Pontiac is a community of about 12,000 residents located 35 miles north of Bloomington on I-55. There are two public school districts in Pontiac—Pontiac Elementary #429 and Pontiac Twp. High School #90.
ACT/CEEB Code: 143-535
Affiliation: Public
Grades: 9-12
Enrollment (9/01/08): 865
Number of Certified Staff: 69
Size of 12th Grade: 196
Accreditation: North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
The school year is divided into two semesters of 18 weeks each, with 9-week grading periods. Class periods are 45 minutes in length 3 days a week and 90 minutes 2 days a week.
A curriculum that includes over 100 course offerings allows students to select from a wide variety of areas of study.
Advanced courses of study are offered in many disciplines including foreign language, mathematics, science, and English. Honors courses are available in English. These are denoted on the transcript with an (H) behind the course name. Advanced Placement courses are offered in Art, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English, Music Theory, Spanish, Statistics and U.S. History. Honors and Advanced Placement courses are not weighted when calculating GPA.
Letter grades are used in marking all report cards. The following standards are used:
A (superior) 92 - 100
B (above average) 83 - 91
C (average) 74 - 82
D (below average) 65 - 73
F (failure) below 65
GPA is computed on all classes except P.E. The grade points assigned to the letter grades for the purpose of computing grade average are:
A - 4
B - 3
C - 2
D - 1
F - 0
Credits required for graduation from Pontiac Twp High School are as follows:
| Class of 2009 | -- 23 |
| Class of 2010 | -- 24 |
| Class of 2011 | -- 25 |
| Class of 2012 | -- 26 |
Students must complete the following units of study to be certified for graduation.
1 Unit...............................United States History
4 Units............................ English (beginning Class of 2012)
3 Units............................ Mathematics (beginning Class of 2009)
2 Units............................ Science
4 Units............................ Physical Education (*1)
1/2 Unit........................... Social Studies (*2)
1/2 Unit........................... Civics (*3)
1/2 Unit........................... Health
1/2 Unit........................... Consumer Education (*4)
1 Unit............................... Music, Art, Foreign Language, or Vocational Education (*5)
(*1) Students are required to be enrolled in physical education every semester that they are enrolled in school unless
exempt by Board of Education Policy.
(*2) The additional 1/2 unit of credit in social studies may be taken from the following: Ancient History, Modern History,
European Geography, Regional Geography, Psychology, Sociology, Economics, or International Relations.
(*3) All constitution tests must be passed as administered by the Social Studies Department.
(*4) Consumer Education, Consumer Management, Economics, Agricultural Business Management, or Interrelated Cooperative
Education must be taken to meet the consumer education requirement. Students may also elect to take the Consumer Education
Proficiency exam.
(*5) One (1) unit or some combination equaling one unit.
American College Testing Program
Number Core |
Composite Core |
|
2007-2008 |
62 |
22.9 |
2006-2007 |
67 |
22.8 |
2005-2006 |
74 |
22.2 |
|
2004-2005 |
89 |
24.1 |
A counselor signature on a college application verifies the accuracy of the academic record of that student. Only information which is part of the permanent record
generated by Pontiac Twp. High School can be verified.
