Sarasota County Acceleration Academies

Sarasota County Acceleration Academies

Sarasota, Florida

109 students

High School, Grades 9–12

109

Students

27.3:1

S:T Ratio

School Snapshot
Key metrics at a glance
Avg SAT Score

1,230

A-

out of 1600
Good
Avg ACT Score

26

A-

out of 36
Good
Student-Teacher Ratio

27:1

C

students per teacher
Below Avg
Graduation Rate

90%

A+

Excellent
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Language Arts 9
9

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.

Language Arts 9 Honors
9

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.

Calculus A&B
11-12

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.

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