2023-2024 School Year Academic Summary of Changes

● The English curriculum completed is re-alignment for the 2023-24 year. Juniors will now be required to take Speech & Communications and Creative Writing. Both of these courses are a semester each and are required unless a junior is enrolled in Advanced Placement English Language and Comp.

American Literature and Honors American Literature have now been moved to sophomore year and is a required course. This was done to align the English and Social Studies curriculum, which studies United States History in sophomore year.

● New Testament has returned in 2023-2024 for the sophomores as the Theology curriculum completes is re-alignment.

● Courses Added:

○ Introduction to Technology (a requirement beginning with the Class of 2027)

○ Entrepreneurship

○ The aforementioned English & New Testament courses

● Courses Dropped:

○ Freshman Seminar

○ Advanced Placement European History (to return in 24-25)

○ Composition and Literature II along with its Honors Counterpart

● Beginning with the Class of 2027, students must have at least 0.5 credits of Technology as well as a Personal Finance course (also 0.5 credits) as a graduation requirement.

● Parents are also reminded that beginning with the Class of 2025, all students must have one year of Fine Arts courses as a graduation requirement.

NOTE: Some courses initially listed may not be actually offered depending on enrollment, demand, rooms, and teacher availability.