英语
The Upper School 英语 curriculum develops students’ verbal skills: speaking, reading, and writing. Courses each year encompass studies of literature, vocabulary, and composition. Grammar is explicitly taught in the grade 8 curriculum; in grades 9-12, grammar mini-lessons are incorporated as needed to address mistakes noted in student writing. 所有课程都要求学生进行独立阅读，这样学生就能养成阅读的习惯，增加阅读冗长文本的耐力. 独立阅读评估是多样化的，全年持续进行，包括师生会议, 作文, 书介绍, 创造性的图书项目. 高中的词汇教学是基于语境的, allowing for vocabulary development to grow organically from classroom reading. Vocabulary words are selected by teachers and students, studied in context, and practiced in writing. 除了独立阅读, Upper School students also study a variety of fiction and nonfiction anchor texts as a whole-class community. Visual art and popular culture media are also analyzed as texts in the Upper School, 学生学习如何将文学分析策略应用于各种文化产品，以产生原创和复杂的论文. 普通课程和荣誉课程在哪里提供, Honors classes are distinguished from Regular classes through weighted grading, 更复杂的阅读和写作作业, 以及更高级的课堂讨论. 理解书面表达和正式考试不是学生展示英语语言艺术熟练程度的唯一方式, students are also provided many opportunities to perform and to 创建.
Upper School 英语 students are expected to be informed and discriminating consumers of print and electronic media; to this end, students learn to differentiate between objective and subjective points of view, 有效和无效的来源, 以及毫无根据和有充分证据的说法. 修完四门必修学分, students are expected to demonstrate mastery of academic discourse, 研究技能, and the documentation/style system of the Modern Language Association. 学生们通过研究论文来展示这种精通, but also through oral reporting projects and media projects that promote speaking skills.
写作指导在高中课程中架起脚手架，以便八年级的学生练习学术写作的基础知识, 包括论文开发, 文字证据的纳入, 并采用学术出版风格, 即MLA(现代语言协会). 在九年级, 学生完全沉浸在学术话语中，并将他们的分析技能应用于书面和视觉文本，以展示他们对基于文本的论证的掌握. 在十年级, 学生有更多的机会进行创造性写作, although they continue to practice academic writing throughout the year. 在11年级, 写作重点转向修辞(有说服力的演讲), and in grade 12 student writing assignments are aimed at developing a strong writing voice. 在所有的课程中，我们都采用了工作坊的写作方法，这样学生就可以在课堂上从头脑风暴到出版的写作过程的每个阶段得到支持.
