Graduation Requirements

Humanities: English (4 years): Humanities 9: English, Humanities 10: English, American Studies: English, and Humanities 12.

Humanities: History (3 years): Humanities 9: History, Humanities 10: History and American Studies: History.

Mathematics: Integrated Mathematics 1, 2, & 3: New students to the Upper School will have their academic record evaluated to determine appropriate placement in mathematics.

World Language: Level 3 of a St. Anne’s-Belfield world language offering (French, Latin or Spanish). *Students entering after the freshman year must complete the equivalent of St. Anne’s-Belfield’s Level 2 coursework. *Students with an exceptional combination of language learning deficits, as evaluated by an educational psychologist and reviewed by the School’s academic and learning specialist, will not be required to complete level 3 of a language. Instead, they will be required to complete 3 years of language study and successfully complete level 2. *Non-native speakers of English are not required to study French, Latin or Spanish.

Science (Physics, Chemistry, & Biology): New students to the Upper School will have their academic record evaluated to determine the appropriateness of prior science credits earned in fulfillment of the physics, chemistry, biology requirement.

Performing & Visual Arts (1 year): Four-year students are required to pass one year of a St. Anne’s-Belfield visual or performing arts class. N.B. Students should be advised that some universities require an arts credit even if St. Anne’s-Belfield does not require participation in an arts course for those who enroll at the School after the ninth grade year.

Senior Seminar (1 year): Seniors are required to enroll in and pass one senior seminar.

Intensives (4 years): Students must complete successfully one Intensive or Maymester course each year that they are enrolled as full-time students. Grades from Intensives/Maymester courses are valued at 0.3 credit in the calculation of the GPA

Life Skills & Study Skills (1 quarter each): Four-year students are required to participate in one quarter of Freshman Life Skills and one quarter of Freshman Study Skills during their freshman year. All sophomores new to the School will participate in Sophomore Life Skills during their sophomore year.

English Language Learning: ELL support is offered, as needed, for those students who have not yet achieved fluency in English. Incoming ninth and tenth graders who are non-native speakers of English may be enrolled in an additional class or required to attend extra help sessions for customized support with reading, writing, and speaking at the discretion of the humanities department.

Community Service Requirement: Four-year students must complete 60 hours of gratuitous service before final transcripts and certification of graduation will be sent to colleges. Students who enter after the ninth grade year must complete 15 hours of community service for each year they attend the Upper School.

Physical Activity Requirement: Graduation requirements for physical activity are based on the number of years a student is enrolled in the Upper School. Six total physical activity credits are required of students entering in ninth grade. See “Upper School physical activity requirements” below for more details.

Senior Internship Requirement: Created to give seniors a unique learning experience and a chance to be engaged in selfinvested and relevant work, seniors are required to arrange an internship that embraces the academic values of St. Anne’sBelfield School. The School will determine the Senior Internship term. All seniors will be required to present evidence of their experiences during a Senior Internship exposition event.