Academics
Maria Regina offers a rigorous college preparatory program. Graduation from Maria Regina requires successful completion of the four year course of study. A total of at least 26 credits is required for graduation. The Maria Regina program includes four years of mathematics, English, social studies, and theology, three years of science and a foreign language, and one year of art and music, although many students opt to take four years of science and a foreign language, and more than one year of art. Physical Education and Health are also requirements for graduation. Honors and Regents classes are available in all disciplines, and AP classes are offered in biology, English Literature, American History, and European History. There is also a wide variety of electives to choose from for the juniors and seniors.
Maria Regina also sponsors the College Link Program, in which college courses offered at Iona College and St. Thomas Aquinas College can be taken by students at MRHS. Students enrolled in this program have the opportunity to earn college credits that can be transferred to their college of choice.
Maria Regina has two wireless computer labs with a total of fifty computer workstations and a high-speed laser jet printer. In addition to those computers, there are 15 computer workstations in the library and another laser jet printer. There are also 18 SmartBoards in classrooms through the building.
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