Academic Extension
Senior Academic Extension (Grades 11&12),
Regular additional academic courses in literature, history, technology and science are held for all year groups in order to broaden their thinking and academic experience. These are taught outside the standard timetable.
SenAE Course Tile | Teacher |
A History of Film (Honors) | Combs |
Introduction to American Law (Honors) | Card |
Math for High Flyers (Honors) | Iwahashi |
Trans-Pacific Cultural Studies (Honors) | Tatsumi |
¡Aprende Español! Basic Spanish Language and Culture | Gollin |
An Introduction to Sound, Music, & Recording | De Lozier |
Chinese Culture | Cao |
Filmmaking | Nikaj |
Introduction to Kendo | Hori |
Kanji Training | Fujita |
Science of Color | Nesic |
The History of Pop | Consolati |
Understanding the Stock Market | Lee |
Yukichi Fukuzawa, Japan, and Japanese | Seto |
SenAE Course Tile | Teacher |
Business English (Honors) | Davis |
Current Events (Honors) | Ciafardini |
Design Thinking (Honors) | Yamamoto |
History of Warfare (Honors) | Baylies |
How We Think: Philosophy and Society (Honors) | Kikuchi |
Astronomy | Rawat |
Birds and Literature | Hayami |
Comparative Study between Japan and the U. S. through Baseball and Softball | Estay-Izumi |
Makerspace Challenge | Rahenkamp |
Religions of the World | Kovens |
Symbiotic Sociology | Pergolizzi |
The Art and Science of Lego | Gilley |
Italian Culture, Cooking, and Conversation | Mortenson |
Junior Academic Extension (Grades 9&10)
These courses consist of passages for reading and discussion in English in small groups.
Each passage is read aloud around the group; then the teacher explains difficult vocabulary and concepts; then the passage is read again, after which students participate in a discussion about the passage.
The Grade 9 coursebook is titled Great Thinkers on the Path to Democracy.
The Grade 10 coursebook is titled Talking Citizenship.