The following is the list of "optional components". Each senior must complete any nine of the following in order to qualify to meet the basic passing standard for the Portfolio. Students who complete eleven optional components, and meet all of their deadlines, may qualify for "Pass with Honors" if their exit interview committee feels that they have made an outstanding presentation. Seniors completing thirteen or more of the optional components, and who meet all of their deadlines, may earn the distinctions of "Pass with Honors" or "Pass with High Honors" depending on the quality of their final presentations.

• Complete a review form of all school and community clubs, teams, organizations and activities taken part in during his/her high school career.
• Provide written proof of voter registration.
• Complete a school provided (or equivalent) job application and/or an application for an event of special interest such as for a special training program or a college application. An appropriate cover letter must be included with either option.
• Provide verification of completed ASVAB including attending the post-test interpretive session and completing the summary worksheet.
• Provide verification of completed SAT, ACT, Acu-Place or NLN.
• Provide verification of completed SAT II.
• Have a community athletic coach complete a form attesting to student's active participation with an out-of-school team or sports instruction program during the senior year or for two years.*
• Have a community advisor complete a form attesting to student's active participation with an out-of-school organization during the senior year or for two years.*
• Have a school advisor complete a form attesting to student's active participation with an in-school organization during the senior year or for two years.*
• Have a school athletic coach complete a form attesting to student's active participation with an in-school team during the senior year or for two years.*
• Have a school or community athletic coach complete a form attesting to student's active participation with a team or sports instruction program during all four years of high school.*
• Have a community or school advisor complete a form attesting to student's active participation with an organization during all four years of high school.*
• Prepare a written synopsis of a school district, town meeting or government committee meeting attended for the complete session or for a minimum of two hours. Attending a court or trial in session as an observer would also be acceptable as a government meeting.
• Provide verification of attendance at a cultural event presented by a beyond high school level group. This must be pre-approved during senior year by the advisor. This will require a one-page written summary of the event.
• Provide verification of attendance at a Coe-Brown, in-house, or high school level cultural event that was pre-approved during senior year by the advisor. This will require a one-page written summary of the event.
• Provide verification of successful completion of a class or workshop outside of the school curriculum during the junior or senior year: The Academy's SAT Prep program or the Vocational Assessment Workshop may be used to meet this component. (To be pre-approved by the team leader or by the senior advisor.)
• Obtain a letter or recommendation from a current or previous employer.
• Complete the US Immigration and Naturalization Service Employment Eligibility Verification for I-9. This must include photo-copies of the supporting identification documentation with personal identification numbers removed.
• Complete an 8-hour, non-school time, job shadow (to be pre-approved during the sophomore, junior or senior year by the team leader or by the senior advisor). This includes a written summary.
• Complete a second 8-hour, non-school time, job shadow (to be pre-approved during the junior or senior year by the team leader or by the senior advisor). This includes a written summary.
• Complete an in-depth interview with a professional in a career of interest - to include transcript of major interview points. Discussion topics will be provided by the guidance department and the student will also prepare a reaction-summary paper of the event. (Required pre-approval of student's assigned counselor.)
• Complete twenty additional hours of community service on a project or in-service to an organization that the student was involved with during the required community service component. **
• Complete an additional twenty hours of service to the Academy as a student aide. **
• Submit a letter of verification from the portfolio advisor certifying that the senior actively used the Student Agenda book to record assignments and activities throughout the year (opening of school to March 27, 2008).
• Show documentation of having donated blood, registered for a bone marrow bank, registering as an organ donor as certified by the heart insignia on a NH driver's license or becoming a registrant in some similar sustaining medical program.
• During the senior year, take part in a statewide (or higher level) academically related contest or event that required pre-qualification or audition. This activity must require the student's active participation in a contest, presentation or performance, at an away from CBNA program site as part of the event.
• Have Perfect Attendance to school during the senior year up to the final portfolio due date of March 27, 2008.
• Have Perfect Attendance to school all four years up to the final portfolio due date of March 27, 2008.
• (* Active participation requires an involvement of twenty-five or more hours.)
  (** All CBNA portfolio community service activities require the completion of a pre-approval form.)
• There are several checkpoints that come into play during the portfolio process. One of the prerequisites in qualifying for "Pass with Honors" or "Pass with High Honors" is that the senior must meet all of these deadlines.