Honors Program

Program Description/Recognitions
The York County School Division Honors Program is designed to provide students in grades 8-12 with the opportunity to complete a rigorous academic program.

Eligible students choosing to participate in this program are required to complete courses prescribed by the Honors Program, maintain a specified Grade Point Average and complete 20 hours of community service outside of school. For going beyond the state's requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma, students who successfully complete the Honors Program will be recognized with the Honors Seal on their diplomas.

Eligible high school Honors Program students may participate in the School of the Arts or in courses at the Governor's School for Science and Technology at New Horizons as their home school class schedules permit.

After the 8th grade year, only students who transfer into York County from other school divisions are eligible to enter the Honors Program. Transfer students must be able to demonstrate that they have taken comparable courses and that they have met grade requirements in order to participate in the Honors Program.

Program Eligibility Students become eligible for this program at the end of their 7th grade year. Students who have demonstrated general academic strength and high ability in mathematics are eligible to enter the program in the 8th grade year.

Program Registration Registration for the Honors Program takes place in the spring of a student's 7th grade year.

Additional information on this academic opportunity is available in the guidance department of each middle and high school. Click here to download the brochure.

Honors Program Courses

• Advanced English 8
• U.S. & World Studies
• Algebra I, Geometry, or Algebra II
• Physical Science 8
• French or Spanish I/II
• Physical Education & Lifetime Fitness 8
• Elective

• Students in the Honors Program must maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.00 in the 9th grade, and 3.25 in the 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
• Students must take a minimum of 6 Advanced Placement (AP) classes representing 4 content areas.
• Students must take a minimum of 4 consecutive years of a foreign language. Foreign language courses taken for high school credit and successfully completed in the seventh grade may count as 1 of the 4 consecutive years.
• Students must earn a 3 or better on at least 2 of the Advanced Placement (AP) Exams prior to their senior year.
• To remain in the Honors Program students must remain enrolled in at least 7 classes each year, may not expunge a grade, may not repeat a course, may not drop/withdraw from a class after the drop/add period, and may not have a final grade lower than a "C".
• Students must complete 20 hours of community service outside of school.

• Lucia Sebastian, Ed.D.
  757-898-0409
  lsebastian@ycsd.york.va.us
• Middle & High School Guidance Offices