In this course, students engage in preparation to take the PSAT 10 exam in the spring. The course includes focus on the SAT Math domains of the Heart of Algebra, Problem Solving and Data Analysis, Passport to Advanced Mathematics, and Additional Topics in Mathematics. Khan Academy’s Official SAT Practice is also integrated into the course framework.

Only Schedule ESE students on the High School Diploma Track in this course. In Algebra I, students learn representations of functions using graphs, tables, equations, and contexts. The course focuses on solving equations and inequalities using a variety of strategies. Students solve systems of two equations and inequalities with two variables using a variety of strategies. Students analyze representations of arithmetic and geometric sequences, use exponential models to solve problems, and investigate a variety of functions including square root, cube root, absolute value, piecewise-defined, step, and simple inverse functions. The course also includes study of statistical analysis of two-variable data and distributions of one-variable data.

Only Schedule ESE students on the High School Diploma Track in this course. In Algebra II, students visualize, express, interpret, describe, and graph functions (and their inverses, in many cases). Students will represent functions with an equation, and vice-versa, and transform graphs, including those from the following function families: absolute value, exponential, linear, logarithmic, piecewise-defined, polynomial, quadratic, square root, and trigonometric. Students will recognize the connections among multiple representations. Students rewrite rational expressions, perform arithmetic operations on polynomials, and study the relationship between zeros and factors of polynomials.

In this course, students study geometric transformations (reflection, rotation, translation, dilation) and symmetry. Students explore relationships between figures (such as similarity and congruence) in terms of rigid motions and similarity transformations. Proofs of geometric theorems, using coordinates to prove geometric theorems, and modeling with geometry are also studied in detail. Students also study tools for analyzing and measuring right triangles, general triangles, and complex shapes. This study includes the Pythagorean Theorem, trigonometric ratios, the Law of Sines, and the Law of Cosines. Geometry also includes the study of theorems about circles, including arc lengths and areas of sectors. Topics on probability and statistics are also included.

In Precalculus, students focus on functions, rational expressions, polynomial functions, rational functions, exponentials, logarithms, vectors, limits, rates, and trigonometric identities.

This is a credit recovery course for Probability and Statistics. Students will remediate standards using asynchronous modules.

Only Schedule ESE students on the High School Diploma Track in this course. The ninth grade English Language Arts I course engages students in activities that develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Course curriculum is aligned to the Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language domains of the Michigan Common Core State Standards for ninth grade. The course specifically builds content around core themes and essential questions that drive classroom instructional routines to facilitate critical thinking, and college and career readiness. Students will engage in close reading, collaborative discussions, analysis of text details, analysis of craft and structure, style, tone, and word choice analysis through multiple entries into fiction, nonfiction, and informational texts. The course focuses on reading of diverse texts through national and world perspectives, excerpts and full-texts of literature, and novel studies. Students will engage in various modes of writing such as narrative, explanatory, informational, argumentative, and nonfiction narrative writing. Student knowledge in grammar, mechanics, and usage will also be reinforced through interaction with literature.

The English Language Arts II course continues engagement of students in activities that develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Course curriculum is aligned to the Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language domains of the Michigan Common Core State Standards for tenth grade. The course specifically builds content around core themes and essential questions that drive classroom instructional routines to facilitate critical thinking, college and career readiness. Students will engage in close reading, collaborative discussions, analysis of text details, analysis of craft and structure, style, tone, and word choice analysis through multiple entries into fiction, nonfiction, and informational texts. The course focuses on reading of diverse texts through national and world perspectives, excerpts and full-texts of literature and novel studies that foster the analysis of stories, characters, and informational text that allow for conclusions about human condition. Students will engage in writing in various modes such as narrative, explanatory, informational, argumentative, and nonfiction narrative writing. Student knowledge in grammar, mechanics, and usage will also be reinforced through interaction with literature.

The English Language Arts III course continues engagement of students in activities that develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Course curriculum is aligned to the Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language domains of the Michigan Common Core State Standards for eleventh grade. The course specifically builds content around core themes and essential questions that drive classroom instructional routines to facilitate critical thinking, college and career readiness. Students will engage in close reading, collaborative discussions, analysis of text details, analysis of craft and structure, style, tone, and word choice analysis through multiple entries into fiction, nonfiction, and informational texts. The course deepens understanding of the impact of language on culture and language’s ability to drive initiatives within society. The course focuses on reading of diverse texts through analysis of seminal and other historical founding documents, and historical events and experiences through excerpts, poetry, short stories, and full-texts of literature and novel studies that foster critical analysis. Students will engage in writing in various modes such as narrative, explanatory, informational, argumentative, and nonfiction narrative writing. Student knowledge in grammar, mechanics, and usage will also be reinforced through interaction with literature.

The English Language Arts IV course continues engagement of students in activities that develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Course curriculum is aligned to the Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language domains of the Michigan Common Core State Standards for twelfth grade. The course specifically builds content around core themes and essential questions that drive classroom instructional routines to facilitate critical thinking, college and career readiness. Students will engage in close reading, collaborative discussions, analysis of text details, analysis of craft and structure, style, tone, and word choice analysis through multiple entries into fiction, nonfiction, and informational texts. The course deepens understanding of the impact of language on culture and language’s ability to drive initiatives within society. The course offers an immersion into British literature through canonical themes, poetry, plays, and full-texts of literature and novel studies that foster critical analysis. Students will engage in writing in various modes such as narrative, explanatory, informational, argumentative, and nonfiction narrative writing. Student knowledge in grammar, mechanics, and usage will also be reinforced through interaction with literature.

AP English Language and Composition is typically an eleventh grade English course. The course is highly aligned to the standards and structure of the Michigan Common Core State Standards. AP English Language is also highly aligned with the national SAT standardized assessment. The AP English Language and Composition course focuses on the development and revision of evidence-based analytic and argumentative writing, the rhetorical analysis of nonfiction texts, and the decisions writers make as they compose and revise. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to support their arguments. Additionally, they read and analyze rhetorical elements and their effects in nonfiction texts—including images as forms of text—from a range of disciplines and historical periods.

AP English Literature and Composition is typically a twelfth grade English course. The course is highly aligned to the standards and structure of the Michigan Common Core State Standards.  The AP English Literature and Composition course aligns to an introductory college-level literary analysis course. The course engages students in the close reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature to deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes, as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Writing assignments include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays that require students to analyze and interpret literary works.