Langley college decisions

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No, that's something obnoxious McLean parents do - on threads that aren't even about McLean.

The McLean lists were posted only after someone specifically asked on this thread about McLean. That wasn’t surprising given how close the two schools are.

It's very easy to start a new thread specific to McLean. Those lists were off-topic. Imagine if someone from Langley posted all the Langley acceptances on a McLean thread. The outrage would be deafening.

Threads evolve. People were commenting on this thread about Oakton and Alexandria City acceptances before anyone (and it was probably the same Langley poster who keeps asking for a Langley list) asked about McLean acceptances. Chill out.

No one from Langley asked for a list - but someone from McLean was super eager to supply that school’s list when no one had even asked for it. Too funny.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I watched some of the Langley graduation livestream yesterday and half the class definitely did not graduate with honors. I would ballpark it at less than 25% of the class. Is it a 4.0 weighted GPA?

According to my Langley senior, yes, half the class had a 4.0 or above. I’m sure this varies some from class to class.

This is because people self select into Gen Ed, honors, and AP. So lots of people are getting A’s in the track they choose. Back in my day, there was one track, and there were A, B, and C students in each class.

I agree and this is an issue with Cum Laude society at other schools too. Yes, you may have a 4.7 but did you take AP Calc, AP Bio, AP comp/gov? Or AP psych and art? The problem with these “honors” is that kids who took the safe route get acknowledged and kids who challenge themselves don’t. All while we preach to them to not be afraid of failure and seek challenge and rigor.

DP. This is very well put and something that didn't even occur to me. My DC took very challenging courses, but wound up with a 3.89 - so no recognition or award. Several of DC's friends took the easier route you described and wound up with over 4.0 at graduation - and were labeled Honors graduates. Kind of sucks not to have DC's hard work acknowledged. Maybe DC should have just taken the easier classes too.

Your DC probably had better college options but the adults really do need to do a better job of rewarding what they encourage instead of simple, lazy definitions. My DC was in the same situation. Same with “advanced” diplomas - it’s not recognized but a 4.0 in gen Ed is. I get that schools are afraid of all this but they literally tell kids to not fear failure but then only reward perfection. Hum.

The best solution is to stop recognizing students at graduation for achieving a certain GPA.

I agree, to a point. I think they should return to recognizing ONE valedictorian and ONE salutatorian - period.
DP

Wait, what do they have now?

They don’t do those awards at all. Instead, anyone with < 4.0 gets a medal. I believe it’s like that in all FCPS schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

The money spent on tutoring at Langley is significant. Especially after the past two years. Kids are thriving there only because parents are filling in the gaps.

Between all of the O days and other nonsense, many kids would not be prepared to take APs or master a subject if their parents were not hiring tutors.

That's quite the generalization there. My kids don't have tutors and did just fine on their AP tests. Maybe you're just talking about your own kids.

Same! None of my LHS kids prepped for AP exams.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No, that's something obnoxious McLean parents do - on threads that aren't even about McLean.

The McLean lists were posted only after someone specifically asked on this thread about McLean. That wasn’t surprising given how close the two schools are.

It's very easy to start a new thread specific to McLean. Those lists were off-topic. Imagine if someone from Langley posted all the Langley acceptances on a McLean thread. The outrage would be deafening.

Threads evolve. People were commenting on this thread about Oakton and Alexandria City acceptances before anyone (and it was probably the same Langley poster who keeps asking for a Langley list) asked about McLean acceptances. Chill out.

No one from Langley asked for a list - but someone from McLean was super eager to supply that school’s list when no one had even asked for it. Too funny.

Liar.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

The money spent on tutoring at Langley is significant. Especially after the past two years. Kids are thriving there only because parents are filling in the gaps.

Between all of the O days and other nonsense, many kids would not be prepared to take APs or master a subject if their parents were not hiring tutors.

That's quite the generalization there. My kids don't have tutors and did just fine on their AP tests. Maybe you're just talking about your own kids.

Same! None of my LHS kids prepped for AP exams.

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According to the Langley poster earlier in the thread, the money "spent on tutoring at Langley is significant." The kids may not prep for AP exams, because AP courses prepare you for AP exams, but many get tutoring for course work and test prep for ACTs, SATs, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I watched some of the Langley graduation livestream yesterday and half the class definitely did not graduate with honors. I would ballpark it at less than 25% of the class. Is it a 4.0 weighted GPA?

