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Ninth and 10th grade students enjoy a special program crafted for each class. In a coordinated approach, groups of 9th grade students take English, history, and visual or performing arts together, so that teachers can converse and plan as they address students’ needs and encourage growth. The approach is similar for 10th graders. In the 9th and 10th grades, particular attention is paid to developing community virtues, a healthy lifestyle, and good study habits, including time management. Under the guidance of a faculty advisor and dean, students work out a rigorous program of study. Initial placement in math and foreign language varies according to the level of accomplishment each student exhibits. Flexibility in course offerings permits those with particular ability in these areas to move forward at a pace that makes the best educational sense for them. As students progress, they are presented with increasing choices so that they may fashion a largely individualized program in their junior and senior years. The depth of our faculty’s strengths permits diverse elective offerings, with courses beyond the college entrance level in both the humanities and sciences. Before they graduate, students may research with recombinant DNA, study the calculus of vector functions, or take seminars in African American literature, the struggle for equal rights, or Quakers and non-violence. The Upper School curriculum is at once broad and deep, demanding and flexible, prescribed and freely chosen, and challenging and supportive. Above all, it creates excitement and enthusiasm for learning in both students and teachers alike. The academic energy in our hallways and classrooms is palpable.
English 9
Youth and Society Grade 12 Electives:
Grade 9
Study Skills Grade 9 Life Skills I Grade 9
Comparative World Cultures Grade 11 and 12 Electives: Grade 9 Quakerism Electives:
Algebra I
General Biology Grade 11 and 12 Electives: French I–V Arts Workshop: 2-Dimensional Electives:
Dance and Culture Physical Education Athletics: Student Activities—Literary Magazine, Building Committee, Dance Concert, Panther Press student newspaper, El Club Latino, Gay/Straight Alliance, Jazz Ensemble, Poetry Club, Model United Nations, Social Action Committee, Step Club, Student Judiciary Committee, Student Senate, Yearbook
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n
the Upper School, the curriculum
is designed to provide every student with a strong and broad foundation
in the arts, humanities, sciences, and ethics. Over four years,
the development of a wide range of skills is accompanied by flexibility
in planning and opportunities for choice, which encourage students
to reach as far as their strengths and talents will carry them.
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MORE INFORMATION :
See the
course list for Upper School: 
