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Academic Awards Criteria

Process for earning Academic Medals and selecting the Val & Sal, and Jr. Honor Attendants 

Valedictorian and Salutatorian:

Candidates must meet the following criteria:

  • The student may not have any Ds, Fs, or NCs.
  • The student must attend three years in Fontana USD and final two years at the graduating site.
  • No more than one PE course per semester.
  • Site administrators will review candidate applications during the fourth quarter/term of senior year to determine final selection of Valedictorian and Salutatorian.

Valedictorian

The student(s) with the highest Local Honors Weighted GPA for the highest grades in 48 semester courses from UC Course Management Portal Approved Courses and the Fontana USD Local Academic Achievement List courses

Salutatorian

The student(s) with the second highest Local Honors Weighted GPA for the highest grades in 48 semester courses from UC Course Management Portal Approved Courses and the Fontana USD Local Academic Achievement List courses.

Academic Medals

  • Gold medal - 3.8 weighted GPA or above 
  • Silver medal 3.5 - 3.79 weighted GPA 
  • All academic courses a student is enrolled in counts towards the weighted GPA 
  • Any D's, F's, N's, or U's disqualifies a candidate.
  • Student assistant and summer school courses do not count
  • Students receiving Pass or Fail mark instead of a letter grade can have opportunity to access such awards, the passing mark will have a point value of 3.5.

Junior Honor Attendants

Candidates must meet the following criteria:
 
  • Five semesters with a Local Honors Weighted GPA of 3.8 or higher 
  • No Ds or Fs
  • No more than one PE course per semester.
  • The site administrator will review candidate applications during the third quarter/term of the Junior year to determine final selection of the Junior Honor Attendants