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Grade 9 · Discover
World Studies
Students establish the habits of historical inquiry while exploring civilizations, belief systems, global connections, and the forces that shaped the human experience.
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OUR FOUR-YEAR PATHWAY
Every year builds
toward independence.
Students progress through a deliberately connected program in which knowledge deepens, academic demands grow, and meaningful choices expand.
02 THE LEARNING JOURNEY
Challenge grows.
Support never disappears.
Across all four years, students return to six essential competencies: purpose, questioning, source analysis, reasoning, communication, and independence.
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Grade 10 · Investigate
United States History
Students examine the unfinished American story through primary sources, multiple perspectives, structured argument, and connections between past and present.
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Grade 11 · Participate
Civics
Students study power, institutions, rights, public policy, and civic action while developing the knowledge needed to participate thoughtfully in democracy.
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Grade 12 · Advance
Advanced & Elective Studies
Students pursue AP U.S. History and focused electives that deepen content knowledge, strengthen independence, and prepare them to meet expectations at the college level.
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