According to my Langley senior, yes, half the class had a 4.0 or above. I’m sure this varies some from class to class.

This is because people self select into Gen Ed, honors, and AP. So lots of people are getting A’s in the track they choose. Back in my day, there was one track, and there were A, B, and C students in each class.

I agree and this is an issue with Cum Laude society at other schools too. Yes, you may have a 4.7 but did you take AP Calc, AP Bio, AP comp/gov? Or AP psych and art? The problem with these “honors” is that kids who took the safe route get acknowledged and kids who challenge themselves don’t. All while we preach to them to not be afraid of failure and seek challenge and rigor.

DP. This is very well put and something that didn't even occur to me. My DC took very challenging courses, but wound up with a 3.89 - so no recognition or award. Several of DC's friends took the easier route you described and wound up with over 4.0 at graduation - and were labeled Honors graduates. Kind of sucks not to have DC's hard work acknowledged. Maybe DC should have just taken the easier classes too.

Your DC probably had better college options but the adults really do need to do a better job of rewarding what they encourage instead of simple, lazy definitions. My DC was in the same situation. Same with “advanced” diplomas - it’s not recognized but a 4.0 in gen Ed is. I get that schools are afraid of all this but they literally tell kids to not fear failure but then only reward perfection. Hum.

The best solution is to stop recognizing students at graduation for achieving a certain GPA.

I agree, to a point. I think they should return to recognizing ONE valedictorian and ONE salutatorian - period.
DP

Wait, what do they have now?

They don’t do those awards at all. Instead, anyone with < 4.0 gets a medal. I believe it’s like that in all FCPS schools.

Wait, what?! We were told FCPS is doing the Latin Honors system, when they did away with the class rank in our school district and replaced with..
A student earning a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher will be considered an honor graduate.
A student earning a 3.5 - 3.75 cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Cum Laude distinction.
A student earning a 3.76 - 3.99 cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Magna Cum Laude distinction.
A student earning a 4.0 and above cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Summa Cum Laude distinction.

This is the first year so we have no clue what to expect. Will it be only noted on the diploma, different color stoles, tassels?

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My kids go to Langley. We’ve spent $0 on tutoring. The answer about Langley achievement is in their home environment and parental/kid expectations. Kids are not pressured to take APs, but most kids want to attend competitive colleges and/or be well-prepared for college. Kids expect good things from themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I watched some of the Langley graduation livestream yesterday and half the class definitely did not graduate with honors. I would ballpark it at less than 25% of the class. Is it a 4.0 weighted GPA?

According to my Langley senior, yes, half the class had a 4.0 or above. I’m sure this varies some from class to class.

This is because people self select into Gen Ed, honors, and AP. So lots of people are getting A’s in the track they choose. Back in my day, there was one track, and there were A, B, and C students in each class.

I agree and this is an issue with Cum Laude society at other schools too. Yes, you may have a 4.7 but did you take AP Calc, AP Bio, AP comp/gov? Or AP psych and art? The problem with these “honors” is that kids who took the safe route get acknowledged and kids who challenge themselves don’t. All while we preach to them to not be afraid of failure and seek challenge and rigor.

DP. This is very well put and something that didn't even occur to me. My DC took very challenging courses, but wound up with a 3.89 - so no recognition or award. Several of DC's friends took the easier route you described and wound up with over 4.0 at graduation - and were labeled Honors graduates. Kind of sucks not to have DC's hard work acknowledged. Maybe DC should have just taken the easier classes too.

Your DC probably had better college options but the adults really do need to do a better job of rewarding what they encourage instead of simple, lazy definitions. My DC was in the same situation. Same with “advanced” diplomas - it’s not recognized but a 4.0 in gen Ed is. I get that schools are afraid of all this but they literally tell kids to not fear failure but then only reward perfection. Hum.

The best solution is to stop recognizing students at graduation for achieving a certain GPA.

I agree, to a point. I think they should return to recognizing ONE valedictorian and ONE salutatorian - period.
DP

Wait, what do they have now?

They don’t do those awards at all. Instead, anyone with < 4.0 gets a medal. I believe it’s like that in all FCPS schools.

