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Marking System

Marking System

Determining Grade Point Average

The courses included in the determination of a student’s Grade Point Average (GPA) are those offered on-campus at Mt. Anthony Union High School during the regular school year.
  • Regular education required courses that are numerically graded.
  • Regular education 90 minute elective courses that are numerically graded.
  • The following 50 minute classes: Chorus, Band, Health, Physical Education, and all 50 minute courses that fill the Technology requirement.


High school level courses taken during middle school will not be counted on the student’s GPA.

A differential weighting system is used to calculate grade point average. Effective in the fall of 2002, all grades are plotted on a 100-point scale. The minimum passing grade is 65. The following is a weighted chart conversion using the 100-point scale (x 1.05):

Required Credits Are:


Area of Study

 

Credits

Humanities
  English Literature & Composition   4 credits
  The Arts   1 credit
Social Sciences
  SS1 World History (1000 BCE-1500 CE)   1 credit
  SS2 World and United States History (1500 CE-1914)   1 credit
  SS3 United States and the World (1900-Present)   1 credit
       
  Physical Education   1.5 credits
  Health   0.5 credit
Mathematics, Science & Technology
  Mathematics   3 credits
       
  Unified Science   1 credit
  Biology   1 credit
  3rd Science   1 credit
       
  Technology   0.5 credit
(starting with the class of 2009)
Electives
  All students   7.5 credits
       
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Total graduation credits required:   24 credits
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Some Career Development Center (CDC) programs have embedded graduation requirement credit(s) and some CDC classes may fulfill requirements in the area of Mathematics, Science, English, or Art. Please see the CDC Program of Studies and check with your school counselor about courses in the CDC that fulfill MAUHS graduation requirements.

Graded Students:
 
  A+ 97-100   A 94-96   A- 90-93  
  B+ 87-89   B 84-86   B- 80-83  
  C+ 77-79   C 74-76   C- 70-73  
  D+ 68-69   D 67   D- 65-66  
  F 64 and below  













Reporting Dates

SEMESTER 1
Interim Report Ends September 25th
Qtr. 1 Grade Ends October 30th
Interim Report Ends December 4th
Qtr. 2 Grade Ends January 22nd
Exams January 21st & 22nd

SEMESTER 2
Interim Report Ends March 5th
Qtr. 3 Grade Ends April 2nd
Interim Report Ends May 7th
Qtr. 4 Grade Ends To Be Determined
Exam To Be Determined

Interim and Report Cards are mailed home to parents. Students should keep track of grades on regular basis.
 
mauhs posFor more information about the current marking system, please click here.