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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After each semester of high school, the school will issue a Student Grades and Graduation Credit Report (I think that’s what it’s called? SGGCR?), which is kind of a shorthand version of their current transcript. It usually shows up in the Documents area of ParentVue a few weeks after semester report cards are issued.

This document shows the current GPA (both weighted and unweighted) including the most recent semester, lists all the HS courses they’ve taken so far, and indicates which ones are weighted. It also shows the standardized tests required for graduation and notes which ones they’ve taken/still need to take, and also their progress on SSL hours.

The HS-level courses from middle school will be listed under the relevant subject area, and [b]there’s a set of symbols that will indicate which ones are included in/excluded from that student’s GPA[/b]. It will also indicate whether the course is weighted. So (assuming they passed the class) the credit for those courses will always count toward graduation requirements, but each semester’s grade will only be included in the cumulative GPA if it doesn’t bring it down.

So my kid, for instance, had an A in algebra one semester, so that one counts for four points toward their GPA (MS Algebra 1 is unweighted). They had a B the second semester, which is not counted in their GPA because it would bring it down. If their HS grades had been lower, that B might be included in the GPA because it could help maintain or raise it.

Honors Geometry taken in 8th grade would be weighted (assuming the grade is included in a student’s GPA). My kid’s language classes from MS weren’t weighted, but you’d need to check your own kid’s SGGCR to find out about their particular HS-level courses.[/quote]
I don’t see these symbols on the document…[/quote]

DP. These are the symbols I can see:

(#): Grade at the time the course was dropped; no credit awarded.
(*): Course taken outside of MCPS
(^): COVID-19
(~) Course taken in middle school excluded from GPA[/quote]
I see it now! I didn’t realize there were two legends in the document. Thanks so much. [/quote]

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