Creative Writing
Katie Hays
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 First Semester (S1) This one-semester elective course is open to students who are interested in exploring artistic forms of written expression. Whereas the emphasis in the traditional English classes is on expository writing, in this class creating poetry and …
Academic Skills Seminar
Grade Levels: 9,10,11,12 Prerequisite: Counselor/Instructor Approval First Semester 25331 (S1); Second Semester 25332 (S2) Students in Academic Skills Seminar receive clear instruction on the key executive function processes – the brain skills that enable us to plan, focus, remember information, and successfully juggle multiple tasks. …
Advanced Speech and Debate
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Grade Levels: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisite: Competitive Speech and Instructor Approval / Application First Semester 25300A (S1) AND Second Semester 25300B (S2) Two Semester Required (FY) Advanced Speech and Debate is designed to give students with at least one year of competitive speech and debate …
Speech and Debate
Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12 Prerequisite: Instructor Approval/ Application Required First Semester 25350A (S1) AND Second Semester 25350B (S2) Two Semester Required (FY) Speech and Debate is for students new to competitive speaking and debating. The course is designed to give students opportunities to …
Speech Communication
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 First Semester 25101 (S1) Second Semester 25102 (S2) This class is a practical course designed to offer the novice speaker a number of opportunities to organize and prepare public speaking assignments. The course will also offer a “laboratory setting” …
AP English Literature and Composition – 12
Grade Level: 12 Prerequisite: A or B in English 11/AP English and Composition First Semester 25210A (S1) AND Second Semester 25210B (S2) Two Semester Required (FY) The College Board, instead of publishing set curriculum, offers the following suggesting for key elements in an advanced Placement …
AP English Language and Composition – 11
Grade Level: 11 Prerequisite: A or B in English 10 First Semester 25200A (S1) AND Second Semester 25200B (S2) Two Semester Required (FY) AP English Language and Composition engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts, and in …
English 12: Real -World Writing and Reading
Grade Level: 12 Prerequisite: English 11 First Semester 25040A (S1) AND Second Semester 25040B (S2) Two Semester Required (FY) The objective of English 12 is to cover a wider range of real-world writing strategies and purposes, culminating with an in depth senior thesis and presentation. …
English 11: American Literature (Modernism-Present)
Grade Level: 11 Prerequisite: English 10 First Semester 25030A (S1 AND Second Semester 25030B (S2) Two Semester Required (FY) English 11 continues the chronological study of American Literature and focuses on the major writers of the Modern and Post-Modern periods. The primary goal is to …
English 10: American Literature (Beginnings to Civil War/Reconstruction)
Grade Level: 10 Prerequisite: English 9 First Semester 25020A (S1) AND Second Semester 25020B (S2) Two Semester Required (FY) The tenth grade curriculum explores the development of American Literature from its beginnings through Reconstruction. It focuses on themes integral to the American identity including, but …
