Interface: Summer Programs and The Academic School Year
Recognizing the need to assist students and families in planning their high school career and preparing for college, the Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Programs offers the opportunity for immersion courses for both Choate and non-Choate students during its five-week summer session. For Choate students, Summer Programs also offers courses that fulfill graduation requirements.
Although a Summer Programs course does not appear on the student's Choate Rosemary Hall transcript, and hence is not factored into a student's grade point average, there are several advantages in taking a course during the summer:
- a COMPASS course may satisfy a Choate diploma requirement, with the approval of the Choate Rosemary Hall department head and the Dean of Academic Affairs;
- successful completion of a Summer Programs course may allow a student to accelerate within a department's sequence of courses; and
- a student who is weak in a discipline can gain exposure to course material he or she might find difficult to master in the following academic school year.
Note: Regarding transcripts and Choate students who attend Choate Summer Programs, the Choate Summer Programs Office sends summer transcripts to the Registrar's Office for all known current and matriculating students who attend Summer Programs. If a course taken in the Choate Summer Programs fulfills a diploma requirement, the course does not appear on the transcript; however, the Summer Programs transcript becomes a permanent part of the student's Academic Record. All other transcripts are kept on file while the student is at Choate but do not become a permanent part of that student's Choate academic record. The College Counseling Office has access to the files in the Registrar's Office and uses them as needed during a student's college application process.