Academics

Curriculum Guide | Graduation Requirements

Graduating from ANC requires fulfillment of three sets of requirements:

1. Completion of requirements for one of our three diplomas (see below).
2. Fulfillment of residency requirements during a student's time at ANC.
3. Accumulation of enough academic credits to meet minimum point requirements.

Residency Requirements

In order to receive a diploma from either the Girls School or the Boys School, students must complete a certain number of terms of study here at ANC.

Make-up credit counting toward an ANC diploma after senior year must be completed before the start of the following school year.

Diploma Requirements

At ANC we offer three different diploma tracks to meet a variety of abilities and needs. Students who satisfactorily complete full-time study requirements through the twelfth grade and who fulfill the residency requirement will receive one of three diplomas: Comprehensive, Academic, or Basic.

Comprehensive Diploma

A Comprehensive Diploma is awarded to those students who are capable of mastering an intensive program that includes all eight subject-matter areas. A grade of 70 is passing. A Comprehensive Diploma requires the successful completion of:

• Four years of English
• Four years of Science
• Three years of History
• Three years of Math (including Geometry and Algebra 2)
• Two years of a foreign language (including one year above the introductory level)
• One course in Visual Art
• One course in Performance Art

And successful completion of three of the following five options:

• A third year of a single foreign language or two years of two different foreign languages
• A fifth year of Science (Ecology does not qualify)
• A fourth year of Math (including either Precalculus or Calculus)
• an additional year of English electives or completion of English 4 at the AP level, or the completion of four years of History, at least one of which must be at the Honors level.
• Senior Project

Students must take and successfully complete Health in their Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years, and must complete Senior Seminar their Senior year. Grades in all Senior Year Required Courses (English, Human Anatomy, Senior Seminar, and Religion) must be above 60%.

Students must meet minimum point requirements. While attending ANC, students must take and successfully complete Religion and Physical Education every year. Students may opt out of Physical Education in any term in which they are taking a sport, but in that case may not drop the sport. In the Girls School, Dance counts as a sport for one term per year.

Academic Diploma

An Academic Diploma represents a liberal arts education with fewer requirements than the Comprehensive Diploma. Although the requirements are less stringent, this diploma enables students to enter into most academic colleges. The requirements for this program are somewhat less stringent than those for the Comprehensive Diploma. A grade of 70 is passing. An Academic Diploma requires the successful completion of:

• Four years of English
• Three years of Science
• Three years of History
• Three years of Math (including Geometry and Algebra 2)
• Two years of a foreign language (including one year above the introductory level)
• One course in Visual Art
• One course in Performance Art

Students must take and successfully complete Health in their Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years, and must complete Senior Seminar their Senior year. Grades in all Senior Year Required Courses (English, Human Anatomy, Senior Seminar, and Religion) must be above 60%.

Students must meet minimum point requirements. While attending ANC, students must take and successfully complete Religion and Physical Education every year. Students may opt out of Physical Education in any term in which they are taking a sport, but in that case may not drop the sport. In the Girls School, Dance counts as a sport for one term per year.

Basic Diploma

A Basic Diploma represents the minimum requirements to graduate from ANC Secondary Schools. The program leading to this diploma may be inadequate for entrance consideration to many colleges. The minimum passing grade is 60. A Basic Diploma requires the successful completion of:

• Four years of English
• Three years of Science
• Three years of History
• Three years of Math
• One course in Visual Art
• One course in Performance Art

Students must take and successfully complete Health in their Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years, and must complete Senior Seminar their Senior year. Grades in all Senior Year Required Courses (English, Human Anatomy, Senior Seminar, and Religion) must be above 60%.

Students must meet minimum point requirements. While attending ANC, students must take and successfully complete Religion and Physical Education every year. Students may opt out of Physical Education in any term in which they are taking a sport, but in that case may not drop the sport. In the Girls School, Dance counts as a sport for one term per year.