A course designed to help younger students boost their language skills and to prepare for the more rigorous demands of English-language instruction in high school. There will be a balanced focus on speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. This course accommodates students who already possess a basic foundation in English, through those with an intermediate ability. Those who are ableto complete the Foundations II: Introduction to Composition and Literature requirements will receive GIA credit.

This course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the main genres of English-language literature: the short story, novel, narrative non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Students will improve their reading comprehension and analytical thinking skills, including the writing of compositions. Depending on enrollment, the courses may be co-taught; students for English 2 will read more challenging and/or additional materials. This course earns 1 GIA credit.

An advanced course that offers a survey of major movements and themes in writings by Americans, from the colonial era through the present, in all genres. Students are expected to read challenging texts in the original, and complete extensive writing assignments. Students must have English 2 / advanced high school English proficiency to enroll. This course earns 1.0 units of GIA credit; this course will be offered simultaneously in ways that satisfy either the American Literature, or additionalliterature course requirement for GIA.

This course offers an introductory survey of physical and human geography and equips students with the foundational skills needed for success in future social studies classes. Students will engage with a wide variety of map-based representations as well as other data; they will learn elements of cultural and cross-cultural analysis; and they will engage a number of project-based learning activities. This course is suitable for those who have satisfactorily completed English Foundations 2 or who have an equivalent G9 or higher English ability. This course earns 1 GIA credit

Geometry will guide you through, among other things points, lines, planes, angles, parallel lines, triangles, similarity, trigonometry, quadrilaterals, transformations, circles and area. Because of the focus on the reading and writing of proofs, and use of word problems, students must have a solid foundation in English, and be comfortable with this as the primary language of instruction (EF2 or higher, subject to English examination). This course earns 1 GIA credit.

Students will develop a foundational understanding Chemistry and Physics, and the principles and methods that inform the study of each. This is typically a ninth grade science course, and prepares students for more intensive work in either of these disciplines. The course will have a full laboratory component, and the primary language of instruction is English. This course earns 1 GIA credit.