Academics
Villanova Preparatory School offers a college prep curriculum for grades 9–12.
Operating on the semester system, students take seven courses each year with classes meeting a minimum of four times a week with extended 80 minute periods on most weeks.
The curriculum includes four units of religion: Old Testament, New Testament, Morality and Social Justice, and Christian Vocations. Math, English, Foreign Language, Religion and Science courses are required for all four years in order to graduate. Three languages are offered: Spanish, Japanese and Latin. The school also offers eighteen Advanced Placement or Honors courses in other subjects such as Calculus, English Composition, English Literature, and US History.
Other graduation requirements include the completion of courses in: Fine Art, P.E, Health, Electives and a yearly completion of community service.
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