{"id":8156,"date":"2023-11-13T17:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=8156"},"modified":"2023-12-30T23:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:53:37","slug":"high-school-academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/high-school-academics\/","title":{"rendered":"High School: Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8156\" class=\"elementor elementor-8156\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-746618b6 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"746618b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e46860b\" data-id=\"2e46860b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74131fab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74131fab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">High School: Academics<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-376e501c\" data-id=\"376e501c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2de9e3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2de9e3d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e5e6913\" data-id=\"7e5e6913\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-803e4ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"803e4ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Four Year Curriculum<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0108a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0108a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fouryearcurriculum-865x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8903\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fouryearcurriculum-865x1024.jpeg 865w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fouryearcurriculum-253x300.jpeg 253w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fouryearcurriculum-768x909.jpeg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fouryearcurriculum-1298x1536.jpeg 1298w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fouryearcurriculum.jpeg 1570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f120f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f120f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Academic Philosophy<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a3496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e4a3496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" 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<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students cultivate the skills of reading, writing and rhetoric over the course of a four-year core curriculum that spans from literature to expository writing, from historical fiction to contemporary journalism. They develop an ear for tone and nuance, while they gain an understanding of how grammar and literary techniques inform understanding and evoke diverse responses among readers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59cdd22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59cdd22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc9daac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc9daac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History provides students the opportunity to gain perspective on the present by understanding the past. Students engage in the work of a historian as they analyze primary documents, share perspectives, and craft arguments. They learn to interrogate history, with the recognition that the existing structure of the world is not the product of fate, but of human choice and some degree of chance. Our core curriculum covers World History and American History\/Civics and encompasses historiography: how history is recorded; philosophy: the history of ideas; and cultural history: the history of ideas through artistic expression. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d30332 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d30332\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">World Languages<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2977cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2977cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our world languages curriculum, comprised of Spanish, Mandarin and Hindi, takes a conversation-first approach. Teachers use improvisational theater techniques to empower students to communicate with a limited vocabulary in skits of their own devising. This approach is grounded in research and enables students to get comfortable speaking in a foreign language. By beginning with conversation, eventual grammar lessons are rooted in a context that facilitates grammatical and linguistic understanding.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae6435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cae6435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Math<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fe9d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1fe9d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tessellations math program meets students where they are, matching their curiosity and passion with the cognitive challenge they seek. Math placement is based on ability-level rather than grade-level, and our math levels extend into college math to ensure that challenging math courses are available to students for the full four years. We support students as they express themselves as mathematicians through competitions and providing time and space for students to interact with mathematical content in real world scenarios and experiential circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d42d014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d42d014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Science<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7500833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7500833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe science education should not require students to memorize an endless list of facts, but rather to prepare students with knowledge and skills they need to engage in their own learning. Our core science curriculum in 9th and 10th grade is based on the Next Generation Science Standards and follows a physics-first approach. Students learn about the physical and chemical principles that underlie the systems and processes of the natural world and then, in 11th and 12th grade, they choose from science electives to do a deeper exploration of topics of interest.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e24bb7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e24bb7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Electives<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1981866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1981866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">9th\/10th graders choose one elective per semester; 11th\/12th graders choose additional electives depending on their completion of graduation requirements.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">In addition to academic electives for each of the five disciplines above, Tessellations also offers visual &amp; performing arts electives as well as other popular programs:&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-93be2d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93be2d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a2151d\" data-id=\"5a2151d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff454b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff454b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Visual Arts<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Drama<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Improv<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Musical Theater<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Music Ensemble &amp; Theory<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Photojournalism<\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\">Screenwriting<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c99c35\" data-id=\"2c99c35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d990da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d990da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Speech &amp; Debate<\/li><li>Mock Trial<\/li><li>Politics and Civic Action<\/li><li>Economics<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High School: Academics Four Year Curriculum Academic Philosophy English The English language is an artform with practical applications. 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