English

The English Department focuses on both the development of writing skills and literacy exploration. The writing and research course work aims to develop expository and expressive writing skills with multiple opportunities to practice them. Students also read selected works of world and contemporary literature, learn the language of analysis, and apply it to writing and discussion. Students also have the opportunity to combine information literacy with technology by practicing research skills in a variety of contexts. The literacy-based course offerings, more traditional in the ninth and tenth grades, become more creative in scope for senior electives. Literacy analysis, oral presentations, class discussion, grammar review, vocabulary study, and formal research, utilizing both electronic and print sources, cultivate skills necessary for academic success.