GPA Information

Grade Point Average (GPA) is computed as follows on a 4.0 scale:

Quality Points - 

• Standard Courses: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1 and F=0

• Honors Courses (extra .5 point on weighted scale): A=4.5, B=3.5, C=2.5, D=1.5 and F=0

• AP Courses (extra 1.0 point on weighted scale): A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2 and F=0

GPA Calculation

Weighted GPA: calculated by totaling the number of weighted quality points for each class and dividing this number by the total number of credits.

Unweighted GPA: calculated by totaling the number of quality points (excluding honors or AP quality points) and dividing by the total number of credits

To determine an unweighted GPA:

Divide the total unweighted quality points by the total earned credits

To determine a weighted GPA:

Divide the total weighted quality points by the total earned credits.

Please note:

• All courses taken at the middle school for high school requirement(s) will not calculate in the GPA.

• A GPA calculated at mid-term is an Interim GPA. An Interim GPA is based upon all final course grades and, for courses in progress, the alternate final marks.

The following courses are included in calculation of GPA:

• Course work attempted in CMS in grades 9 through 12, unless the course is one that is specifically exempted from inclusion in GPA.

• Courses that a CMS student takes and fails at a CMS school and repeats at a non-CMS institution in grades 9-12.

• Courses taken in accredited educational institutions in grades 9-12 before the student enrolled in CMS.

• New course work taken at accredited non-CMS educational institutions in grades 9-12 that is necessary for the student to satisfy a graduation requirement and is not reasonably available to the student within CMS (see IKF-R for additional information on this requirement).

• New course work taken in grades 9-12 at accredited non-CMS educational institutions that the principal and the superintendent’s designee approve for inclusion as a graduation requirement, as set forth in IKF-R;

• Courses taken at institutions of higher education that are included in an articulation agreement or memorandum of understanding between the institution and CMS regarding courses for which students may receive credits towards graduation.

The following courses are not included in calculation of GPA:

• Courses transferred from home schools (effective with the 2003 – 2004 school year);

• Courses transferred from non-accredited schools (effective with the 2003 – 2004 school year);

• New course work taken by CMS students at accredited non-CMS institutions that does not meet the criteria set forth above for inclusion in graduation requirements;

• Courses for which grades are awarded pass/fail, such as courses taken through the Credit by Demonstrated Mastery (CDM) process and Credit Recovery; and

• CMS courses noted as not being included in the GPA calculation in the current year’s “High School Planning Guide.”

Class Rank Information

All students enrolled in a school at the time class ranks are calculated will be included in the class ranking.

In order to be eligible to be Valedictorian or Salutatorian at a paricular high school, a student must have been enrolled at that school and have been a member of the class with which he or she is being ranked from the beginning of second semester of the school year preceding the student's senior year. If a student is graduating early, the student must have been enrolled at the school from the beginning of second semester of his or her tenth grade year.

Computation

Class rank will be determined by ranking all students numerically by weighted GPA. The student(s) with the highest average will be assigned a rank of number one (1) in the class. The student(s) with the second hightest average will be assigned with the next highest rank. Students who have the same GPA will have the same rank in the class.

Junior Marshals

Junior Marshals are determined by ranking students according to the weighted GPA's calculated at the beginning of first semester of the students' junior year.

Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Valedictorian and Salutatorian are determined by ranking seniors according to the weighted GPAs calculated at the end of second semester of the students' senior year.

Class Rank Schedule

Grade 9: End of 1st Semester

Grade 10: On the 15th School Day

Grade 11: On the 15th School day & the End of 1st Semester

Grade 12: On the 15th School Day, End of 1st Semester, & End of 2nd Semester