TIPPECANOE HIGH SCHOOL - Tipp City Exempted Village Schools

VALEDICTORIAN/SALUTATORIAN
The Tippecanoe valedictorian(s) and salutatorian(s) will be named at the end of the third grading period during their
senior year. Final calculation will include third quarter grades as projected second semester averages and the ―add-on‖
factor for all honors courses completed with a B grade or better. Honors and Advanced Placement courses earn an ―addon‖
factor if the course is completed with an A or B grade. The ―add-on‖ factor is .025 per semester for each course . No
more than a total of 8 credits will be weighted (4 in humanities and 4 in Math/Science).
The valedictorian is the graduating senior who has the highest class rank (number one rank in class) based on the
weighted cumulative GPA through the end of the third quarter of the senior year. In case of a tie, all students sharing this
rank will be named Valedictorian.
The Salutatorian is the graduating senior with the second highest class rank based on the weighted cumulative GPA
through the end of the third quarter of the senior year. In case of a tie, all students sharing this rank will be named
Salutatorian.
To be eligible for Valedictorian or Salutatorian, the student must have attended Tippecanoe High School for three
consecutive semesters prior to the beginning of the second semester of the student’s senior year (excluding summer
school). Early graduates are not eligible to be designated class valedictorian or salutatorian.
TIPPECANOE HIGH SCHOOL CTC HONOR AWARD
The Tippecanoe High School student graduating from the Miami Valley Career Technology Center with the highest
seventh semester GPA will receive the Tippecanoe High School CTC Honor Award. The award will be presented at the
annual Senior Awards Assembly.
STATE TESTING
OHIO GRADUATION TESTS (OGT)
The Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) measure proficiency in five content areas: reading, writing, mathematics, citizenship,
and science. Students are required to pass all five areas of the OGT, as well as meet all local and state curricular
requirements (see the table on page 4) in order to receive a high school diploma.
Students have five opportunities while school is in session to pass the OGT prior to their high school graduation. The first
opportunity for students to take the OGT will be in March of 10 th grade. Students will then have an opportunity to take the
test again in the fall and spring of 11 th grade and the fall and spring of 12 th grade.
This testing program will affect your future. Scheduling of classes for your senior year may involve required
intervention courses until you have passed all five sections of the Ohio Graduation Test. It is in your best
interest to pass these tests as soon as possible.
ALTERNATE WAY TO EARN AN OHIO DIPLOMA
If a student passes four of the five OGT and meets all the following criteria, the student will meet the testing
requirements for earning an Ohio diploma:
1. Be within 10 points of passing the one failed test;
2. Has 97% attendance in each of last four school years;
3. Has not been expelled from school in last four school years;
4. Has a grade point average of at least 2.5 out of 4.0 in courses of test not yet passed;
5. Has completed high school requirements;
6. Has participated in those intervention programs offered; and
7. Has letters recommending graduation from principal and high school teachers for courses of the test not passed.
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