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
