Jr. 高中课程(6-8年级)
历史
The history curriculum is a broad sweep of history since 1500 and traces the major 的想法 of events that have shaped the modern world. This includes challenging topics like religion, slavery, war, and human oppression.
- The 六年级课程 covers the developments of the Western Civilizations, 以及非洲和亚洲文明.
- The 七年级课程 covers medieval and early modern world history. The students study the rise and fall of empires, 宗教和语言的传播, 以及重大的人口流动, 的想法, 和产品. The students grasp the larger picture of geographical, historical, 经济, and civil patterns.
- The 8年级 curriculum covers American history including political, 经济, 社会, 文化, 和军事. 学生们面对的主题是自由, 平等, and liberty and their changing definitions over time.
The curriculum in the grades is organized chronologically.
英语语言艺术
A focus on engaging and motivating early adolescents is critical for success. Students should become increasingly effective at expressing themselves and engaging in meaningful collaborations with fellow students, 老师, 家庭成员. Students evaluate cleaners in text and write and present their own arguments, with clear reason supported by text based information. Analysis includes not only what the site says explicitly but also what inferences can be drawn.
- English grammar and 作文 are developed.
- The classes introduced students to specific authors, 他们的文字, 以及历史和文化背景. 我们的目标是培养阅读技巧, 表演, 批判性思维, 作文, and written and oral interpretation of literature.
- The culminating assignment is the 8年级 speech providing the students time to reflect on the school’s mission and demonstrate their growth and learning in comparison to the intended mission.
Students should be able to demonstrate to quote or paraphrase, 识别来源, 进行短期研究项目, 包括图形.
六年级:
- Students analyze how a particular sentence, 段, chapter or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the 的想法.
- Students interpret figures of speech in context
7年级
- Students analyze the structure an author uses to organize text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the 的想法.
- Students interpret figures of speech in context.
8年级
- Students analyze in detail the structure of a specific 段 in a text,including the role particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept.
- Students interpret figures of speech in context.
宗教
The objectives to build awareness of personal relationship with Jesus and to make connections with the blessings. The curriculum is set to have the students understand our Catholic traditions, 价值观和使命, and what is expected of them as active Christians.
学生将学会理解:
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What We Believe: Knowledge of the Faith, Creed, Scripture
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我们如何庆祝:礼仪和圣事
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How We Live: Conscience and Christian Living
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我们如何祷告:基督徒的祷告
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How we live in the 社区: Catholic Church, Vocation
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How we as individuals and communities live in service to the World.
科学
科学 is an active curriculum of inquiry because we believe our students are best served in and learning: demonstrations, 实验室, projects are designed to generate discussion, 发现, 以及合作解决问题的能力.
六年级
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Systems and Subsystems in Earth and Life 科学,
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地球系统相互作用导致天气,
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区域的前因后果;
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Effects of Global Warming on Living Systems
7年级
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Organisms and Nonliving Things Are Made of Atoms
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Matter Cycles and Energy Flows through Organisms and Rocks Natural Processes and Human Activities Shape Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing World
8年级
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物体移动和碰撞
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非接触力影响现象
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Evolution Explains Life’s Unity and Diversity
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Sustaining Local and Global Biodiversity
数学
Many of our students are destined to be leaders in fields where analytical and problem 解决 skills are invaluable and offer specific applications. In grades six through eight, students move from arithmetic towards algebra.
六年级课程
- 早期表达式和方程
- Multi-digit division and calculations with decimals
- Students 注意比率表中的模式
七年级课程
- 比率和比例关系;
- 有理数算术
- 注意比率表中的模式
The 8年级 curriculum math classes emphasize the concept of operations, 代数表达式, 解决, and graphing linear equations and inequalities.
- Students can do calculations with positive and negative fractions and decimal numbers.
- Students 注意比率表中的模式
音乐
Essential to creative, 社会, spiritual and intellectual development is the study of music.
The students have music history, creative projects, and rehearse songs for liturgy. Junior high is an essential time for our students to be creative, 社会, spiritual and intellectual in the study of music. 学生即兴创作, 安排, 作曲, and demonstrate and perform with technical accuracy as they evaluate and refine their work through specific student and teacher determined criteria and choices
体育课
Students participate regularly in athletics and value physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle. The program provides a setting in which students can develop themselves both as team players and as individuals. The weekly lessons are geared around the developmental levels of the students. 学生参加有氧运动, 排球, 篮球, 执行动作模式, demonstrate mature techniques for the throwing, 捕捉, 踢球和运球技巧.