COURSES OF STUDY
Healdsburg High School offers multiple types of courses for core academic and elective subject matter.
Courses fall into several categories:
- Advanced Placement (AP)
- Honors (H)
- Weighted GPA
- Advanced Standing (AS)
- College Preparatory (P)
- Foundational Classes
- Sheltered Classes
- Intervention Classes
- Resource Specialist Program Classes
COURSE DESIGNATIONS
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ABBREVIATION
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DESCRIPTION
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ELD
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English Language Development
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AP
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Advanced Placement (extra grade point given)
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AVID
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Advanced Via Individual Determination
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PLT (Plato)
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Edmentum online course publisher
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H
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Honors (extra grade point given)
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HH
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Home Hospital Program
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SS / ME
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Summer School / Migrant Education Adelante Program
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SSU
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Sonoma State University
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MBA
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Marce Becerra Academy (Continuation School)
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P
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College Prep Course; U.C. Approved
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SCOE
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Sonoma County Office of Education Community / Court School
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SRJC
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Santa Rosa Junior College
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+
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Honors, AP or College Level course (extra grade point given)
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*
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Non Academic Course
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GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)
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GPA is based on a 4.0 scale with an extra point given for Honors, AP and U.C. transferable subjects taken at Santa Rosa Junior College (course titles form 1 to 49). G.P.A. on transcripts are reported as follows:
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Academic Weighted
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College-Prep courses, with extra grade point for marks C- to A+ in Honors and AP courses.
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Academic Non-Weighted
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College-Prep courses with no extra grade point
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Total weighted
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Total CPE including college-prep and non-academic courses with extra grade point for marks C- to A+ in Honors and AP courses (grades 9-12).
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Total Non-Weighted
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Total GPA including college-prep and non-academic courses with no extra grade point
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SHORT TERM INDEPENDENT STUDY CONTRACTS
If your student needs a short-term independent study contract, please make this request with our Assistant Principal. You must request this two weeks prior to the time your student will be out of school.
