Academic Policies

Incoming freshmen or transfer students who score below 70% on the HSPT, enter with a 2.5 GPA or below, or demonstrate an academic concern prior to high school admission may be placed on Academic Monitoring with the Office of Academics and Curriculum to ensure student success. 

Students who earn a 2.35 GPA or below quarterly are placed on Academic Probation. The Office of Academics and Curriculum develops a team (i.e. Assistant Principal, Advisor, Mentor, Parent, Athletics Coach, etc.) that will assist in the development of an intervention plan for the upcoming quarter.

Advanced Placement (AP) courses are a challenging introduction college-level curriculum. These courses are implemented in order to give students an opportunity to challenge themselves beyond the scope of our regular curriculum and earn potential college credit. Students taking AP classes must take the College Board AP exam for each respective AP course in which they enrolled, and must score a “3” or higher in order to be eligible to receive college credit. A testing fee will be charged by College Board for each exam, which will be added to your Cardinal Gibbons tuition account.

Through the Dual Enrollment Program, juniors and seniors at Cardinal Gibbons High School have the opportunity to take college-level courses and earn transferable credits through Barry University. The program also offers benefits to financial-aid-eligible students who enroll at Barry University, allowing you to secure your college future now!

To qualify for dual enrollment courses, you must be a junior or senior with a 3.5 or better unweighted GPA and have the minimum required scores on an approved college readiness test.

Visit our dedicated Dual Enrollment page for more information!

 

Each student must be enrolled in a minimum of six (6) courses per semester. A total of 18 credits are required before a student may begin their senior year.

Students who receive a failing semester grade of an “F” are expected to remediate the course via Spring School or Summer School. All failed courses must be remediated before the student will be eligible to register for courses for the subsequent school year.

Class rank is based on the cumulative weighted Grade Point Average (GPA).

All courses are assigned weights or "Quality Points" according to their challenge and demand.  The cumulative weighted GPA is determined by dividing the total Quality Points by the total credits attempted in grades nine (9) through twelve (12). Quality points do not affect the amount of credit given per course. It is important to note that one‐quarter credit is given for each quarter‐credit course, one‐half credit is granted for each semester course and one full credit is granted for each year course of successful academic work.

The honor roll is announced at the end of every semester. Students with a weighted GPA of 3.75 to 3.99 and no semester grade below a B will receive Second Honors, while students with a weighted GPA of 4.0 and above, along with no grade lower than a B, will receive First Honors.

Cardinal Gibbons offers a free peer tutoring program, called Links to Learning, to all currently enrolled students. Students who require additional help outside of the classroom are encouraged to seek help through the Links to Learning program. Links to Learning tutoring sessions are available in the morning from 7:20-7:50 a.m., in the afternoon from 2:45-3:45 p.m. and during the student’s respective lunch period. All peer tutors have been appointed by members of the Cardinal Gibbons faculty and are members of one or more Honor Societies.

To obtain a peer tutor, please email Dr. Stephen Louy at louy@cghsfl.org and provide the following information: the student’s name, cell phone number, personal email address, and the subject in which the student is seeking help. All students must sign a tutoring contract in order to participate in the program.