This course defines what students should understand and be able to do by the end of 9th grade. Knowledge acquisition should be the primary purpose of any reading approach as the systematic building of a wide range of knowledge across domains is a prerequisite to higher literacy. At this grade level,

This course defines what students should understand and be able to do by the end of 9th grade. Knowledge acquisition should be the primary purpose of any reading approach as the systematic building of a wide range of knowledge across domains is a prerequisite to higher literacy. At this grade level,

This course provides instruction in universal themes found in World Literature as well as the critical analysis of various genres in that literature. Composition instruction emphasizes the creative, logical, and critical aspects of the writing process. Instruction will parallel and complement the co

This course defines what students should understand and be able to do by the end of 10th grade. Knowledge acquisition should be the primary purpose of any reading approach as the systematic building of a wide range of knowledge across domains is a prerequisite to higher literacy. At this grade level

This course defines what students in an honors setting should understand and be able to do by the end of 10th grade. Knowledge acquisition should be the primary purpose of any reading approach as the systematic building of a wide range of knowledge across domains is a prerequisite to higher literacy

The purpose of this course is to enable students, using texts of high complexity, to develop knowledge of American literature through advanced integrated educational experiences of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, and language. Emphasis will be on representative American literature, with i

The purpose of this course is to encourage students to make cross curricular links to develop a maturity of thought, appropriate to students at this level and to achieve an understanding and usage of the English language. These skills enable them to express arguments, ideas, and opinions in a reflec

This course is the first half of a two-year Algebra 1 program. Fundamental concepts of Algebra will be presented at a more gradual pace than in a traditional Algebra 1 course. The fundamental purpose of this course is to formalize and extend the mathematics that students learned in the middle grades

The fundamental purpose of this course is to formalize and extend the mathematics that students learned in the middle grades. The critical areas, called units, deepen, and extend understanding of linear and exponential relationships by contrasting them with each other and by applying linear models t

Emphasis on critical thinking involving the discovery of relationships and their proofs and skill in applying deductive method to mathematical situations, logic and reasoning, Euclidean Geometry study of lines, planes, angles, triangles, similarity, congruence, geometric inequalities, polygons and c

In-depth study of Geometry with emphasis on the formal language of mathematics: structure of geometry, shape properties, angle concepts, triangles, quadrilaterals, proofs, perpendicularity, and parallelism in a plane and in space, similar polygons, circles and spheres, constructions, area and volume

In Mathematics for Data and Financial Literacy, instructional time will emphasize: Continued foundational knowledge of ratios, proportions and functions to data and financial contexts; developing understanding of basic economic and accounting principles; developing an understanding of credit account