high school curriculum

It's not just the path you choose, it's when you make that choice.

It's not just the path you choose, it's when you make that choice.

When I meet with a 9th or 10th grader, it’s not hard to predict their course sequence through high school. While I can’t predict which elective classes they might take, it’s not hard to guess if they are on track to take AP or Honors classes. We can easily figure out how far along the math and foreign language sequence the student will get and you can give a good guess at where their SAT scores will fall. So, Selingo is right: Course selection as early as middle school can predict course selection in high school and, ultimately, class rank.

Why the IB Works for the LD Student

As schools imagine how to meet the needs of a diverse set of learners—those with the capacity to be successful in college and beyond given their individual abilities, creativity, and passion for learning—IB serves as a connection between disciplines and stresses a holistic approach to education. At its core, the IB strives toward strong critical thinking skills, leading to greater mastery of material rather than content-driven teaching. The mantra, supported by intersection of the IB and ASP at schools like New Hampton, is “skills are durable, content is fleeting.”