Grading and Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements:

Applicable starting with the Graduating Class 2023

To earn a NOVA Secondary School diploma, students must:

• Complete four years of education in grades 9-12 or their equivalent (*transfer students).

• Successfully complete all of the MYP subject groups in grades 9 and 10 (or: MYP Years 4 and 5), with no more than two academic achievement grades below “3” in either year, or their equivalent (transfer students), or their equivalent (*transfer students).

• Successfully complete the MYP Service as Action requirement (grades 9 and 10) and the DP Creativity, Action, Service requirement (grades 11 and 12, both DP and IB Certificate students) or their equivalent (*transfer students).

• DP students automatically qualify for the NOVA Secondary School Diploma upon successful completion of DP Year 2 (minimum threshold - 24 points in the DP).

• Students not taking the IB Diploma who successfully complete the Foundations in Research Course will earn 2 points towards their NOVA Secondary School diploma. 

• Students not taking the IB Diploma would be expected to take a minimum of 5 courses in grades 11 and 12, including IB Certificate coursework. 

• Recommended distribution per subject area groups, per year:

  • 4 years of English Language and Literature

  • 4 years of Mathematics

  • 3-4 years of Individuals and Societies

  • 3-4 years of Science

  • 2 years of the same Foreign Language

  • 2 years of the Arts or Physical Education or Design (any combination thereof)

  • 4 years of Mother Tongue