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Accreditation

High School Independent Study courses are approved by the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation through the Mississippi State Department of Education. Each school must individually make the determination as to whether these correspondence courses will meet their own state's requirements for graduation. However, all of our core courses will meet the requirements for accreditation in other states.

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Enrollment

1. A student may enroll for High School Independent Study at any time during the year.
2. A student should not enroll for more than two courses of one-half (1/2) unit each. Only one (1) unit may be earned through High School Independent Study and applied toward high school graduation in the state of Mississippi. However, changes in graduation requirements as noted in Bulletin 171 state that if the student is a graduating senior and has been advised by the school that to graduate he/she may complete two units by correspondence, the units will be accepted toward graduation.
3. If the student plans to use units earned for high school graduation, approval must be secured from the principal at the high school from which he/she plans to graduate. (The principal's signature must be on the application.)
4. To enroll in a course offered by independent study, the student should fill out the application form very legibly, get appropriate signatures, and return it with the appropriate fees to the Division of Academic Outreach & Continuing Education. Checks or money orders are to be made payable to Mississippi State University. (The course fee does not include the cost of textbooks.)
5. Upon approving the application, the high school principal will appoint a course supervisor at the local school. This may be a counselor or teacher at the school. The duties of the supervisor include periodic counseling with the students in connection with the course and administering any tests that may be required.
6. A final grade report is sent to the student and the student's school in care of the supervisor after the course is completed.
7. Graduating seniors must enroll in time to have all lessons and tests completed three weeks before graduation.

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Special Students

If you have special students (e.g. ADD, LD, dyslexic) who High School Independent Study courses, please indicate their particular situation on the student's application form. We will try to work with the student up to the extent of our responsibilities.

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