High School Honor Graduates
Honor graduate status shall be determined based on a non-rounded average of 90 or above for all courses taken for high school credit, including any high school credits earned in middle school. The following also apply:
- For the purposes of calculating honors graduate status, the grade for each course in-progress during the graduation year shall be taken from the average as of the end of the third nine-weeks grading period.
- Individual course grades weighted in accordance with the high school credit value of the course.
- All transfer grades must have been received from a school accredited by AdvancEd (now known as Cognia) or equivalent accrediting institution.
- Grades from any completed dual-enrollment courses will be considered in calculations of the numerical averages based on the district’s conversion scale. In-progress dual-enrollment courses will not be considered.
- Grades from Advanced Placement courses shall receive a 10 percent bump when calculating overall average for honor graduate purposes.
- Grades from Honors (Non- Advanced Placement) courses shall receive a five percent bump when calculating overall average for honor graduate purposes.
- Credits earned in lieu of participating in a course shall not be included in the overall average.
- Students who do not graduate from high school within four (4) regular academic years are not eligible for recognition as an honor graduate.
- No residency requirements exist concerning the qualification of honor graduate.