Stats (optional), -Pre-Calculus (optional),
-AP Calculus (optional)

• Science – 4 Semesters (2 Years) (20 credits)

-Physical Science 1 year (2 Semesters)
-Biology 1 year (2 Semesters)
-Chemistry (optional) -Physics (optional)
-AP Chemistry (optional) -AP Biology (optional)

• Physical Education – 4 Semesters (2 Years)(20 credits)

All 9th grade students must be enrolled in PE.
-P.E 1 -P.E 2
-Weight Lifting (Training)

• Fine Arts – 2 Semesters (1 Years)(10 credits)

-Satisfied by any combination of Art, Music, Drama and/or Foreign Language.

• Practical Arts – 1 Semester (5 credits)

-Satisfied by a course in business education, industrial arts, life skills or ROP.

• Academic Elective – 2 Semesters(2 Years) (10 credits)

-From the following areas: (Mathematics, Science, Social science, Foreign Language, and/or Language Arts.)

• Health Education - 1 Semester

• Computer Information Literacy - 1 Semester

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