Grading Scale

GRADING POLICY
Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it costs all you have, get understanding. Proverbs 4:7

HIGH SCHOOL GRADING SCALE
In an effort to uphold the virtues of responsibility and personal accountability, students are expected to turn in assignments by the due date given. A student will receive no less than a letter grade deduction per day on late major assignments. When a teacher chooses to grade homework, partial credit may be given for partial completion.

High School/College Prep Grading Scale

A 92-100
B 83-91
C 74-82
D 65-73
F 0-64

Honors and Dual Enrollment Grading Scale
All courses that go on permanent transcript will follow the scale below.

A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F 0-59

To schedule an honors course, a student must have earned no less than 87 as a final average in the subject taken the previous year. If a student’s average in an honor’s class for a quarter is below 70, he/she will be placed back into the CP class.

*A student taking a junior level course is exempted from taking that course’s end of year final exam if he has earned no less than an A in each quarter’s grades for that course. A student taking a senior level course is exempted from taking that course’s midterm or final exam if he has earned no less than an A for the course in each quarter grade for that semester.

FINAL COURSE GRADES

Grades from the first and second semesters account for 4/5s of the final course average. Spring and fall cumulative exams account for 1/5 of the final course average. To pass a subject, a student must achieve at least 1 quality point for the course.

Quality points assigned to letter grades are as follows:

A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1 and F=0.

Retention

The retention policy of HBCS states that a student may repeat only one grade level at HBCS. If a student has repeated a grade and fails again (other than PK/Kg), he will be required to transfer out. An administrator and teacher(s) review all retention.

*If a student fails a subject area and completes summer school for the subject area, the student will be promoted. However, if the student fails the same subject the next school year, summer school will not be an option unless the student is granted administrative approval. If a student fails the same subject two consecutive years and summer school isn’t an option, he/she will either have to repeat the same grade or transfer out of HBCS. Ex. If a student fails math in the 6th grade and completes summer school, he or she will be promoted to 7th grade. If the student fails math in 7th grade, he or she will have to repeat 7th grade (summer school will not be an option).

High School:

● Failure to meet course requirements will result in failure of the course. A student is retained if he fails two core subjects in the regular school year and may be subject to academic dismissal. However, meeting course requirements through an approved credit recovery summer program, independent study, correspondence coursework, etc. may allow the student to be promoted.

● If a student fails three core subjects during the regular school year, the student is retained or asked to transfer out. A rising senior failing 3 core courses will be considered for promotion upon successful completion of credit recovery courses and having been credited with the minimum required credits for graduation from Highland.

A Carnegie unit for failed courses will not be issued until requirements are met as noted above. A high school student who successfully completes course requirements will have his/her grade point average (GPA) adjusted accordingly for the course failed during the school year. Both sets of grades will appear on the student’s cumulative record.

Example:

Final Average

English I F

GPA 2.42

Summer School

English I C

Adjusted GPA 2.71