HONOR
STUDENT DESIGNATION
Honor student designation will be based
on a weighted ‘cum laude’ system according to the following district-wide GPA
standards:
4.50
and above Summa Cum Laude (highest
honors)
4.20
– 4.49 Magna Cum Laude (high
honors)
4.00
– 4.19 Cum Laude (honors)
A student’s final weighted honors GPA
for graduation purposes will be calculated at the end of the seventh semester
for 24 credit graduates. Honor graduates
will be determined by averaging the following highest 17 credits:
3.5
English credits
2.5
Social Science Credits
3.5
Math credits
2.5
Science credits
1.5
Foreign Language credits of the same language
3.5
Elective credits
17.0
Total Credits
Weighted points will be assigned to courses
according to the following table:
Grade
Earned
|
Grade Point Value
Unweighted
|
Grade Point Value
Honors
|
Grade Point Value
Full Weight Point - AP/Dual
Course
|
A
|
4
|
4.5
|
5
|
B
|
3
|
3.5
|
4
|
C
|
2
|
2.5
|
3
|
D
|
1
|
1.5
|
2
|
F
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
I
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
