Prepares students for college readiness and success through a rigorous curriculum focused on writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading. Includes tutor-facilitated study groups and college research.

Refines AVID strategies to meet independent needs and learning styles. Focuses on time management, writing portfolios, leadership skills, and narrowing college and career interests.

Junior seminar course focusing on writing and critical thinking expected of college students. Includes study of contemporary leaders and college application methodologies.

Senior seminar course requiring a final research essay project and a presentation of a multi-year portfolio. Supports students as they apply to universities.

Extensive study of composition, vocabulary, and literary analysis. Includes creative, personal, and expository writing plus research. Focuses on text-dependent analysis.

Designed for highly motivated students demonstrating higher-order thinking skills. Strengthens writing, grammar, literary analysis, and criticism.

Study of composition, vocabulary, and literary analysis. Includes Genre study and rhetorical devices. Requires an End-of-Course (EOC) Exam.

Advanced composition and literary analysis for college-bound students. Focuses on analytical writing and criticism. Requires an EOC Exam.

Study of American writers, composition skills, and required research essay. Prepares students for post-secondary programs.

In-depth study of American writers and advanced rhetorical analysis. Designed for highly motivated students.

Develops skills of textual analysis of literary and non-literary texts. Explores culturally determined reading practices and global perspectives.

Introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum. Students develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays.