HOPKINS SCHOOL ACADEMIC OFFERINGS

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HOPKINS SCHOOLACADEMIC OFFERINGS

• PLANNING YOUR CHILDS PROGRAM

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Minimum Graduation Requirements

• 18 credits in Grades 9 12
• At Least 4 ½ credits each year
• Athletics requirement Health Course
• Swim and Water Rescue Test
• Community Service Project for Grade 12

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Planning Credits

• Finish graduation requirements before 2nd term of
  senior year
• Students may not use outside credit in Art,
  English or Science to fulfill departmental
  graduation requirement
• 3rd credit of language requirement must be
  completed at Hopkins during academic year
• Summer courses for credit must be pre-approved

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Academic Term Load

• Each Term
• Minimum number at least 4 academic courses
  (excluding Health and non-AP Art courses)
• Maximum number no more than 5 academic courses
  (excluding Health and non-AP Art courses)
• Exemptions require special permission.

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Planning for College

• Suggestions for academic programs p. 9
• Guidelines for Standardized Testing p. 10

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9th Grade Course Choice Overview

• Required English 9, Mathematics,
• Classical /or Modern Language, T2 Health
• Options
• Choose Art or not
• Choose Computer Science or not
• Choose History T1 (Civics) and/or T2 (AC1)
• Choose Biology or not (99 take)

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10th Grade Course Choice Overview

• Required English 10, continue Mathematics,
  continue Classical and/or Modern Language, T1
  Health
• Options
• Choose Art or not
• Choose Computer Science or not
• Choose Biology, Chemistry (99 take)
• Choose Atlantic Communities II or not (99 take)

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Art in Middle School

• Courses offered in four different areas
• Drama Theatre Workshop, Improv, Acting for
  Modern Stage
• Music Concert Choir, Orchestra, Jazz/Rock
  Ensemble, 9th Grade Girls Chorus
• Media Arts Digital Photography, Graphic Design,
  Web Design/HTML
• Visual Arts Studio Art 1, HACT, Architecture

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Art

• Refer to chart on p. 13
• New course this year (Grade 10)
• Music Composition and Production (Term 2)
• Year courses All music performance and Fine Art
  Studio classes

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Advanced Visual Arts

• Four year sequential program
• Studio Art I
• Fine Art Studio I
• Fine Art Studio II
• Fine Art Studio III
• Although not recommended, it is possible to
  enter the program at any stage with departmental
  approval.

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Classics

• All courses in Latin or classical Greek are full
  year courses
• Both Latin and Greek fulfill the language
  requirement
• Greek I - IV offered

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Classics

• Latin III course prepares for SAT Subject Test
• Two options after Latin III
• Latin IV
• AP Latin Vergil
• Fifth-level honors course
• Latin V Golden Age Literature Honors

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Computer Science

• Two Electives
• Programming in Java I
• Term 1
• Covers the 1st half of AP (A) curriculum
• Prerequisite Math 14 and departmental approval
• AP Computer Science A Programming in Java II
• Term 2
• Covers 2nd half of AP (A) curriculum
• Prerequisite Programming in Java I

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English

• No choice in Grades 9, 10, and Term 1 of Grade 11
  
• Electives offered only to Term 2 of Grade 11 and
  Terms 1 and 2 of Grade 12

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History Sequence
7 8 9 10 11 12
Term I History 7 History 8 Civics Atlantic Communities II Atlantic Communities III Electives
Term II History 7 History 8 Atlantic Communities I Atlantic Communities II AP US AP European Electives Electives
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Atlantic Communities Program

• Atlantic Communities I
• Term 2 course 9th Grade
• Atlantic Communities II
• Required full year course 10th or 11th Grade
• 3 required after-school lectures
• Atlantic Communities III
• Required Term 1 course 11th or 12th Grade
• 1 required evening lecture

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History

• Distribution requirement Students must take at
  least one term of History in the Middle School
  (Gr. 9, 10)
• Atlantic Communities I, II and III are all
  pre-requisites for AP US History or AP European
  History.
• Civics
• Term 1 elective
• Recommended but not a pre-requisite for AP
  offerings

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Mathematics

• Course numbering system
• Regular (3, 4, 5)
• Enriched (13, 14, 15)
• Accelerated ( 24, 25, 26, Honors courses 31, 32)
• Refer to table on p. 34 to determine next course
  in sequence
• Departmental approval required for enriched
  (teens), accelerated (twenties), or honors
  courses (Math 31, 32 or Honors Math Seminar)

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Algebra 2 courses M4, M14, and M24

• Math 4
• Normally the next course after Math 3
• Math 14
• Normally the next course after Math 13 or for
  those students who have done exceptional work in
  Math 3 and whose algebra skills are strong
• Math 24
• For students who have done very well in Math 13

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Modern Languages

• Languages offered Chinese, French, Italian,
  Spanish
• AP courses offered in Chinese, French, Spanish
• May request accelerated (French, Spanish) section
  on course selection form
• Departmental approval required for
  accelerated/honors courses
• 3rd credit of language requirement must be
  completed at Hopkins during the academic year

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Science

• 9th Grade Science Choices
• Biology
• No science

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Science

• 10th Grade Science Choices
• Biology (if not taken in 9th Grade)
• Chemistry
• Chemistry Accelerated

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Science

• Chemistry
• College prep course covering introductory topics
• Less complex mathematical analysis
• Substantial hands-on lab experience
• Stronger students may consider taking SAT Subject
  Test in Chemistry

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Science

• Chemistry Accelerated
• For those students who enjoy science and who are
  able to move rapidly with quantitative physical
  science
• Substantial hands-on lab experience
• Math 14 prerequisite and department approval
• Prerequisite for AP Chemistry

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Science

• Departmental requirement is 2 credits
• Biology required along with either Chemistry or
  Physics
• Departmental approval required for accelerated
  courses

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Scheduling Process

• Course selection forms (blue) are due to adviser
• on Thursday, February 18
• Fill out entire form
• Summer Study Proposal Form due by June 10
• Request accelerated and honors sections even if
  student is already enrolled in one department
  will make final decision

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Scheduling Timetable

• May 3 May 28 Conflicts with student schedules
  resolved
• June 18 Student courses sent home with grades
• July 1 Deadline for all schedule inquiries

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Summer School

• Summer Study Proposal Form required (due June
  10)
• No outside credit fulfills Art, English or
  Science graduation credit
• Student may start receiving summer school credit
  only after 9th Grade
• Hopkins Summer School
• Catalogue online at Hopkins.edu or contact Tom
  Parr, Summer School Director at ext. 511

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Questions to consider

• How many courses should I take? What is a
  reasonable load?
• Should I take one or two languages?
• Should I take History courses in 9th Grade?
• When do I fulfill my Art requirement?