Does FCPS award honors forcGPA at graduation

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Anonymous wrote:It’s almost worse when they recognize a large group as opposed to one or two. It’s easy to realize you’re not at the top, but harder to swallow when you’re one of the few singles out as having a lower GPA.

Agree. There were 60+ "valedictorians" with medals in my DC's Langley class. It's absurd.

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Another Langley parent and I agree. Though they weren't valedictorians, just "honor" graduates. It was pretty silly, though.

It is silly to Honor graduates who put in the hard work to earn a 4.0 or higher at a graduation?

It’s a weighted 4.0. Some of these kids are solid B students, and others are straight A students. Of course, kids who get nothing but As in four years of high school should be recognized, but that would likely be fewer than 10 kids.

THIS, exactly. Honor the very few who actually achieve straight As all four years.

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Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.

I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

Langley parent here. The faculty and principal awards go to two students who display exceptional integrity, kindness, initiative, service, humility, and excellence. These aren't necessarily the top academic students, but definitely the most deserving in all ways, probably including academics. I'd much rather see those kids honored than giving it to Larla and Larlo, simply because they have 4.5+ GPAs. When the principal was announcing the recipients of these awards at graduation yesterday, it actually brought tears to my eyes even though I don't personally know these students. What he said about them was so heartfelt and honest and touching, that you could see exactly why they were being honored. There are many things more important than the top GPA.

+1. Same thing took place at McLean HS. The kids who were awarded the equivalent awards were chosen for their exceptional qualities that were not solely based on academic merit.

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Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.

I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

The students of the year are voted on by the teachers from a short list of those with very high GPAs. So, it is very close to valedictorian. Too many students get all A’s to have one.

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Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.

I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

Langley parent here. The faculty and principal awards go to two students who display exceptional integrity, kindness, initiative, service, humility, and excellence. These aren't necessarily the top academic students, but definitely the most deserving in all ways, probably including academics. I'd much rather see those kids honored than giving it to Larla and Larlo, simply because they have 4.5+ GPAs. When the principal was announcing the recipients of these awards at graduation yesterday, it actually brought tears to my eyes even though I don't personally know these students. What he said about them was so heartfelt and honest and touching, that you could see exactly why they were being honored. There are many things more important than the top GPA.

+1. Same thing took place at McLean HS. The kids who were awarded the equivalent awards were chosen for their exceptional qualities that were not solely based on academic merit.

My DC won it the year the6 graduated and they had all A’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.

I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

Langley parent here. The faculty and principal awards go to two students who display exceptional integrity, kindness, initiative, service, humility, and excellence. These aren't necessarily the top academic students, but definitely the most deserving in all ways, probably including academics. I'd much rather see those kids honored than giving it to Larla and Larlo, simply because they have 4.5+ GPAs. When the principal was announcing the recipients of these awards at graduation yesterday, it actually brought tears to my eyes even though I don't personally know these students. What he said about them was so heartfelt and honest and touching, that you could see exactly why they were being honored. There are many things more important than the top GPA.

So teacher’s pet/popularity over academics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.

I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

Langley parent here. The faculty and principal awards go to two students who display exceptional integrity, kindness, initiative, service, humility, and excellence. These aren't necessarily the top academic students, but definitely the most deserving in all ways, probably including academics. I'd much rather see those kids honored than giving it to Larla and Larlo, simply because they have 4.5+ GPAs. When the principal was announcing the recipients of these awards at graduation yesterday, it actually brought tears to my eyes even though I don't personally know these students. What he said about them was so heartfelt and honest and touching, that you could see exactly why they were being honored. There are many things more important than the top GPA.

So teacher’s pet/popularity over academics

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I can see so many kids being overlooked with this criteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.


I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

I think they start the pool with the top x, don’t know the cutoff. Then the teachers vote from the list of finalists. I do know one of the students that won in the last three years had all As every quarter and an unweighted 4.0 and took a bunch of APs and honor courses. Also, the class President won in both of the years my children graduated. It is more than just grades. It is grades AND....

But who picks the class president? At our school, starting next year, faculty will choose student government rather than students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.

I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

Langley parent here. The faculty and principal awards go to two students who display exceptional integrity, kindness, initiative, service, humility, and excellence. These aren't necessarily the top academic students, but definitely the most deserving in all ways, probably including academics. I'd much rather see those kids honored than giving it to Larla and Larlo, simply because they have 4.5+ GPAs. When the principal was announcing the recipients of these awards at graduation yesterday, it actually brought tears to my eyes even though I don't personally know these students. What he said about them was so heartfelt and honest and touching, that you could see exactly why they were being honored. There are many things more important than the top GPA.

So teacher’s pet/popularity over academics

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I can see so many kids being overlooked with this criteria.

These last two posts make me sad for the students who received these- i was at the McLean high School graduation and the two students who received the award were certainly not the most popular or teacher pets. Based on what was said about them- they were hard working, humble and good role models for those around them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean HS: If a student earns a 4.0 or better, they get a medal at Convocation to wear at graduation. Too many to honor at graduation in the time slot allotted at DAR. Two student awards are given at graduation, Faculty Student of the Year, male and female. It is the replacement of valedictorian.

It is a shame thay schools no longer honor the valedictorian.

I hope the "faculty students of the year" are selected from the top ten or so kids in each class and not open to every student.

I say this as a non valedictorian whose kids will never have valedictorian grades.

Langley parent here. The faculty and principal awards go to two students who display exceptional integrity, kindness, initiative, service, humility, and excellence. These aren't necessarily the top academic students, but definitely the most deserving in all ways, probably including academics. I'd much rather see those kids honored than giving it to Larla and Larlo, simply because they have 4.5+ GPAs. When the principal was announcing the recipients of these awards at graduation yesterday, it actually brought tears to my eyes even though I don't personally know these students. What he said about them was so heartfelt and honest and touching, that you could see exactly why they were being honored. There are many things more important than the top GPA.

So teacher’s pet/popularity over academics

+1
I can see so many kids being overlooked with this criteria.

These last two posts make me sad for the students who received these- i was at the McLean high School graduation and the two students who received the award were certainly not the most popular or teacher pets. Based on what was said about them- they were hard working, humble and good role models for those around them.

Teacher pet does not mean a student is most popular. Often pet is not popular and student’s family life or other situation just pulls at heart strings of a teacher or is more outspoken than others.