Academics
Rolling Meadows High School, like other schools in Township High School District 214, determines GPA's on a 5.0 scale. Students receive an extra point for taking Advanced Placement classes and an extra half-point for taking honors classes. Thus an A in a non-weighted (regular) class is worth 5.0 points, an A in an honors class is worth 5.5 points, and an A in an Advanced Placement class is worth 6.0 points.
The school uses Block Scheduling. There are four classes per day, which alternate between a Gold Day (ex: Math, PE, English, History) and a Purple Day (ex: Info Processing, Seminar, Science, Spanish). Each class lasts ninety minutes, with the exception of late start Thursdays, where each class is seventy-eight minutes long. The only exception is a White Day, where all classes meet. White days, however, are not common and the school has gone years at a time without having them.
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