<p>Son’s HS had the band and orchestra perform before the ceremony, the choir during it, with seniors in their caps and gowns. They were all done with finals before that (the underclassmen were in the midst of them) so the district knew who was eligible for graduation. I know of a good AP teacher who broke her “late paper, an F for the semester” rule (long story there) which meant a C (A work, but not timely); fortunately because it was the one course needed to graduate- plenty of credits in every other field… How about a C in a different class, after taking AP exams, with a 5 on the AP exam (no correlations between HS grades and AP scores in this system)? You will be glad to be done with the HS life and when it is ancient history a year or two later you will have a better perspective. Not a life altering moment.</p>