AP Literature and 作文 is an intensive course designed to introduce students to college-level analysis, 讨论, and comprehension of writing from a broad range of literature, 戏剧, 和诗歌. The course challenges and develops the student’s ability to think critically, 综合文献, 有效地写作. Although this course explores a number of works from different genres, 身份的概念——我们如何理解它, 创建它, 质疑它, 破坏它, 生活没有它-连接他们所有. 随着学生深入研究这些话题, many others will emerge and aid us in forming a language and approach to literature.

艺术史, 学生探索艺术的本质:它的用途, 它的意思, 以及人们对此的反应. This course’s inquiry revolves around investigating art as reflection and as engine of culture and society from prehistory to the present. From diverse global perspectives and through a cross-disciplinary approach to the analysis, 解读艺术作品和艺术运动, this course emphasizes the interconnectedness of art-making to societal and political shifts throughout history. Students will learn and discuss the fundamental issues and theories surrounding art production, distribution and reception and will develop an understanding of artwork in these contexts, 其中包括性别等问题, 政治, 宗教, 种族和赞助. This course offers students the opportunity to acquire an in-depth understanding of the history of art through readings, 研究, 幻灯片, 视频, 参观博物馆. Writing skills will be important in the description, analysis, and comparison of these works. 当作为AP课程时, preparation for the AP艺术史 Exam will also be incorporated into the curriculum.

AP欧洲历史 covers the run of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is divided into four quarters, each quarter consisting of at least four thematic units. Each unit is followed by an exam involving ten or more short answer responses and one essay. In each quarter students write one paper on any of the units covered in class. 作为他们研究的基础, students form a thesis about a principal historical event that seems preeminent throughout the quarter, for example: The Reformation for the first quarter; The French Revolution for the second quarter; the effects of industrialism or imperialism on European social and political relations for the third quarter; and the impact of World War I for the final quarter.

This advanced section of French is created to help the students get familiar with the actual AP exam format. Time in class is dedicated to introduction and practice of all the individual French AP exam tasks and additional work is assigned as homework. While being enrolled in 法国第四/ AP French/Independent Study, students must be enrolled concurrently in 法国第四: Honors Language and 文化 or must have taken 法国第四: Honors Language and 文化 as prerequisite prior to being enrolled in the AP section.

This advanced section of Spanish is created to help the students get familiar with the actual AP exam format. Time in class is dedicated to introduction and practice of all the individual Spanish AP exam tasks and additional work is assigned as homework. While being enrolled in 西班牙第四/ AP Spanish/Independent Study, students must be enrolled concurrently in 西班牙第四: Honors Language and 文化 or must have taken 西班牙第四: Honors Language and 文化 as prerequisite prior to being enrolled in the AP section.

AP微积分AB focuses on understanding mathematical concepts using graphical, 数值, 分析方法. Students will be expected to communicate their understanding 数值ly as well as through the use of graphs and written explanations. Extensive use will be made of the 图形 calculator, and students will take the AP exam at the end of the year for potential college credit.

AP微积分BC is taken after successful completion of AP微积分AB. The BC exam covers the first two semesters of college calculus. Material from the first semester of college calculus (the AB curriculum) is reviewed at the beginning of the year and is followed by the new material. Additional topics beyond the AP curriculum are often covered, 比如线性代数, 分形, 和/或基本编程. This course is often taught as an independent study.

据美联社统计 covers the same material in a typical college-level introduction to statistics course. This class can be split into four unequal parts: analysis of patterns in data and display of data, collection of valid data through well-developed plans, usage of probability to anticipate data distribution (there is order in the universe!), and employment of statistical inference (how confident we are about a particular hypothesis). Students will take the AP exam in May for potential college credit.

AP计算机科学原理 introduces students to the techniques and methods of computer programming as well as to the history and theory of computer science. This class will be taught using the Java language, and students may receive college credit by performing well on the cumulative AP计算机科学原理 test. Students participating in this class have the opportunity to perform many in-class programming activities and labs, as well as to work on larger thematic projects that may include writing a text-based video game, writing scientific programs drawing knowledge learned in previous science classes, 等.

