Graduate with Distinction:

Nex+Gen offers students an opportunity to earn the Graduate with Distinction seal on their diploma and transcript. In order to receive the Graduate with Distinction seal and wear the crimson/silver cord at Graduation, a student must meet the following requirements:

• Complete all course requirements over the course of four years in the Program of Studies at nex+Gen for each grade level, including APELS & ESS.

In addition:

• Mentorship junior year

• 2 years of the same foreign language. These credits can be taken at CNM, UNM.  A world language other than Spanish - students can take classes at CNM, CEC, or Del Norte

• Senior Capstone (completed) with mentor

• 4th year on-site elective taken both senior semesters

• At least 2 Dual Credit courses (CNM or UNM or other)

• 28 credits

• 3.0 GPA minimum (final NG GPA)

• Completed application for Distinction

Latin Honors:

Beginning with the class 2023, nex+Gen Academy will transition to using the Latin honors system to recognize high-achieving students at our commencement ceremony.  The Latin honors system has bands of achievement based on grade point average that students strive to reach. It is not a competition.  

These are the three levels of honor: 

Summa Cum Laude:  GPA of 4.0 or more

Magna Cum Laude:   GPA of 3.8 - 3.999

Cum Laude:  GPA of 3.5- 3.799

Class rank will still exist and will be posted on each student's transcript. 

Why are we moving to the Latin honors system? 

1. Latin honors recognize the academic accomplishments of more students. Instead of honoring only a handful of students whose performance may be based on relatively small differences in GPA, Latin honors recognize all students whose performance exceeded high academic standards.

2. Latin honors are more fundamentally equitable. When academic recognition is based on relative measures and student-to-student comparisons, rather than the same consistent standards, one student’s success is another student’s failure, and vice versa. And when “success” and “failure” are defined by fractionally small differences in GPA, the fundamental fairness of the system is called into question.

3. Students may decline to take educationally valuable courses or pursue personal interests because certain courses may be considered too challenging (therefore presenting a greater likelihood of a lower grade) or because they present a mathematical disadvantage when it comes to calculating GPA and class rank (such as non-weighted arts courses, for example, in schools that use weighted-grade systems).

4. Colleges, universities, and the general public are familiar with Latin honors. Instead of devising a new system of academic recognition that may be unfamiliar or confusing, schools can use Latin honors, which provide an established, understandable system with a long and storied academic tradition.