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

Only semester academic grades are included on a student’s transcripts.
Likewise, only the semester grades are figured into his cumulative grade point
average.
SLUH does not rank its students academically. Rather, colleges and
scholarship services are provided a school profile, a grade point average
distribution and a course grade distribution to contextualize a student’s
academic performance.
K. Academic Probation and Eligibility
A student is admitted to SLUH only after the admission committee and
administration have judged that he has the ability to engage the SLUH
curriculum successfully. His academic success, therefore, is expected and is
considered a prerequisite to his participation in co-curricular activities.
When a student fails to meet this expectation--either by earning a current grade
point average below 2.00 or earning a grade of F or E in any class--he will be
placed on academic probation for the following quarter. Students who are
placed on academic probation following the second semester grading period
will remain on academic probation for the first quarter of the following
school year. Students placed on academic probation following the first quarter,
first semester, or third quarter grading period, will also lose the privilege of
participating in co-curricular activities for the following quarter.
1. Academic Probation
Placement on academic probation is the school’s response to a student who is
not achieving minimal academic expectations in one or more classes and is,
therefore, putting himself at risk of dismissal from SLUH (see Academic
Policies).
When a student is assigned to academic probation, a letter will be sent with the
student’s report card by the Academic Assistant Principal (APA) informing
him that he is ineligible to participate in co-curriculars and that he is on
academic probation. The student and parent should sign the letter and return it
to the Assistant Principal for Academics. The student will then meet with the
school’s learning consultant to develop a plan to help him improve his
academic standing. In all cases, the goodwill and participation of those
involved in the development and implementation of the plan, including the
student, will be expected.
The parents of a student assigned to academic probation can check progress
reports from their son’s teachers at least every two weeks on Powerschool.
2. Co-Curricular Eligibility
Although participation in co-curricular activities is encouraged and valued at
SLUH, it is secondary to academic success. In order to motivate students to
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