Grades
The academic calendar is two semesters, of 18 weeks each. Classes (excluding 0th and 8th period) regularly meet three times a week, twice for 91-minute block periods and for 51-minute periods on Fridays. As of the 2012-13 school year, 51-minute periods were switched to Mondays. Each course has a value of five credits per semester. Grading is on a 4.0 point scale. Grade point average and class rank (unweighted) are computed in January of the senior year. All courses taken in 9th, 10th, and 11th and first semester of the 12th grade, including PE are used for final transcripts. The School Loop system is actively used by a majority of the staff for students and parents that displays grades and assignments for the students.
In 2009, 266 students took the Advance Placement (AP) exams with a 79% pass rate (score of 3 or higher).
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