MCHS Counseling Center
MACON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
P.O. Box 338
2550 Days Road
Lafayette, TN
37083
Phone: 615-666-4474; Fax:
615-666-4596
School
Counselors:
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Mrs. Dianne Jones
(ext. 108)
jonesd17@k12tn.net
11th Grade & 9th Grade (A-E)
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Mrs. Malinda Owens
(ext. 109)
owensm4@k12tn.net
12th Grade & 9th Grade (F-R)
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Mrs. Beverly Shoulders
(ext.125)
shouldersb@k12tn.net
10th Grade & 9th Grade (S-Z)
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Macon County High School - Graduating with Honors and Distinction
As determined by the policies of the Tennessee State Board of Education and the Macon County Board of Education and the practices of Macon County High School
(Refer to board policies for more detailed explanations.)
Honor Student
- Any senior who has a 3.2 (5.0 scale) cumulative GPA or higher at the end of the 7th semester. (Top Ten, Salutatorian, Valedictorian are determined this way.) *Students wear a gold stole at graduation.
Graduating with Honors
- Any senior who has scored at or above all of the subject area readiness benchmarks on the ACT or equivalent score on the SAT OR
- Must have a 90 average in a CTE Program of Study (“CTE Honors”) OR
- Any senior who has a 3.0 (4.0 scale) cumulative GPA or higher at the end of the 7th semester AND
- Must have pursued the MCHS Honors Program (taken the honors or advanced level of a class if offered as such)
*Students receive a gold embossed sticker that denotes “Graduating with Honors."
Graduating with Distinction
- Any senior who has a “B” average AND
has accomplished at least one of the following:
- earn a nationally recognized industry certification
- participate in at least one of the Governor’s Schools
- participate in one of the state’s All State musical organizations
- be selected as a National Merit Finalist or Semi-Finalist
- attain a score of 31 or higher composite score on the ACT
- attain a score of 3 or higher on at least two Advanced Placement exams
- successfully complete the International Baccalaureate Programme
- earn 12 or more semester hours of transcripted postsecondary credit
*Students receive a silver embossed sticker that denotes “Graduating with Distinction.”
Tennessee Lottery scholarships are awarded for ACT scores or for GPA’s based on a 4.0 scale.
MCHS uses 5.0 GPA’s for class ranking purposes ONLY
How to Figure Your G.P.A.
1. Starting with your freshman year of high school, use the following scale to add up the points you have earned each semester:
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0
*In-house credits are not given any points.
2. For every weighted class (Honors/Advanced or upper division Math and Science courses), add 1 point per class/ per semester to the previous total.
3. Divide the total of Step 1 and Step 2 by the number of semester credits to get your beginning G.P.A. (6 classes would be 12 semester credits unless you play a 6th period sport or you are taking some other in-house credit; in that case, you would divide by 10 or possibly 11 for one-semester sports, etc.)
4. To figure your cumulative G.P.A., you must keep adding the number of points you earned from year to year using the above scale and dividing by the number of cumulative semester credits.
5. To figure an unweighted G.P.A., skip Step 2.
EXAMPLE:
| 2002-2003 |
1st |
2nd |
Year | Credit |
| *Adv. World History | F = 0 | (+1) C = 2 | 72 | 1.00 |
| *Adv. English I | (+1) A = 4 | B = 3 | 90 | 1.00 |
| *Adv. Algebra I | (+1) B = 3 | (+1) C = 2 | 85 | 1.00 |
| Wellness | A = 4 | A = 4 | 95 | 1.00 |
| Physical Science | A = 4 | A = 4 | 94 | 1.00 |
| Football | P = 0 | P = 0 | P | 1.00 |
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| (5 weighted points | + 15 | + 15) / 10 | ||
| 35 / 10 | ||||
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3.500 |
| 2003-2004 |
1st |
2nd |
Year | Credit |
| French I | B = 3 | B = 1 | 89 | 1.00 |
| Biology I | C = 2 | B = 3 | 83 | 1.00 |
| *Adv. English 2 | (+1) A = 4 | (+1) A = 4 | 95 | 1.00 |
| Keyboarding | A = 4 | B = 3 | 94 | 1.00 |
| Teacher Assistant | P = 0 | P = 0 | P | 1.00 |
| Geometry | A = 4 | A = 4 | 99 | 1.00 |
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| (2 weighted points | + 17 | + 17 + 35) | / (10 + 10) | |
| 71 | / 20 | |||
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3.550 |
| 2004-2005 |
S1 |
S2 |
FG | Credit |
| *Adv. Algebra II | (+1) 86 = 3 | (+1) 76 = 2 | 81 | 1.00 |
| Chemistry | 77 = 2 | 76 = 2 | 77 | 1.00 |
| Amer. Lit. | 87 = 3 | 78 = 2 | 83 | 1.00 |
| Amer. History | 92 = 3 | 87 = 3 | 89 | 1.00 |
| *Adv. French II | (+1) 72 = 1 | (+1) 73 = 1 | 73 | 1.00 |
| Foods | 93 = 3 | 89 = 3 | 91 | 1.00 |
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| (4 weighted points | + 15 | + 13 + 71) | / (20 + 12) | |
| 103 | / 32 | |||
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3.219 |
At the end of this students’ third year of high school, he has a weighted
cumulative GPA of 3.219. His unweighted cumulative GPA is a 2.875.
* As of 2005-06 school year the grading scale below became effective.
(Prior to 2005-06, A = 94-100, B = 85 - 93)
GRADING SCALE:
A = 93-100
B = 85-92
C = 75-84
D = 70-74
F = 69 and below