ADVANCED
ACADEMICS
MUSTANG NATION
NIGHT
For Freshmen
entering high
school in 20152016
CUMULATIVE GPA
All high school courses taken in grades 9-12 will be
calculated in the cumulative GPA with the exception
of:
• Summer school courses taken between the 8th and 9th
grade year
• Summer school courses taken for credit recovery
• Credit by examination, with or without prior instruction
• Traditional correspondence courses, with the exception
of courses taken through TXVSN
CLASS RANK
◼Effective immediately, the district shall not calculate or
report class rank except for students in the top 10%
as required by law.
◼Class rank for students in the top 10% will be
provided on a certification of class rank.
◼The lowest weighted GPA used to determine class
rank for each class will be listed on each high school
counseling website and will be updated at least once
annually.
RANKING GPA:
◼To determine the top 10%, including
valedictorian and salutatorian, only
grades earned in English, Math,
Social Studies, Science, Languages
Other Than English (LOTE), and AP
courses not associated with these
subjects will be included in calculating
the Ranking GPA.
This weighted grading scale will be used starting in the
2014-2015 school year.
GPA REPORTING OPTIONS
◼Students will have three options when requesting
GPA for college admissions or other GPA
requests.
▪ Cumulative GPA –all courses taken in grades 9-12,
except as excluded in district policy. For general
reporting purposes, this is the GPA the district will use.
▪ Ranking GPA - Only courses taken in English, Math,
Social Studies, Science, LOTE, AP courses not
associated with these subjects.
▪ Unweighted 4.0 GPA- All courses taken in grades 912, except as excluded in district policy with no weight
assigned.
YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS
◼Contact:
▪Steffany Batik- Associate
Principal of Academics
▪Your child’s high school
counselor
AP COURSE OFFERINGS
◼We offer a total of 32 AP classes
(subject to enrollment)
◼In future years we are likely to add
AP Chinese, AP Seminar and AP
Research
ADVANCED ACADEMICS TRACK IN ELA
9th– PAP English I/Global
Studies(G/T)
10th– PAP English II/World Studies
(G/T)
11th– AP English III (possibility of
PSAT team)
12th– AP English IV
ADVANCED TRACK IN SOCIAL STUDIES
9th– AP Human Geography/Global Studies (G/T)
10th– AP World History/World Studies (G/T)
11th– AP US History
12th– AP Government, AP Economics
Electives: AP Psychology, AP Comparative
Government, AP Art History, AP European History
FINE ARTS OPTIONS
▪AP Music Theory
▪AP 2D
▪AP Drawing
▪AP 3D
▪AP Art History
ADVANCED ACADEMICS IN LOTE
◼New in the 2015-2016 school year: PAP in
the 2nd year of Spanish, Latin, German,
French
◼In subsequent years: the hope is to offer
AP at the 4th year of the foreign language
AP AND BEYOND AP OPTIONS IN
MATHEMATICS
◼Statistics
◼Calculus AB
◼Calculus BC
◼Multivariable Independent
Study
AP and BEYOND AP COURSES IN
SCIENCE
◼ AP Biology
◼ AP Chemistry
◼ “Beyond” AP Chemistry *new in 2015-2016
◼ AP Environmental Science
◼ AP Physics 1
◼ AP Physics 2
◼ AP Physics C
◼ AP Physics C E&M
◼ “Beyond” AP Physics C
AP COMPUTER SCIENCE
If you are interested in this course, Ms.
Buckerfield can be found with academics in
the library.
Students who already know computer
science on their own have the opportunity to
test out of PAP Computer Science. See Ms.
Buckerfield for details.