NakiaMiller A–EAdrianaStrazzanti F–KLisaFlood L–QJaimeCamino R–VJuliePizon W-Z

CREDITS� 21 CreditsarerequiredforgraduationfromBHS�  5 Creditsarerequiredtobecomeasophomore�  10 Credits“ “ “ “ junior�  15 Credits“ “ “ “ senior

GRADUATIONREQUIREMENTS

�  Language Arts 4 ½ units �  Mathematics 4 units �  Science 3 units �  Social Studies 3 units �  Health ½ units �  Physical Education ½ units �  Electives 5 ½ units

OneElectiveunitmustincludecourseworkinFineArts.

ELIGIBILITY� Students must have received passing grades

in a minimum of five one-credit courses or the equivalent. � Ninth grade students must maintain a GPA of a 1.8 � Tenth-twelfth grades must maintain a GPA of a 2.0

All requirements must be made in the grading period immediately preceding the activity

in which the student is participating.

THEGRADINGSCALE

THEREISNOFINALGRADE,RATHERADISTINCTIONOF

“CREDIT/NOCREDIT”

SemesterGradeswillstillbeissued

Letter Mark

PERCENTAGE

A+ 97 – 100 A 93 – 96.9 A- 90 – 92.9 B+ 87 – 89.9 B 83 – 86.9 B- 80 – 82.9 C+ 77 – 79.9 C 73 – 76.9 C- 70 – 72.9 D+ 67 – 69.9 D 63 – 66.9 D- 60 – 62.9 F Below 60

THEGRADINGSCALE

THEGRADINGSCALE�  SEMESTERCOURSES� CreditwillbeawardedwhenthestudenthasearnedBOTHapassingGPA(.70) forthecourseandtwopassinggradesforthesemester.

Q1 C 2.0 40% .80 Q2 C- 1.7 40% .68 E1 F 0 20% 0

GPA 1.48 CREDIT AWARDED

EXAMPLEConvertlettergradesintoGPA#forthecalculation Q1 (.40) + Q2 (.40) + E1 (.20) = Semester Grade

Credit/No Credit

THEGRADINGSCALE

Q1 A- 3.7 40% 1.48 Q2 A 4.0 40% 1.60 E1 C- 1.7 20% .34

GPA 3.42 CREDIT AWARDED

Q1 F 0 40% 0 Q2 D 1.0 40% .40 E1 D 1.0 20% .20

GPA .60 NO CREDIT AWARDED

EXAMPLEConvertlettergradesintoGPA#forthecalculation Q1 (.40) + Q2 (.40) + E1 (.20) = Semester Grade

Credit/No Credit

NEEDS a .70 GPA

THEGRADINGSCALE�  FULLYEARCOURSE: Creditwillbeawardedwhenthestudenthas

earnedBOTHapassingGPA(.70) forthecourseandtwopassinggradesinthesecondsemester.

Studentsmaygoto:BrunswickHighSchoolwebsite,BHSLinks,GradeEstimatortocalculatetheirgradestoverifythattheypassedwiththe.70GPA

THEGRADINGSCALEHereisthecalculationprocessforayearlongclass:

Q1 (20%)+Q2 (20%)+E1(10%)+Q3 (20%)+Q4 (20%)+E2 (10%) = Credit/No Credit

Q1 F 0 20% 0 Q2 D- .70 20% .14 E1 F 0 10% 0 Q3 D 1.0 20% .2 Q4 D 1.0 20% .2 E2 D 1.0 10% .1

GPA .64

NO CREDIT AWARDED

NEEDS a .70 GPA

THEGRADINGSCALEQ1 C 2 20% .40 Q2 B- 2.7 20% .54 E1 C- 1.7 10% .17 Q3 D 1.0 20% .2 Q4 F 0 20% 0 E2 F 0 10% 0

GPA 1.31 NO CREDIT AWARDED

Q1 F 0 20% 0 Q2 F 0 20% .0 E1 F 0 10% 0 Q3 D 1.0 20% .2 Q4 C- 1.7 20% .34 E2 D 1.0 10% .1

GPA .64 NO CREDIT AWARDED

EXAMPLES:

NEEDS a .70 GPA NEEDS TWO PASSING GRADES IN SECOND

SEMESTER

WHATISAGPA?GradePointAverage–nounEducation.ameasureofscholasticattainmentcomputedbydividingthetotalnumberofgradepointsreceivedbythetotalnumberofcreditsorhoursofcourseworktaken.

ATBHSTHECUMULATIVEGPAISONLYCOMPUTEDATTHESEMESTER.

JANUARY/JUNE

HONORSDIPLOMACRITERIAMustmeetsevenoftheeight1.  Four units of English 2.  Four units of Mathematics at least Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry and

another high level course or a four-year sequence of courses that contain equivalent content

3.  Four units of Science including Physics and Chemistry 4.  Four units of Social Studies 5.  Three units of one Foreign Language or two units each of two Foreign

Languages 6.  One unit Fine Arts 7.  Maintain a GPA of a 3.5 UNWEIGHTED 8.  Obtain a composite score of 27 on the ACT or an equivalent composite

score on the 1210 SAT

ACADEMICAWARDS�  SummaCumLaude 3.75–4.0+GPA HighestPraise� MagnaCumLaude 3.5–3.749GPA GreatPraise� CumLaude 3.0–3.499GPA Praise

ATGRADUATIONTHETOPTENSCHOLARSOFTHECLASSARERECOGNIZEDFORTHEIRACADEMIC

ACHIEVEMENT.

TRANSCRIPT�  [tran-skript]–noun-anofficialreportsuppliedbyaschoolontherecordofanindividualstudent,listingsubjectsstudied,gradesreceived,etc.

• Coursestaken• Grades(semesteronly)• GradePointAverage• ClassRank• CreditsEarned• EndofCourseExamScores• CollegeEntranceExamScores–ACT,SAT• Attendance/Tardies

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