Academics
NHS offers numerous AP-level courses and language studies in French, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, and Latin. Electives are offered in band, orchestra, chorus, theater, art, business, sciences, history, and technology.
Major department areas:
- English
- Fine and Applied Arts
- Mathematics
- Music
- Science
- Social Studies
- World Languages
Newtown High School also operates an alternative learning program called TAP (The Afternoon Program) that operates from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Thursdays. Students who attend this program work at a paying job or perform community service for credits.
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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)