What does the high school curriculum cover?

The Academy follows a fairly classical liberal arts curriculum with a heavy emphasis on critical thinking, reading, and writing. The High School follows a four-year history cycle (Ancient History, World History, U.S. History, and Asian History) which focuses closely on a few specific topics. A typical schedule includes: Critical Thinking and Debate, Humanities (which includes literature, philosophy, theoretical science, and history in an integrated study), Latin, Spanish, and Mathematics. Optional Friday Enrichment options include short-term classes on topics such as World Religions, Social Activism, Feminism, and Creative Writing as well as study skills workshops, test preparation, and more. Humanities classes at the Academy are based around great books, and students will be reading classics of literature, philosophy, and history. As you’d expect, this is challenging, meaningful work, and students will be stretching their thinking in new ways. We think it’s okay for work to be hard because the learning payoff for hard work is so great, and we’re looking for students who feel the same way.

2023-2024 HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

• HUMANITIES: The United States

  • Queer, Colorful, Feminist, Immigrant History of the United States

  • Cults, Communes, and Utopias

  • Outsiders, Others, and Oddballs

  • Taboo-Breakers and Innovators in U.S. Literature

  • American Gothic Literature

  • Transcendentalism

• SCIENCE: Chemistry

• MATH LAB

• SPANISH

• FRIDAY ENRICHMENT