Wait, what?! We were told FCPS is doing the Latin Honors system, when they did away with the class rank in our school district and replaced with..
A student earning a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher will be considered an honor graduate.
A student earning a 3.5 - 3.75 cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Cum Laude distinction.
A student earning a 3.76 - 3.99 cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Magna Cum Laude distinction.
A student earning a 4.0 and above cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Summa Cum Laude distinction.

This is the first year so we have no clue what to expect. Will it be only noted on the diploma, different color stoles, tassels?

My senior had a 3.85 gpa but got no distinctions (on his robe). I'm not sure what his diploma says.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids go to Langley. We’ve spent $0 on tutoring. The answer about Langley achievement is in their home environment and parental/kid expectations. Kids are not pressured to take APs, but most kids want to attend competitive colleges and/or be well-prepared for college. Kids expect good things from themselves.

+1. My DS took only the APs that interested him (so, like, 3 APs in all), but he was aiming for a state school. My DD, on the other hand, has chosen a more rigorous course load because she wants to get into a specific range of schools (not an Ivy, but still competitive). Neither one felt pressure by us or their teachers, counselors or peers to take on a more rigorous course load. Over the course of their HS careers, they have taken a mix of gen ed, honors and APs.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No, that's something obnoxious McLean parents do - on threads that aren't even about McLean.

The McLean lists were posted only after someone specifically asked on this thread about McLean. That wasn’t surprising given how close the two schools are.

It's very easy to start a new thread specific to McLean. Those lists were off-topic. Imagine if someone from Langley posted all the Langley acceptances on a McLean thread. The outrage would be deafening.

Threads evolve. People were commenting on this thread about Oakton and Alexandria City acceptances before anyone (and it was probably the same Langley poster who keeps asking for a Langley list) asked about McLean acceptances. Chill out.

No one from Langley asked for a list - but someone from McLean was super eager to supply that school’s list when no one had even asked for it. Too funny.

Liar.

I’m sorry, what is false here? Seems you’re the liar.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

The money spent on tutoring at Langley is significant. Especially after the past two years. Kids are thriving there only because parents are filling in the gaps.

Between all of the O days and other nonsense, many kids would not be prepared to take APs or master a subject if their parents were not hiring tutors.

That's quite the generalization there. My kids don't have tutors and did just fine on their AP tests. Maybe you're just talking about your own kids.

Same! None of my LHS kids prepped for AP exams.

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According to the Langley poster earlier in the thread, the money "spent on tutoring at Langley is significant." The kids may not prep for AP exams, because AP courses prepare you for AP exams, but many get tutoring for course work and test prep for ACTs, SATs, etc.

Doubtful that was actually a Langley poster at all. Usually it’s those whose kids don’t go to Langley who love to make sweeping and uninformed claims.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

The money spent on tutoring at Langley is significant. Especially after the past two years. Kids are thriving there only because parents are filling in the gaps.

Between all of the O days and other nonsense, many kids would not be prepared to take APs or master a subject if their parents were not hiring tutors.

That's quite the generalization there. My kids don't have tutors and did just fine on their AP tests. Maybe you're just talking about your own kids.

Same! None of my LHS kids prepped for AP exams.

+2

According to the Langley poster earlier in the thread, the money "spent on tutoring at Langley is significant." The kids may not prep for AP exams, because AP courses prepare you for AP exams, but many get tutoring for course work and test prep for ACTs, SATs, etc.

Doubtful that was actually a Langley poster at all. Usually it’s those whose kids don’t go to Langley who love to make sweeping and uninformed claims.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that is correct, I left out the Yale admit from the list. Will post a corrected list when I post Langley stats, which I now have.

Could you please post the Langley stats? Would appreciate.

Stats? You mean GPA/test scores of kids? No one could possibly know this. Or did you mean college acceptances and the number of kids going to each school? Again, the list is incomplete because it's entirely self-reported.

I meant the list of colleges where Langley kids were going. I know it wasn’t a complete list.

No. We will not do this for you. You are annoying.

Actually the op said s/he would post Langley stats when s/he would post a corrected McLean stat. That is why I followed up to see.

I am interested because my kids are zoned for Langley. Many people like to put Langley down even though it is supposedly the best high school in Va after TJ. This thread is showing an extremely strong college list, which confirms that Langley may indeed be the best high school in VA.

