semester grades appear on the student's permanent record at the end of each semester, in January and in June. It uses a 4.0 grading scale as follows: A = 90–100, B = 80–89, C = 70–79, D = 60–69, and F = 0–59. Advanced Placement & HonorsThere are a total of 23 Advanced Placement and 18 Honors courses offered. In order to maintain a balanced course load, students are not allowed to take more than nine year-long AP courses: two in tenth grade, three in 11th grade and four in 12th grade. In 2014, 473 Chaminade students took 911 AP examinations. Of the total exams taken 17% were a perfect score of five, 22% were a score of four, and 24% were a score of three. With a score of three or higher, students may earn credit at many colleges and universities, it is also considered a passing score. Athletic achievements In 1997, the Chaminade varsity girls' soccer team won its first of four consecutive CIF Championships. In 1998, the boys' basketball team won its first of two consecutive CIF Championships. In 2006, the girls' varsity softball team won its first of two consecutive CIF Championships. In 2006, the varsity lacrosse team won its first CIF Championship. In 2010, the boys' golf team won CIF. In 2013, the girls' soccer team won the CIF Southern Section Division I In 2013, a Chaminade equestrian rode into second place at the Interscholastic Equestrian League. In 2013, the boys' varsity Football team won the CIF Championship, CIF Regional Championship and CIF State Championship. In 2014, the boys' varsity basketball team won the CIF state championship.3rd State Crown this season. In 2014, the boys' varsity fencing team won the California State High School Fencing Championships. In 2014, the Chaminade wrestling team won four medals at the Mission League Finals. first, second, third, and fourth place. In 2015, the girls' basketball team won the CIF Southern Section Open Division championship. In 2015, the men's combined fencing team won the State Championship. In 2014, a column by Los Angeles Times reporter Eric Sondheimer identified Chaminade as one of a number of elite prep schools contributing to the professionalization of high-school sports. Noting that coaches at these schools are hired and fired based on their win–loss records, and that the schools' administrations rely heavily on transfer students to stack athletic teams with all-star players, Sondheimer concluded that