Information about Graduation Cords for seniors graduating in May 2025 will be announced in February 2025.
Until then, please reach out to your respective Department Chair or counselor if you have any questions.
Seniors, apply for your graduation recognition cords! The cord is symbolic of the involvement and success you have demonstrated within a specific department. You can wear as many cords as you qualify for. Each department is represented with a different color graduation recognition cord. Click on the links below to view each department’s graduation cord application. Print and fill out the application then turn in your completed application to the respective department chair listed on the grad cord application. You can also pick up blank application forms in the Career Center. (When you click on the links below there may be delay in the application loading. Please be patient. Thanks!)
Transcripts for honor cords can be ordered and printed through Parchment by clicking on this link. https://www.parchment.com/u/registration/24401/account. Be sure to include the year 2024 as your “last year attended.”=
Please turn in completed applications to the respective Dept. Chair listed on the application.
Deadline for Graduation Cord Applications is April 12th, 2024
Where to Turn in Grad Cord Applications
ART – Ms. Crane – Rm. 1912
ATHLETICS – Jim Langford – Main Office
BUSINESS – Ms. Hyer – Rm. 2121
CTEC – Ms. Smith – Career Center
DANCE – Ms. Lambert – Rm. 1601
ENGLISH – Ms. Barlow – Rm. 1311
FACS – Ms. Vellinga – Rm. 2310
HEALTH SCIENCE – Ms. Bennion – Rm. 1134
MATH – Mr. Clyde – Rm. 1408
MUSIC – Ms. Iund – Rm. 1607
PE – Return to any PE teacher
SOCIAL STUDIES – Ms. Heffner – Rm. 1210
SCIENCE – Ms. Conner – Rm. 1123
SPEECH & DEBATE – Ms. Croswhite – 2307
TECH & ENG – Mr. Strohm (1916) or Mr. Newman(1924)
THEATRE – Ms. Struiksma – PAC
WORLD LANGUAGE – Ms. Defriez – Rm. 2216
LEADERSHIP – Shaley Louder – Rm. 2123
HAWK MEDALLION – Your Counselor
Some applications ask for a department GPA. This means that you will average all of your grades from classes taken in that department ONLY. This does not go off of your overall GPA on your report card. To figure out the department GPA, use the grade breakdown on your report card.
*High Honor Cords will be automatically be given to students with a cumulative gpa at or above 3.75.
To calculate your GPA per area, assign the appropriate value for each of your grades and then divide by how many grades you’ve added.
(ex: A = 4.0, C+ = 2.33, B- = 2.667; total (8.997) divided by 3 = 2.999 cumulative GPA).
A 4.00
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B 3.0
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
C 2.00
C- 1.67
D+ 1.33
D 1.00
D- .67
F 0.00
Questions? If you have further questions on this program, contact Mr. Jacobson, the Career Center (801) 826-5640, or a teacher in the department in which you are interested.
