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A scholar can use one of these two external exams to fulfill her English exam requirement.
What are AP Literature and ELA Regents?
The percent impact that Quarter 2 has on a scholar's course GPA.
What is 25%?
These are STEM Academy courses available for freshmen.
What are pre-med and engineering?
Seniors with a cumulative academic core GPA in the top 10% of their class, at the end of senior year, will graduate with this distinction.
What is an Honors Diploma?
The place where paddling is unacceptable, but college-bound scholars can be spotted diving into their many applications.
What is the Lake?
Switch, Add, Drop.
What are the three types of course change requests?
At the beginning of Semester 1, scholars will have the opportunity to request changes to their courses. At the beginning of Semester 2, scholars should reach out to their advisors about course changes.
The score a scholar earns if they miss a course culminating AP Exam.
What is 1?
If a scholar is enrolled in an external-culminating course, they are required to sit for the external exam. Scholars who fail to sit for the exam will earn the lowest score on the exam (i.e. AP score of a 1).
This is (currently) the only AP® course freshmen can sit for.
What is AP Art History?
Typically, a one week turnaround policy for homework and classwork, whereby scholars use teacher feedback to earn stronger score on the assignment.
What are Revised Assignments?
College admissions officers expect to see that scholars have challenged themselves. As examples, we have outlined these 3 potential academic trajectories for scholars.
What are Rigorous Coursework Pathways?
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Scholar A wants to become a doctor, and hopes to attend a highly selective college. This scholar should choose the most demanding path of rigorous STEM courses. Scholar B wants to become an English professor, and hopes to attend a highly selective college. This scholar should choose the most demanding path of rigorous Humanities courses. Scholar C hopes to attend a selective college, is undecided about their major, and enjoys cultivating their artistic talents. This scholar should choose rigorous core academic courses and advanced talent offerings.
The final grade on transcript if a scholar earns an 84% in Honors Principles of Chemistry.
What is a B+?
84% x 1.05 honors weight = 88.2 converted on transcripts to letter grade.
Performing in this GPA percentile qualifies a scholar for the STEM Academy.
What is the top 20% of their STEM courses?
Something a scholar does before becoming eligible to sit for the Canonical Works of American Literature course
What is pass and earn an English credit in Freshman Reading & Composition (or Survey of Great Books)?
STEM-field courses versus HUM Diploma distinction.
What is the difference between STEM Academy and HUM Academy?
The Humanities Academy is a diploma distinction that reflects: 4 or more passing scores on HUM AP exams. The STEM Academy = Engineering and Pre-Medicine (and certain computer science courses in SY21-22).
My Graduation PlanTM
What is the graduation planning template in the Orange Book?
Scholars can pursue their own research into a topic and research question of their own choosing by conducting one of these.
What is an Independent Study?
The number of core content credits and external exams passes that juniors need in order to matriculate into senior year.
What are 11 core content credits and 5 external exams?
The distinction on transcripts for freshman who exceed expectations in any given freshman year course.
What is HP or High Pass?
Back in my day, they called it summer homework!
What is Summer At Home Learning?
A unique approach that provides scholars and families many supports, including prescriptively advising a scholar on the best list of colleges where he can apply to maximize his successful graduation in 4 years and financial outcomes.
What are College Counseling Services?