Grading Scale, GPAs, Tutoring, Teacher Webpages, & CANVAS

[Pages:25]Grading Scale, GPAs, Tutoring, Teacher Webpages, & CANVAS

Geoff Harter Counselor of Last Names Nf-Sa

How are grade averages calculated?

Semester Average is equally comprised of... 1st six weeks grade 2nd six weeks grade 3rd six weeks grade Final exam (shortened school days in December)

The Year Long Average is comprised of Averaging the fall and spring semesters together

Denied Credit Passing average for a course but had more than four absences in the semester

GPA Points for Rank & Cumulative Weighted

Regular Honors/Pre-AP/AP/IB/Dual Credit

100

4.0

5.0

95

3.5

4.5

90

3.0

4.0

85

2.5

3.5

80

2.0

3.0

75

1.5

2.5

70

1.0

2.0

69 or below

0

0

 There are three GPAs Cumulative Weighted Includes every high school course & is on transcript Cumulative Un-weighted Includes every high school course Rank GPA (determines class rank for top 10%) 8 highest (GPA points) semester grades Social Studies English/Language Arts Mathematics Science 4 highest sem grades in LOTE

New Cumulative GPAs are released about 2 months after semester

Class Rank

Anderson is a non-ranking HS Campus Advisory Committee voted Spring 2014 95% of parent votes in spring 2014 were for becoming a nonranking HS

By state law, Anderson HS has to report top 10% ranked students to TX Public Universities Top 10% students will have rank sent to these universities Top 10% students receive a letter with their rank

No other students will have a rank Top 10% students receive their rank ...

Sophomore Year ? By November Junior Year ? Within two months after the completion each

semester Senior Year ? By February 15 of senior year

Implications of Being a Non-Ranking HS

Many state universities will use applicant's GPA and assign each student an assumed rank This will result in an assigned quartile Most state universities have assured admit program for each quartile based on SAT/ACT score Below is an example of Texas State Univ. Assured Admissions Policy

Counselors' Advice about Courses

Tutorials Flexible Instructional Time (FIT) Study groups can get together during FIT study hall session Some teachers do lunch tutoring Before/After School Tutoring You can go to another teacher of the same subject Anderson Tutoring Center Tue/Wed until 6pm in library Late bus routes (limited stops on Tue/Wed leaving AHS at 6pm)

English Papers Trojan Writing Center Monday to Thursdays during lunch in the Distance Learning Lab within Library Have your paper peer-reviewed by upperclassmen students

Counselors' Advice about Courses

Asking Advice ? Students should be asking their teachers advice on how to study and take notes

- great for memorization studying "Msg" in the gradebook ?

the grade is a zero but the teacher wants the student to turn it in (late credit) World Language ? study vocabulary 10 minutes every day Science

Test re-take policy Late work Exit quizzes in Biology Math Six weeks test Late work

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