Semester A: At the beginning of the semester, students consider the importance of word play exercises in improving their facility with language while building a compelling and creative writing style. Focusing on word nuances and precision, later lessons guide students to write in a variety of short modes—including poetry, song lyrics, prose poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. There are several opportunities for peer review in this semester, during which students learn best practices for participating in writing workshops, and then revise their work using feedback from their peers. Semester B: This semester focuses on longer works of fiction: short stories, plays, and novels. Students learn basic techniques of plot and character development along with strategies for creating suspense and building a theme, and they have opportunities to write in several different genres. Lessons cover a few special topics as well, including graphic novels, animation, comedy, and improvisation. Students apply what they have learned about writing workshops and revising to the longer pieces of writing they create for this semester.

For this course, students will read a set of novels and novellas that were written during the 20th Century and reflect themes common to contemporary literature, such as the ability of the human spirit to rise above seemingly-impossible circumstances. Through creative projects and writing assignments, students will identify and analyze each novel's themes and also compare and contrast the novels' treatment of common themes. Please note that, like most contemporary literature, the novels assigned for this course contain realistic situations and language. In addition to the novels listed, each student will read another contemporary novel of his or her choosing that the instructor must approve. MLA (Modern Language Association) documentation is required on all papers submitted.

Semester A: English for grade 9 is an integrated curriculum. Each unit contains thematically related lessons in five domains: reading and the study of literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language study, which includes word knowledge and grammar skills. Topics are presented in ways that help young adolescents relate literacy skills to other aspects of their lives. Writing assignments include narrative, expository, and persuasive/argumentative modes and emphasize the use of details and reasoning to support ideas. Speaking and listening lessons in Semester A emphasize collaborative discussion skills and peer review. Vocabulary development instruction is integrated into literature and informational text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic assessment that presents students with a real-world scenario requiring some of the skills they learned in the unit. Semester B: Like semester A, semester B consists of integrated units focused on a theme or mode of study. Literature study in semester B focuses on the analysis of different forms of literature and on comparative studies of world literature and literature delivered in different media. Writing and informational text lessons guide students through the stages of research and demonstrate how to evaluate, integrate, and share the information gathered during research. Students are required to share their ideas and analysis using several different modes, including oral and multimedia presentations.

Semester A: English Honors for grade 9 is an integrated curriculum with challenging assignments aimed at preparing Honors-level students for advanced work in the study of literature and language arts. Each unit contains thematically related lessons in five domains: reading and the study of literature, reading informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language study, which includes word knowledge and grammar skills. Topics are presented in ways that help young adolescents relate literacy skills to other aspects of their lives. Writing assignments include narrative, expository, and persuasive/argumentative modes and emphasize the use of details and reasoning to support ideas. Speaking and listening lessons in Semester A emphasize collaborative discussion skills and peer review. Vocabulary development instruction is integrated into literature and informational text lessons. Each unit ends with an authentic assessment that presents students with a real-world scenario requiring some of the skills they learned in the unit. Semester B: Like semester A, semester B consists of integrated units focused on a theme or mode of study. Literature study in semester B focuses on the analysis of different forms of literature and on comparative studies of world literature and literature delivered in different media. Writing and informational text lessons guide students through the stages of research and demonstrate how to evaluate, integrate, and share the information gathered during research. Students are required to share their ideas and analysis using several different modes, including oral and multimedia presentations. Honors students are expected to complete additional assignments throughout the course that build on the content provided.

Semester A: In English 10A, students learn how to express their thoughts and feelings in writing. Emphasis is placed on the specific traits of the 6- Traits of Writing: Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. Students also review the 5-step writing process as they practice the skills of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Each unit also includes instruction in the Greek roots of common English words. In English 10A students are guided through the 5-step writing process for each of the major types of writing: expository, persuasive, expressive, research, and functional. The writing projects center on each of the five major types. Students will receive comprehensive instruction on the various structures and styles of writing. Semester B: In English 10B, students broaden their reading experience with exposure to literature from around the world. Students are given vast exposure to a variety of reading samples, and are encouraged to connect and relate to the various authors and cultures within the contexts of the passages and works Reading strategies, the literary elements, and new vocabulary and Latin roots are introduced. In addition, students are guided through an active reading process in preparation to prepare them for high-stakes testing which will assess their abilities to make inferences, comprehend, and analyze a variety of reading materials.

