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Dual Credit, Honors, & Bishop Carmody Award

Dual Credit

Honors

Honors courses are offered for highly motivated students who wish to be challenged in the classroom.  These courses offer more challenging content in instruction and more rigorous assessments with an emphasis on demonstrating deep thinking, analysis, and effective communication of original ideas through writing, speaking, and creative projects.  Honors courses are offered in all five core subject areas.

Bishop Carmody Award

The Bishop Carmody Distinguished Achievement Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a graduate by St. John Paul II High School.  Named in honor of the school's founder, Bishop Edmond Carmody, this award recognizes the student who has exceled academically and behaviorally during their time at St. John Paul II High School.  Candidates must meet the following requirements in order to qualify:
  1. Have a cumulative unweighted average GPA of 3.5 or higher
  2. Have completed upon graduation twelve (12) honors or dual credit courses.
  3. Have completed upon graduation four (4) credits in Theology
  4. An exemplary conduct record at St. John Paul II Academy
  5. Achieving an average grade of "A" on the student's entire Senior Thesis Project by the due date
  6. Completion of at least one (1) of the following measures:
    1. Recognition as a Commended Scholar, Semifinalist or Finalist by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation; or
    2. Achieving a grade of an "A" in dual credit course
  7. Three (3) credits in language other than English, two (2) credits in P.E./Athletics, & one (1) credit in academic electives