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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS school employee here.

No idea why weighted GPA doesn't show up on report cards. It never has been in the 15 years I've worked in MCPS. Probably a dumb reason for keeping them off.

Honors, AP, IB all worth 1 point more. So let's say your 9th grader takes these classes and gets these grades (with the point value in parenthesis):

Honors Eng 9 - A (5)
AP Government - B (4)
Biology - C (2)
Algebra 1 - B (3)
Phys Ed - A (4)
Ceramics - B (3)
Band - A (4)

Total: 25

25/7 = 3.57 wGPA

And for good measure 3.28 unweighted GPA

As for middle school classes, I don't know if any contribute to weighted GPA. As for what gives credit, typically it's if they take Algebra 1 or beyond in middle school. Also languages contribute. Not sure what else. Ask to speak to your kid's school's resource counselor and they can help.[/quote]

Thanks. I understand all that but it’s more complicated than that.  Last semester most classes were 0.5 credits, but one was a full 1.0 credit and another was 0.25. How fires this factor? Then there were the five high school classes he took in middle school (all .5 credits per semester) plus Health A over the summer. Are they average per year, or according to their credit? [/quote]

Your child is obviously in the magnet and should be able to do basic multiplication with decimals to calculate this. Do you not get how weighting works? It is done by semester.[/quote]

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