General

Heritage does not enroll part-time students. All students must take at least five academic subjects. Additionally, all students will take an English, math, science, and social studies course each year.
Parents are encouraged to talk with individual teachers, the counselor, or headmaster concerning any question they may have about their child or the school.

Grievance/Compliance Procedure

If a question or complaint arises which is related to lessons, classroom management, classroom interpersonal relationships, or disciplinary action the following procedure should be followed:

1. Schedule conference with teacher.
2. Schedule conference with guidance counselor.
3. Schedule conference with principal/headmaster.
4. Schedule conference with Executive Committee.
5. Schedule conference with Board of Directors.

Report Cards

Unless otherwise noted in the school calendar, report cards are given to students on Wednesday following each nine-week period. The counselors will notify parents if a student fails a course for the first or second semester so that arrangements can be made for make-up work.

Progress reports are sent home half-way through each 9-week grading period.

Student assignments and grades are accessible online on the HA website. Password information will be sent home.

Grading Standards

Grade	Range
A	93-100
B	85-92
C	76-84
D	70-75
F	Below 70

Heritage Academy’s Weighting System

AP classes are weighted ten (10) percent:

• 95-100 = 10 points added
• 85- 94 = 9 points added
• 75- 84 = 8 points added
• 70- 74 = 7 points added
• < 70 no points added

Honors classes are weighted five (5) percent:

• 90-100 = 5 points added
• 70- 89 = 4 points added
• < 70 no points added

Students who receive a third and/or fourth credit in any foreign language will receive honors weighting in these classes. These do not have to be in the same foreign language as the first/second year credits.

Weight is only applied to classes receiving high school credit.

Honor Code

The Heritage Academy Honor code reinforces the basic ideas of honesty and integrity. Each Heritage student must be honest with himself and others, helping to create an atmosphere of mutual trust. Each member of the Heritage Academy community must be committed and supportive of the HA Honor Code for it to be an effective instrument in maintaining these ideals.

The Administration, Faculty, and Board of Heritage Academy expect the students to be people of personal integrity in all the activities of their lives. Regarding their personal honesty and their academic work, the students/parents/guardians are expected to know and understand these premises:

Cheating

Cheating includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Plagiarism—using the words or ideas of another without giving credit
• Giving or receiving assistance on work
• Copying answers from another’s book, whether graded or not
• Allowing another to copy from one’s work, whether graded or not
• Correcting incorrect answers on graded daily work
• Looking on another’s paper for answers
• Looking on another’s paper to confirm an answer
• Preparing a “cheat sheet” for use on an assignment
• Discussing contents or formats of tests already taken
• Looking in a teacher’s book for answers

Consequences of Cheating

• Any student found cheating will receive a zero on said work, automatic in-school suspension, and will be required to call his/her parents and inform them of this penalty.
• Any student found cheating will be excluded from Academy Honors and Honor Roll for that 9 week period.
• In addition, this infraction will be so noted in the student’s personal file and will exclude him/her for a period of one year from honors such as SGA membership, class officer, Beta Club, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Quill and Scroll, etc.
• A second cheating incident will permanently exclude him/her from these honors.
• Students will sign a sworn statement on every major test or major work stating they did not cheat.

Schedule Requirements

All students must be enrolled in an English, mathematics, science and social studies course each year and be taking five (5) academic classes.

Schedule Changes

The counselor and parents must approve any schedule change. If approved, a schedule change will be issued. A student cannot drop a class after the first week of school unless the teacher recommends the change. A student who enrolls in Honors/AP courses will not be allowed to drop such course(s) unless there is a recommendation from his/her teacher.

Honors Program

Honors courses are more challenging for students than regular courses. Additional material and more in-depth assignments should be typical of honors courses.
High School counselor has information on prerequisites for honors classes.
Students who are enrolled in honors/AP courses and do not make the required score to remain in said courses will not be allowed to re-enter at a later date without the headmaster’s permission.
All students taking an AP course are required to take the AP examination.

Graduation Tracks

Heritage Academy Curriculum Tracks

	Jr. College College-Prep Honors Track I	College-Prep Track II	Honors Track III
English	4	4	4
Mathematics	3	4	4
Science	3	4	4
Social Studies	3	4	4
Electives (Academic)	4	2	2
Languages	1	2	2
Non-Academic	4	2	2
Total	22	22	22

College Admission

Track 1 will meet junior college requirements.
Tracks II and III will meet all major college requirements.

Minimum Requirements for Graduation

Twenty-two (22) units are required to graduate.
A student transferring to Heritage Academy during his/her senior year, who
cannot reach the required number of 22 credits will be allowed to graduate with 20 units if all required courses have been passed.
Beginning with the Class of 2010, one year of fine arts is required.

ACT Test

• All students are required to take the ACT to graduate. This test must be taken on or before the February testing date of a student’s senior year.
• Heritage will hold a student workshop for the ACT.
• School Code for Students: 250-664
• Heritage Academy Test Center Code: 202500

SAT Test

SAT testing is encouraged, but not required.

Courses Offered

A curriculum guide will soon be available on our website and through our guidance counselor.

Correspondence Study

Correspondence courses are accepted only under extreme circumstances. A maximum of two (2) units of correspondence coursework can be accepted toward graduation.

Class Rank, Valedictorian and Salutatorian

• Heritage Academy does not report class rank.
• To be eligible for valedictorian or salutatorian a student must have attended Heritage Academy for four semesters, be enrolled in the honors program, and complete the highest course offered in three (3) of the four (4) following subject areas: English, science, social studies, and mathematics.
• Once a student is enrolled at Heritage Academy, only courses taken at HA will be used to determine GPA.
• See school counselor for details on numerical computations.

Citizenship

Heritage Academy will give a citizenship grade to all students each 9-week term. The quality of an individual’s contribution, assumption of responsibilities, and social conduct in school (or community) are factors of citizenship.
Citizenship grades are left to the discretion of the individual teachers.
Grades range from A to F.

Academy Honors/Honor Roll

To be listed on Academy Honors a student must have a 93 or higher in each course.
To be listed on the Honor Roll a student must have at least a 90 GPA and no grades below a B- (85).

Honor Societies

Heritage Academy has six honor societies.
The national governing body of each society in addition to Heritage Academy requirements designates membership requirements.
See school counselor for details.

Award Ceremonies

Heritage Academy holds an Awards Day for students in grades 7-11 in May of each school year to recognize students for their academic achievements.
Seniors are honored with academic awards at Senior Class Day.

Testing

Exam Exemption

Students can only be exempt from second semester exams.
Grades 7-11
93 or above yearly average, and no “F” in citizenship
88 or above yearly average and no “F” in citizenship with no more than two (2) yearly absences in class being considered for exemption
Grade 12
90 or above yearly average with no “F” in citizenship
85 or above yearly average and no “F” in citizenship with no more than two (2) yearly absences in class being considered for exemption
may be exempt from 1st semester exam if it is a one semester course

Test Day Schedule

Monday Electives
Tuesday Social Studies/Foreign Language
Wednesday Math
Thursday Science
Friday English

Make-Up Tests

Wednesday School’s purpose is to administer make-up tests within 6 days.
This school will be from 2:30 p.m. until 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday.
Failure to take assigned tests on the first Wednesday will result in a grade of zero on that test.
Permission must be received by the headmaster or counselor if there are special circumstances that prevent a student from making up a test at the first Wednesday School session.