• Students who receive the NC Scholars Honor must have a 3.5 unweighted GPA.
• In addition, they must fulfill certain course requirements that were listed on your credit review sheet you received during your spring Junior Meeting/Registration last year.
• Students potentially eligible for NC Scholars should
  see their counselors if they have questions.

Students who entered ninth grade for the first time in 2014-2015 must pass the following courses and earn at least 26 credits:

Four sequential English credits which shall be:

• Starting with English I
• English II
• English III
• English IV

Four Mathematics credits which shall be:

• NC Math 1, 2, and 3 and a fourth mathematics course to be aligned with the student’s post high school plans

Three Science credits which shall be:

• a physical science course
• Biology
• an earth/environmental science course

Four Social Studies credits which shall be:

• a founding principles course which shall be either:
  • American History: Founding Principles, Civics and Economics
  • Founding Principles of the United States of America and North Carolina: Civic Literacy
• American history courses which shall be either:
  • American History I and American History II
  • American History I or II and another Social Studies course
  • American History and another Social Studies course
• World History

One Health and Physical Education credit:

• Students are required to successfully complete CPR instruction to meet Healthful Living Essential Standards as a requirement for high school graduation.

Two Elective credits of any combination from either:

• Career and Technical Education (CTE) or
• Arts Education or
• World Language
  
  

Eight elective credits from the following (four-course concentration recommended):

• Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• ROTC
• Arts Education (e.g., dance, music, theater arts, visual arts)
• Any other subject area or cross-disciplinary courses (e.g., mathematics, science, social studies, English and dual enrollment courses)

• Summa Cum Laude: weighted GPA 4.25 or higher
• Magna Cum Laude: weighted GPA 4.0 - 4.249
• Cum Laude: weighted GPA 3.75 – 3.99

NC Scholar: unweighted GPA 3.5 and specific courses