A wide variety of courses offers a challenging and meaningful curriculum for each student at North Augusta High School.  Courses are offered on Advanced Placement, Pre International Baccalaureate, Honors, College Preparatory, and Technical Preparatory levels.
 
     Students and parents should determine which courses are most suitable by conferring with teachers and counselors, reviewing the student's standardized test results, and evaluating his or her past performance in school.  Keep in mind that some courses require either a pre-requisite course, teacher recommendation, audition or application.  Students must sign up for at least 6 courses each year.

     A complete listing of course offerings and descriptions can be found in the school's Course Offering Guide that is given to each student enrolling at North Augusta High School and is also available in the Guidance Office.

     Graduation requirements are listed below.  Students must earn 24 units to be eligible for a high school diploma.
                                           SUBJECT                                           UNITS

     Students who have completed the required credits but have NOT passed the South Carolina Exit Examination may receive a Certificate of Attendance.  Students who have been enrolled in special education programs may receive a certificate after 12 years of school if they have met the state regulation requiring attendance in each class (85/170 days per semester/year).  However, a student may participate in graduation exercises only once.
 

• In addition, all students must pass all sections of the State Exit Exam.
• In order to graduate from North Augusta High School, a student must attend NAHS for at least the semester immediately preceding graduation, except in the case of a bona fide change of residence where the sending school will not grant the diploma.  Two units earned in summer school does not satisfy this requirement.
• Four-year colleges/universities require at least two units of the same foreign language.  Many recommend three units.
• Most four-year colleges/universities require at least three units of a laboratory science.

Grade Nine - A student will be classified as a ninth grader (freshman) during his/her first year in school after having met the requirements of grade eight for ninth grade placement.

Grade Ten - A student will be classified as a tenth grader (sophomore) during his/her second school year beyond the eighth grade, provided he/she has earned a minimum of five (5) units toward graduation.  One (1) credit must be Language Arts and one (1) credit must be in math.

Grade Eleven - A student will be classified as an eleventh grader (junior) during his/her third school year beyond the eighth grade, provided he/she has earned a minimum of eleven (11) units toward graduation.  Two (2) credits must be in Language Arts and two (2) credits must be in math.

Grade Twelve - A student will be classified as a twelfth grader (senior) during his/her fourth school year beyond grade eight, provided he/she has earned at least seventeen (17) units toward graduation.  Three (3) of these credits must be Language Arts and three (3) in mathematics and two (2) in science.

Grading Scales
     In grades nine through twelve, the following system will be used:
 

 

     Beginning in the 2000-2001 school year, the district will follow the South Carolina Uniform Grading Policy as approved by the State Board of Education for the calculation of grade point ratios (GPR), weighting of courses and computation of class rank in grades nine through twelve.  The state mandated grade point conversion table will be used to define letter grades and convert numerical course grades into quality points in order to calculate grade point ratios and determine class rank.  A full explanation and chart of grade equivalencies can be found at the  South Carolina State Department of Education web site under Uniform Grading Policy.