This course is an inclusive class integrated with World History 9A and 9B. The class explores the relationship between power and identity through historical, religious, and cultural analysis as well as literature, art, film, and music. Students use the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing) to produce narrative, expository, creative, and persuasive papers. Seminars, presentations, and focused class discussions are an integral part of the curriculum.

Through exploration of the humanities students will learn how to think creatively and critically, to reason, and to ask questions. Students will explore major ideas through class discussion, reading world literature and philosophy, study of influential figures, and research. The course seeks a balance between independent efforts and collaborative production, emphasizing problem posing and solving through a Humanities lens. The academic study over the course of the school year will follow the historical pattern(s) of pre-contact, conquest/colonization, liberation, and revolution.

This course teaches critical reading and writing with emphasis on argument and rhetoric. Students will read a variety of texts from US authors both historical and contemporary. Particular focus is placed on works by authors of color and other marginalized voices. Students will also have opportunities to express themselves in other creative modalities through interdisciplinary exhibitions such as the Harlem and Renaissance Art and Justice Project. Upon completing this College in the High School course, students may earn college credit through North Seattle College.

To allow students with an IEP, (Individualized Educational Plan) to access the mainstream curriculum by having coursework modified so that they are able to meet their IEP goals and objectives. This is a modified course title for students who have an Individualized Education Plan on file.

To serve as an excellent preparation for college level work and as an effective way to conclude a four-year, rigorous, and comprehensive English program. Through the study of both time-honored and contemporary classics, students will explore the various ways that world literature, including classical mythologies and philosophies, form our modern sensibilities. Students will engage in close reading, classroom discussion, and written literary analysis as they explore significant literary works. Classes consist of daily discussions, regular reading checks, periodic exams, papers, and group/individual creative projects. Students will also work on the Hale Action Project and their culminating portfolio.

To cover reading, writing, and literature aligned with individual IEP goals and grade-level district standards. This class offers individual attention in the area of transition support for students who will be leaving the high school setting within the next two years. Coursework includes instruction to support and mentor students throughout their culminating project, The Hale Action Project (HAP), and their culminating portfolio.

This course stresses reading of short, imaginative works, discussion of themes and techniques used by published writers, and writing or poems, short stories, personal essays, descriptions, and dialogue. It provides experiences in using images, figurative language, and concrete detail.

Print. Audio. Video. Still and slide photography. Social Networking. These are the tools of Web-Based journalism. And these are the media students will explore in reporting news and writing narrative features. Students will learn the foundational skills of newspaper journalism: news gathering, interviewing, news reporting, feature writing, and commentary. They will also learn the techniques of digital storytelling for today's evolving journalism. Students should expect how-to reading and homework assignments. They should also plan on regular writing and digital production assignments. The course is run as a workshop with frequent, whole-class critique. Completing the course will prepare students for publishing The Sentinel, and its Web-based edition, halesentinel.com.

To use the skill and knowledge from Digital Journalism (news gathering, interviewing, news reporting, feature writing, and commentary), to produce Hale's award-winning student newspaper, The Sentinel, and its Web version, halesentinel.com. The Sentinel staff comprises reporters, editors, columnists, photographers, designers, and business managers.

Algebra 1 is a yearlong course, which provides a practical blend of technology-related and paper-and-pencil problem solving tools. Explorations and investigations emphasize symbol sense, algebraic manipulations, and conceptual understanding. Students make sense of important algebraic skills and apply algebraic thinking. This course allows students to experience algebra through the use of multiple representations: numerical, graphic, symbolic, and verbal. Topics in this course include: Graphing, Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Functions, Exponents, Data Analysis, Proportional Reasoning, Probability, Systems of Equations, and Inequalities.

This course includes but is not limited to, basic math skills, consumer math, and beginning algebra. Placement is provided for students whose math skills have been assessed lower than those needed to successfully complete Algebra 1, or if progress in Algebra 1 was not sufficient. The curriculum is designed to meet IEP goals and objectives.

Geometry is a yearlong course, which provides an opportunity for students to explore geometric relationships with a wide variety of tools, including paper, compasses, computers, and graphing calculators. Topics include informal and formal proof, properties of triangles, polygons, and circles, transformations and tessellations, area and volume, the Pythagorean Theorem, congruence, and similarity.