Honors
Junior High Honors Program
Junior High Honors is designed to provide academic acceleration and enrichment for the academically able and ambitious student. The junior high school honors curriculum offers rigorous coursework designed to challenge motivated and ambitious students. Honors courses ask students to extend and expand their critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, often involving independent research, project-based learning, and real-world applications.
Grades in honors classes are weighted grades. It is recommended that students maintain a “C” or better to continue in the honors sequence.
Students who have not participated in the Accelerated Learning Program at the elementary level will need to qualify for the junior high program.
Please contact your junior high counselor for information regarding the indicators.
High School Honors Program
High School Honors is designed to provide academic acceleration and enrichment for the academically able and ambitious student. The high school honors curriculum offers rigorous coursework designed to challenge motivated and ambitious students. Honors courses ask students to extend and expand their critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, often involving independent research, project-based learning, and real-world applications.
It is recommended that students maintain a “C” or better to continue in the honors sequence.
Please contact your high school counselor for information regarding the indicators.
GCA Honors Courses
The GCA honors curriculum is designed to provide academic acceleration and enrichment for all students. These courses prepare students to take AP courses starting in their 9th-grade year. It is recommended that students maintain a “C” or better to continue at the Academy. All GCA Honors and AP courses receive weighted grades. While these courses are weighted, please be aware that many universities will unweight grades for admission/scholarship purposes. Gilbert Classical Academy does not offer dual enrollment course offerings.
Honors Courses
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Pre-Calculus or application and approval
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: AP Pre-Calculus or application and approval
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- English
Grade: 11
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: English II or Honors English II or AP Seminar
Fee: $0.00
- English
Grade: 12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: English III or AP Language and Composition
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 12
Semester: 1
Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 12
Semester: 1
Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade: 9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Algebra II, placement may be based on recommendation and review
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 11, 12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- English
Grade: 10
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: English I or Honors English I
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Algebra II
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 9,10
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 11, 12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 9,10
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 8
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade: 7,8,9
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade:10,11
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Algebra I (recommended C or better), & Geometry
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of American Sign Language II or proficiency
Fee: $0.00
- Science
Grade: 11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Biology or application and approval
Fee: $0.00
- Science
Grade: 9
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- Science
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Geometry or higher
Fee: $0.00
- English
Grade: 9
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- English
Grade: 10
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: English I or Honors English I
Fee: $0.00
- English
Grade: 7
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- English
Grade: 8
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: English I or Honors English I
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade: 7,8,9,10
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Algebra I
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of German III or proficiency
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 7
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 7,8,9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 8,9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Honors Latin I or proficiency
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Latin II or proficiency
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Latin III or proficiency
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Mandarin Chinese II or proficiency
Fee: $0.00
- Mathematics
Grade: 7
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- Science
Grade: 7
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- Science
Grade: 8
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 9,10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 10,11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Spanish II or proficiency
Fee: $0.00
- World Languages
Grade: 11,12
Semester: 2
Credit: 1.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Spanish III or proficiency.
Fee: $0.00
- History & Social Sciences
Grade: 11, 12
Semester: 1
Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: N/A
Fee: $0.00
