Academic Achievement Awards
Criteria
Students who meet the following criteria will receive an Academic Achievement Award. The award is sponsored annually by the Laurinburg/Scotland County Chamber of Commerce and BellSouth. The ceremony is held at Scotland High School.
1. Students will be graded using the A, B, C, D, and F grading scale. Each school will be responsible for determining those students who are to be recognized according to the accepted criteria.
2. The letter grades, A, B, C, D, and F will be assigned numerical values; A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1, and F-0. To be recognized for honorable academic achievement, a student must have a letter grade numerical average of 3.5 or higher (NO ROUNDING OFF) for the first five six-week grading periods in those subjects graded by A, B, C etc.
3. Only courses for which letter grades are given will be considered in the criteria.
Grades 6-8
Students must have a numerical average of 92 or higher (NO ROUNDING OFF) for the first five six-week grading periods. The record of transfer students will be accepted at face value and applied to the same criteria. When letter grades are not available for transfer students, existing grades will be subject to the interpretation of the principal as per county policy.
