Why is the grading scale for sophomore honors different?
The elevated grading scale should not adversely impact students who are doing all of their work and following directions. Subjectively graded assignments (like essays, stories, poems, presentations) will be given the higher point values to represent the corresponding grades. Therefore, a student whose writing falls into the middle A range will earn scores at the elevated level rather than the standard middle A, a 95. The grading scale makes a difference regarding projects where there is simply a loss of points for noncompliance or a failure to study (as in the summer reading assignments, spelling and definitions quizzes, other tests and quizzes, and collecting signature stamps to demonstrate work being accomplished on time). Honors students should stay on top of their homework and regularly commit vocabulary to memory. The grading scale makes it harder to increase one’s grade with the simple and rote tasks of the class, which pushes students harder to do all their work completely and o
