Braggin' Time!

The end of the semester fro the high school was Monday.  The Boy has really been focused to keep his grades up for over a year now.  At first I think he was hoping to just keep making the honor roll and getting the candy the PTA doles out after each term, but lately that is changing.

He is sincerely focused on getting good grades, and improving his ACT scores to help himself get a college scholarship.  His ACT scores have increased from a 20 the first time he took it to a 21, and on December's test he scored a 23!

His first semester GPA, he just reported to me, was a 3.95.  His cumulative GPA for all of high school--as he is now half way through it-- was a 3.8.  He has been doing this on his own.  I have very rarely even mentioned grades to him.  I only remind him that he will get out of his classes what he puts in to them.  He is pushing himself to do well, and keep it up.

As the semester got closer to the end, and his newest ACT scores arrived, we got online and looked at the "admission index" fro a variety of schools in our state that he could apply for--and we could afford.  He is already in the range of academic scholarships for many.  Another point or two on his ACT score and he'd be eligible for renewable scholarships--or larger amounts of scholarship money.  I don't think he had believed he could do that--because he wasn't taking classes like his sister.

He may not be taking every AP class offered at the school, but he is taking the classes at his level and doing really well.  I'm proud of his efforts and look froward to another year to see his growth and confidence in his achievements grow too.