Chapter G - Academics
Part 7.0 Promotion
Section 7.1 Promotion Policy

Policy Statement:

School Promotion Policy

Administration may recommend for promotion all students who meet the criteria for promotion (see below). The administration will consider relevant data and information regarding the student's performance, including but not limited to: grades, attendance, academic achievement records including assessments, work product, learning plans and extenuating circumstances in order to determine if the student qualifies for promotion to the next grade.

In order to recommend promotion, the administration will utilize concrete data that the student demonstrates sufficient skills and content knowledge to be successful at the next grade level. If the student does not demonstrate sufficient skills and content knowledge (as evidenced by grades, test scores and other evaluative measures including but not limited to those listed above) to be successful at the next grade level, the student will not be recommended for promotion and will be offered a seat in the current grade for the following school year.

Promotion of Elementary Students

Students must meet minimum criteria for promotion each year. Teachers may automatically recommend a student for promotion only if the student meets the following criteria:

1. Student passed all subjects four terms of the year with at least a C grade.
2. Student attended school a minimum of 160 days (less than 21 absences).
3. Student passed at least the lowest level of the skills classes – reading and mathematics - for their grade level.
4. Student has not been suspended during the school year.

Promotion of Jr. High Students

Jr. High Students must meet the minimum criteria for promotion each year. Teachers may automatically recommend a student for promotion only if the student meets the following criteria:

1. Student passed all subjects three quarters of the year with at least a D grade.
2. Student attended school a minimum of 160 days (less than 21 absences).
3. Student has not been suspended during the year.

Promotion of High School Students

In order to assist students in their progress toward graduation and maintain the academic integrity of American Prep's rigorous classical education, the High School promotion policy requires students to have completed all core subject credits each year to automatically qualify the student for promotion to the next grade level of coursework.

Core subjects at APA are Language Arts, Mathematics, History, and Science. Students must pass APA's core courses, on campus, for at least two of four quarters of every core class each year.

Students that receive an F, NC, or I grade in any term in a core class must complete external credit recovery for that term's credit in order to be promoted to the next grade. External credit recovery credits must be earned and reported to APA by July 15th each year for the student to qualify for promotion.  If a student fails three or more quarters of any core class, they do not qualify for promotion. If a student completes credit recovery for more than two quarters, APA will accept the credit recovery, but it will not qualify the student for promotion nor fulfill APA's requirement for graduation.