Program of Studies - Hunterdon Central Regional High School

will be accomplished by the HCRHS school counselor subject to the Director of Pupil Personnel Services and/or Curriculum
Committee’s approval. The Director of Pupil Personnel Services will verify when the translation is difficult.
If course work is from a transfer school, or from an approved and accredited outside institution, the information provided for input
into student’s HCRHS course history must be from the school’s official transcript. A notation as to where the previous course
work was completed, and/or as to the situation the coursework was taken (e.g. Independent Study, Distance Learning), will
become a part of the HCRHS official transcript.
For a transfer course to be given the full 5 credits, it must have met for a minimum of 120 hours for the school year. One credit
will be awarded for every 24 to 35 hours of course work depending upon the period length utilized by the school. One credit will
be awarded for every 24 hours of course work if the previous school utilized the minimum 40-minute period system.
The maximum number of hours spent on course work to receive one credit is 35 if the previous school used up to one-hour
periods. A student whose previous course work totaled 36 to 47 hours would be eligible for 1.5 credits and so forth.
Counseling Services will award HCRHS credit for previous course work only when the previous school’s official transcript
indicates achievement of said credit. Course grade and credit will be translated from the students’ previous system into the
appropriate HCRHS grading system. High School coursework completed prior to September, 2010 will be translated into the old
HCRHS grading system. Transfer course work completed after September 1, 2010 will be translated into the current HCRHS
grading system.
Credit example: If the previous school awarded 1.00 credit for passing a “full year” course meeting every day for the entire year,
we would convert 1.00 credit to 5.00 credits. Partial credit for “full year” courses will not be awarded unless the previous school
awarded such credit and HCRHS could not provide continuation of program.
Grade example: If a student transferred to HCRHS with a “D-”, we would record the “D-” on the transcript and award it the
HCRHS GPA equivalent of 1.0 as it is the minimum for “passing” in both systems. If a student transferred from a school with a
numeric grade of “80”, and their system was a typical numeric system where 80 was a low “B”, we would translate that 80 to a
“B-" for transcript recording purposes. Under the old system that “B-” would receive a 3.0 HCRHS GPA equivalent. (An “80”
from this transfer school equates to an “86” at HCRHS). See “Translation Chart” available in counseling services for specific
translation equivalents. Under the current system that “B-” would receive a 2.7 HCRHS GPA equivalent.
All students who are enrolled at HCRHS by the first day of their fourth or senior year shall have their grade point average
calculated. Transfer students who enter after the first day of their senior year will not “bump” an HCRHS student with a lower
GPA from consideration for scholarship opportunities (e.g. Bloustein Scholars).
With regard to transfer students, HCRHS shall consider as weighted only those courses taken at other schools when the
corresponding HCRHS course is weighted. Coursework completed by current students, who have pursued non-traditional options
outside the parameters of HCRHS, will be NON – weighted unless specifically pre-approved by the Principal’s Credit Committee.
High school level courses, taken prior to grade 9, may be used to meet prerequisites or advancement in a particular subject area.
However, because graduation credit requirements may only be met by courses taken in grades 9-12, high school level courses
taken prior to grade 9 are not included in GPA or credits earned, nor are they listed on the high school transcript. Grade 9 begins
upon graduation from grade 8.
Recording of Non-Traditional Coursework on the HCRHS Permanent Record (Transcript):
The transcript will denote:
1. Name of course;
2. Institution, school, college, university and/or situation, where, and/or how, the coursework was taken;
3. Grade issued by the institution (HCRHS equivalent); or grade issued by certified staff member under the guidelines
established by the Principal’s Credit Committee when course work was approved. Credit issued by institution (at a
maximum rate of 35 hours per credit); or credit awarded by certified staff member under the guidelines established by the
Principal’s Credit Committee when course work was approved; or as certified by the principal under 6A:8-5.1(a) 1.ii.
4. Transfer coursework will count towards WGPA or GPA. Outside course work will be Pass/Fail and will not count
towards WGPA or GPA unless specifically pre-approved by the Principal’s Credit Committee.
5. Course Completion/Course Withdrawals: The expectation is that the courses will be completed during the
time specified on the approval form. The transcript will denote course work as per the protocol described in
the HCRHS Program of Studies under “Course Withdrawals” and “Recording of Non-Traditional
Coursework on the HCRHS Permanent Record”. This includes course work which is not completed.
6. No grade will appear on the transcript until an official transcript, or documentation from a certified staff
member, is received. If no documentation is received a “W” will be posted on the HCRHS permanent record
(transcript) as of the date grades are submitted for the next marking period.
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