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Honors Courses

Providence Catholic welcomes the challenge of gifted academic students and provides them with honors courses to meet their needs. Honors courses are intended to challenge and promote independent logical thinking, good study skills and academic achievement. Honors courses receive weighted gradesStudents are invited to participate in honors courses based on the following criteria:

  • Students must score in the 85th percentile or above in the particular academic subject area on the entrance exam.

  • The student’s academic ability must be verified by the elementary or junior high school.

  • Students must be invited to participate in honors courses by the Providence administration.

  • Students must maintain a "B" or better grade for each semester in order to take honors courses in a particular subject area the following year.

  • Students in honors courses must demonstrate high motivation and good work and study habits.

  • Students seeking admission into an honors course must have the approval of the chairperson of the academic department in which the course is taken. Selection criteria will include academic performance, motivation, study habits and attitude.

  • Students who did not take honors courses as freshmen but wish to take them after freshman year must have an "A" in the subject matter for each semester of the previous year and also receive the recommendation of the department chairperson.

The honors & AP courses offered at Providence Catholic are:

Freshman Year Soph.
Year
Junior
Year
Senior
Year
English 1 Honors English 2 Honors English 3 Honors English 4 Honors
Algebra 1 Honors Algebra 2 Honors AP English Lang. & Comp. AP English Lit. & Comp.
Algebra 2 Honors* Geometry Honors Algebra 2 Honors Pre-Calculus Honors

 Biology
 Honors

Chemistry Honors Pre-Calculus Honors Calculus Honors
  AP U.S. History Physics Honors AP Calculus AB
    AP Statistics AP Statistics
    Language 3 AP Biology
    AP European History Advanced Chemistry
    AP Music Theory AP European History
  AP U.S. Govt. & Politics AP Spanish Lang.
    AP Psychology
    AP Music Theory
    AP U.S. Govt. & Politics
* Double Weighted     AP Studio Art

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Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement courses are available for students who are capable of sustaining the demands these courses impose.  All students taking Advanced Placement courses are required to complete the Advanced Placement examination at the end of the school year. Students must to have approval to take these courses. Providence Catholic reserves the right to add or delete Advanced Placement courses.  Like Honors courses, AP classes receive weighted gradesThe courses and the academic year they are available for students are listed above. 

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Weighted Grades
Honors courses receive weighted grades beginning in the freshman year. Each academic year features two or more weighted courses. In sophomore, junior and senior years, additional weighted courses and Advanced Placement Courses (also weighted) are available and encouraged. Grades in weighted courses receive more quality points than grades in non-weighted courses. Quality points affect grade point average and, therefore, class rank. The student transcript, which is forwarded to colleges and universities, will indicate honors courses and AP courses.  The point value assigned to letter grades for weighted classes is as follows:

A=5   B=4   C=3   D=1   F=0

 

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