page_title: Mercy McAuley High School
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Mercy McAuley High School / History / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: McAuley High School
context_page_description: Mercy McAuley High School is an all-girls Catholic high school in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, it is one of five all-girls high schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, enrolling young women from all over the Cincinnati area and parts of Indiana. It is designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education. Mercy McAuley formed from the 2018 merger of Mother of Mercy High School and McAuley High School and is located at the former McAuley campus.
context_section_description: In compliance with the State of Ohio Minimum Standards, 24 credits are required for graduation.  The credit requirements for graduation include 4 Theology, 4 English, 3.5 Social Studies, 3 Science, .5 Physical Education, .5 Health, 1 Fine Arts, 4 Mathematics, .5 Computer Literacy, and 2 Foreign Language.  Students must take a minimum of six credits per year and be scheduled for at least six courses per semester.  The school year is divided into 2 semesters and exams are administered at the end of each semester (before Christmas break and before summer break).
  Mercy McAuley utilizes a progressive schedule that allows for longer class time. The schedule is based on a four-day rotation. Each day a student will have two 80 minute classes and four 50 minute classes. Each student will have a total of eight scheduled classes with only six classes occurring each day. Out of a four-day rotation, each one of a student's classes will meet three out of four days. On day five, the four-day rotation begins again.
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