NOTRE DAME BELMONT
22 AP and 15 Honors Courses
AP Honor Roll Platinum Designation
NDB has been named to the 2024 AP School Honor Roll. The AP School Honor Roll recognizes schools whose AP programs are delivering results for students while broadening access. The AP School Honor Roll offers four levels of distinction: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. NDB has been designated as Platinum this year, rising from Gold last year. In May of 2024, 209 students took 408 examinations in 21 subject areas. From this total, 70% earned a score of 3 or higher.
NDB has earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). This award acknowledges 1,153 schools for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2023-24 school year. NDB is one of only 847 schools to be recognized for achieving this important result in AP CSP. Learn more.
College Structured Science Courses and Labs
NDB is one of the only college preparatory high schools in the country to offer biology and chemistry courses that include a full-length class block in addition to a full-length laboratory block, as practiced at universities.
AP Courses
- AP Biology with lab*
- AP Chemistry with lab*
- AP Physics 1
- AP Calculus
- AP Computer Science Principles
- AP Statistics
- AP English Literature and Composition
- AP US History
- AP US Government and Politics
- AP Human Geography
- AP Art History
- AP Psychology
- AP Spanish Language and Culture
- AP Studio Art (2D, 3D Drawing)
NDB students achieved 100% pass rate on the following AP Exams, exceeding CA and global scores!
2D Art
3D Art
Calculus
Chemistry
Chinese
Physics
Spanish
Honors Courses
- Algebra II Honors
- Geometry Honors
- Precalculus Honors
- Photography III Honors
- Journalism IV Honors
- English I and II Honors
- Sculpture III Honors
- American Sign Language III and IV Honors
- French III Honors
- Spanish III Honors
- Modern World History Honors
News and Highlights
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Many academic projects this month are centered around Black History Month, exploring the history, stories and voices of Black individuals and leaders.
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Students stepped into the world of one of Gatsby’s legendary parties dressed as flappers and famous figures from the 1920s.
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Students took on the roles of forensic investigators to document and evaluate crime scenes.
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Students enjoy a week-long immersion into a course of their choice to explore interests, learn skills and discover their passions.