SENIOR SCHOLAR AWARD
Seniors who have met the following criteria will wear a red stole and silver cord at the graduation ceremony and will be recognized with a metal and in the graduation program as a recipient of the Senior Scholar Award.
- Graduate with at least a 3.75 cumulative GPA
- Earn a college readiness score on each of the ACT tests. (English = 18, Math = 22, Reading = 22, Science = 23) Students can use scores from practice tests given at WDHS or from any official ACT test. It is the student's responsibility to provide their high school with any official ACT scores.
- Senior Scholars must be a Silver Cord recipient which means they have completed 120 hours of community service while in high school. It is the student's responsibility to submit these community service hours each year using the online form located on the high school's webpage. Students can also earn community service hours by being involved in high school leadership activities up to a maximum of 15 hours per year, excluding sports and service day.
SILVER CORD AWARD
This can be earned by any student who completed 120 community service hours. Students who did not earn the other two criteria in the Senior Scholar program will wear a silver cord at graduation.
*More information can be found under "Students" on the Western Dubuque High School's Website.