James Madison High School - Prospectus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Darren Ricci Derrick Ricci Terry Robinson Jason Rocha Frederick Rooks Alice Rosenbluth Kenneth Robak Kristi Robinson Lisa Romero Andrew Rommel Tiffany Route Joseph Rubino Tammy Rush Jessica Saa Michelle Saber Cristy Sachse 222 Seniors This page sponsored by

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Alexander Samaniego Paul Sanchez Anthony Scales Angela Schultz Making The Grade Good news for the Advanced and Advanced Placement students — The San Diego Unified School Board had ap- proved a weighted grade point scale, from this year on, that would enable Advanced and Advanced Placement students the opportunity to earn extra points for their accellerated study. Remember when an 'A' was only worth 4 credits, a 'B' was worth 3 credits and so on? Well no more! From now on it will be 5 credits for an 'A', 4 credits for a 'B'. However colleges' would only be looking at the student's 11th and 12th grade report. This new weighted grade scale system will be taken into consideration for the honors level of each subject areas such as: all of the Advanced and Advanced Placement English classes, Advanced Math classes that begin at Ad- vanced Math 3-4 to Advanced Math 7-8 and Topics in Discrete Math 1-2. In the Science department, all of the Advanced and Advanced Placement Science courses, which included Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Physiol- ogy were weighted. In Fine Arts, Advanced Placement Studio Art 1-2 qualified. Seniors who took World Affairs 1-2 were considered to be in this new grading system as well. Finally, the last course to be considered in this sys- tem was Advanced Placement Computer Science 1-2. students in advanced classes earn the opportunity to get more credit for all the work they have done compared to regular classes. It's something that they deserved the most, was Emily Hooper's opinion about the new grading system. Many students were glad that this system finally came along for them. With all Advanced and Advanced Placement classes being promoted to a higher weighted grade point scale, a ques- tion was raised: How are they going to select a Valedicto- rian? Seniors 223