The Parent/Student High Achievement Partnership

Levels of Achievement

 

STUDENT AWARDS

  • anyone raising their grade point average (G.P.A.) one full point--from 2.0 G.P.A. one year to 3.0 G.P.A. the following year, for example:
  • anyone getting at least two (2) "A"'s.
  • anyone making the Dean's academic list for a 3.0 G.P.A. (B) average in all subjects, including physical education (P.E.).
  • anyone achieving a 3.5 G.P.A. average in all subjects, including P.E., receives the Principal's Award.
  • anyone achieving a 3.75 G.P.A. or higher in all subjects, including P.E., receives the Superintendent's Award.
  • All 4.0 (or higher) G.P.A. students receive the Mayor's Award.

 

                                     Note:

The inclusion of physical education (P.E.) in the G.P.A. 

(grade point average) calculations is to emphasize the 

critical importance of exercise and athletics, for good 

health and students self-esteem in a highly competitive 

work world.  The latest brain research on learning 

emphasizes the importance of the physical fitness 

relationship to student learning achievement.

                        

PARENTS' AWARDS

All parents who have fulfilled their contracts with their child, will receive the Parental Achievement Award.

All parents who have served as tutors in specific subject areas for students other than their own should receive the Parent Achievement Award and the PARENTS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE Award.

SCHOOLS' AWARDS

Three levels of school awards are available: elementary, middle and high school. An award for each school level is made at the spring banquet, for the following:

The school with the most parents (by percentage of total enrollment of students in the school) participating in the STUDENTS OF TOMORROW Parent/Student High Achievement Partnership (PSHAP). This is determined by the number of Parent/Student contracts received by the school.

THE U.S. ACADEMIC DECATHLON COMPETITION

On the national scene, all students are eligible to be a member, with or without their parents' participation, in the U.S. Academic Decathlon competition. More than forty-five states conduct the academic trials that cover knowledge in all subject areas: economics, science, mathematics, fine arts, social science, language and literature, speech, geography, woodworking, etc.

All high schools are urged to participate in this state/national competition. The six best students, selected by faculty, after considering G.P.A., an oral presentation and written essay evaluation could make up a school team for regional and national competition. It's fun and exciting for the entire school! It's similar to a school athletic team making it to a regional or national play-off--a lot of fun.

The national U.S. Academic Decathlon program is ONLY for juniors and seniors in high school. However, it ties in perfectly with the "PARENT/STUDENT HIGH ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP," which includes all grades, K-12.

It takes a student's best effort, at each grade level, to be their very best. Each student learns the value and commitment and discipline it takes to achieve excellence that will assure future success.

 

                           Healthy Competition

A healthy form of academic competition can be developed, producing academic greatness for those who desire.  Maturity and self-fulfillment are the main rewards for all students.  Academic achievement can become as rewarding as the athletic self-esteem that sports participants acquire.  For many this could help them to reach the apogee of their school life.  For all students, this parent/student partnership will improve learning in a dramatic way.  The competition for each student is with him/herself.

 

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