An elective course for juniors/seniors covering selected topics from Algebra 2, Statistics, and Pre-Calculus in the context of real-world financial applications and modeling. Applications will include automobile ownership, business modeling, employment, income taxes, stock market and investing. The course focus is on mathematics that is used in your everyday life and how understanding mathematics can help you make sound financial decisions.

An elective course for juniors/seniors teaches selected concepts from Algebra 2, Statistics, and Pre-Calculus in the context of real-world financial applications and modeling. Applications include banking services, retirement savings, compound interest, present and future value, credit cards, loans, and spreadsheets. The course focus is on mathematics that is used in your everyday life and how understanding mathematics can help you make sound financial decisions.

All Senior students will take either one year-long senior elective, or two semester-long senior electives.

AP Art History offers students the opportunity to discover anew the world in which they live. The course will cover the period of time beginning with the Paleolithic period and ending with Postmodernism. By examining works of art from diverse cultures and the relationships among these works, students develop an understanding of global artistic traditions. Students analyze works of art in their contexts, considering issues of patronage, gender, politics, religion, and ethnicity. The interpretation of the work of art is based upon its intended use, audience, and the role of the artist and the work of art in its particular society. Students will expand their knowledge of history, geography, politics, religion, languages, and literature, as they explore the story of people as told through the art they created.

All Senior students will take either one year-long senior elective, or two semester-long senior electives.

This course will address the historical, political, and economic factors that contribute to the formation of Latinos today. Through a counter-hegemonic curriculum, this class will provide a historical and political analysis of Latino people’s quest for self-determination and social justice. Areas of focus in the course include contemporary immigration patterns and policy, the Central American civil wars of the 80’s, Liberation Theology, the indigenous rights movement, United States interventionism, and the exploration of cultural expressions through art, literature, music and film.

All Senior students will take either one year-long senior elective, or two semester-long senior electives.

This course explores Latino American experiences from pre-Columbian civilizations up to the advent of the Chicano Movement. It is an interdisciplinary course that investigates the diversity of Latino culture as it is conditioned by the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, regional variations and power. Areas of focus in the course will include a study of the Aztec, Maya, Inca and Taino civilizations, European colonial period from 1500-1800’s, the independence movements of the 19th century and the Latino experience in the United States up to the 1960’s.

All Sophomores are required to take either AP Modern World History or Modern World History

In the fall semester, this course will explore global history thematically over the course of the Long Nineteenth Century (from approximately 1750 to 1918). Students will analyze the historical development of Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe, comparing civilizations and societies and examining the processes and reasons for change. Students will be exposed to various types of primary documents and concentrate on crafting strong interpretive essays. In the spring semester, this course will extend the thematic exploration of global history from early 20th Century to the events of the post-Cold War world and continue the work with primary documents and essay writing.