Provides high achieving students the opportunity to further develop skills in higher-level thinking, research, group discussion, public speaking, and independent study.

Helps students continue mastery of essential literacy skills through analysis of complex texts, speaking, listening, and writing.

Refinement of essential literacy skills with a deeper focus on reading, writing, and academic language in complex texts.

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 with skills needed to communicate effectively in the workplace or to succeed in college/professional school.

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 the field of journalism and organization of publications like newspapers, yearbooks, and literary magazines.

Enhances English vocabulary and understanding of language structure through analysis of Greek, Latin, and modern word origins.

Study of basic mythologies of major civilizations to help understand literary allusions and the origins of English words.