Excel Program
The Excel program at Holy Cross High School is a challenging curriculum for students. Entrance into the Excel program is based on the High School Placement Test and teacher reccomendations. This program is designed to prepare students to take a number of courses in Junior and Senior year for College Credit through Bellarmine as well as taking Advanced courses in science.
In addition to the required courses listed in the tables, the Excel student must complete three (3) among the following Excel Core electives: Calculus, Fourth Year of Foreign Language, Biology II, Chemistry II, Physics, Journalism II (must have taken Journalism I).
One of these three must be an upper level science.
There are 3 possibilities of courses depending whether the student completed Algebra 1 in 8th grade and whether the student wants to complete Calculus.
Did not have Algebra in Eighth grade or did not pass Archdiocesan Algebra test and does not want Calculus for College Credit (CC)
| Ninth Grade |
Tenth Grade |
Eleventh Grade |
Twelfth Grade |
| Religion 1 |
Religion 2 |
Religion 3 |
Religion 4 |
| English 1 |
English 2 |
English 3 |
English 4(CC) |
| Algebra 1 |
Geometry |
Algebra 2 |
PreCalculus(CC) |
| Biology |
Chemistry |
Science Elec. |
Elective |
| Humanities |
Early US History |
Modern US Hist.(CC) |
World Civilization(CC) |
| Foreign Language 1 |
Foreign Language 2 |
Foreign Language 3 |
Excel Core Elective |
| Health/PE |
Elective |
Excel Core Elective |
Elective |
Did not have Algebra in Eighth grade or did not pass Archdiocesan Algebra test and wants Calculus
| Ninth Grade |
Tenth Grade |
Eleventh Grade |
Twelfth Grade |
| Religion 1 |
Religion 2 |
Religion 3 |
Religion 4 |
| English 1 |
English 2 |
English 3 |
English 4(CC) |
| Algebra 1 |
Geometry |
PreCalculus(CC) |
Calculus(CC) |
| Biology |
Chemistry |
Science Elec. |
Elective |
| Humanities |
Early US History |
Modern US Hist.(CC) |
World Civilization(CC) |
| Foreign Language 1 |
Foreign Language 2 |
Foreign Language 3 |
Excel Core Elective |
| Health/PE |
Algebra 2 |
Excel Core Elective |
Elective |
Passed Archdiocesan Algebra Test in Eighth Grade
| Ninth Grade |
Tenth Grade |
Eleventh Grade |
Twelfth Grade |
| Religion 1 |
Religion 2 |
Religion 3 |
Religion 4 |
| English 1 |
English 2 |
English 3 |
English 4(CC) |
| Geometry |
Algebra 2 |
PreCalculus(CC) |
Calculus(CC) |
| Biology |
Chemistry |
Science Elec. |
Elective |
| Humanities |
Early US History |
Modern US Hist.(CC) |
World Civilization(CC) |
| Foreign Language 1 |
Foreign Language 2 |
Foreign Language 3 |
Excel Core Elective |
| Health/PE |
Elective |
Excel Core Elective |
Elective |