SLUH Student and Parent Handbook - St. Louis University High ...

D. Senior Advisors to Freshmen
Coordinator: Mr. Timothy Curdt
In order to facilitate the transition of students from eighth grade through their
first year at SLUH, a core group of fifty seniors are trained as peer counselors
for our freshmen students. Five seniors are designated to remain in particular
freshmen homeroom through the first semester. Each advisor works with
approximately seven students. Individual and group meetings occur frequently
in the first semester, so that freshmen can become better acquainted with
SLUH and can be better known by people at SLUH. Mr. Curdt and the
counselors supervise the seniors.
SECTION III-ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROGRAM
A. Academic Policies
A student withdrawing from a course after the first grading period will have
the withdrawal noted on his transcript with a WP (withdrawal while passing
the course) or WF (withdrawal while failing the course). These notations of
WP and WF have no grade value.
The rationale for each grade is not a comparison of students but the measure of
the student’s performance in reference to the objectives of the course and
college endorsement. Consequently, the grade of B does not mean that a
student is better than other students or average among his school peers (with
half the students above him and half below) but simply means that the student
has reasonably mastered the course objectives in view of college preparation.
A student’s teacher will send written notification if a student is in danger of
failing for the semester and one will be sent prior to the end of the semester if a
failure seems imminent.
A grade-point average from 3.20 through 3.59 merits second honors. A gradepoint
average of 3.60 or above merits first honors.
A student is placed on academic probation when his grade average falls below
2.00, or when he receives a grade of F or E on a quarter or semester report
card.
Any student who receives two grades of F at the end of a semester will not be
allowed to continue at St. Louis U. High.
A student who receives a grade of F at the end of the first semester in a full
year course is able to remain in the course for the second semester only with
the permission of the teacher and the Assistant Principal for Academics.
However, he must successfully complete a summer school program in the
subject for which he received a grade of F before he is allowed to return for the
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