or to make the record promotional by summer work. 5. No student will be permitted to enter Class I if the academic record at the beginning of the Class I year would make it impossible for that student to fulfill Milton’s course load requirements or distribution requirements by the end of the Class I year. Such a student would need to withdraw unless granted an additional Class II year by the faculty.
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6. A Class I student enrolled in courses taken beyond the minimal graduation course load and departmental requirements may petition to have one such course (or one per semester for semester courses) graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis (unsatisfactory includes anything below C-). To make this petition, a Class I student must fill out and collect requisite signatures on a form available in the Registrar’s Office. To exercise the satisfactory/ unsatisfactory option for a full-year course, first-semester course or half course, students must return the completed form to the Registrar’s Office one week before the mid-semester marking period. To exercise this option for a second-semester course, students must return the completed form to the Registrar’s Office within two weeks of the beginning of the second semester. 7. Milton Academy works on a letter grade system, A+ through E (failure). Students with out-standing cumulative records may be elected to the School’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society.
Academic Probation 1. A student will be placed on academic probation if a review of mid-semester or semester grades and comments indicate that he or she has: a. a non-promotional record (A student who has not earned three or more grades of C- or better in three full courses or their equivalent will be automatically placed on academic probation.) b. a minimally promotional record (The class deans have responsibility for identifying those students to be placed on academic probation.)
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2. A student will remain on probation until at least the end of the next marking period. A satisfactory improvement in performance and/or effort will warrant removal from academic probation. The student may return to good standing, but if the student’s performance is still of concern to the academic dean and the student’s class deans, the student may be placed on academic warning. 3. While on probation, a student will be required to study in a supervised space during his or her free periods. This requirement and other restrictions will be imposed at the discretion of the advisor, class dean and academic dean. 4. A student who is placed on probation at the end of a marking period and who remains on academic probation for the next two marking periods is ineligible for promotion and will normally be required to withdraw from the School. This regulation will not apply to students in their first two semesters at Milton Academy who may, by faculty vote, make themselves promotional through summer work.
Academic Warning Academic warning is an intermediate status between academic probation and good standing. Students on academic warning are normally required to meet the same study hall requirements as those on academic probation and may face additional requirements determined by the academic dean. If they do not qualify for academic probation, students earning an E in any course are automatically placed on academic warning.
Academic Support Tutoring and Skill Development Any student who would like to refine or develop the skills necessary for academic success, is welcome to seek guidance in the Academic Skills Center, located in the basement of the Cox Library. Dedicated specialists and teaching faculty staff the Academic Skills Center during the academic day and several evenings each week. Teachers expect students who are experiencing academic difficulty to meet with them outside of class. Normally, a teacher can provide up to one extra help session every week with a particular
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