荣誉代数I builds upon the knowledge students have gained in previous classes and lays the foundations for rigorous mathematical studies. Topics are covered at an advanced pace and include but are not limited to: the Real Number System, 绝对值, 方程与不等式, 图形, 线性和二次函数, 方程组, 指数, 多项式, 激进分子, 理性表达式.

荣誉代数2 continues the rigorous study of algebra at an advanced pace with a focus on the analysis of functions, 包括多项式, 理性的, 指数, 和对数函数. Emphasis is made on solving, 图形, transforming, and modeling these functions.

荣誉几何 is designed to meet the needs of students who are capable of studying geometry in greater depth and at a faster pace. 本课程的重点是平面和立体几何. Students will develop deductive reasoning skills to solve problems and write complex proofs, will learn a logical approach to problem solving, and will improve their ability to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas. 探讨的主题包括:基本定义, 行, 角, 三角形, 四边形, 圈, 多边形, 固体, 同余, 相似, 比例, 三角函数, 分形, 三维坐标, 转换, 周长的公式, area, 表面积, 和体积.

World Religions seeks to introduce students to some of the primary foundational elements of Judaism, 基督教, 伊斯兰教, 印度教, 佛教, 道教, 和耆那教. 为此目的, students will approach work with five aims: 1) to become familiar with a broad outline of each tradition’s historical circumstances; 2) to explore a portion of each tradition’s sacred texts; 3) to understand the roots and “core” of each 宗教 so as to better identify corruptions within the tradition; 4) to engage the way in which each tradition defines the word “community” as a means of exploring its approach to 道德; and 5) to understand the way that the tradition expresses its faith tenets through the arts.

This course introduces philosophy’s fundamental questions and varied thinkers’ approaches to these inquiries through primary texts, 第二手来源, 和讨论. Rather than providing a full survey of philosophy in all its forms, this course is designed to introduce philosophical thinking in general. A thematic – rather than historic – approach will be taken to explore some of philosophy’s fundamental questions: Is knowledge possible? 这是什么世界?? 自由意志存在吗?? 上帝存在吗?? 如果是这样，为什么会有邪恶呢? 我们能做出合理的道德决定吗? 为了解决这些问题, the primary branches of philosophy – epistemology, 本体, 形而上学, 道德, and aesthetics – will be examined through classical writings and contemporary application.

法国第四, 一门几乎完全用法语授课的课程, is designed as an advanced level course in which students continue to cultivate their speaking and writing skills, as well as to expand their proficiency in listening and reading comprehension. The emphasis in 法国第四 is on encouraging and enabling each student to function independently 在法国. 在学习法语的过程中, students will be exposed to a variety of French texts in original French press (in print and on line), 法语广播播客, 法语原版视频片段, 和讲法语的cinsamma. 学生也将参与, 在法国, 在日常课堂讨论和辩论, and will complete compositions 在法国 as part of their grade. The 法国第四 curriculum includes a review of all main grammar points. The choice of a college-level textbook supports the transition toward college level instruction.

西班牙第四, a course conducted almost exclusively 用西班牙语, is designed as an advanced course in which students continue to cultivate their speaking and writing skills, as well as to expand their proficiency in listening and reading comprehension. The emphasis in 西班牙第四 is on encouraging and enabling each student to function independently 用西班牙语. 在学习西班牙语的过程中, students will be exposed to a variety of original Spanish texts in original Spanish press (in print and on line), 西班牙语广播播客, 原创视频片段, 和西班牙电影. 学生也将参与, 用西班牙语, 在日常课堂讨论和辩论, and will complete compositions 用西班牙语 as part of their grade. 西班牙第四 curriculum includes a review of all main grammar points. The choice of a college-level textbook supports the transition toward college level instruction. Students will also engage in a 系列 of projects throughout the school year.

荣誉的微积分 continues the rigorous study of algebraic topics at an advanced pace in preparation for calculus. First semester will focus on 三角函数 while Semester Two will include the study of polar graphs, 向量, 圆锥部分, 序列, 系列, 和概率. Students successfully completing the class should be ready for AP微积分AB.