Provides high achieving students opportunities to develop skills in higher-level thinking, creative research, group discussion, public speaking, and independent study through the study of traditional and contemporary literature.

Helps students continue the mastery of essential literacy skills including speaking, listening, writing, and reading comprehension of complex texts.

Continued study and refinement of essential literacy skills started in grade 9 with a deeper focus on reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence.

Focuses on strengthening skills to unpack and 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 and audiences.

Prepares students to communicate effectively in the workplace or succeed in college through the refinement of literacy skills.

Engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature, focusing on structure, style, and themes.

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

College-level course providing practice in expository writing that synthesizes ideas from readings and produces documented papers.

Introduces students to the field of journalism, organization of publications, news writing, and business aspects of media.

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

Study of basic mythologies of major civilizations to help understand allusions in great western writing and scientific phenomena.