School of Rhetoric
The course of study is to serve as a guide for what a student may take during 4 years of high school at Wilson Hill Academy. Please see the Graduation Requirements for a list of required courses. Honors level courses are indicated with (h) and Advanced Placement® with AP®. Note also that there are two “tracks” in Math and Science, determined primarily by whether the student has completed Algebra 1 before the 9th grade.
| Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 | |
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| History | The Great Conversation 3 | The Great Conversation 4 or 5 (h) |
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The Great Conversation 6 (h) and/or elective |
| The Great Conversation 1+4 (This class is intended for new 9th & 10th grade students with no prior experience with the series.) |
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| Electives: | A Closer Look at US History series (h): War for American Independence, Foundations of US Government | |||
| Literature | The Great Conversation (appropriate level) plus one or more optional electives | |||
| Electives: | ||||
| Writing | Fundamentals of Academic Writing | Logic 2 | Rhetoric 1 (h) | Rhetoric 2 with Senior Thesis (h) |
| Math | Geometry | Algebra 2 | Pre-Calculus/ Trigonometry (h) | AP Calculus AB |
| Algebra 1 | Geometry | Algebra 2 | AP Statistics | |
| Science | Physics 1 (Honors) | Chemistry (Pre-AP/Honors) | AP Chemistry
and/or |
Physics 2 (Honors)
and/or and/or |
| Physics 1 | Chemistry | Biology (Honors) | ||
| Language | Latin Readings (h)
Next level in Latin sequence |
AP Latin
Spanish 1 |
Spanish 2 | Spanish 3 |
| Theology | The Bible (Integrated in The Great Conversation series) | |||
| Apologetics (Get to Know Fyodor Dostoevsky) | ||||
| Electives | Fine Arts, Music, Drama, etc.
Any of the literature (Get to Know series) or history (A Closer Look series) electives mentioned above AP Computer Science Principles (prerequisite: Algebra 1) |
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*Logic 1 may be taken in the 8th grade, but we have found that students often benefit from waiting until 9th grade for this course.
January 21, 2017
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