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The Francis Howell Community recognizes the need to honor academic excellence at graduation.
The Francis Howell Community recognizes the need to honor academic excellence at graduation.
What is Cum Laude: Graduating With Honor means graduating cum laude. What does cum laude mean? Translators define cum laude as With Praise. Cum laude honors, graduated with honors, graduation honors, and graduate cum laude all involve a high GPA.
What is Magna Cum Laude: The magna cum laude definition is With Great Honor. Scholars define magna cum laude meaning With Great Praise. Usually it means you had the second best grades.
What is Summa Cum Laude: Most define summa cum laude as With Highest Praise, and the summa cum laude definition is With Highest Honor. It usually means highest grades.
FHHS Cum Laude requirements are as follows:
- Eight semesters cumulative GPA: (Students must have attended FHSD for a minimum of one school year.)
- 4.2 and above = summa cum laude
- 4.0 – 4.19 = magna cum laude
- 3.8 – 3.99 = cum laude
- Must accumulate a minimum of 27 credits at graduation.
- Students are required to take a minimum of 4 classes in each of the core areas of math, science, communication arts, and social studies.
Students must attain a minimum of 25 on the ACT composite score or a 1220 on the SAT college entrance exam.
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