Del Norte High

San Diego, California

2,531 students

High School, Grades 9–12

#26

Best ACT in California High Schools

2,531

Students

26.6:1

S:T Ratio

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Key metrics at a glance
Avg SAT Score

1,350

A

out of 1600
Excellent
Avg ACT Score

30

A+

out of 36
Excellent
AP Courses

20

A+

courses offered
Excellent
AP Enrollment

53%

B

of students
Excellent
Student-Teacher Ratio

27:1

C

students per teacher
Below Avg
Graduation Rate

93%

A+

Excellent
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Honors High School English 1-2
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Honors High School English 1-2 is an advanced version of High School English 1; therefore, it accelerates students’ exposure to the short story and the novel and teaches them to write fluent descriptive, narrative, and expository paragraphs which have a controlling idea, adequate development, a sense of closure, unity, coherence, and transition. It will also introduce students to multi-paragraph compositions and skills for advanced literary analysis. The course will improve students’ spelling, vocabulary, usage, and grammar. It will prepare them to pass the proficiencies. This “pre-AP” or honors level version of High School English 1-2 prepares students for the rigors of advanced courses in high school, especially in language arts. Students will experience an integrated approach to the reading, writing, listening, and speaking curriculum with the aim of mastery of paragraph and essay structure, as well as language usage and conventions. Great emphasis is placed on close and critical reading as students engage with both literary and expository texts that meet the quality, range and complexity required by the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy (Grade 9/10). Students will conduct both short and long term research projects, will engage in a variety of collaborative discussions and speaking activities, and will develop their study skills, organization, and vocabulary. This course is designed to address the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy (Grade 9/10).

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