The Honor Roll is published at the end of each academic year. It is based on the average computed for all major courses in which the student is enrolled. Ordinarily, in each of the first three years these are Theology, English, a second language, Social Studies, Math, Science and Fine Arts. Seniors must carry Theology, English, Social Studies and at least 4 major electives.
Students who are absent in excess of 12 days per year are ineligible for Honor Rolls. If this number is exceeded, the student may be not only in danger of failing a course but also in danger of not being inducted into the National Honor Society and/or losing National Honor Society status, Honor Classes for the following year, and participation in activities, clubs, teams and school events.
Principal's List
- Average: l00 - 95%
No final grade in a major subject below 90%
First Honors
- Average: 94 - 90%
No final grade in a major subject below 85%
Second Honors
- Average: 89 - 85%
No final grade in a major subject below 75%
Honor Courses
As an incentive for accomplishing more challenging assignments, the grade for an honors course will be obtained by multiplying the final mark by 1.1. Any student in an honors class whose overall average for the school year is a failing grade will not receive a 1.1 in June for that course. Students are selected for Honor classes starting in the Freshman year.
Honor Societies
Students are admitted to honor societies for each discipline according to the individual society's requirements.
National Honor Society
National Honor Society Membership
Requirements to receive application to National Honor Society membership:
- Juniors overall three year average must be a 90% unweighted average. Calculations include unweighted final averages from freshman year, sophomore year, and the first three quarters (including midterms) of junior year.
- Students must be in good disciplinary standing. If a student is found to have violated the academic integrity policy at any point, she will not be eligible to apply to the National Honor Society.
- Students who are absent (non-medical) in excess of 10 days or are late in excess of 10 days during junior year will not be eligible to apply to the National Honor Society.
Requirements of National Honor Society membership
All National Honor Society members must complete 10 sanctioned service hours during senior year above the 20 hours of service required for school in order to maintain active membership. The 10 service hours must be service hours solely for the Sacred Heart Community and must be approved by the moderators of National Honor Society. If a student has not yet completed their 20 hours of service, the hours performed for NHS will first be applied to the 20 hours of service required for school.
All National Honor Society members are held to the same attendance requirements above during senior year in order to receive National Honor Society cords at graduation.
Leadership and character are also expected to be maintained through senior year in order to receive National Honor Society cords at graduation.
Graduation
At the time of graduation, the honor of Valedictorian and Salutatorian will be awarded to a student who has been enrolled at Sacred Heart Academy for four full years.
Academic Excellence Medals, which are awarded by each department, may be earned by students who have been enrolled at Sacred Heart Academy for four full years.
Any student who meets the academic requirements for any other graduation medal or honor will be eligible for those honors regardless of the number of years that she is enrolled at Sacred Heart.