Calculating Your Citizenship Grades
At San Marino High School, students receive a citizenship grade
of A-F in every class, including homeroom. Students must
average at least a C in citizenship to earn a diploma from San
Marino High. Regardless of a student's citizenship average
entering the senior year, the student must earn at least a "D"
average in the senior year with at least a "D" average in the
second semester. Students and parents should be aware that
the most common reasons for poor citizenship include tardiness,
poor attendance, and the failure to turn in assignments promptly.
Citizenship grades will appear on the students' transcripts. For
the school's purpose of tracking citizenship, letter grades are
converted to points according to the following computational process:
- Convert the citizenship letter grade (A-F) to a standard 4
point numerical value (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0).
- Add up the figures (for our example, 23 is the total).
- Count up the number of classes in which a citizenship grade
has been given. (Sample = 7).
- Refer to the POINT RANGE CHART below.
- Move down the column until you find the range in which your
total points appear (the range is 18-24 for our sample).
- Note the corresponding letter grade to the right of the range
(letter grade = "B" for our sample)
- Now look to CITIZENSHIP POINT CONVERSION CHART to
figure your point for the grading period. In our example, the
"B" converts to 7.5 citizenship points earned for the
semester. Please note that only the points accumulated at
the end of each semester count towards the necessary
points for graduation.
Students and parents should also be aware that an "Administrative Citizenship Grade"
drop will also lower a student's citizenship grade one full level for a semester, with a
corresponding drop in points. With respect to the above example, if the students had
received an Administrative Citizenship Grade drop, the 'B' would be dropped to a 'C', and the
7.5 points would be reduced to 5. At least 5 citizenship grade credits need to be
earned senior year, with at least 2.5 credits being earned the 2nd
semester of the senior year.
| POINT RANGE CHART |
| (4) GRADES |
(5) GRADES |
(6) GRADES |
(7) GRADES |
| 16-15 = A |
20-18 = A |
24-22 = A |
28-25 = A |
| 14-11 = B |
17-13 = B |
21-16 = B |
24-18 = B |
| 10-7 = C |
12-8 = C |
15-10 = C |
17-11 = C |
| 6-3 = D |
7-3 = D |
9-4 = D |
10-4 = D |
| 2-0 = F |
2-0 = F |
3-0 = F |
3-0 = F |
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