Earn your high school credits wherever you like.  Use the local high schools, private schools, homeschool, Internet courses, community college courses, adult ed. courses, training in the trades... You can take the courses you want (as long as they are high school level or above).
            
Earn the credits you need for the diploma requirements.  Go as fast as you like, or as slow as you need.  Have all the credits already?  No need to take any more courses for your diploma...you’re done.

1. Register with ONE high school (NARHS).  
2. Previous credits count! Credits from other schools -- public, private, homeschool, college and
   online courses, adult ed, even special training in the trades -- all can count.
3. Use many schools to earn your credits. Earn the necessary credits from YOUR broad CHOICES.     
   

Students who have earned the necessary 17-1/2 high school credits (from whatever sources), are eligible to graduate from a real Maine high school with a real high school diploma! No residency required. NO EXIT EXAMS required in Maine. NARHS brings all academic pieces together -- wherever they were earned -- making them all count towards your high school diploma from our state-authorized, state-recognized, fully accredited private school. HOMESCHOOLERS: If previous high school course work was completed through a homeschool program, AND IF the family still has the work to prove that the subjects were successfully completed, then those courses, too, can be converted to high school credits. They can then be applied to the graduation requirements. __ Students who are capable may earn high school credits at any age, and you may earn as many as you like to build your high school transcript. __ NARHS will do a free transcript evaluation of previously earned credits.

2009 is our 20th Anniversary!  And, for the last 20 years, NARHS has been a state-authorized private school, recognized by the Maine Department of Education. As of November 2003, we reached "nationally accredited" status. And on April 17, 2004, we became a "fully accredited" high school. North Atlantic Regional Schools provided 490 pages of documentation, curriculum, credentials, and other support materials over the past year to the National Private Schools Association. Based on that information, and their site visit to the Maine school campus, we have earned full accreditation.

These are some of the colleges, universities, and trade schools that have accepted NARHS graduates.

Adelphi University
Adirondack Comm Colege
Adrian College
Alaska Pacific Univ
Albright College
American Musical & Dramatic Acad
American Univ
Amherst College
Andrews University
Angelo State University
Antioch College
Arcadia University
Asbury College
Ashworth College
Assumption College
Atlanta Chr College
Augusta (GA) State University
Babson College
Bagley Coll of Engineering
Bard College
Barry University
Barton College
Bates College
Baylor University
Ball State University
Beal College
Bellevue Comm College
Bellin College of Nursing
Belmont Abbey College
Beloit College
Bennington College
Berea Col of Music
Berkshire Inst of Chr Studies
Bethel University
Bluffton University

Some NARHS students (who want to enlist in the US military) fall into two general categories. Transfer students and homeschoolers. Students who have been official, legal homechoolers will have very few issues enlisting. There is a specific process for homeschoolers applying for military enlistment.

Transfer students (those who have all or nearly all of their high school credits), WILL encounter resistance with enlistment -- the military wants stability, seat time, and commited students who do what's expected of them when assigned. Students who transfer to NARHS after they are ready to graduate present special problems for the military evaluation process.

To properly prepare for enlistment, please speak to your NARHS-assigned advisor. We have access to the current information on enlistment options.

NOTE: simply HAVING a high school diploma does NOT guarantee enlistment..there are many other criteria. Good scores on the military's ASVAB test, positive results from your interview with the recruiter, your academic history, and many other factors play a part in enlistment.

A high school diploma is the minimum requirement for many jobs.

A 21-year-old homeschooled woman came to a NARHS workshop in Massachusetts in 2004 and announced she was a junior at the University of Massachusetts. She had a 3.5 GPA, but could not get a job as a bank teller because their banking regulations REQUIRE a high school diploma. Her two years of excellent college work was NOT an acceptable substitute, she needed a diploma.

Fair? No. But it is the rule. When the banking regulators made the rules about the minimum qualifications, they gave no consideration to exceptions or to homeschoolers. So, either you get your diploma, or you will not be considered for some jobs. Simple as that.