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Career Action Planning 2021-2022
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Calculating GPA Attendance
All students under the age of 18 must be enrolled in
All courses are included in computing the GPA and class rank, school and be in regular attendance. Any student who
except those classes listed as non-credit. does not comply with the district attendance policy (see
Student Handbook) must be reported to the appropriate
Concurrent Enrollment parties. A minimum number of periods of required in-
struction in which the student must attend school has
The Marion School District allows concurrent enrollment with been established by the school district.
ASU Mid-South. See page 28 in this book for current require-
ments and admissions procedures. Expenses incurred could
include transportation, books, and tuition. Students must com- Definitions
plete and pass courses to obtain college credit. College credit
in this program is accepted at post-secondary institutions in Credit - earned for passing with a D or better, a class which
Arkansas. Students who plan to attend a university outside the meets for two semesters.
state are encouraged to check with their prospective universi- Semester - a school term of approximately 90 days, beginning at
ty’s registrar to determine if they will accept the credits. Contact the start of the school year or ending at the conclusion of the
ASU Mid-South for more information. school year.
*For information about ASUMS Technical Center admission Honor Graduate - a student who has met the MSD require-
requirements, please see page 29 of this book. ments as outlined in the MHS Handbook (refer to page 3 of this
publication for information).
Non-Traditional Courses

With prior approval from the principal, students may enroll in
correspondence courses, summer school, and independent Interest Inventory/Aptitude Testing
study courses for remediation or enrichment. Eighth grade students will be required to take an Interest
Inventory/Aptitude test during the school year. Once
completed this test will be placed in students’ CAP folder
and will be reviewed on CAP days with the students by
their CAP advisors.

Honor Graduate Requirements
All honor graduates must: Honor Graduate
Designations
 Meet all Smart Core requirements

 Minimum 3.5 GPA required
With Highest Honor
 2 years of same foreign language Summa Cum Laude
 Successfully complete at least 2 AP courses which include GPA 4.0 or better
taking the appropriate AP exam
With High Honor
 Accumulate 2 additional credits from any combination of
AP courses (including taking the appropriate AP exam) Magna Cum Laude
and/or concurrent college credit GPA 3.75 – 3.9999

 Earn a composite ACT score of at least 23 and score at least With Honor
a 19 on each of the four (Math, English, Reading, and Sci-
ence) subtest categories Cum Laude
GPA 3.50 – 3.7499
16 Units +
 Personal Communication (.5 credit)
 PE (.5 credit) The only decimal numbers that are rounded off are the fifth
 Healthy/Safety (.5 credit) decimal place (1.00005 would round to 1.0001)
 Fine Arts (.5 credit)

18 Units +
6 Electives

24 Total Units

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