Info Guide2012-13 - St. Scholastica Academy

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JOURNALISM - Sophomores / Juniors / Seniors – Elective - 1 term This course will enable students to write with greater competency and efficiency as well as critically evaluate the media. Course highlights include a survey of the rise of the American media, a study of the freedoms afforded by the First Amendment, and profiles of the vast career opportunities within the communications industry. Students are required to remain abreast of and critically analyze current news coverage to develop an appreciation for the power of the media in shaping society and even history. UTOPIAN FICTION - Sophomores / Juniors / Seniors - Elective - 1 term This course focuses on various pieces of literature Like Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World, in order to explore contemporary, controversial issues of morality, governmental control, technology, the sanctity of human life, freedom, and scientific discovery. Authors of utopian texts highlight specific cultural problems experienced in the time of their writing, critiquing and proposing solutions to the cultural dilemmas. Unlike history, which sifts through the remnants of the past in order to explain the present, utopian and dystopian texts try to explain our present circumstances through visions of a future or other world. Students will engage in writing analytically and critically with research to support their positions about this literature. This course will allow students to consider both the despair and the hope that writers feel about humanity, while also offering a chance to discuss and write about important and sometimes controversial issues. As a class, students will discuss, research, write, debate and actively delve into the implications and ramifications of the cultural issues addressed in each literary work. WOMEN IN HISTORY - Sophomores / Juniors / Seniors - Elective - 1 term Women in History is a survey of women’s historical experiences and contributions to history in the fields of literature, art, economics, politics, science, philosophy, etc. We will examine the contributions of women from hunter/gatherer societies to the present and focus on the history of women through a comparative lens, meaning we will not only investigate Western women, but will also study women of other cultures (Asia, Africa, Middle East, Austriala). The goal of this course is to make the young women of SSA more aware of their history, achievements, and challenges. READING AT ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY In addition to the major works and excerpts read in the courses, students are required to read other major works during the summer. Most students at the Academy will have read all or most of the following major works either in courses or as summer reading. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Almost Innocent Antigone The Apology of Socrates The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman The Awakening Brave New World Catcher in the Rye The Chosen Cold Sassy Tree Death of a Salesman Frankenstein The Glass Menagerie The Great Gatsby Grendel Hamlet The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Heart of Darkness The Hiding Place Holes Idylls of the King I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The Iliad Jane Eyre The Joy Luck Club Little Women Lord of the Flies Macbeth Madame Bovary Maggie: Girl of the Streets A Midsummer Night’s Dream Models for Writers Mythology Naked Ape The Odyssey Oedipus Of Mice and Men Oliver Twist Ordinary People Poetics Portrait of the Artist Pride and Prejudice Rebecca Romeo and Juliet Salinger: Nine Stories The Scarlet Letter The Secret Life of Bees A Separate Peace Siddhartha Things Fall Apart To Kill a Mockingbird A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Uncle Tom’s Cabin Wuthering Heights ... and others. St. Scholastica Academy -23- Information Guide
MATHEMATICS The philosophy of the Mathematics department reflects that of the St. Scholastica community and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM); the department is committed to meeting the needs of each individual student and challenging her to reach her highest potential in mathematics. There is also a commitment to create an environment where students learn to value mathematics, communicate mathematically, engage in effective problem-solving and critical thinking, work in cooperative groups and become effective users of technology. The department strives to include activities which will appeal to a variety of learning styles. Confidence in mathematics is a frequent result and math anxiety is lessened. The students at SSA take math every year and every senior (with rare exception) takes a math course at the advanced math level or above. Graphing calculators (TI-84) and computers are also employed in the math classroom to assist in problem-solving and conceptual understanding. In each course students prepare for the math section of national standardized tests, particularly ACT and SAT. ALGEBRA I PART I AND PART II - Eighth Graders - 2 terms This course is intended for students who have previously struggled in their math classes. They are given the opportunity to strengthen the foundational skills they will need in future math courses such as, operations on fractions and decimals, ratios and proportions, and percents. Then they will study those concepts typically taught in Algebra I including algebraic expressions, linear equations, inequalities, systems of equations, rational numbers, graphs of linear equations, polynomials and factoring. Students will also have the opportunity to develop logical thinking skills and the ability to solve real world problems. ALGEBRA I - Freshmen / Accelerated Eighth Graders - 1 term Algebra I prepares students with the fundamental algebraic concepts needed for future math courses. It provides the students the opportunity to develop logical thinking skills and the ability to solve problems based on real world situations. This course includes the study of algebraic expressions, linear equations, inequalities, systems of equations, rational numbers, graphing linear equations, polynomials and factoring. GEOMETRY - Sophomores / Accelerated Freshmen - 1 term Geometry affords students the opportunity to understand and master the fundamental concepts of Euclidean Geometry. Students will see Geometry not as a course in proof but as a representation of the real world. The beginning of the course will review coordinate geometry, including points, planes, lines and angles. The properties, postulates, theorems and corollaries associated with circles, triangles, quadrilaterals and other polygons will be covered. The concepts of parallel and perpendicular lines, similarity and congruence will be investigated in detail. Various types of reasoning and some proofs will be explored. ALGEBRA II - Juniors / Accelerated Sophomores - 1 term Algebra II strengthens the students’ understanding and mastery of the fundamental skills begun in Algebra I. It emphasizes the shift from the ability to manipulate numbers to a higher form of conceptual understanding and problem-solving. It offers further practice in topics such as solving and graphing linear equations and finding equations of lines. New topics include complex numbers, quadratic equations, factoring, polynomials, radical expressions and systems of equations. St. Scholastica Academy -24- Information Guide
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