Introduction to Literature and Composition 9A/B is a year-long course that concentrates on guided and critical reading of texts from different genres that reflect themes of identity and self-discovery and where the focus of composition is developing clear and purposeful writing. The course prepares students to grapple with the fundamental notions of the self as reflected in a range of texts and genres. Readings, both classical and contemporary, lend themselves to literary analysis, represent a v...

Asian American Literature is a year-long course that focuses on critically reading Asian American interpretations of the American experience and the American dream, with an emphasis on increasing the sophistication of students’ reading, writing and speaking skills. The content rests on a foundational understanding of how and why Asian American literature emerged: as a response to anti-Asian legislation, cultural images, and American racial formation. As a result, students are required to think c...

This course a yearlong course and is tied to the University of Washington’s English 131 – English Composition. This yearlong course offers students an intensive writing class at the college level. Students will work closely with the instructor to develop a portfolio of writing that reflect an ability to write papers with complex claims that matter in academic contexts. The first semester will expose students to a variety of nonfiction and literary texts; students will develop their ability to re...

In this writing course, students work closely with their peers and instructor to develop a portfolio that reflects an ability to write papers with complex claims that matter in academic contexts. The readings in this class focus on both literary texts and scholarship about literature. Students will learn college level skills of analysis and research using a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts. Principles taught include line of inquiry, synthesis, formulating research questions. Students wil...

This is a yearlong Language Arts elective course based on standards contained in the Washington State Common Core Standards. It is designed to enable high school students to sharpen academic reading and writing skills in preparation for college, career, and life. This course will focus on improving reading comprehension through skill development, increasing understanding of narrative and expository text structures, including academic reading, functional reading, informational reading and technic...

Algebra Lab 1A/B provides support for students to strengthen their understanding of concepts in the Algebra 1A/B course. The Algebra Lab course is taken in conjunction with Algebra 1A, but is not a replacement for Algebra 1A/B. \*Honors credit is offered- please speak to the instructor. Geometry A/B is a year-long Geometry course. In this course, students formalize vocabulary definitions and notation. Students write formal proofs of angle and line relationships and triangle properties establishe...

Prerequisite: Algebra 1, Co-enrollment in Geometry Geometry Lab A/B provides support for students to strengthen their understanding of concepts in the Geometry A/B course. The Geometry Lab course may be taken in conjunction with Geometry $\\mathsf { A } / \\mathsf { B } \_ { i }$ , but is not a replacement for Geometry A/B.

Algebra 2A/B is a year-long Algebra 2 course. Students begin the course with a study of sequences, which is also an opportunity to revisit linear and exponential functions. Students represent functions in a variety of ways while addressing some aspects of mathematical modeling. This work leads students to analyze situations that are well modeled by polynomials before pivoting to study the structure of polynomial graphs and equations. Students do arithmetic on polynomials and rational functions a...

Pre-Calculus A/B is a year-long Pre-Calculus course. Students spend the first semester studying Trigonometry. Students learn to use special triangles positioned within the unit circle to determine geometrically the values of sine, cosine, and tangent at special angles. They then use those values to explore sinusoidal functions and model periodic phenomena with trigonometric functions and solve trigonometric equations. Students expand their understanding of trigonometric ratios to include secant,...

This course is designed to reteach Algebra 2 Standards necessary for success in Pre-calculus. These standards include solving, writing equations, graphing, and applying functions: polynomial, exponential/logarithmic, rational, and trigonometric. The course involves re-teaching and pre-teaching of standards aligned with lessons in the Pre-calculus course.

Prerequisite: Pre-calculus AP Calculus AB A/B is designed to be the equivalent of a one-semester college calculus course and prepares students to take the AP Calculus AB Exam in May. AP Calculus AB A/B has an Advanced Placement designation. In this course, students build on prior knowledge to understand the concept of a limit. Students learn techniques for determining limits, and how to evaluate limits for functions that are not continuous. Students consider what an instantaneous rate of change ...

AP Statistics is a year-long AP course. AP Statistics has an Advanced Placement designation. Throughout the course, three big ideas are considered – variation and distribution, patterns and uncertainty, and data-based predictions, decisions, and conclusions. Students learn how to display, summarize, and interpret data on singleand two variable quantitative and categorical variables. They learn how to fit models to data (a normal model to quantitative data, a linear model to bivariate data), eval...