Provides high achieving students the opportunity to further develop skills in higher-level thinking, traditional and creative research, group discussion, public speaking, creativity, and independent study.

Designed to help students continue the mastery of essential literacy skills. Emphasis is placed on developing strategies for effective speaking and listening, language and writing, and reading comprehension.

Designed to continue the study and refinement of the essential literacy skills started in grade 9. Deep focus on literacy instructional shifts and strategies for reading complex texts.

Refines knowledge and skills in literacy. Focuses on strengthening skills to understand texts at higher complexities and demonstrate understanding through complex tasks.

Engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose and skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Emphasizes expository, analytical, and argumentative writing.

Prepares students for effective communication in the workplace or to gain admission to and succeed in college. Continued development of literacy skills needed for post-secondary education.

Careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Students consider a work's structure, style, and themes, focusing on expository, analytical, and argumentative essays.

College-level course offering practice in expository writing with emphasis on content, organization, and style for different purposes.

College-level course providing practice in expository writing that synthesizes ideas from various readings, includes library work, and production of documented papers.

Introduces the field of journalism and organization of publications like newspapers and yearbooks. Covers news stories, editorials, feature writing, and photography.

Enhances English vocabulary and understanding of language structure through systematic analysis of words and origins from Greek, Latin, and modern languages.

Study of basic mythologies of major civilizations to help students understand allusions in great western writing and the influence on the English language.