(Required for graduation) This course focuses on a study of literary genres and informational texts; the students develop an initial understanding of both the structure and the meaning of a literary work. The students explore the effect of the literary form in regards to interpretation. The students will read across the curriculum to develop academic and personal interests in different subjects. The students will also demonstrate competency in a variety of writing genres: argumentative, informational/expository, and narrative. The students will engage in research, timed writings, and the writing process. Instruction in language conventions will occur within the context of reading, writing, and speaking, rather than in isolation. The students demonstrate an understanding of speaking and listening for a variety of purposes.

(Required for graduation - Requires state End of Course assessment) This course focuses on a study of literary genres and informational texts; the students develop an understanding that theme is what relates literature to life and that themes are recurring in the literary world. The students explore the effect of themes in regard to interpretation. The students will read across the curriculum to develop academic and personal interests in different subjects. While the focus is writing arguments in tenth-grade literature, the student will also demonstrate competency in informative/expository and narrative writing genres. The student will engage in research, timed writings, and the writing process. Instruction in language conventions will occur within the context of reading, writing, and speaking, rather than in isolation. The students demonstrate an understanding of speaking and listening for a variety of purposes.

(For identified 10th Grade Students on track for IB Language Arts YR1 and YR2. This course satisfies the Literature and Composition II graduation requirement.) This course focuses on content, purpose, and audience as the guide for the students’ organization in writing. The course will enable students to become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts. The students will compose for a variety of purposes with a clear understanding of writer’s purpose, audience expectations, and subjects as well as the way conventions and resources of language contribute to writing effectiveness. Expository, analytical, and argumentative writings support the academic and professional communication required by colleges; personal and reflective writing support the development of writing facility in any context. Students will examine primary and secondary sources to synthesize materials for their writing. An AP syllabus will be submitted and approved by College Board.

This course focuses on the study of American literature and informational texts, writing modes and genres, and essential conventions for reading, writing, and speaking. The students read a variety of informational and literary texts in all genres and modes of discourse. Reading across the curriculum develops students’ academic and personal interests in different subjects. While expository writing is the focus in American literature, the students will also demonstrate competency in argumentative and narrative genres. The students will engage in research, timed writing, and the writing process. Instruction in language conventions will occur within the context of reading, writing, and speaking. The students demonstrate an understanding of speaking and listening for a variety of purposes.

This course focuses on world literature and informational texts by and about people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Students explore themes of linguistic and cultural diversity by comparing, contrasting, analyzing, and critiquing writing styles and universal themes. The students write argumentative, expository, narrative, analytical, and response essays. A research component is critical. The students observe and listen critically and respond appropriately to written and oral communication. Conventions are essential for reading, writing, and speaking. Instruction in language conventions will, therefore, occur within the context of reading, writing, and speaking rather than in isolation. The students understand and acquire new vocabulary and use it correctly in reading, writing, and speaking.

This course focuses on providing students with the opportunity to develop critical thinking and writing skills across a range of genres and organizational structures. Students will explore academic and analytical, business and industry, technical and informational, and language and presentation writing, using both digital and print media. The course emphasizes the writing process, covering planning, drafting, and revising, and includes diverse writing genres, such as expository, argument, narrative, descriptive, comparison-contrast, exemplification, process analysis, classification, cause and effect, and definition. Additionally, students will learn advanced language skills, including grammar and usage, and will gain experience in conducting research and effectively communicating their ideas to external audiences and potential employers. The course aims to provide students with the necessary skills to create a professional identity through writing and to develop the ability to think critically in real-world contexts. By the end of the course, students will have enhanced their writing skills, developed a sense of professionalism, and learn how to use writing as a powerful tool to communicate their ideas in various settings.

The course focuses on an intensive study of representative works from various literary genres and periods. The focus is on the complexity and thorough analysis of literary works. The students will explore the social and historical values that works reflect and embody. The textual detail and historical context provide the foundation for interpretation: the experience of literature, the interpretation of literature, and the evaluation of literature. Writing to evaluate a literary work involves making and explaining judgments about its artistry and exploring its underlying social and cultural values through analysis, interpretation, and argument (e.g. expository, analytical, and argumentative essays). The writers will develop stylistic maturity: strong vocabulary, sentence variety, and effective use of rhetoric to maintain voice.

IB Literature introduces students to the analysis of literary texts.  The course is organized into areas of exploration and central concepts and focuses on the study of literary works.  This adds up to a comprehensive exploration of literature from a variety of cultures, literary forms and periods.  Students learn to appreciate the artistry of literature and develop the ability to reflect critically on their reading, presenting literary analysis powerfully through both oral and written communication.

(Prerequisite - Recommendation from Yearbook Advisor) This course provides students who are interested in journalism with an opportunity to explore and to experience the process involved in the creation of a large publication, including preplanning, designing layouts, copyrighting, proofreading, organizing visuals, and managing finances, all of which involve creativity. This course involves the production and sale of the yearbook.

(Prerequisite - Recommendation of Media Specialist) The library is the heart of the school—where students come not only to check out books, but also to learn research skills, practice digital citizenship, and discover the joy of reading. In our library science program, students build literacy skills by exploring diverse books and finding stories that inspire them. They also develop information literacy skills—learning how to find trustworthy sources, evaluate what they read online, and use information ethically. We talk about digital citizenship, too—things like staying safe online, respecting others, and thinking critically about what they see on social media. Four units of credit in mathematics are required of all students which must include Algebra I or its equivalent, Geometry or its equivalent, and Advanced Algebra or its equivalent.

This is the first in a sequence of required high school mathematics courses.  It includes modeling linear functions; analyzing systems of  linear inequalities; investigating rational and irrational numbers; modeling and analyzing quadratic and exponential expressions, equations, and functions; investigating univariate and bivariate data; and algebraic connections to geometric concepts.

(Prerequisite:  Successful Completion of Algebra: Concepts & Connections) This is the second in a sequence of required high school mathematics courses.  It includes operations with polynomial expressions using geometric shapes; geometric constructions and proofs; congruence; similarity; right triangle trigonometry; properties of circles;  unit circle; applications of volume; and applications of compound probability.