Credit Transfer and Student Classification

Credits are considered for transfer on the following terms:

• Presented on an official transcript from an accredited institution.
• Documentation of home education courses where grades were assigned from a certified teacher or from a school district home education office.
• Performance assessment that meets The Ogburn School criteria.
• Transcripts received from another accredited institution, primary, secondary, or post-secondary.
• Credit for School Community Volunteer Service will be transferred as a “C” if a NG is posted on previous transcripts.
• Other courses noted as Pass or Fail without a letter grade of A, B, C, or D will not be transferred unless transferring school supplies a mastery score that correlates with the grading scale for the receiving school.
• Due to variance in academic standards, core academic courses may be transferred with one (1.0) full credit earned. Half-credits in core academic courses may be transferred as elective credits. Students must complete the one (1.0) credit course with The Ogburn School.
• Honors, Advanced Placement, Pre-IB, and Dual Enrollment courses are transferred according to a 4.0 grading scale without weighting.
• Transfer of Credits with an Official Transcript:

  • Courses/Credits from the previous school shall be honored when submitted on an official transcript. Home school transcripts must be notarized.
  • Official transcripts are official documents on school letterhead and/or embossed with the school seal. It shall be sent electronically or by mail and include the signature of a school administrator of the school where the credit was earned.
  • Transcripts must clearly identify the school and contact information, the student, the course, date the course was taken, credit earned, and grade in each course.
  • Official transcripts may be hand delivered if it is in a sealed and embossed envelope.
  • Home school parents are responsible, as the school administrator, to provide to the school a transcript which provides the information noted above. The parent may type or hand-write this information, sign, and date. In order for homeschool transcripts to be accepted for course transfer, documentation must be provided that establishes the student as a registered homeschool student (e.g., previous IHIP, local district documents, etc.)
• Foreign transcripts:

  • A student transferring from a country other than the US and providing academic records indicating that the student completed a course with a passing grade should receive that credit/grade.
  • A student transferring from a foreign country and having studied his/her native language in the equivalent grades of middle or high school, should receive credit for each year of this language study as M/J Language Arts 1, 2, 3 or an equivalent high school course(s).
  • If a transcript shows that the student successfully completed an English course in his/her country, credit will be given for world language.
• Transfer of Credits without an Official Transcript: Students transferring into The Ogburn School will be placed on a probationary basis according to age. Successful completion of the assignments will determine the final placement.