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Graduation
Graduation
exercises will be held at the end of each fall, spring,
and summer semester. Graduates should expect to participate
in the appropriate graduation ceremonies upon the
completion of the District graduation requirements
unless special permission has been granted by the
Associate Principal.
By
state law, all students must pass the reading, writing,
and math portions of the Texas Assessment of Academic
Skills (TAKS) in order to receive a diploma. It is
the policy of the Lubbock Independent School District
that a student must have passed all four portions
of the TAKS in order to walk at the graduation ceremonies.
Early
Graduation
A
student may elect to graduate at the end of any semester
when he/she has completed all requirements for graduation.
To be eligible for graduation at the end of the first
semester, the student must notify the senior counselor
of this intent by the end of October. Early graduation
requires permission from the student’s parent/guardian
and the principal.
Honor
Students at Graduation
For
a student to be selected as valedictorian of a graduating
class, the student must have taken a full course load
during each grading period. All subjects in grades
9-12 in which credit is earned and a grade is given
will be used in determining a grade point average
for the valedictorian honor; however, for the official
grade point average, the final semester of the senior
year is not added in to the total.
To
be designated as a high honor student, a student must
maintain an overall grade point average of 4.0 or
better for all courses taken in grades 9-12. To be
designated as an honor graduate, a student must maintain
an overall grade point average of 3.5 or better for
all courses taken in grades 9-12. In computing his/her
average, the grades transferred from the sending school
will be assigned the values corresponding to the grades
in the Lubbock system. By LISD policy, a student who
has transferred from another school in the last year
preceding graduation may be designated as a high honor
graduate or honor graduate but is not eligible to
become valedictorian or salutatorian.
A
valedictorian and salutatorian will be designated
on the basis of grade point average. In the event
of a tie, co-winners will be declared. To be eligible
for valedictory or salutatory honors, the student
shall have attended an LISD high school the two years
prior to graduation and shall have attended high school
for eight consecutive semesters.
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