CITIZENSHIP CREDIT REQUIREMENT
Consistent with this school district’s mission, “... We exist primarily for the purpose of developing the intellectual, physical, creative, cultural, CIVIC and SOCIAL (emphasis added) capabilities of our students. Through our collective efforts, all students should be prepared to participate and meet the challenges of being successful citizens”, all students graduating from HMS High School must have earned a Citizenship Credit. This credit can be obtained by the accumulation of a minimum of 40 Citizenship Points. Points can be earned in the following manners:
1. Each clock hour a student expends in performing uncompensated “service for others”
(See attached for rules and examples) 1 point
2. Each school year a student meets all of these criteria 5 points
a. No suspensions (in-school, out-of-school, from activities, from bus)
b. No unexcused absences
c. No violations of Student Good Conduct Rule
d. No more than 3 tardies
3. Each year a student maintains at least a 2.5 GPA 1 point
4. Each semester a student receives “On-A-Roll” recognition 1/2 point
The transcripts of students who exceed the 40 point minimum requirement by 20 points or more will carry the notation “Citizenship Credit With Honors” provided that they have satisfied all four criteria of item 2 above during each of grades 10, 11, 12. All other transcripts will carry the notation “Citizenship Credit - Satisfactory.”
Failure to meet at least the minimum point/credit requirement will result in a delay of graduation until such time that the requirement has been met.
Previously Code No. 605.41
Adopted: April 13, 1992
Reviewed: March 11, 1996
March 20, 2000
January 20, 2003
September 2006
December 17, 2012