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 A certain number of credits in various disciplines must be met for a student to graduate from NSA. Click on any course type to be transferred to their course descriptions.
* If Modern Dance I is taken in place of Physical Education, the course is not counted as one of the required arts courses. This is the suggested sequence of courses for students who enter as freshman with no previous credits. This sequence is wise to follow, but is not enforced.
In grades 9-12 students must pass individual courses with a minimum numerical grade of 70 to receive credit. Class placement is determined at the beginning of the school year. Classification of students will be as follows:
Beginning with the graduating class of 2003, Nashville School of the Arts will name a valedictorian and a salutatorian. These shall be the two students who have completed the requirements of the Scholar Program and achieved the two highest grade point averages, respectively. Every student's rank will not be announced. The transcript is is an historical document of all courses taken at NSA. All grades, passing and failing are permanently recorded on the transcript. When a course is failed and then repeated either in summer school or during the regular school year, the new grade does not replace the failed grade. It will show both times the student took the course, and both failing and passing grades are added to the transcript and averaged into the cumulative GPA. Board Policy #5121.1 permits the exemption from semester examinations for seniors meeting the following critera: A. To be eligible for exemption, a senior must have maintained a minimum average of 90 in a subject with one of the three grades being 93 or above (no grade shall be lower than an 80), based on the three six weeks grades of the prevailing semester for which he/she is applying or exemption. B. The student most have attended class 93% or more of the days students are required to attended per semester. C. Have not received out-of-school suspension during the semester. Requests for exemption may be made through the Office of the Prinicipal. To provide a more rigorous academic program for achievement-oriented and academically talented students, the Scholars Program has been established for the pursuit and recognition of academic excellence. The Scholars Program provides for two levels of achievement: Academic Honors and Distinguished Scholar. The Objectives Admission A student choosing to participate in the Scholars Program should be willing to engage in the rigorous high school curriculum required by the Scholars Program to receive an Honors diploma. Curriculum The curriculum requirements for Academic Honors and Distinguished Scholar shall be those prescribed for the Honors Diploma by the State Department of Education and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board of Education. The requirements for the Scholars Program are exactly as those required for graduation at NSA, with the following additions: Grades The average for Academic Honors and Distinguished Scholar shall be computer from seven semesters of grade averages. The overall grade average for Academic Honors shall be 85-92. In computing numerical grades for Advanced Placement (AP), eight points shall be added to the numerical six weeks and examination grades. No AP grades below 77 will receive extra points. Any student who takes Advanced Placement examinations and passes with a score of three or above shall be reimbursed for the cost of the examination(s) by the Metropolitan Board of Public Education. Achievement Levels 1. Distinguished Scholars: Scholars Program curriculum; average of 7 semesters 93-100; Honors Diploma with Distinguished Scholars seal; cumulative record and transcript stamped "Distinguished Scholar," ranked among Scholars. 2. Academic Honors: Scholars Program curriculum; average of 7 semesters 85-92; Honors Diploma; curriculum record and transcript stamped "Academic Honors," ranked among Scholars. 3. Without Honors Diploma Entitlement: Scholars Program; average of 7 semesters less than 85, regular diploma; cumulative record and transcript stamped "Scholars Program Curriculum," ranked with students who did not participate in the Scholars Program. |
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