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LAKE MILLS — The Laude System acknowledges student achievement through a combination of the cumulative grade point average and the number of honor class points completed in a student’s high

By Tim Kowols -- Area schools are beginning to honor their best and brightest ahead of the end of the school year.

Beginning with the 2011 school year, the Marshall Public Schools District began to use the Laude System to recognize students for their academic successes.

Submitted photo and press release: Starting with the Class of 2024, Le Roy Jr.-Sr. High School will recognize graduating seniors through a Laude System. Our current seventh-grade students will be the first to move through the Sr. High School without using our current graduation class ranking system, including Top Ten and Valedictorian/Salutatorian designations. Last year our

In the Le Roy Central School District, any student who wants to put forth the effort to graduate Summa Cum Laude, regardless of their academic or career interest, will have that opportunity, said David Russell, principal of the Le Roy Jr./Sr. High School, after the Board of Education approved a change to the Laude System at Tuesday's meeting. "You can map that out with this

In 2018, Le Roy started phasing out the traditional ranking of top students based on GPA, instituting instead a system that would also take into account challenging coursework. A senior could no longer skate by on easy electives or study hall to preserve a high GPA. In the new system, students would need to acquire points in Advance Placement classes, for example, to achieve