Academics

Valley Baptist Christian School students may earn one of two diplomas: a general diploma or a college preparatory diploma. The purpose for having an honors track is to encourage and motivate students to take challenging courses and to better prepare those students for college work. However, the honors program is not to be interpreted as being required college-bound students. In order to be recognized as the valedictorian or salutatorian, a student must be full-time, complete the college preparatory program, and have at least a 3.50 GPA. Furthermore, the student must have attended his entire eleventh and twelfth grade years at VBCS. No home schooled classes or correspondence courses will be counted towards the honors awarded. In the year that any course is offered, the course may not be taken via correspondence or in any other time slot than which the course is offered. The following scale shows the requirements for both programs.

A student’s name may be placed on one of three honor rolls at the end of each quarter.  The A Honor Roll includes students who made no lower than an A- average.  The A/B Honor Roll includes students who made no lower than a B- average.  The B Honor Roll includes students whose overall average is at least an 86%.

A student in first through eighth grade who fails two or more academic subjects will be retained in his current grade.  A ninth through twelfth grade student who fails a course must retake the course or earn the credit by taking summer school, including a minimum of thirty hours of instruction per credit.