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Deficient credits must be made up by arrangement with the Brother Rice administration. All remediated courses must be completed with grade transcripts provided on the first day of the next school year. A student must ordinarily maintain a weighted cumulative GPA of 2.00 per semester to maintain continuous enrollment at Brother Rice High School. A student must have received a failing grade for a semester course before retaking the course for credit. In order to retake a failed course, the student will be required to obtain permission from the administration. Students receiving a grade of“ F” for a semester course will not have the“ F” removed from their transcript. When the failed course is remediated, the grade earned for the retake will be added to the student’ s transcript. There is no recalculation of GPA. High school courses taken in middle school will be used for 9th grade placement purposes only. Only courses that appear on a certified high school transcript may be awarded credit. These courses will not be used in GP A calculations.
8. Christian Service The three-fold purpose of Catholic education is to teach the Gospel message, to build community, and to foster service to others. At Brother Rice High School, the Campus Ministry Office provides concrete opportunities for all students to build community by serving others as Jesus did.
Brother Rice requires each student to complete twenty( 20) hours of Christian Service work per school year, four( 4) of which will be earned by participation in the all-school service day. Freshman may complete another ten( 10) hours through working in-school functions such as the Open House, the Auction, the Brother’ s Brunch, the Mother-Son Mass, the Leadership Conference, etc. Five( 5) of those in-school hours may be applied from hosting an eighth grader. Those in-school opportunities are not mandated. Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors may only complete up to five( 5) of the required hours by working in-school functions.
The successful Brother Rice student must complete 10 hours of their required 20 hours of service by the beginning of the second semester in January. The 10 hours must be completed by the first week of May.
Service hours are to be performed working for parishes, hospitals, nursing homes, charitable organizations, etc. Working with certain non-profit organizations, youth sports leagues, public schools, animal agencies, etc. does not qualify. If there is a question, preapproval can be obtained from the Campus Ministry Office. Work done for family members, neighbors, or other individuals, although constituting Christian service, may not be applied toward the service work requirement. Working a shift for free does not constitute service. Approved work may be completed during the summer prior to a given academic year. Students who work additional hours in an academic year may not apply those hours toward the next year’ s requirement. Extra hours may be used to qualify for service awards and scholarships offered by Brother Rice and various agencies.
Completed Christian Service Hours must be uploaded to x2vol. com to be verified and for final approval by the Campus Ministry Office. Students will be trained on the use of the x2vol. com service platform in their Theology Classroom in the fall. An email address from the supervisor of the Christian Service site is required for verification. The Campus Ministry Office has the responsibility for final approval.
Students who do not complete their service hours by the due date will be suspended from school until the required service hours are completed. Seniors may not participate in graduation ceremonies unless all service hours are completed.
9. Testing Program During the academic school year, Brother Rice administers the following standardized tests:
1. Eighth graders interested in attending Brother Rice High School are given the Scholastic High School Placement Test in November, December, February, or May.
2. Freshman take the grade-appropriate ACT and SAT exams which establishes a baseline for students’ college and career readiness.
3. Sophomores take the grade-appropriate ACT and SAT exams, which establish a baseline for students’ college and career readiness.
4. Juniors take the PSAT, which serves as the National Merit qualifying exam, and take the American College Test( ACT). Interest inventories and career assessments are available at a cost in the Guidance Department.
5. Seniors may take the ACT and / or SAT I exams in the spring prior to their senior year or in the fall of their senior year. Certain selective colleges require the SAT II Subject Tests. Students should check with the school( s) they hope to attend to determine if SAT II tests are required.
6. Advanced Placement Tests, which are taken for possible college credit, are administered in May.
10. Academic Grades The following grade scale will be used by all classes at Brother Rice High School.
Grading Scale |
Percentage |
GPA |
Honors / AP GPA |
A + |
100-98 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
A |
97-93 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
A- |
92-90 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
B + |
89-88 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
B |
87-83 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
B- |
82-80 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
C + |
79-78 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
C |
77-73 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
C- |
72-70 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
D + |
69-68 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
D |
67-63 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
D- |
62-60 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
F |
≤ 59 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Gradebooks will automatically round up for 0.5 and above. For example: 83.6 % becomes 84 % but 79.4 % will round down to 79 %.
Quality Points are used to compute the student ' s grade point average. Courses designated as Honors or AP will carry an added one-half( 0.5) quality point per course. These extra quality points, added to the GPA, constitute a“ weighted” GPA. Honor points are not awarded for any grade below 70 %.
Grade point averages( GPA) are computed for each quarter and will appear along with the current GPA on each report card. Letter grades earned in courses and the cumulative GPA, based on the semester grades earned during the four years at Brother Rice, are recorded on the student’ s transcript.
The GPA is computed according to the following formula: GPA = Total Quality Points / Total Ranking Credits
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