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Honors College Credit and Advanced Placement Courses
Vianney offers a number of college credit and honors courses. An honors course taken by a freshman, sophomore or junior is designated by an “H” after the course name in the Curriculum Guide. In the junior and senior year, “ACC”, “H” or “AP” designates an advanced college credit, honors or advanced placement course after the title in the Curriculum Guide. Some courses may receive credit through St. Louis University or the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 to register for ACC credit with the universities. It is recommended that juniors or seniors interested in taking courses for college credit check with the college or university they plan to attend to determine whether or not the college credits received are transferable. Honors courses are designated as such on the report card. A bonus of .6 of a grade point is added to an honors course grade before the current and cumulative averages are computed.
Encore
Encore is a period of time each day when students may:
- Visit teachers for tutoring or to request make-up work;
- Arrange for missed tests
- Work on projects
- Meet with clubs or organizations
- Meet with Counselors, Campus Ministers, or Administrators
- Meet with Advisors for Homeroom
Students are encouraged to use the Encore period to their best educational advantage. Therefore, the Encore period is mandatory for those students who have a grade of D or F or for tardiness. Teachers may require other students to attend Encore. Students failing to attend a mandatory Encore period will lose future Encore privileges. All freshmen remain in their first period classes during Encore through the first grading period.
Homework
Homework is one of the most misunderstood words among parents and students. High school students tend to view only written assignments as homework. Study activities cover all necessary skills for success in college, such as reading, summarizing, self-teaching, reasoning, reviewing, and higher-level thinking skills.
Students at Vianney have homework each evening. Students should spend at least thirty minutes per class each night working on their lessons. A student should always reinforce the day’s lessons by reading and reviewing the topics he is studying.
Homework Hotel
Homework Hotel is a supervised study session available for all students but mandated for students who habitually fail to complete homework. Homework Hotel meets on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:55 to 3:55. Teachers assign students to Homework Hotel for one more sessions when they have not turned in all their homework on time. Students are normally assigned to Homework Hotel until all missing work is completed. Homework Hotel takes precedence over all co-curricular activities, work, etc.
Honors Graduate System
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education award this certificate to graduating seniors who complete a rigorous program of high school studies. The criteria are:
- A cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies
- Successful completion of 24 core courses: 4 English, 3 Mathematics, 2 Science, 3 Social Studies, 1 Fine Art, 1 Practical Art, 1 Physical Education, 3 specified electives (which could include Modern Foreign Language) and 6 general electives (which meet state or local graduation requirements or further develop the student’s skills and aptitude)
- Completion of specific college preparatory courses
- A composite score of at least 22 on the ACT Assessment
Missouri College Preparatory Certificate
To be considered an Honors Graduate of Vianney a student must:
- have a cumulative GPA of 3.75 after 7 semesters
- have had no failures in courses at Vianney
- have never been placed on disciplinary probation while at Vianney.
Honors Graduates will have taken a minimum of 10 courses from the list provided here. It is recommended that they take 4 years of Foreign Language and completed Math courses through Analysis (if they did not begin in the Honors Math Curriculum).
English: 250, 350, 450
Foreign Language: 250, 350, 450
Math: 250, 350, 450, 500, 550, 555
Science: SCC 150, 450, 550
SCB 450, 550
SCP 450
Social Studies: 350, 450
Electives: FAA 350, FAA 450, PRA 350, PRA 450
Policy Regarding Change in Classes
- Selection of courses should be done only after serious, careful, and thoughtful consultation among student, parents, teachers, and counselors. Therefore, once you choose your courses and they are verified by you and your parents and approved by the Assistant Principal, your selections are considered final.
- Dissatisfaction with a course or teacher, academic difficulties in a course, displeasure with the schedule, or a change of mind are not valid reasons for requesting a change of course. Students will be expected to accept responsibility for their decisions.
- For any such change, there is a $40.00 fee attached to the change. This fee is imposed to impress upon both student and parent the seriousness with which the process of course selection is to be taken as well as the inconvenience that is caused in the final scheduling process by such changes.
- No course can be dropped from a student’s schedule once a class begins except for serious and compelling reasons that are determined by the Guidance Office and Administration.
