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45 Days of Prayer

A Request from Banner’s Board of Directors

In October 2018, the Board of Directors expressed a desire to
engage the entire Banner family in a concentrated time of prayer

for a number of major decisions required for the new campus. We
wanted to hear from God, and families were challenged to pray for
specific matters that Dr. B. addressed in weekly devotional videos.

Board of Directors
(from left to right)
Gary Nester
Shirley Seibert
Larry Burkett
Phil Solden
Toby Ellison
Duke de Haas

Not pictured:
Tim Hayes
Stephen Jennings

Grading Scale Change

When applying for merit based college schol- and calculating the GPA has negatively impacted
arships, Banner students were unfairly disad- Banner students when applying for merit-based
vantaged because of the previous seven-point college scholarships.
grading scale. Local public school systems use a
ten-point grading scale but many private schools Because we believe that Banner’s standards
still use a seven-point scale in order to maintain should still exceed that of other schools, we have
rigor within their programs. also decided that all core classes must be passed
at a “C” level. This means that 70 is still the low-
The difference in grading scales can make a sig- est passing grade for core classes (listed on the
nificant impact when calculating grade point website).
averages (GPA). Before the grading scale was
changed, a grade of 92 was considered a “B” at The change to a ten-point grading scale, we be-
Banner and was calculated as a 3.0 when figuring lieve, is the best compromise to maintain high
GPA. At other schools, a grade of 90 was con- standards but also not unfairly punish our stu-
sidered an “A” and was calculated as a 4.0 when dents seeking college scholarships.
figuring GPA. The difference in grading scales