PRINCIPAL’S ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
PRINCIPAL’S ACADEMIC DISTINCTION AWARD
Grades 9 – 11 (per semester)
Academic Distinction/Academic Merit Awards shall be based on all subjects in which a student is enrolled and grades will be weighted accordingly. In determining Academic Distinction, any grade below a B- (including Honors) disqualifies students from this honor.
Principal’s Academic Distinction - 4.0 semester GPA
Incompletes eliminate students from consideration for recognition
PRINCIPAL’S ACADEMIC MERIT AWARD
Grades 9 -12 (per semester)
In determining Academic Merit Award, any grade below a C- (including Honors) disqualifies students from this honor.
Principal’s Academic Merit Award 3.5 Semester GPA.
Incompletes eliminate students from consideration for an Academic Merit Award.
PRINCIPAL’S ACADEMIC SCHOLAR AWARD
The Principals’ Academic Scholar Award will be awarded at the end of the 6th academic semester for students who attain a cumulative GPA of 3.85 or higher. This is a display of persistent academic achievement and awarded to those students who did not qualify for Cum Laude Society induction after the 6th semester. This award does signify a sequential step in working towards acquiring Cum Laude recognition. Students who remain diligent with their studies have one semester remaining to try to acquire Cum Laude induction which represents the top 20% of the class.
CUM LAUDE SOCIETY
Each Chapter may elect student members not more than 20% of the graduating class who have academic excellence in the college preparatory curriculum, choosing:
The whole number toward the end of the senior year, or up to 10% of the number at the end of the junior year or early in the senior year, and the remainder near the end of the Senior Year.”