The Avalon School 上学校: Grades 9-12

高中 years at The Avalon School are dem和ing: young men write to express their reasoning 而 challenging the boundaries of their world with an immersion in Shakespeare 和 the great novels of western civilization. Calculus 和 language study are pursued with an eye to college readiness 和 each student is coached in the planning 和 perseverance necessary to successfully navigate an increasingly sophisticated course of studies.

"You hold power with balance, with wisdom of mind… And you shall bring peace to your people for a long time to come, a source of strength to the heroes."
--King Hrothgar to 贝奥武夫 from the Old English epic 贝奥武夫

课程

宗教
We have adopted Midwest Theological Forum's 十二使徒遗训系列 for the 上学校宗教 curriculum. The goal is to give the boys an intellectual vision of the world as made by God 和 kept in 由他而存在, 和 the central importance of the redemption by Jesus Christ on the cross 和 its renewal in an unbloody manner in the sacrifice of the Mass.课程: 神圣的经文, 教堂历史, Sacraments 和 Moral Theology, Apologetics, the Blessed Trinity

文本: 伊格内修斯圣经 (RSV), Underst和ing the Scriptures, 十二使徒遗训系列, Midwest Theological Forum; The 历史 of the 教堂, 十二使徒遗训系列, Midwest Theological Forum; A Moral Life in Christ, 十二使徒遗训系列, Midwest Theological Forum; 圣礼, 十二使徒遗训系列, Midwest Theological Forum; The Blessed Trinity, 十二使徒遗训系列, Midwest Theological Forum

数学
The Avalon School has adopted the Saxon 数学 series for our math program. The classes consist of short lectures followed by students working on sample problems. The books are rigorous 和 there is little "fluff." The learning is incremental with continual review. There is frequent cumulative testing. There is also an emphasis on correcting mistakes, a key area where much learning can take place. The classes will be supplemented with math puzzles, mental math, 和 topics from the history of math. Saxon books are especially suited for students to advance above grade level 和 we will do our best to accommodate such cases.

The Avalon School offers a regular 和 honors track for mathematics in upper school.
常规的荣誉
9年级 Algebra I Algebra II
10年级 Algebra II Geometry
11年级 Geometry Pre-Calculus
12年级 Pre-Calculus Calculus AB/BC

历史
For students in the upper grades, the reading of biographies of historical figures 和 stories about the great events in history with an emphasis on Western culture will help foster a humble respect for the human heritage 和 its achievements.

课程: Medieval/Early Modern 历史, 美国历史上, 美国历史(美联社), 历史 of the 20th Century, European 历史 (AP)

语言
The study of a foreign language gives the student the ability to look at his own language with new eyes 和 a better underst和ing of grammar. Avalon offers courses in 西班牙语, 意大利, 和拉丁.
拉丁 is a language of structure. Mastering the intricacies of its structure develops mental habits of precision, 纪律, 内存, 和 efficiency that manifest themselves in other fields from algebra to writing. 拉丁 also links us to the past. The ultimate goal is to read the great works of Rome in their original language leading a student out of being a child of his age.

课程: 拉丁西班牙语意大利
9年级: I or II I or II
10年级: II or III II or III
11年级: III or IV* III I
12年级: IV or V* III or IV (AP) I

*拉丁 V (AP) studies Horace 和 IV (AP) studies 维吉尔

科学
科学 is a h和s-on subject. 在高中, Avalon students are required to take both Biology 和 Chemistry I in order to graduate. In the 11th 和 12th grades, students can choose among three classes: Biology AP, 物理概念, 和 Anatomy 和 Physiology.

诗歌
阅读, memorization 和 recitation of great poetry is an essential part of the Avalon curriculum 和 experience 和 comprises a part of the English literature course offerings. Each grade memorizes 和 recites a number of poems throughout the year. 除了, the competitive recitation of poetry by House representatives is a staple of festival day celebrations.

文学
Professor John Senior wrote, "Western tradition, taking all that was best of the Greco-Roman world into itself has given us the thous和 good books as a preparation for the great ones 和 for all studies in the arts 和 sciences, without which such studies are inhumane."

文本包括:

9年级
《im体育运动平台》, 维吉尔
贝奥武夫
Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. 刘易斯
《IM体育官网》 玛丽雪莱
亨利五世, William Shakespeare
A Man for All Seasons, 罗伯特·博尔特
The Strange Case of Dr. 杰基尔和先生. 海德, Robert Louis Stevenson

10年级
《IM体育官网》, 荷马
《IM体育官网》， F. 斯科特•菲茨杰拉德
Death of a Salesman, 阿瑟·米勒
《IM体育官网》, William Shakespeare

11年级
《IM体育官网》, 荷马
神曲， 但丁
A Tale of Two Cities, 查尔斯·狄更斯
《IM体育官网》 William Shakespeare

12年级
《im体育运动平台》, 维吉尔
Crime 和 Punishment, 陀思妥耶夫斯基
The Ballad of the White Horse, G. K. 切斯特顿
哈姆雷特, William Shakespeare
Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare