Academic Awards

Honors Recognition

Honor Roll : Students with a semester GPA between 3.5 and 3.749 are named to the honor roll. Students with a semester GPA of 3.75 or better are named to the high honor roll.

Academic Lettering : Academic lettering is another way in which Whitewater High School students can be recognized for outstanding school work. Students receive academic award points each semester based on GPA. Students earn one point for a GPA of 3.50 – 3.749 and two points for a GPA of 3.75 or higher.

a. Freshmen on the Honor Roll receive a certificate

b. Students accumulating six points receive an academic letter

c. AFTER receiving a letter, students who maintain:

3.5 - 3.749 receive a bar each year

3.75 - 5.0 receive a star each year

d. Students accumulating ten points receive an academic pin

Academic Achievement Reporting and Recognition:

Student transcripts will include the student’s GPA and Laude honors, if applicable.
Class ranking will be available upon request.
The Rock Valley Conference Academic Awards recognizes the top students per school
The top two senior GPA’s are reported to the State of Wisconsin Higher Educational Aid Board to qualify for Academic Excellence Scholarship. (Eligible students must attend a Wisconsin college or university.)

LAUDE SYSTEM

The Laude Latin model will recognize academic excellence at the conclusion of a student’s high school career. Students will work to compete against the criterion for academic honors. A student’s final cumulative GPA will be used to determine the level of honor on a student’s high school transcript, diploma, and for academic recognition at commencement exercises.

The following three levels of academic honors will be used.

Summa Cum Laude “with highest distinction” – Cumulative GPA average of 4.00+ (Gold cord)
Magna Cum Laude “with great distinction” - Cumulative GPA average of 3.75 to 3.99 (Silver cord)
Cum Laude “with distinction” – Cumulative GPA average of 3.33 to 3.749 (White Honors Cord)

Valedictorian and Salutatorian

In the interest of encouraging and recognizing outstanding academic achievement, the District’s most highly honored students will be selected from each graduating class according to the following procedure:

The valedictorian will be the student with the highest cumulative grade point average (carried out to two decimal places) as computed at the end of seven semesters of high school work.
In the case of a tie for valedictorian, co-valedictorians will be honored, and a salutatorian will not be selected in that year.
If there is only one valedictorian, a salutatorian will be the student with the second highest cumulative grade point average as computed at the end of seven semesters of high school work.
In the case of a tie for salutatorian, co-salutatorians will be honored.
In order to be eligible for valedictorian or salutatorian honors, the student must have attended Whitewater High School for at least one high school year (two complete semesters) prior to the senior year, and complete senior year successfully. Each case will be considered individually related to foster care, homelessness, and trauma. The high school principal will be responsible for determining valedictorian and salutatorian.
In the case of a tie for valedictorian, all valedictorians will deliver a Class Address at graduation.

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