Curriculum
Robert Baldwin, a former Head of School, described the duty of College Prep teachers to maintain an "authentic presence in the classroom", that promotes openness between teachers and students. A College Prep English teacher, when asked in an interview for the book "Conversations With Great Teachers", described Baldwin as seeking teachers who "give off an aura of someone who is in the right place", by nourishing interest in students. For that reason, the curriculum at College Prep is created with "creativity", "independent thought", and "ethical sensitivity" as its primary goals. Students are not distinguished between enrollment in "honors" and standard courses, as all classes are taught at the "honors" level, and are designated as such by the University of California. Students’ grade point averages are calculated on an unweighted 4.0 scale. Students are required to take three years of core curricular classes and an extra year of English.
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