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Student Honors

Opportunities for Honors

National Junior Honor Society

The Judy Roy/Connie Alvarez chapter for the National Honor Society has been established at Dwyer. Students who maintain a 3.7 cumulative GPA by the end of 7th grade may be invited to join by faculty recommendation for scholorship, character, leadership, service, and citizenship.

Distinguished Honor Roll

Students achieving a 3.8 - 4.0 grade point average for grades 6, 7, and 8 who have only S or O marks in citizenship and work habits and satisfactory attendance will receive the Distinguished Honor Roll award.

Principal’s Honor Roll

Students maintaining a 3.5 GPA for the first three quarters of each school year.

Honor Roll

Students achieving a 3.40 - 3.79 grade point average for grades 6, 7, and 8 who have only S or O marks in citizenship and work habits and satisfactory attendance will receive the Honor Roll award.

On A Roll

Students achieving a gain of at least .5 grade point average from the previous quarter, having only S or O marks in citizenship and work habits and satisfactory attendance, and having not attained Distinguished Honor Roll or Honor Roll will receive the On A Roll award.

Honors Picnic

Students who have, the first three quarters of the school year, no U marks in citizenship or work habits, no more than one N mark per quarter, and a GPA each of those quarters of 3.40 or higher will be invited to attend the Honors Picnic. The picnic, sponsored by PTSA, is held during both lunch periods on a date in May at Lake Park.

8th Grade Promotion Honors

 

Recognition of Academic Achievement at Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony

At the promotion ceremony, special recognition... more

Other Awards Throughout the Year

Outstanding Achievement

Awards may be issued by a teacher for any subject in which the student has shown outstanding improvement or achievement.

Student of the Month

Each month Dwyer teachers select an individual to be recognized.

Positive Referrals:

Students have the opportunity to earn “Positive Referrals” from teachers, staff members, and administrators.  Positive referrals are given to students when “we catch them doing something right!”. 

Students should collect as many positive referrals as possible in order to win prizes and gift certificates at the end of each semester.   Once a student has 3 positive referrals, he/she can turn these into the front office for an exchange raffle ticket.  On the last day of the semester, multiple names are called for students who have entered their raffle tickets for a prize.