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HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING
High School Transcripts:
A transcript is an official, permanent school document that lists
a student's academic record. The transcript includes semester grades
and credits earned for each course beginning in ninth grade. The
transcript is also a record of the student's GPA and Class Rank,
and includes test scores such as the ACT and SAT.
Grade Point Average: (GPA)
A GPA is the average of all of a student's semester grades starting
with first semester of the freshmen year. At GHS there are no weighted
grades. Each course counts the same and each grade earned is worth
a certain mark point:
1 (A) = 4.0 mark points A cumulative GPA is the average of a
2 (B) = 3.0 student's grades added together
3 (C) = 2.0 semester by semester.
4 (D) = 1.0
5 (F) = 0.0
Here is an illustration of how to determine your GPA: (NOTE: Classes
that meet every day for a semester earn 1.0 credit at GHS. PE 9
and PE 10 meet every other day and so earn .5 credits per semester.)
Class---------|-----Grade-----|-----X-----|-----Credit-----|=|-----Mark
Points Earned
English 9 -----| -----|2/(3.0)
-----|X -----|
-----|1.0 ------|=
-----| -----|3.0
Am. History I -----||2/(3.0)
-----|X -----|
-----|1.0 ------|=
-----| -----|3.0
CP Phys. Sci -----| 1/(4.0)
-----|X -----|
-----|1.0 ------|=
-----| -----|4.0
Algebra -----|
-----| 1/(4.0) -----|X
-----| -----|1.0
------|= -----|
-----|4.0
Keyboarding -----|2/(4.0)
------|X -----|
-----|0.5 ------|=
-----| -----|2.0
Credits Attempted: 5.5
Credits Earned: 5.5
Total Mark Points: 19.0
GPA: Total Mark Points (19.0) divided by Credits Attempted (5.5)
= 3.46 (3.455)
Class Rank:
All students in grades 9-12 are ranked in their class based on their
GPA. A student with a perfect 4.0 GPA would be ranked #1 in his
or her class. The lower the GPA, the lower the class rank. Ties
are allowed; for example, if there are three students with 4.0 averages,
each is ranked #1. The student with the next highest GPA would be
ranked #4. Rank can be important when applying for colleges, scholarships,
or employment. REMEMBER: Rank is determined by grade point average,
GPA's are based on semester grades, and GPA's begin accumulating
first semester of the freshmen year--it is very important to get
off to a good start academically as a freshman!
GHS Graduation Credit Check
On the next page is a blank form students may use to keep track
of their progress towards graduation.
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