This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Theory of Knowledge. This course challenges students to reflect critically on diverse ways of knowing and areas of knowledge, and to consider the role which knowledge plays in the global society. This course is meant to encourage students to become aware of themselves as…

This course is a continuation of IB English III and will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) requirements for Group 1 Language A HL. Students will continue to improve their proficiency in literary analysis and oral and written communication. This course will fulfill the Texas graduation requirements for English IV.

This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Group 1 Language A. The English Language and Literature course aims to develop students’ appreciation and use of the English language through the study of literature, as well as non-fiction texts. Students develop their reading, writing, and speaking abilities in a variety of contexts,…

This course is a continuation of IB English III and will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) requirements for Group 1 Language A HL. Students will continue to improve their proficiency in literary analysis and oral and written communication. This course will fulfill the Texas graduation requirements for English IV.

This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Group 1 Language A. This rigorous pre-university program will draw from the literary heritage of English in addition to offering the international perspective of world literature. Students will read works selected from IB recommended reading lists and will demonstrate oral and written competencies based…

The United States Academic Decathlon® is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 Honor students (3.80 – 4.00 GPA), 3 Scholastic students (3.20 – 3.799 GPA), and 3 Varsity students (0.00 – 3.199 GPA). The theme of study changes each year.

This writing course is designed especially to challenge the imagination and creativity of the student by encouraging spontaneity of expression by increasing awareness of the power of language, and by refining the individual original characteristics of language style in such literary types as short stories, poetry and nonfiction writing.

This course is designed to increase the student’s ability to use English effectively in practical situations. It emphasizes sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, and different forms of oral and written communication needed to function in the business world. The reading assignments are directed toward the need for clear communication.

This course offers an opportunity to read and explore several literary works by and/or about women. The poems, stories, essays, and novels covered in this course provide valuable insights into the changing role of women in literature and offer a sharply focused perspective on what it means to be a contemporary woman.

This course explores the creative ideas that have shaped our culture from the Ancient Greek Pre- Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to the twentieth-century existentialists. With the core consisting of Western ideas, time will also be devoted to exploring our parallels with Asian and Middle Eastern philosophies. The student’s thinking skills will be sharpened through lecture…