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Grade Point Average (GPA):
A = 4.0
90-100
B = 3.0
80-89
C = 2.0
70-79
D = 1.0
60-69
F = 0.0
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Cumulative, Core, College
Determines class rank
Step 1: Assign each grade a numeric value.
A=4 B=3 C=2 D=1 F=0
AP Courses and
some honors classes
earn quality points
Step 2: Multiply the numeric point value by the
units of credit attempted.
Step 3: Total the values from step 2 & divide by the
total number of credits attempted.
Calculating GPA
Semester 1
Course
(H) Eng 9
(H)World Hist
Algebra I
Biology
Career Prep.
Phys Ed Life
Spanish I
Grade
95 (A)
82 (B)
73 (C)
85 (B)
90 (A)
59 (F)
78 (C)
19 ÷ 7 (no. of classes) = 2.71 GPA
1st Semester GPA = 2.71
GPA Points
4 .5
3.5
2
3
4
0
2
19
Calculating GPA (cont.)
Semester 2
Course
(H) Eng 9
(H)World Hist
Algebra I
Biology
Career Prep.
Phys Ed Life
Spanish I
Grade
90 (A)
89 (B)
74 (C)
83 (B)
95 (A)
60 (D)
80 (B)
21 ÷ 7 (no. of classes) = 3.0 GPA
2nd Semester GPA = 3.0
Cumulative GPA = (21 + 19) ÷ 14 = 2.86
GPA Points
4 .5
3.5
2
3
4
1
3
21
9th
 C
 C
 C
 B
 B
 A
 A
Overall GPA
10th
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
11th
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
2.85
2.92
2.95
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9th
 B
 B
 B
 B
 A
 A
 A
Overall GPA
3.42
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10th
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
11th
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
3.21
3.14
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Birmingham Southern: 3.54 (academic)
Auburn University: 3.8 (average)
University of Alabama: 3.0 (overall)
UAB: 2.25 (overall)
Samford University: 3.7 (average)
Montevallo: 2.5 (overall)
Mississippi State: 2.5 (academic with 16
ACT)
4 English
4 History
4 Math
4 Science
1 Physical Education (1-ROTC, 2-band)
½ Health
1 Career Preparedness
3 CTA Electives (Career Technology, Fine Arts, or
Foreign Language)
• 2 ½ Additional Credits
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• TOTAL: 24 credits (minimum)
This endorsement would follow all of the
requirements for the Alabama High School
Diploma and would also require:
 Minimum of Algebra II/Trig
 Chemistry
 Foreign Language - two year of the same foreign
language
 One half credit of Fine Art
 Minimum of 2 AP courses with one in a core
content or the equivalent (dual enrollment,
dual credit, or IB)
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Promotion requirements
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9th to 10th:
10th to 11th:
11th to 12th:
6 credits
12 credits
18 credits
24 required credits to graduate!
Must pass all required courses and participate in the state
assessment to graduate!
Valedictorian
Salutatorian
Honor Graduates
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Gold Grades –60% (Test/Papers/Projects/Etc.)
Silver Grades –30% (Quiz/Labs/Assignments
that build toward Gold grades/Etc.)
Bronze Grades –10% (Daily/Homework/Etc.)
GOLD (60%)
SILVER (30%)
BRONZE (10%)
75/100 = 75%
40/50 = 80%
7/10 = 70%
60/100 = 60%
30/50 = 60%
6/10 = 60%
50/100 = 50%
45/50 = 90%
9/10 = 90%
85/100 = 85%
35/50 = 70%
8/10 = 80%
80/100 = 80%
30/50 = 60%
10/10 = 100%
Category Avg. = 70%
Category Avg. = 72%
Category Avg. = 80%
70 x 60% = 42
72 X 30% = 21.6
80 X 10% = 8
42 + 21.6 + 8 = 71.6
Overall Avg. = 71.6
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Please provide a note with in 3 days even for
check outs and check ins. (Teachers cannot put
in grades if the absence is unexcused)
There is a natural correlation between absences
and achievement.
Encourage your child to come to school and be
on time!
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We all forgot sometimes and need some grace,
but don’t enable them.
Sometimes they have to face the consequences
of leaving their lunch or their homework!
Make them show you their teachers blogs,
Edmodo, or google classroom. (they know
how to get to it)
Hold them accountable…. Take away keys
(soon will be a great tool) and phones when
they are not doing what they need to do!
What are you studying in History? Ask specific
questions
How is Biology? What are you learning?
What are reading in English? What is it about?
Let me see your math homework….they had
math homework!
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1. Kids need a “little” independence.
2. Choose your battles
3. Get to know their friends. Have them over.
4. Decide rules in advance and follow through
with discipline.
5. Have your child check-in with you. (Know
where they are) Make them look you in eye when
they get home at your established curfew.
6. Talk to your kids about risky behaviors. (Drugs,
driving, sex, alcohol)
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7. Give your teens a plan to get out of a
situation. Work together on this!
8. Keep the door open. They don’t talk a lot
but when they are ready…. Be ready to listen.
9. Let them feel guilty about their actions.
10. Be a role model. (they know if you are a
hypocrite)
Check it
regularly, but
not obsessively!