Ready Graduate and EPSOs

What is a Ready Graduate?
A Ready Graduate is a high school graduate who meets success milestones that increase the probability of seamlessly enrolling in post-secondary education and securing high-quality employment.
To be a Ready Graduate, students are encouraged to meet one or more of the following indicators:

ACT Composite score of 21 or higher
SAT score of 1060 or higher
Four Early Post Secondary Opportunities, or EPSOs
Two EPSOs & pass an industry certification
Two EPSOs & a 31 on a military entrance exam - the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

What is an Early Post Secondary Opportunity?
An Early Post Secondary Opportunity, or EPSO, is a high school course or program that allows a student to gain college credit or industry certification. To earn an EPSO, the student must take the exam corresponding to the course or program, and in some cases, the student must earn a passing score on the exam to earn an EPSO.
Giles County Schools offers the following EPSOs in our academic programming:

-Advanced Placement Courses (must complete the course and attempt the exam to earn an EPSO)
-Dual Enrollment Courses (must complete the course to earn an EPSO)
-Statewide Dual Credit Courses (must complete the course and attempt the exam to earn an EPSO)
-Industry Certification Exams (must earn a passing score on an exam or complete licensure requirements)

-CLEP Exam (must complete CLEP exam and earn a passing score.

Students will create an EPSO and 6-year course plan in the 8th grade and will update it annually with their school counselor.