Academics
- 100% of graduates go to 4-year colleges.
- Seven AP courses: Art, Biology, Calculus, English, French, Spanish, and U.S. History.
- Many Honors courses in all disciplines.
- Foreign languages: French, Latin and Spanish. (3 credits of one language are required for graduation).
- Students complete one hundred hours (25 hours per year) of service outside of school to fulfill graduation requirements.
- Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: HSPT (High School Placement Test).
- Seniors complete a Social Justice Project each year which is a capstone project, spanning every academic discipline, where they advocate for a social injustice and present to the student body in the annual Social Justice Fair.
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Famous quotes containing the word academics:
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)