Curriculum
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a college-preparatory school that educates students in the Dominican tradition. Classes are taught by teachers in a seven-period rotating format, allowing students to complete graduation requirements and sample a wide variety of electives. For the 2012-13 year, 82 University of California-approved college-preparatory courses and 27 Advanced Placement and Honors courses are offered. A typical course load includes English, a foreign language, math, religion, social studies, science and an elective. The latter can include courses such as journalism, creative writing, American politics in film, art history, robotics and forensic science, as well as multiple options in the arts (see below). French, Spanish and Latin are the foreign languages offered at FSHA.
Several subject areas are explored further through clubs and co-curricular activities, such as Latin Club, CAM (Christian Action Movement), French Club, Theatre Club, La Vanguardia, Amnesty International, Science and Environment Club, Book Club, Ambassadors, Art Club, Math Club, Varsity Club and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions).
Recent graduates have matriculated to colleges such as Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Barnard, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Johns Hopkins, Claremont McKenna, Southern Methodist University, NYU, Boston University, Sarah Lawrence, College of William & Mary, Santa Clara University, Villanova, Purdue, Parsons School for Design, University of Washington and Loyola Marymount University.
Read more about this topic: Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
Famous quotes containing the word curriculum:
“If we focus exclusively on teaching our children to read, write, spell, and count in their first years of life, we turn our homes into extensions of school and turn bringing up a child into an exercise in curriculum development. We should be parents first and teachers of academic skills second.”
—Neil Kurshan (20th century)