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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for posting.  I guess I'm trying to find out how the quarter grades are averaged to come out with a final grade for a particular class.  So if your quarter grades are 2 A-'s and 2 A's, what is your final grade for the class?  Is it automatically a 3.85 (whatever that turns out to be) or does it go back to how high the individual A-'s and A's for each quarter was?  [/quote]

It depends on the class.  The 'Final' test at the end of the year is 5-20% of the year end grade, depending on the class.  In HS, the Honors science classes have an independent project worth 10% of the final grade.  Some teachers count each quarter as 2 and the final as 1, so each quarter is 2/9 of the final grade.  Some teachers grade on the trend- so if your child goes from a B- to an A over the course of the year, they will get an A. All is explained in the syllabus handed out the first week of school.

The GPA is ONLY based on the final grade for the class.  Quarter grades are not used directly in the calculation of GPA.

So, a student that gets all A's every quarter throughout the year will have a 4.0 (assuming no Honors or APs to make it simpler).
A student that doesn't get all A's in any quarter, but gets all A's as a final grade for every class will have a 4.0.  No difference. 
Only final grades count.

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