Ninth grade

Ninth grade (called Grade 9 in some regions) is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. In some school systems, ninth grade are consider the last grade year of middle school. Students are usually 14–15 years old. In the United States, it is often called Freshman year. In Australia, it is the third year of secondary school (high school) for students, though because Australian schools commence school after kindergarten with a "preparatory year" and then start grade one the following year, "ninth grade" is actually the students' tenth year at school. Thus, Australian students are at primary and high school for thirteen years in total. It is usually the first year of High school. In England and Wales, the equivalent educational year is Year 10.

In Australia, secondary school (sometimes referred to as high school) starts in grade 8 for South Australia and grade 7 for New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia and Victoria.

In Belgium, the 9th grade is called derde middelbaar in the Dutch speaking north and 3ème secondaire in the French speaking south. In some bureaus of the country, the 9th grade can be removed from one's educator curriculum in order to put the student in an appropriate class study level.

In some parts of Canada, grades Primary through 5 or 6, sometimes even going up to grade 8, is elementary school. Grades 7-8 or 6-8 is junior high school and grades 10-12 or 9-12 is high school.

In Denmark, ninth grade is around the same thing as in Sweden. Afterwards, one can choose to go through tenth grade, but it is not required. The students are 15–16 years old. Ninth grade is the year of first final exams, and the last year of "folkeskolen" (the first 10 years of education. Starts from 0th grade to 9th grade). After they can choose the 10th grade, or go to a brand new school of higher education for two (HF, HG) or three years (STX, HHX, HTX). The first year of the higher education is called 1.g (from 15–18 years old), the second year is 2.g (from 16-19) and the third year is 3.g (from 17-20). The age depends on when you started 0th grade and if you took a 10th grade. When you finish 3.g, you get a white hat (studenterhue), with either a blue or a red ribbon around it. The colour of the ribbon depends of the school (HG, HF, HTX, HHX = blue. STX = red.) An education at STX involves all the lessons you can have in Denmark, while HHX and HTX is more the lessons you want yourself and you mix it yourself. HF and HG is usual an easier education than STX, HHX and HTX. After those two or three years, you can go to a university/college to get an even higher education (usually at the years of 19/20 until you finish. Depends on what exactly you're studying there). In STX you learn Danish, French/Spanish/German (at least one these), English, math, physics, chemistry, biology, health, Latin, EP, nature geography, GLU (general language understanding), art/drama/media course/music (at least one of these as artistic lessons), history, psychology/philosophy (at least one of these), classical studies, and social studies. In HHX, HTX you chose some of these lessons and mix it on your own. You can have the lessons on an A-level (means every three years), B-level (two of the years), C-level (one of the years). Of course there're exceptions. In STX you must have Danish and history in an A-level, and English in either A or B. The rest you make up by choice, and you can change it during the years. The levels of the lessons also depend of the subject line you chose. There're the linguistic lines, the social study lines, the math lines, the chemistry lines, the physics lines, the biotech lines, the music lines and sport lines. The EP/health lessons are either on a C or B-level, but no matter what you chose you've it every year. Here the levels just tell if you're very good at sport and you just really love it, or if you're not that interested in it. If you're on a B-level you'll have quite more EP-lessons than the C-level. You go to exams both in 1.g, 2.g and 3.g

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