Academic Policies

Incoming freshmen who are provisionally accepted to Cardinal Gibbons because of low HSPT scores or previous middle school grades are placed on Academic Monitoring for the first quarter of the school year. Students on Academic Monitoring are required to attend Summer School (prior to ninth grade) to improve foundational skills. At the end of the first quarter or any subsequent quarters, students who earn below a 2.35 GPA will be placed on Academic Probation. At the end of each quarter, students will be reevaluated to ensure success. If a student has been provisionally accepted and placed on Academic Monitoring, the student must maintain above a 2.35 GPA and perform academically.

As a college preparatory school, Cardinal Gibbons expects students to complete assignments by their respective deadlines and perform to meet the demands of the rigorous curriculum. Students who earn an unweighted GPA below 2.35 in a quarter are placed on Academic Probation. Academic Probation contracts are assigned, and the program mandates students to attend weekly tutoring and mentoring sessions.

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are an introduction to a college-level curriculum. These courses are as challenging as introductory college courses and are fast-paced, cover more material than Honors classes, and require independent work (e.g., research and analysis). Advanced Placement classes demonstrate to college admissions officers that you’re ready for college-level work. Students taking an AP class must take the exam to receive AP credit for the course at Cardinal Gibbons. 

Cardinal Gibbons has partnered with Barry University (BU) to teach dual enrollment (DE) classes on our campus. The Dual Enrollment Program allows high school students to take college-level courses and receive college credit. Cardinal Gibbons teachers teach these courses, and the curriculum meets university criteria. These courses are one (1) semester each. In order to be eligible, students must be juniors or seniors, have a weighted 3.5 GPA, complete a college entrance exam (i.e., SAT, ACT, PERT, etc.), and must also meet course requirements. Please refer to the Course Offerings for the classes that are dual enrollment eligible. Public Florida universities weigh DE and AP courses equally. Grades for DE courses are posted on each student’s university transcript. More information about the DE program is listed on the Cardinal Gibbons school website and the Barry University DE website. 

Visit our dedicated Dual Enrollment page for more information.
 

Each student must be enrolled in a minimum of seven (7) courses per semester. 

Students who receive a failing semester grade of an “F” are expected to remediate the course via 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).

Students with disabilities are afforded accommodations in the classroom through an Accommodation Plan or an Individualized Learning Plan (ILP). To request more information about accommodations, students should contact their designated advisor.

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.

At the end of each quarter, the honor roll is announced. Students with a weighted GPA of 3.75 to 3.99, along with no grade below a “B,” will receive Second Honors. Students with a weighted GPA of 4.00 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.