HONORS COURSES ENROLLMENT

Students seeking enrollment in any Honors courses must be aware that departments have established minimum cumulative grade point averages. Other criteria may be in place for an individual Honors course and must be met by the student before enrollment. The course descriptions list the prerequisites and/or restrictions. Successful enrollment is dependent upon administrative action, which includes departmental approval. Freshmen placement in honor courses is dependent on Placement Exam composite scores.

All Honors courses will receive an additional .125 grade points for the complete year to determine the weighted grade point average and class rank.  Successful completion of Honors courses is a precursor to the Advanced Placement classes for sophomores, juniors and seniors.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES ENROLLMENT

Advanced Placement (AP) and Scholar courses represent a very high level of honors (prior permission of the Department Coordinator is required).  All AP and scholar courses will receive an additional .25 grade points for the complete year to determine the weighted grade point average and class rank.  Placement into these courses will be determined by GPA, past honors course work in the subject area and parent attendance at the AP meeting.  Students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses are required to take the Advanced Placement exam in May for the AP credit. If the AP exam is not taken, the class credit will be assigned an Honors designation.  It will be the seniors’ responsibility to inform the college admission office of the change.

BISHOP GORMAN HIGH SCHOOL HONORS/AP PROGRAM

FRESHMAN YEAR	SOPHOMORE YEAR	JUNIOR YEAR	SENIOR YEAR
(H) English 1	(H) English 2	(H) English 3	(H) English 4
(H) Algebra 1	(H) Advanced Geometry and Trig.	(H) Spanish 3	(AP) English Literature
(H) Geometry	(H) Algebra 2 and Trig.	(H) Pre-Calculus A	(AP) French 4
(H) Algebra 2/Trig	(H) Geometry	(H) Pre-Calculus AB	(AP) Spanish 4/5
(H) World Cultures	(H) Biology 1	(H) Pre-Calculus ABC	(H) Pre-Calculus A
(H) Biology	(AP) Biology 2	(H) Algebra 2 and Trig.	(AP) Calculus AB
(H) Spanish 3	(H) Chemistry 1	(AP) Biology 2	(AP) Calculus BC
(H) French 3	(H) Spanish 3	(H) Chemistry 1	(AP) Physics
(Scholars) Algebra 1	(H) French 3	(H) Physics 1	(AP) Chemistry 2
(Scholars) Biology 1	(H) World Cultures	(AP) U.S. History	(H) U.S. Government
	(Scholars) Chemistry	(H) U.S. History	(AP)U.S.Government
	(Scholars) Math	(AP) English     Lang/Composition	(AP) Economics
		(H) Economics	(H) Latin 4
		(H) Latin 3

To graduate with:

                               BGHS Diploma                 23.5 credits needed

HONORS Diploma          26.5 credits needed with 8 honors or AP courses from selected list taken during 4 years.

SCHOLARS Diploma      27 credits needed with 12 honors or AP courses from selected list taken during 4 years. Four of the twelve courses must be 9th and 10th grade scholar level courses.

HONOR OR SCHOLAR SELECTED COURSE LIST

 

English 3 (H)                English 4(H)                      English Lit. (AP)

English Lang. (AP)       Spanish 4 (H)                    Spanish 5 (AP)             

Spanish 3(H)                Latin 3(AP)                         Latin 4 (AP)

French 3 (H)                 Calculus A (H)                   Alg.2/Trig. (H)

French 4 (H)                Calculus B (AP)                 Chemistry 1 (H)

Statistics (AP)              Calculus C (AP)                Chemistry 2 (AP)

Human Physiology (H)  Physics (AP)                    Biology 2 (AP)

Physics 1 (H)                Economics (H)                 Economics (AP)          

US History (H)               US History (AP)                US Government (H)

US Government (AP)    Scholars English 1 (H)     Scholars Biology          

Scholars English 2 (H) Scholars Adv.Algebra (H) Scholars Chemistry (H)

Scholars Adv. Geometry (H)   Constitutional Government (H)