Semester A: English for grade 11 is an American Literature course, with units organized chronologically according to periods in literary history. As students read foundational works of literature and other historical documents written between 1600 and 1900, they'll review and extend skills in five domains: analyzing literature, analyzing informational text, writing, speaking and listening, and language study, which includes word knowledge and grammar skills. Each module or unit begins with a lesson that provides historical context for the era and introduces themes that emerged in the literature of that era. Writing modes addressed in Semester A of this course include narrative, reflective, persuasive, and analytical modes. Assignments emphasize the use of details, evidence, and reasoning to support ideas; writing lessons include model essays that demonstrate key features of each mode. The speaking and listening lessons in Semester A cover rhetoric, the peer review or writing workshop process, and performance skills. Semester B: Semester B of English 11 consists of units focused on historical eras and literary movements of the 20th and 21st century, such as Naturalism, Imagism, the Harlem Renaissance, and Post-modernism. Literature analysis lessons in semester B focus on the forms of literature that were most commonly written during the Twentieth Century and how the forms, styles, and techniques of that century inform literature written today.

Semester A focuses on British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period up to Romanticism. Students will analyze how the English language evolved over time and how events of the time influenced the writings for each period. Epics, short stories, poetry, drama, and essays will be analyzed in depth to enrich students' comprehension. Each module includes a style of composition for students to explore with the help of student examples to act as a guide. Semester B continues with the Victorian era to Modernism of British Literature. Students will explore fiction and nonfiction of the Victorian Era in addition to applying what they have learned from the course to the study of a novel. The course ends with students practicing and polishing their public speaking and performance skills.

This course is an introduction to public speaking that emphasizes the communication process, types of speeches, and argumentation. The purpose of this course is to prepare students for public speaking situations, decrease speaker anxiety, and provide them with basic principles of research and organization needed for effective speeches.

This High School Calculus course is designed with the intent for students to incorporate the concepts of all previous math courses and expand upon these concepts with the implementation of limits. Emphasis is placed upon the multi-representational approach to calculus where problems and their solutions are explored and interpreted graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. Students will also be required to explain their answers in written form and will be asked to compare their written response to the grading rubric and explain why they feel they should receive that grade. Students are required to use graphing calculators for multi-representation of equations and conducting explorations with various functions. Major concepts include: developing a deeper understanding of very small and very large numbers; modeling and interpreting physical, social, and mathematical phenomena; analyzing functions by investigating rates of change, intercepts, zeros, asymptotes, and local and global behavior; the connection between derivatives, antiderivatives, and integrals; Theorems involving integrals including the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and the Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; constructing antiderivatives using graphs, numbers, and differential equations; using approximation to find approximate integrals; using integrals to compute volumes of irregular shapes; using integrals to solve differential equations; and using integrals to solve real world exponential growth and decay problems.

Semester A: Students begin the first semester of this course with a review of how to use basic arithmetic operations with whole numbers, integers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals. More complex concepts are built on these basics. Students revisit simplifying order of operation problems. They will also learn how to apply the properties of addition and multiplication, as well as the distributive property, to equation solving. This semester ends with a review of solving inequalities in one- and two-steps. Semester B: In the second semester of this course, students learn about ratios, rates, and proportions, and find where they can use these concepts in their own lives. Students will also work with percentages. They will perform calculations and apply percentages to real world scenarios. This semester includes a study of the coordinate plane and linear equations. Students revisit plotting ordered pairs, graphing and writing equations, as well as using these ideas to solve everyday problems. In the latter half of this semester, students will focus on where you can find different kinds of equations in the world outside the mathematics classroom, with a focus on interest applications. Finally students will renew their geometry knowledge through a study of triangles, quadrilaterals, area, surface area, and volume.

Semester A: Integrated Math 3 A extends the learner's understanding of major algebra concepts such as expressions, equations, functions, and sequences and series. It also extends the learner's understanding of geometric concepts such as triangles and trigonometric ratios. An emphasis will be placed on the use of appropriate functions to model real world situations and solve problems that arise from those situations. A focus is also on graphing functions by hand and understanding and identifying the parts of a graph. Semester B: Integrated Math 3 B continues in learner's studies of algebraic and geometric concepts. This course covers the concepts of probability and statistics, area, volume, conic sections, trigonometric functions, and trigonometric identities. An emphasis will be placed on the use of appropriate functions to model real world situations and solve problems that arise from those situations.

In this course, students will learn about childcare development and the caring of children. Students who work as a babysitter, a camp counselor, or at a daycare would benefit from the material presented. Topics covered include prenatal development through pre-adolescence, and the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development is covered. Also included is a module on health and safety issues.