All AP Classes must be approved by the Advanced Placement Assistant Principal. After the school year begins, the Curriculum Office will not process schedule changes from parents or students. In the rare occasion a schedule needs to be changed, a request can be made from an Assistant Principal for approval from the Curriculum Assistant Principal or Principal.

We are not honoring schedule change requests for the following reasons:

• The class could impact your overall GPA.
• The class is too difficult.
• You no longer need the class.
• You don't like your teacher.

Schedule change requests between 1st & 2nd Semester will also not be honored as we schedule the entire year based on registration each spring. Students/Parents were given an opportunity twice last spring to request changes and we built the master schedule of courses based on what students indicated they wanted/needed at that time.

The ONLY schedule changes that will be made are for a student who:

• is registered for a class for which they already have credit in course history.
• is a senior and needs a class to meet graduation requirements.
• is registered for a class for which does not have the pre-requisites required.

AS ALWAYS...THE SCHOOL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE SCHEDULES IN ORDER TO BALANCE CLASS SIZE AFTER SCHOOL HAS BEGUN AND INTO SEPTEMBER.

Students who earn a numerical grade average of 94% in both Fall and Spring terms of the previous school year are eligible to receive an Academic Letter. There will be no rounding of numbers to the next highest number. Only credits earned at PRHS are eligible for Academic Letter consideration. Academic Letters are awarded annually during Fall Semester.

Class rank is based on cumulative grade average at the end of 1st semester (Q2).

The Gwinnett County Public Schools gifted education program serves students by providing academic challenges for those who are intellectually advanced. Peachtree Ridge offers gifted classes in Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Directed Studies, and the Quest Internship Program. Students who have been tested and have met eligibility criteria in elementary, middle or high school in Gwinnett County or in another Georgia school system are eligible to take gifted classes at PRHS.

A student may be referred by a teacher, a counselor, or a parent for gifted testing. When a student is referred, he/she is placed in the referral process by submitting a portfolio to the Referral Committee. The next step is an official referral to be tested. Georgia Department of Education eligibility standards requires that a student meets the criteria in three of four areas: mental ability, achievement, creativity, and motivation. A number of assessment instruments are used in this process.

A = 90 or above
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
F = below 70

Honor graduates are seniors who have achieved a cumulative average of 90.0 or above (not rounded). Honor Graduate status is determined at the conclusion of the student's 7th semester of high school. These students are determined by grades at the completion of first term and recognized at Spring Honors night. In addition, seniors may also achieve Honor Graduate status at the completion of Quarter 3.