US Curriculum Guide

This course provides students with a comprehensive foundation in both dry and wet media, allowing students to learn the frameworks of composition,

Ninth grade students who have demonstrated difficulty getting their assignments done on time—or at all—are assigned to two Academic Work Periods per cycle so that they may devote focused time to improvement.

This course is ideal for students who wish to increase their level of self-confidence and develop their own resources as expressive agents.

An acting class creates a sense of community in the most authentic of ways, and through a shared experience, young artists often carry their theatrical training into their future endeavors.

This rigorous course is offered to highly motivated students who have a passion for the visual arts and previous experience in the art studios.

This is a technique class for serious dancers who have extensive dance experience. Students will do advanced work in many dance techniques including tap, jazz, ballet, modern, Latin dance, elements of improvisation, and yoga.

This course offers students theoretical and hands-on experience with the practical and artistic applications of digital filmmaking and media production.

This course is designed for students who have successfully completed Mandarin 3 or its equivalent.

This course continues to address the five C’s of language acquisition.

This course gives students the opportunity to apply to physics more fully the advanced math methods they have learned in other courses.

This course in intermediate algebra covers the elements of analytic geometry and trigonometry. The primary goal of Algebra 2/Trigonometry is to help our students gain a deeper understanding of fundamental topics that will help them develop into quantitatively literate thinkers.

From its founding, the U.S. has identified itself as a global symbol of freedom, equality, and democracy; however, the noblest goals are often the most difficult to achieve, and throughout the past century the U.S. has sometimes compromised on its principles and ‘played favorites’ in its defense of democracy—

By examining a range of genres and voices in American Literature—from the poetry of Emily Dickinson to the prose of Hurston, Fitzgerald, and a variety of contemporary authors

This course is designed for students wanting to study the structure and function of the human body.

This is a first-year college-level course preparing for the Advanced Placement examination in mathematics (AB level). Course topics include limits and continuity of functions, derivatives and their applications, and integrals and their applications.