High School

9th Grade English Language Arts Introduces the core genres and skills of the high school English sequence through short-story analysis, a coming-of-age novel, epic poetry and mythology, and an introduction to Shakespeare.

9th Grade World History Surveys the modern world from the Age of Exploration through contemporary globalization, including the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and the twentieth century’s world wars.

10th Grade English Language Arts Develops critical reading and rhetorical analysis of nonfiction, literary analysis through fiction and poetry, research and argumentative writing, and sustained studies of drama and the novel.

10th Grade Geography & Culture Builds understanding of the physical and human forces shaping the world’s regions through spatial thinking, physical geography, and regional studies of the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

11th Grade English Language Arts Traces the development of the American literary voice from the Colonial period through the contemporary era, often in coordination with 11th Grade U.S. History.

11th Grade U.S. History Surveys the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States from its colonial foundations through the modern era.

12th Grade English Language Arts Extends senior literary study into British and World Literature with college-level analytical rigor, from Anglo-Saxon literature through Shakespeare, the Victorian novel, and Modernism.

Government & Economics Prepares graduating seniors for informed civic and economic participation through the study of constitutional government, civil rights, and fundamental economic principles.