Latin Level 2
In Latin Level 2, students deepen their grammar and syntax skills with contextual study, preparing for the NLE Intermediate and improving translation.
Getting Started in High School
Introduction to Data Analysis with Excel
Data Analysis and Statistics are important tools to transform data into meaningful information and make better decisions. Many programs in colleges have classes that require data collection, statistical analysis, and storytelling with data, but freshmen often start their degrees unprepared in terms of these quantitative skills. This course is designed to bridge that gap by teaching high school students essential skills in statistics, data analysis and visualization with Excel software.
Academic Writing – Advanced
Academic Writing – Advanced teaches students to critically read and evaluate scholarly research across disciplines. Through weekly assignments, students will analyze research questions, methods, data presentations, and conclusions—building essential skills for AP Capstone, Global Perspectives, and college-level research.
Shakespeare Literature
In Shakespeare Literature, teacher guide students through analyzing Shakespeare’s masterful use of language, his ability to create complex characters, and the exploration of timeless themes. Students will explore more about his work through reading, discussion, and analysis in this course.
Intro to Public Speaking
The class is designed to help prepare international middle school students to grow in confidence and excel in oral presentations to their fellow students and administrative/entrance school staff. Additionally, students will be introduced to the major types of speech presentations they are likely to be assigned while completing a public speaking and/or introductory communication course during their middle and high school careers.
Intro to Computer Science
Introduction to computer science with a focus on programming. Learn the basics of computer programming using Java as an example language but with the concepts will apply to all languages. Topics include program control, abstraction, making decisions and user input. We will focus on how to design a program, how to write code well and how to read and analyze existing code.
Intro to Investment – Focus on Crypto Currency
The group classes serve as an introduction to how to do research commonly used in economics, finance and investment. Students will become familiar with the concepts, methods, and applications of research and evaluation; learn how to critically consume and analyze research; and propose an appropriate research project to inform an important issue.
Intro to Philosophy
Through a combination of close reading, in class lecture and discussion, and reading response assignments, this course will introduce students to the study of philosophy. Traveling through the ethical theories of Aristotle in the ancient world, to those of J.S. Mill, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Henry David Thoreau in the 19th century, to those of Theodor Adorno in the 20th century, this introduction will be organized around the perennial philosophical question of what constitutes the good life for human beings and the possible role of art in such a life