honors students

Academic high achievers

Honors students are those enrolled in an honors program—accelerated or enriched coursework for high-achieving students.

The designation typically requires maintaining a higher GPA and taking more demanding classes: The honors students had a separate seminar.

In American education, honors tracks exist from middle school through university.

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