Sequence of Study
Sequence of Studies
The Academy operates on a 16 week semester system. Most courses are yearlong, one-credit classes, though some are completed in one semester with an equivalent number of classroom hours. Because Humanities includes both English and History, students earn two credits. Half-credit courses meet for the full amount of weekly classroom hours but for only one semester. Students earn a minimum of 5 credits per year.
The following examples represent typical course enrollments for each grade, by year.
7th Grade
English
Mathematics
Climate Connections
Foreign Language Survey
Art
Music
8th Grade
English
Algebra I
Health & the Human Body
Civics
French or Spanish
Art
Music
9th Grade
Humanities 9 (Ancient History and Literature)
Geometry
Biology
Latin I
Foreign language
Foundations in Art
10th Grade
Humanities 10 (World History and British Literature)
Algebra II & Trigonometry
Chemistry
Foreign language
Elective courses
11th Grade
Humanities 11 (U.S. History and American Literature)
Pre-calculus or Statistics
Physics
Foreign language
Elective courses
12th Grade
Humanities Seminar 12 (Literature, Religion and Philosophy)
Calculus or Statistics
Advanced Physics
Senior Independent Project
Elective courses
Senior Seminar (Literature, Religion and Philosophy)
Mathematics through Algebra II & Trigonometry
A fourth year of Mathematics or Science
Four years of a modern foreign language
Latin I
Foundations in Art
Senior Independent Project
