Petition to Amend Loyola's Spring 2020 GPA/ Grading Policy

Loyola is a competitive high school and our grading needs to be consistent with other similar high schools.

Let's ensure there is an equitable policy that positively impacts the majority of the student body.

Please include grades in gpa, as stated, the colleges will recalculate this semester as they wish anyway. The students have worked hard and it should count.

Totally agree that this is not fair to students that are working hard thus semester to better their GPA. Especially the juniors, who will be affected when they apply to the colleges in the fall.

I think that spring semester grades are incredibly important for junior students, who may need GPA boosts for college applications

Loyola should not change its traditional grading system in any way.

Stop being so hypocritical for once, Loyola. If the average GPA is going to be about .28 points higher than a usual semester’s, then why do you round grades UP?? If Loyola views their students’ grades this negatively, then why should college do differently? You’re just throwing in the towel instead of doing something helpful to the students. No common sense or logic being used here, just pure manipulation of your hard-working students so you’re not to blame.

Please include this semesters grades in their cumulative GPA. My son is a junior and has worked hard this semester to obtain the grades (without the new policy) so he can have more options for college. This just sends the wrong message. Our boys give so much to help others and I feel this just penalizes their efforts.

The boys have really worked hard to get good grades and take this semester seriously. I don’t understand why Loyola decided on grade Inflation, then punish the kids by not calculating this semester bc it inaccurate reflection of the actual grades!

Please delete the disrespectful comments; let’s keep it humane here while accomplishing our goals.

classic loyola move to not ask the student body or parents before absolutely wrecking everything

Sure, Principal Koz, colleges still *might* look at the grades, but it will still negatively affect students' overall cumulative GPA, which may prevent them from accomplishing their goals that have GPA requirement or are predicated on GPA, whether they are valedictorian, cum laude, honor roll, college recruiting, college programs, jobs/internships, extracurricular activities, scholarships, fraternities, etc. Moreover, if Loyola itself doesn’t value those grades and rounds them up, colleges will view them with a grain of salt too. It should not be left up to chance that each individual college will recalculate GPA and evaluate students’ spring semester grades with the same perspective. Let’s ensure it instead of continuing to be cowards. We're freaking LOYOLA!

Why was this necessary? It’s cheaply disregarding students and teachers’ hard work during these stressful times. It hurts hard-working students that give their best to achieve a strong semester by invalidating their work. Loyola students’ resilience, resolve, and determination to continue Loyola’s high standard of education are reflected in their current grades. For me and many of my classmates, online schooling has been more rigorous, and we have learned as much, if not more, than if we were at school. At beginning of online school, every single teacher said that they would give just as much work as regular school, and some teachers have given even more (to a rather excessive point). And without having to balance schoolwork with sports and other activities, students have had the opportunity to take advantage of this situation. These current grades are a testament to students’ constant commitment to be “intellectually distinguished” and should be treated as such.

Hey parents, a concerned student here who has been greatly negatively affected by this. Here's my proposition: Let’s keep grades authentic. - No superficial B+ rounding please—maybe to an A- if it’s an 89%, but definitely not the rounding solution that was proposed. An 87% is in no way equivocal to 99%, nor is a 75% to an 88%. - Count the GPA as it would have been regularly (if the student chose to keep it standard). Let’s include pluses and minuses to distinguish between students more. Let’s count A+’s to reward those students that go above and beyond. - And most importantly, let’s add the “Hold Harmless Policy” for those struggling students who had respectable grades, which seems to be working in many schools around LA such as Harvard Westlake, Brentwood, and Archer. - If not the “Hold Harmless Policy,” let’s consider a “standard-or-pass/fail” policy (that schools such as Notre Dame and Claremont have done): Students (specifically seniors or struggling ones) can switch to pass/fail, and let it have negligible effects on their transcript and GPA.

Good going, Loyola. Harvard Westlake would never. LOL

What a joke (as usual).

Loyola must hate its teachers. As a teacher myself, Loyola is taking for granted the teachers’ time and effort sacrificed? This discounts the teachers’ quick adjustments and hard work for 6 weeks to maintain the same level of learning and adequately prepare students for AP tests during the digital learning period

Why was this necessary? It’s cheaply disregarding students and teachers’ hard work during these stressful times. It hurts hard-working students that give their best to achieve a strong semester by invalidating their work. Loyola students’ resilience, resolve, and determination to continue Loyola’s high standard of education are reflected in their current grades. For my sons, online schooling has been more rigorous, and ythey have learned as much, if not more, than if they were at school. At beginning of online school, my sons' teachers said they would give as much work as regular school, and some teachers have given even more (to a rather excessive point). And without having to balance schoolwork with sports and other activities, students have had the opportunity to take advantage of this situation. These current grades are a testament to students’ constant commitment to be “intellectually distinguished” and should be treated as such.

As a parent of a kid who had given it his all and then some this quarantine, Loyola has thrown their best and brightest students under the bus yet again. Let’s hold Loyola accountable for their actions and not let them “pass the buck" for once

I agree with all of these comments, don't have anything new to say. There is just a lack of logic and empathy for the Cub students behind these actions of the Principal Kozakowski. Where can I get my tuition refund?