High school course designations provide information on the level and type of the high school curriculum your student completed. Kolbe Academy’s transcripts utilize course designations for Kolbe courses taken with our curriculum. Custom courses do not earn a designation, unless they are taken at another accredited institution which grants a designation and are transferred into Kolbe with an official transcript. Please see the Parent and Student Handbook for more details on Kolbe Academy's course designations.

Course Designations & Grading Requirements 

• No designation: This indicates that you completed the Kolbe's homeschool course plan (Traditional and Digital) but may have modified the course somewhat.
• K: Kolbe Core. This designation indicates that you completed Kolbe's homeschool course plan (Traditional and Digital) faithfully. Please refer to your course plans to view specific work and reporting requirements. Refer to the Grade Reporting Guide: 9-11 and the Grade Reporting Guide: 12 to find more information on how to report courses to earn the K designation.
• H: Kolbe Honors. This designation indicates that you completed the Honors version of the Kolbe course plan (Homeschool or Digital Homeschool) faithfully. Please refer to your course plans to view specific work and reporting requirements. Refer to the Grade Reporting Guide: 9-11 and the Grade Reporting Guide: 12 to find more information on how to report courses to earn the H designation.
• AK: Kolbe Asynchronous Core. This designation indicates an Asynchronous core course was completed.
• AH: Kolbe Asynchronous Honors. This designation indicates an Asynchronous Honors course was completed.
• OC: Kolbe Online Foundations. This designation indicates an Online Foundation course was completed.
• OK: Kolbe Online Core. This designation indicates an Online Core course was completed.
• OH: Kolbe Online Honors. This designation indicates an Online Honors course was completed. 
• AP: Kolbe Online Advanced Placement. This designation indicates an Online AP course was completed. As use of the AP designation requires authorization by the College Board, only authorized Kolbe online courses can appear with the AP designation under Kolbe Academy on a student’s transcript. If you take an AP® course with another authorized provider, please provide a signed official transcript to transfer AP® courses into Kolbe Academy. You can view a list of all authorized courses on the College Board’s AP Ledger.  

Note: If you underwent the AP Course Audit as a homeschooler, please provide a copy of your authorization letter along with a signed official transcript. The course title and school name on the authorization letter from the College Board must match those used on your official homeschool transcript. Transcripts may be sent to [email protected]. Find more information about AP® Testing here.

Why do course designations matter?

Course designations not only serve to indicate the rigor of the course you completed but also enable you to earn various awards at Kolbe. To view more details, please refer to our Awards Overview and Awards Help Article, where you will be able to download fillable PDFs award review sheets to track your progress toward achieving these awards.