The school’s minimum requirement for graduation is to successfully complete 26½ credits before qualifying to receive a high school diploma from the Program of Dar Al Fikr Schools. All students are expected to complete a full four year program and achieve 32 credits however special circumstances will be taken into consideration. The graduation requirements are based on a study of graduation requirements from a number of American and international high schools, admission requirements from a variety of American universities and Saudi Arabian universities.
Each subject will be taught for 5 periods per week for one semester to achieve 1/2 credit and for two semesters to achieve 1 credit.

Subjects are divided into core and elective

Elective Subjects

• The school requires students to take a number of elective courses in each of the following disciplines:
• Art (mandatory one course – ½ credit)

Ceramic and paper Mosaic
Drawing
Paper Craft
Painting
Pottery
Studio Art

• Career Planning (mandatory course, grade 10 – ½ credit)
• College Planning (mandatory course, grade 12 – ½ credit)
• Community Service (mandatory– ½ credit)
• Computing (mandatory two courses – ½ credit each) 

Computer Programming
Computer Maintenance
Computer Graphics
Web Design

•   Graduation Project (mandatory course, grade 12 – ½ credit)
•   Health (mandatory one course – ½ credit)
•   Physical Education (mandatory two courses – ½ credit each)

Aerobics
Fitness
Individual Sports
Martial Arts
Team Sports

•   Study Skills (mandatory course, grade 9 – ½ credit)

Additional Electives (two courses – ½ credits each) for example
Business
Design & Technology
Electronics
Etiquette
First Aid
Home Economics
Foreign languages
Mass Communications
Photography
Psychology
Robotics
Speech and Debate
Sociology
Teachers Aid

Policy for granting academic credit

• 120 hours of teaching constitutes the requirement for granting 1 credit and 60 hours for one ½ credit
• Grade placement is based on diagnostic placement tests in English, Arabic and Mathematics for the appropriate grade level taking into consideration the most recent school report of the student
• Diplomas are issued on completion of at least 26 ½ credits from the mandatory subjects however a maximum of 32  are possible over four years
• Students must achieve at least 60% overall in each semester to pass.
• Should a student fail to achieve 60% steps will be taken in line with the evaluation list such that the student may have a re-sit examination two weeks after the initial exam was taken. If a passing grade is still not achieved the course may be repeated during the summer vacation or the student may forfeit the ½ credit (this will be reflected on the final transcripts).

Graduation Requirements:

• Passing all mandatory courses.
• Completing graduation project.
• Performing at least 120 hours of community service.

Students in the program are all required to take TOEFL & SAT I examinations
It is also expected that through the unique Islamic Studies program students will have memorized three parts of the Holy Quran before graduation.

• Graduation Project

The purpose of the Graduation Project is to help students independently learn how to develop a comprehensive project plan and carry out the plan in an area of choice.  These independent projects pre-empt such tasks which students will meet in university. Students must write a formal proposal and work on their projects independently for one semester once approval has been obtained from the administration. These projects allow mentoring from relevant staff and in some cases community members. 

What is truly exciting about the Graduation Project is that the students’ work is presented in the presence of family members, teachers, other students, administrators and members of the community at large. Each student must give an oral and visual presentation about the project to a panel of independent judges from the community some with expertise in relevant fields. A question and answer period is also part of the presentation.

Community Service

  Serving the community is the most consistent and continuous effort carried out by the schools both as a social responsibility .