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High School


Advanced Writing Program


Objective :
Through the study of prominent literature, the students will continue to develop their language and reading skills.  

The Advanced Writing Program will accept students in 6th and up.  The students will read short stories and poetry.  All activities will encourage the students to be engaged with the materials as they read.  For instance, the students will maintain a reader response journal where they will select important passages from the reading and write a personal response.  They will learn new vocabulary and respond to the reading through interpretation and summary writing.  In the final projects, students will be required to discuss theme, symbolism, and central characters.

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Keys To... Algebra

The Keys to Success Algebra class will accept students in grades 6 and up.  The class will cover a broad range of topics in Algebra including integers, equations, polynomials, rational numbers, and quadratic equations.  Books 1 ~ 4 introduce algebra using only integers.  Books 5-7 introduce rational numbers and expressions.  Books 8-10 extend coverage to the real number system.  The class will be self-paced and tests will be administered after each section.  The instructor will offer any supplemental work on an individual basis.

PSAT

Objective: Expose junior high students to the SAT exam that must be taken for complete College and University admission.

The Junior Pre-SAT Class will accept students in grades 9 and up.  More than half of the verbal PSAT is a vocabulary test.  For this reason, this class will focus on the verbal components and vocabulary building. 

Students will:

  • learn SAT vocabulary, including the 291 most frequently used words on the SAT
  • take a weekly vocabulary test
  • complete sample SAT analogies and sentence completion questions
  • study the Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes
  • learn basic test taking strategies

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Enrollment is limited.