High School Academics

As a student of integrity in the Dublin City Schools, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this assignment.

Students are classified by grades according to the number of credits they have accumulated.  The minimum credits for grade classification are as follows:

• 9th Grade: successful completion of Grade 8

• 10th Grade: 5 credits and one year of high school

• 11th Grade: 10 credits and two years of high school 

• 12th Grade: 15 credits and three years of high school

• Graduate: 21 credits, 4 years of high school and passage of state mandated exams

Grading Scale

The Dublin High Schools have a standard grading procedure, as well as additional notations that indicate work in progress or incomplete work.  In general, students are assigned grades based upon test results, homework, projects and classroom participation.  Each teacher may place a different emphasis on these areas in determining a grade and will so inform the students at the beginning of the course work.  If a student is not sure how their grade will be determined, they should ask the teacher. Official student grades can be viewed in Infinite Campus.

The high school grading system will be as follows:

Grade Point Average (GPA)

Current GPA is the average of a student’s grade in a given quarter.  Cumulative GPA is calculated on final grades for courses and reflects all courses taken in high school.

The Dublin City Schools awards academic credit for all high school courses on a semester basis. Both the first semester final grade and .50 credit, and the second semester final grade and .50 credit will appear on the transcript. Likewise, the cumulative grade point average for all high school students will be recalculated at the conclusion of each semester of high school.

Valedictorian

• All students who achieve a grade point average of 4.100 and above based on the 7^th semester will receive the distinction of valedictorian.

Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Cum Laude

• Students will be honored at commencement based on the following cumulative GPA scale:

Summa Cum Laude:  4.000 GPA and above

Magna Cum Laude:  3.75 to 3.999

Cum Laude:  3.50 to 3.74

Students will be credentialed for this academic award based on the 7^th semester GPA.

Honor/Merit Roll

High school students will be listed on the HONOR ROLL by attaining a 3.50 G.P.A. per grading period.  3.00 G.P.A. students will be listed under the MERIT ROLL at the end of each grading period.

The Board of Education acknowledges that some students are pursuing educational goals, that include graduation from high school at an earlier date than their designated class.  Students considering early graduation must discuss this option with their school counselor and must petition to graduate early prior to May 1 of the previous academic year to be considered for this opportunity. 

Application for early graduation will be submitted to the students’ school counselor and the high school principal in accordance with school regulations.  The principal may honor this request if all conditions for graduation are met and the student fulfills the graduation requirements. Student’s cohort placement will be adjusted on or after July 1.

With the permission of the Superintendent, the student may participate in the graduation ceremonies with his/her designated class. 

We believe the students, staff, and community are stakeholders in the climate and culture of our school.  The school was founded on the belief that all students can and must learn in order to achieve success in our society.  The community and staff further believe that success begins with personal and academic integrity, which are grounded in honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility.

Absolute integrity is expected of everyone.  Academic and personal integrity entail a firm adherence to a set of values essential to an academic community grounded in honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility for all.

Violations - The following are examples of activities that violate the spirit of academic honesty.  This is not a definitive list:

• plagiarism (of ideas, work, research, speech, art, music, etc.);
• forgery of another’s work;
• presenting the results that are the product of an artificial intelligence (AI) platform as one’s own where the use of AI was not specifically allowed by the teacher as part of the assignment;
• downloading or copying information from other sources and presenting it as one’s own;
• using language translation work of someone else or using technology when the expectation is doing one’s own translation;
• copying another person’s work;
• allowing another person to copy one’s own work;
• stealing another person’s work;
• doing another person’s work for them;
• distributing copies of one’s work for use by others;
• distributing copies of someone else’s work for use by others for academic gain or advantage;
• intentionally accessing another’s work for the purpose of presenting it as one’s own for academic gain or advantage;
• distributing or receiving answers to assignments, quizzes, tests, assessments, etc.;
• distributing or receiving questions from quizzes, tests, assessments, etc.;

Our faculty believes in the statement below and is encouraged to include it on all course syllabuses:

As a student of integrity, I will neither give nor receive unauthorized aid in class work, quizzes, examinations, preparation of reports or projects, or in any other work that I use to evaluate you without specific permission for collaboration or without proper citation.  All work may be submitted to a variety of sources to check for plagiarism.

Cheating (see Academic Honesty and Student Code of Conduct - Rule #11)

A student shall not obtain by fraudulent, dishonest or deceptive means and use as his or her own (or provide to another student) the work, work product, questions on or answers to examinations or any like matters of another student or violate the reasonable requirements of a teacher with respect to the conduct and taking of examinations or the completion of other course assignments.

Students found in violation of this policy may receive a zero for the work in question.  Further disciplinary action may also be imposed including loss of privileges and loss of driving/parking privileges.

Each teacher is required to administer end of semester examinations.  These exams are comprehensive, which means that they will cover all work covered until their administration.  Examinations of this type are excellent tools for determining the degree of knowledge obtained from a course.  They also provide excellent preparation for the type of examinations encountered in higher education.  All students are required to take these examinations unless an approved exemption has been made by an administrator.

Freshmen and Sophomores may be required to attend each day of exam week fully from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. even if you do not have an exam.  Juniors and Seniors may earn the privilege of attending during exam week ONLY during their scheduled exams by meeting established academic, behavioral and attendance criteria.  Any Junior or Senior with a grade of 69% or lower in a class will not be given this privilege and will be required to attend exam week in its entirety.

Any modification to a student’s exam schedule must be requested in writing by the student 5 days in advance of the exams and approved by the principal.

Dublin City Schools administers state and national standardized tests, which include, but are not limited to, state mandated end of course exams, ACT, SAT, and PSAT. Students are not permitted to review any portion of a state or national assessment at any time prior to the test administration.   In order to ensure fairness and reliability of the test scores, students are not permitted to discuss test questions or share any information regarding the content of these tests at any time.  Any student caught sharing information in regard to state or national assessments will be subject to disciplinary action. 

SAT

For dates and registration information regarding the SAT please visit, https://www.collegeboard.org, or speak with your guidance counselor.

ACT

For dates and registration information regarding the ACT please visit, https://www.act.org/content/act/en-ohio.html, or speak with your guidance counselor.

Each spring, a series of scheduling activities takes place to assist each student in selecting appropriate courses for the following year.  From the time a student returns the course request form (February) until the end of the school year (June), a student may request a schedule change.  It is important to realize that our master schedule is based upon the student requests made in February.  In order to be fiscally responsible, the number of class sections within each subject area is based on these projections. These requests also dictate new teacher hires during the summer.  Once classes are scheduled, it is difficult to make a schedule change because many classes will be at or near capacity.  Students may not be enrolled in a class that is considered filled.  Once a student has received his/her schedule in August, through the remainder of the school year, the Dublin City Schools Change Request Form, available in the Guidance Office, must be processed to request a schedule change.

When a student wishes to withdraw, he/she must follow the steps outlined below.

1. Student must contact the Guidance Office.

2. The counselor or registrar will speak with the student to determine if the withdrawal is for relocation or for work.

3. If the student is moving, a withdrawal form will be completed and submitted to the registrar who will sign the student out and give him/her a copy of the form.

4. If the student is dropping out, the registrar will explain the procedure and refer the student to the appropriate counselor.  The counselor should inform the student’s parents and the appropriate administrator of the impending withdrawal and involve them if the student plans to drop out.

5. If the student is withdrawing on a full-time work permit, the following conditions must be met:

   1. Students must be between the ages of 16 and 18 and must be employed full time.

   2. A complete work permit must be submitted to the registrar.

   3. A parent’s signature must appear on the withdrawal form and the work permit.