High School Credit Policy

College Courses

--college courses will transfer as one semester credit for each semester of college credit

--college courses which are approved by administration will be listed as an honors course and will be based on a 5.0 GPA scale.  This will not happen with all courses from KPC.  Sample Honors courses from KPC: Physics and Calculus

--no college courses will be added to transcripts without a grade report from the college

--college course determinations and acceptance are at the discretion of CIA administration

--college courses will count toward the required 5 credit minimum for 9-11th graders and 4 credit minimum for seniors

--It must be remembered though, that students getting below a 69% for a semester grade will not receive credit for the course regardless of letter grade from college. 

Transfer of Credit From Other Secondary Schools and Independent Study

--all transfer credits will be placed in the subject area determined by administration

--transfer of credits of less than a one semester credit (0.5 credits) will not be accepted except under certain circumstances (i.e. several .25 credits in elective courses may be put together to total .5 credits, 1.0 credits, etc.)

--independent study programs taken by currently enrolled CIA students must be approved by administration prior to beginning the course and prior to the beginning of the semester with approval by administration.

Work Study Program

Students interested in work study must follow the guidelines set up by Cook Inlet Academy in order to receive credit for the program.  Guidelines include:

1)  keeping a journal or daily log of your work experience

2)  keeping track of hours worked and turn in a log of hours on due dates

3)  complete work sheets and assignments as assigned and attend area career fair in the Spring

4)  work an average of 10 hours each week (total of 180 hours per semester) in order to receive 1/2 credit

5)  submitting a list of goals and objectives from work study.  This must be submitted prior to beginning work

**Students cannot receive credit for work study during the summer months (no accountability by supervising teacher)

**Students can only receive credit for work study when working for employers who are not directly related to the student  (i.e. students can not receive credit for working for a parent or grandparent)

**Work study will meet the "Life Skills Credit" needed for graduation.

**a maximum of 1 Credit may be earned doing work study during high school

Work study and independent study courses will be given a Pass/Fail grade upon completion of course.

Teacher Aide

--students must discuss a desire to be a teacher aide with administration as well as with the teacher whom they desire to aide

--students are allowed only one credit in Teacher Aide

--teachers can have no more than one aide per class period

--teacher aides will be selected according to student's past performance in school (tardies, wondering the halls, responsible, etc.)

Elective Courses

--of the 3 credits needed for electives, only 1 may be earned doing after school sports

Seniors

--in order to graduate from CIA, all seniors must take senior Bible, do a Senior Project and be enrolled in 4 courses, 2 of which must be at Cook Inlet Academy.