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Our innovative and advanced academic program—with AP-level and post-AP, university-level courses—prepares students for success at top colleges and universities around the world.

Upper School Courses


English
  • Honors English Literature
  • Honors English Non-Fiction
  • Honors English 11
  • Honors English 12

History
  • Exploration & Colonial America (0.5 credit)
  • American Revolution (0.5 credit)
  • Virginia & US History
  • Intensive US History I*
  • Intensive European History I & II*
  • Intensive World History I & II*

Social Studies
  • Technology & Society (0.5 credit)
  • Engineering & German Society

Business & Economics
  • Honors Economics
  • Personal Finance (.25 credit)
  • Economics & Personal Finance

Foreign Language
  • Spanish
    • Spanish I, Honors Spanish I
    • Spanish II
    • Honors Spanish III
    • Honors Spanish IV
  • Mandarin Chinese
    • Chinese I, Honors Chinese I (Honors Chinese I offered starting 2019-2020 school year)
    • Chinese II
    • Honors Chinese III 

Fine & Performing Arts
  • Fine & Visual Arts I & II (0.5 credit each)
  • Electives
    • Photography 101 & 102
    • Theater
    • Improv
    • Digital Music Production
    • Guitar
    • Advanced Djembe Drumming
Mathematics
  • Algebra I
  • Geometry
  • Algebra II
  • Precalculus & Trigonometry
  • AP Calculus AB / BC
  • Multivariable Calculus (0.5 credit)**
  • Numerical Methods (0.5 credit)**
  • Differential Equations (0.5 credit)**
  • Applied Math
    • Introduction to MATLAB (0.5 credit)
    • Mathematics for Engineers (0.5 credit)*
  • Electives
    • Beginning MATLAB
    • ​Intermediate MATLAB

Science
  • Honors Biology
  • Honors Chemistry
  • ​AP Biology
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Physics I
  • AP Physics II
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics + Extended Topics
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics (0.5 credit)
  • AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (0.5 credit)
  • Geology**
  • Electives
    • Concepts in Physics

Computer Science
  • AP Computer Science Principles
  • AP Computer Science A 
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electives
    • Introduction to Databases

​Engineering
  • Engineering Design 
  • Engineering Research Lab
  • Electives
    • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
    • Computer-Assisted Design
* Denotes college (AP)-level course
** Denotes post-AP level course
Elective courses are not credit bearing
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