course credits
GCA Courses
Most GCA courses meet for five periods per week. Students who pass these courses earn five (5) credits per semester. Two-day courses earn two (2) credits per semester. Five-day ESSP Skills class and Teacher Aide courses earn 2.5 credits per semester. KCTC courses earn 10 credits per semester. In grades 9 – 12, all students must take a minimum of 24 credits per semester. KCTC or Early College students must take a minimum of 20 hours of credit (15 for seniors) at GCA concurrent with the off-campus classes. To graduate from GCA, students must earn a minimum of 220 credits in grades 9 – 12. Most students earn 250 – 270 credits.
NON-GCA COURSES
If a student does not pass a course at Grace Christian Academy, he/she is allowed to take a similar course at an institution approved through our counseling office prior to the beginning of that course, and then transfer the credit to our school. These credits will be transferred in, but not the grade received. Students may take alternative courses due to an irresolvable scheduling conflict (per administrative approval) even if they did not first fail a GCA course.
Credit (not grade) will be given for pre-approved: (1) credit recovery courses, (2) alternate courses due to scheduling conflicts, and (3) course work taken at a traditional college (see Dual Enrollment Guidelines HERE).
GRADING
Each teacher determines the weight of assignments, quizzes, tests, projects, and participation for their own classes.
| GRADING SCALE | GRADE | GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) |
| 95.0 – 100.0 | A | 4.000 |
| 90.0 – 94.9 | A- | 3.667 |
| 87.0 – 89.9 | B+ | 3.333 |
| 83.0 – 86.9 | B | 3.000 |
| 80.0 – 82.9 | B- | 2.667 |
| 77.0 – 79.9 | C+ | 2.333 |
| 73.0 – 76.9 | C | 2.000 |
| 70.0 – 72.9 | C- | 1.667 |
| 67.0 – 69.9 | D+ | 1.333 |
| 63.0 – 66.9 | D | 1.000 |
| 60.0 – 62.9 | D- | 0.667 |
| 59.9 and below | E | 0.000 |
INCOMPLETE COURSE WORK
Students given an incomplete in any course must make up this work within one month after the marking period is completed. An Incomplete will appear as an I on a student’s report card. Any student who does not complete unfinished work by this deadline will receive a failure for the semester in that particular class. To participate in the graduation ceremony, seniors must resolve all incompletes by the end of the last exam day.
REPORT CARDS
Report cards are issued four times per year, at the end of each nine-week session. Semester report card grades are final grades that will appear on the academic records. Each marking period counts for 40% and the exam counts for 20% of the semester grade. Semester grades are used to calculate a student’s cumulative grade point average.