Graduation Requirements

Under normal circumstances a student’s academic program will include the following requirements:

• Four years of English
• Three years of mathematics (Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II)
• Three years of one foreign language or two years each of two foreign languages (Students for whom English is a second language have no foreign language requirement.)
• Two years of history (one year of non-U.S. taken in either freshman or sophomore year and one year of U.S. History, usually taken in the junior year)
• Two years of laboratory science
• Two terms of Visual/Performing Arts (three and four-year students only)
• One term of Philosophy or Religion (three and four-year students only)
• One term of Health Issues (taken as a sixth course; required for all sophomores)

A student in good standing shall be eligible for a Deerfield diploma upon successful completion of all courses.

Depending on the grade level when entering Deerfield, students must complete all requirements. While students who enter Deerfield as juniors or seniors are not strictly held to these requirements, the school believes they offer appropriate guidelines and expects all students to fulfill them as best they can.

In addition to completing the academic requirements listed above, participation in athletics, theater, community service or some significant afternoon activity or program each term is required of all students.