1. Students taking Algebra I in 7th grade may be bused to the high school for Geometry. This will result in a release time that is about one-hour later, limiting student participation in many after-school activities at the junior high.
2. Grades earned from Honors Algebra I and/or Honors Geometry in Junior High will forever be on the student’s high school transcript and will be calculated into the high school graduating GPA (grade point average). This affects class ranking as well as the overall GPA.
Class of 2025-2028: Honors Algebra I and Honors Geometry taken in junior high will not count toward the 3 math credits that are required to be earned in high school. (State Law 70 O.S. § 11-103.6 (OSCN 2020)). The grades earned cannot be removed from the student's transcript.
Beginning with the Class of 2029: Only Honors Algebra I and Honors Geometry taken in 8th grade will count toward the 4 math credits that are required to be earned in high school (State Law 70 O.S. § 11-103.6 (OSCN 2024)). The grades earned cannot be removed from the student's transcript.
3. Students taking Algebra I in 7th grade are expected to take AP Calculus in 11th grade and other AP/College level math courses their senior year. Each math course completed must be a higher-level course than the preceding year.
4. Any student in Honors Algebra I, in either 7th or 8th, who qualified through the prep course and readiness exam, with a D or F at the end of the first semester will automatically be placed into Pre-Algebra second semester. The semester grade will stand and cannot be changed. (Fall break is the final deadline to change course enrollment without affecting transcript and GPA.)
5. Students in other Honors math classes, Pre-Algebra (7th), and Algebra 1 (8th), who have earned a D or F at the end of the first semester will be encouraged to move back into a lower level math course for 2nd semester.
6. Students who earn a C or lower both semesters in Honors Pre-Algebra, Honors Algebra I, or Honors Geometry will be encouraged to repeat the course the next school year or take the non-honors course if available. The reasoning for this is because the student is not showing adequate conceptual understanding to progress and be successful as the rigor increases in subsequent math courses.
