Grading & Graduation Requirements

Grading & Assessment

Scattergood Friends School operates on a semester system with graduation requirements that balance academic interests and personal passions. Four times a year, students receive a numerical grade (see below) and comprehensive narrative evaluations.

Passing 4 Honors: Students demonstrate an effort beyond expectations, ability to synthesize skills and concepts, and create original products leading to outstanding gains in understanding and skills.
Passing 4: Students demonstrate exemplary effort, ability to analyze a variety of views/methods/ideas/algorithms leading to substantial gains in understanding and skills.
Passing 3: Students demonstrate satisfactory effort and an ability to apply the skills and concepts of the course in various contexts leading to clear gains in understanding/skills
Passing 2: Students demonstrate a basic comprehension of the skills and concepts of the course and achieve some gains in understanding/skills but growth is hampered by limited or inconsistent effort.

Grade Conversion

Scattergood	Letter Grade
4 Honors	A, Honors
4 Honors	A, Honors	4	A
3	B	4	A
3	B	2	C
0 (no pass)	D/F	2	C

Graduation Requirements

In addition to the following academic requirements, students must apply for and gain acceptance into a four year accredited college or university.

Science: 3 year-long credits, including Biology & Chemistry or Physics
Math: 3 year-long credits, including Algebra 1 and 2, and Geometry
Social Studies: 3 year-long credits, including World History, US History, and US Government
Humanities: 4 year-long credits (or the equivalent), including American and World Literature, Quakerism, and Religious Studies
Foreign Language: 3 year-long credits in one language with a third year level of proficiency.
Seminar: 2 credits, including a 10-page Junior research paper and a 20-page Senior research paper.
Community Service: Students must complete 30 hours of community service per year.
ELL: International students are enrolled in one section of ELL as their Foreign Language requirement.

Typical Course Progression	9th	10th	11th	12th
Mathematics	Algebra I Geometry	Algebra II	Trigonometry	Calculus
Mathematics	Algebra I Geometry	Algebra II	Trigonometry	Calculus	Science	Biology	Chemistry	Advanced Biology	Physics
Humanities (non-sequential, non-exhaustive)	The Spoken Word Creative Nonfiction	Quakerism I Harlem to Hip Hop Lost in Translation	The Messianic Motif God in Literature	Quakerism 2, Film Studies, Justice & Punishment	Science	Biology	Chemistry	Advanced Biology	Physics
Humanities (non-sequential, non-exhaustive)	The Spoken Word Creative Nonfiction	Quakerism I Harlem to Hip Hop Lost in Translation	The Messianic Motif God in Literature	Quakerism 2, Film Studies, Justice & Punishment	Social Studies	World History	US History	Government/Upper Level Soc Studies	Government/Upper Level Soc Studies

College Acceptances & Matriculation 2020-2023

Acceptance into an accredited four year college or university is a graduation requirement. Average senior class size is seven students. Matriculations are in bold.

Antioch College

Augustana College

Bard College-Berlin

Beloit College

Carroll College

Central College

College of the Atlantic

Colorado College

Columbia College

Cornell College

Davidson College

DePaul University

Drake University

Earlham College

Elmhurst College

Evergreen College

Fordham University

Green Mountain College

Grinnell College

Guilford College

Hampshire College

Hanover College

Haverford College

Hilbert College

Hollins University

Hope College

Howard University

Illinois State University

Iowa State University

Kalamazoo College

Knox College

Luther College

Macalester College

Mills College

Mount Mercy University

Northland College

Ohio State University

Penn State University

Purdue University – Fort Wayne

Reed College

Sarah Lawrence College

Saint Louis University

St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn

Syracuse University

Temple University

Trinity Christian College

Trinity College

Truman State University

University of Delaware

University of Denver

University of Illinois –

Urbana Champaign

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Iowa

University of Kansas

University of Kentucky

University of Mass – Amherst

University of Minnesota

University of Missouri

University of Northern Iowa

University of Texas

University of Tulsa

Warren Wilson

Whitman College

Willamette University