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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This circulated on the discussion board back in December about weighted GPA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We do not weight concurrent and we do allow students to take concurrent whenever they can work it in. We also track eligibility.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Owasso high school<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">We encourage them to take anything they want that fits within the Regents guidelines of how many classes they can take.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We let students take evening and online courses too.<span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 5:32 PM OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060"><counselors@lists.onenet.net> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> On the subject of concurrent courses, does your high school let students take evening classes? Is that part of district decision?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Kathy McCollough*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *High School Counselor*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Chouteau High School*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Phone: (918) 476-8334 ext. 201*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Fax: (918) 476-1216*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:14 AM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Board <counselors@lists.onenet.net> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Our AP courses are weighted at 5. Our Pre-AP/Honors courses and concurrent courses are weighted at 4.5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Sally Randolph*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Counselor, A-J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Skiatook High School*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Skiatook, OK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> 918.396.1790 Ext 2409 <(918)%20396-1790><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *"Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> We weight all Concurrent classes. They are 5.on a High School 4. scale. We only count them as electives unless they are curriculum checked for High School credit, and we keep
the course synopses on file (such as Freshman Comp 1 in concurrent counting as Eng. IV in High School). We use all classes to figure GPA for graduation, so Concurrent students have several opportunities to raise their GPA. We pay the fees if students meet
the requirements to receive a tuition fee waiver (grade point and/or ACT or SAT score qualifiers).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> At Navajo we weight classes if they are core, such as College algebra, biology, government, and American history. Some of the ones that we don't weight would be psychology,
microcomputer applications, and speech .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> We weight concurrent math/English/history/science classes if we offer an AP/PreAP equivalent. We give 1 honor point. We do not weight elective concurrent classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *This is Wellston LOCAL POLICY*:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">We weight AP and concurrent classes. We also give 1 full Credit for college classes. The reason for this is because a junior can take English Comp I to cover English III and
English Comp II to cover English IV. We also have begun a new college algebra class taught by our math teacher and this class is for the students that cannot make the 19 to take concurrent college algebra. This class will take the CLEP test in April at UCO.
This kills two birds with one stone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">1. This keeps our seniors in a math class. (Both the math teacher and myself feel like this is VERY important!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> 2. Keeps our numbers for college remediation in math down! In AP Biology our students will take the AP exam and go to UCO to take the CLEP test in April. We are expecting great
scores for these students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Anna Marie Perdue, M.Ed, LPC*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *Wellston School Counselor*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> *aperdue@wellstonschools.org <aperdue@wellstonschools.org>*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> 405-356-2533 <(405)%20356-2533>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> We do not give weighted credit for college classes, because we can't be sure the instructors have completed a AP conference or if the type of assignments are comparable to
the AP classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Melissa Poole<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> High School Counselor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Tecumseh Public Schools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Email poolem@tecumseh.k12.ok.us<mailto:poolem@tecumseh.k12.ok.us><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Phone: (405) 598-2113<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Fax: (405)598-0394 <(405)%20598-0394><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> We only weigh classes through class rank for AP/Dual courses. They have to take so many in order to graduate with honors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Carl Albert High School does not weight concurrent or dual classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> We weight all concurrent classes by .5 like a Pre-AP class in Mid-Del<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> We do not weight concurrent, because not all students can afford the fees associated with the classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">> Yes, we weight all college class<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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