At Monday's Board of Education meeting, the Board of Education voted to adopt the Latin honor system of Summa, Magna, and Cum Laude in addition to the Valedictorian and Salutatorian titles. This system will be implemented no later than with next year's incoming Freshmen class, however it is the goal of all involved to bring this system on sooner--potentially even this year.
This recommendation was born in the Kaneland Graduation committee and reviewed by various groups such as CAC, Kaneland High School department chairs, and Kaneland High School students. It is an effort to ensure we maintain a focus on celebrating the academic achievement of our scholars.
In addition to this work, the Graduation committee will also be investigating the weighting of courses and what options are available to students, the continued role of class rank, what determines a Knight of Distinction, and auditing courses vs. taking them pass fail. As with the graduation recognition proposal, any work done by this committee will then be reviewed further by other groups.
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