Honors Offered at East Mountain High School

East Mountain High School offers selected Honors courses.  Students earning above an 80% or above in any Honors class receive one additional GPA point.  For example, a student earning an A in an Honors course would receive a 5.0 for that class.  A list of Honors courses is below:

Applying for Honors Humanities at East Mountain High School

Various means are used to place students in a class best suited to their level of academic preparedness and willingness to pursue excellence.  East Mountain High School does not offer Honors Humanities during the freshman year.  A Gifted Humanities 9 class is offered for students with a gifted designation.  Honors Humanities is offered at the 10th and 11th grades and students are required to apply each year for a spot in the Honors program.

• All students are eligible to apply to Honors Humanities.
• Any student wishing to enter Honors Humanities 10 or 11 must apply.
• Application instructions for Honors Humanities 10 or 11 will be posted in every Humanities classroom.
• Every Humanities teacher, where applicable, will verbally tell their students in the beginning of the semester about the opportunity to apply for Honors.
• Teachers will tell students of the application deadline, point out where the instructions are located on the classroom wall, and offer copies for any interested student.
• The deadline for application packets for students interested in transferring mid year (between fall term and spring term) to Honors Humanities is December 1.
• The deadline for application packets for students interested in Honors for the following school year is April 1.
• Students currently enrolled in Honors Humanities must re-apply every year.  Ms. Lisa Davis in the Guidance Office will collect any student application packets.
• The Humanities department will form an Honors Evaluation Committee to review all applications.
• The committee will notify all applicants of their acceptance or rejection into the Honors Humanities class.
• Current Honors Humanities’ students must maintain an 80% average to remain in the Honors Humanities class.
• Students interested in transferring into an Honors Humanities class should have a 90% or higher average in their non Honors Humanities class.
• Honors increments are defined as credits awarded with a weighted grade which deviates from the traditional 4.0 scale by one additional point. No honors increments will be awarded if the term grade is less than 80%.
• Students should read the posted letters to candidates for Honors Humanities 10 and Honors Humanities 11, including the qualities of mind candidates should demonstrate.