It confirms that Langley students come from rich parents who care about education.

Langley parent here and I agree. Unless you believe that our curriculum is somehow different (it’s not) and we get the best teachers (we don’t), the obvious answer is high HHI and parents with advanced degrees. Money for tutoring, money for sports, money for test prep. Highly educated parents who expect the same for their kids.

The money spent on tutoring at Langley is significant. Especially after the past two years. Kids are thriving there only because parents are filling in the gaps.

Between all of the O days and other nonsense, many kids would not be prepared to take APs or master a subject if their parents were not hiring tutors.

That's quite the generalization there. My kids don't have tutors and did just fine on their AP tests. Maybe you're just talking about your own kids.

Same! None of my LHS kids prepped for AP exams.

+2

According to the Langley poster earlier in the thread, the money "spent on tutoring at Langley is significant." The kids may not prep for AP exams, because AP courses prepare you for AP exams, but many get tutoring for course work and test prep for ACTs, SATs, etc.

Doubtful that was actually a Langley poster at all. Usually it’s those whose kids don’t go to Langley who love to make sweeping and uninformed claims.

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It’s a universal truth that high HHI can and do spend more money on academic enrichment, support, and prep. In competitive environments, parents who afford the tutor to get the A instead of the B or the 1520 instead of the 1450 are going to do it.

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Which is a long-winded way of saying kids who study more do better.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like some Langley parents chasing their own tails on this thread. They are desperate to make the case that Langley is “better” than other schools but then claiming it’s harder to get into UVA and other schools coming from Langley.

Race to nowhere?

Eh, it’s an anonymous board. You don’t know who is making which point.

I don’t think Langley’s education is different than any other FCPS school, it’s just a pretty intense student body when half the class graduates with honors and that can make rankings and admissions a little wonky.

I watched some of the Langley graduation livestream yesterday and half the class definitely did not graduate with honors. I would ballpark it at less than 25% of the class. Is it a 4.0 weighted GPA?

According to my Langley senior, yes, half the class had a 4.0 or above. I’m sure this varies some from class to class.

This is because people self select into Gen Ed, honors, and AP. So lots of people are getting A’s in the track they choose. Back in my day, there was one track, and there were A, B, and C students in each class.

I agree and this is an issue with Cum Laude society at other schools too. Yes, you may have a 4.7 but did you take AP Calc, AP Bio, AP comp/gov? Or AP psych and art? The problem with these “honors” is that kids who took the safe route get acknowledged and kids who challenge themselves don’t. All while we preach to them to not be afraid of failure and seek challenge and rigor.

DP. This is very well put and something that didn't even occur to me. My DC took very challenging courses, but wound up with a 3.89 - so no recognition or award. Several of DC's friends took the easier route you described and wound up with over 4.0 at graduation - and were labeled Honors graduates. Kind of sucks not to have DC's hard work acknowledged. Maybe DC should have just taken the easier classes too.

Your DC probably had better college options but the adults really do need to do a better job of rewarding what they encourage instead of simple, lazy definitions. My DC was in the same situation. Same with “advanced” diplomas - it’s not recognized but a 4.0 in gen Ed is. I get that schools are afraid of all this but they literally tell kids to not fear failure but then only reward perfection. Hum.

The best solution is to stop recognizing students at graduation for achieving a certain GPA.

I agree, to a point. I think they should return to recognizing ONE valedictorian and ONE salutatorian - period.
DP

Wait, what do they have now?

They don’t do those awards at all. Instead, anyone with < 4.0 gets a medal. I believe it’s like that in all FCPS schools.

Wait, what?! We were told FCPS is doing the Latin Honors system, when they did away with the class rank in our school district and replaced with..
A student earning a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher will be considered an honor graduate.
A student earning a 3.5 - 3.75 cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Cum Laude distinction.
A student earning a 3.76 - 3.99 cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Magna Cum Laude distinction.
A student earning a 4.0 and above cumulative grade point average will be awarded the Summa Cum Laude distinction.

This is the first year so we have no clue what to expect. Will it be only noted on the diploma, different color stoles, tassels?

This is not at all what our FCPS is or has ever done. No Latin Honors system.