Students investigate and question what they read to find meaning, focusing on finding their voice and unique perspectives on literary and informational texts.

Uses fiction and nonfiction to explore the relationship between culture, geography, and identity, analyzing literature from various times and places in global history.

Teaches critical thinking about verbal and nonverbal communication, decoding rhetoric, and exploring the American experience and the American Dream.

Advanced course focusing on reading, writing, and rhetoric (the art of persuasion) through the study of history and current events. Requires the AP exam in May.

Fall focuses on college essays and literary genres; Spring covers contemporary fiction and a heavy research component including a 10-page senior exit paper and final presentation.

Students evaluate fiction, poetry, and drama from various periods and cultures and write analytical essays. Requires the AP exam in May.

Focuses on female authors from each of the 13 Caribbean countries to expand knowledge beyond the traditional canon.

Dissects messages in film, scenarios, and everyday interactions; explores effective communication as part of leadership and public speaking.

Examines canon-building and how literature/art is used to perpetuate power or marginalize others, and how it can be used to take power back.

Students create a school magazine, building creative writing skills and combining them with visual art and editing.

Explores the nature of right and wrong, influential moral philosophers, and ethical reasoning tools to navigate moral dilemmas.

Engages with historical thinkers to see how philosophical knowledge and old ways of thinking can help students understand their own lives.