八年级

11项清单.

• 数学

  Students are placed into one of our 上学校 math courses based on their ability to work independently and persevere with problems, 以及他们过去的数学表现. We recognize that students at this age develop at different rates and appreciate that there is more than one path through the math curriculum; for that reason, we conduct careful student placement in the spring of each year to ensure that each student is appropriately challenged.
  
  点击这里查看高中数学课程的完整列表.

• 英语8

  八年级的英语强调文学、语法、写作和词汇. 学生们选读了近年来的主要文学作品，其中包括 希望对抗希望 希娜·威尔金森著; 太阳也是一颗恒星 尼古拉·尹， ”我 艺术 Spiegelman， 美国的街道 作者:Ibi Zoboi 炼金术士 Paolo Coehlo， 玩偶之家 亨里克·易卜生和莎士比亚的 冬天的故事. 其他读物被选择来补充现代世界文化历史课程, such as an Irish poetry unit and an interdisciplinary project on Irish poetry that is completed in both History and 英语.
  
  通过讨论和反思, students p艺术icipate in a close examination of literature and reflect on each book or play with an analytical essay. 学生们专注于将语法作为写作的工具, 他们还练习结合更复杂的句子结构, 包括动词短语和从句. 和高中所有年级的学生一样, 八年级学生参加高中演讲比赛和学生作文比赛.
  
  写作任务频繁, 学生从自由写作阶段开始学习, 通过过程的修改, 到长篇论文的最终稿. The emphasis in class discussions and in student essays is on a more abstract examination of the work rather than on plot description, and students learn to identify themes and literary devices as well as specific details in the 阅读. Students study vocabulary in context in order to develop a more sophisticated written and spoken command of the 英语 language.

• 现代世界文化

  现代世界文化 is a comprehensive study of 20th-century post-colonial civilizations. Students examine what happened as the colonial era ended and new societies and cultures evolved in places like Ireland, 南非, 印度, 和巴勒斯坦, 以及巴尔干半岛, 东南亚, 和拉丁美洲. 学生学习文化, 经济, and political roots of each society’s independence movement before examining each nation's transition to autonomy. 学生们关注的是充满挑战、有时甚至是坎坷的国家建设过程, 包括司法系统, 政府结构, 文化影响. 学生注释, 解释, and analyze primary source documents; identify key terms and seminal themes; and use evidence to support written and verbal arguments. 学生参与课堂讨论, 写作活动, 以及基于项目的评估来发展他们的分析能力, 至关重要的, 以及创造性思维能力.

• 物理科学8

  高中科学实践已经从国家资源委员会的 K-12科学教育框架:实践、横切概念和核心思想 (2012)，并以低年级的实践为基础. 在高中理科课程中取得成功的学生将能够:

  • 提出问题(对于科学)并定义问题(对于工程)
  • 构建解释(科学)和设计解决方案(工程)
  • 计划和执行调查
  • 分析和解释数据
  • 运用数学和计算思维来解决问题
  • 开发和使用模型
  • 参与循证论证
  • 获取、评估和交流信息

  
  

  Physical Science is a lab-based course that covers foundational content related to physics and chemistry. 它包括三个单元:编码、运动与力、化学. 使用Zulama, 卡内基学习开发, 学生学习如何编写代码来操纵运动和数据收集. They develop computational thinking skills as they design rockets to collect data over the course of simulated rocket flights to study the relationship between speed and acceleration and calculate the force of gravity. 今年晚些时候, 学生学习运动和力, 从与位置相关的运动开始, 建筑来定义速度和加速度, 最后是对重力的研究. 通过重点实验室实验, 学生们学习分离变量, 处理大量数据, 用图表表示他们的发现, 从图中提取信息. 在最后一学期, 学生学习物质和化学反应的结构和性质. Students design investigations where they control variables to provide evidence for the law of conservation of mass and energy, 同时考虑到影响反应速率的变量.

• 世界语言

  进入高中后，学生选择一门世界语言学习. 学生可以选择法语、西班牙语、普通话和拉丁语. 所有级别的安排都是基于学生之前的语言经验, 老师的建议, 还有分班测试.  
  
  点击这里查看所有高中世界语言课程的详细列表.

• 音乐

  The music faculty is committed to the concept of "learning by doing" and recognizes the value of performance in every student’s experience. 每年, 上学校 students choose a music course from options that include bass or treble chorale, 钟, 字符串合奏, 乐队, 音乐探索. 这些课程扩展了低年级的理论和表演技巧, but students new to Fay will also find that they can succeed in a beginning-level ensemble with little or no previous musical experience.
  
  点击这里查看完整的音乐列表.

• 艺术

  The 上学校 visual 艺术s curriculum encourages personal expression and fosters the development of cognitive, 电动机, 以及社交技巧. 跨学科和多元文化项目, 艺术历史, 学校和社区的资源通过这个项目得到整合.

   

  学生学习基本的艺术技巧以及设计的元素和原则. 所有年级, students have regular opportunities to draw from life and imagination; they also work in a range of media that includes paint, 拼贴画, 陶瓷, 切纸, 雕塑, 版画, 折纸, 数字媒体, 以及其他二维和三维媒体. Eighth and ninth graders have the option to p艺术icipate in 艺术 electives that allow them to focus on specific areas of interest.

  
  点击这里查看课程描述的完整列表.

• 戏剧

  Acting is an elective is open to eighth and ninth grade students with a strong interest in performing 艺术s. 在本课程中, 学生探索冒险的重要性, 拥抱漏洞, 并探索一个人的真实自我，以此来加强他们在舞台上的工作. 通过即兴创作, 控球后卫, 独白的探索, 以及脚本分析, students develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of acting methodology and theatrical works. 

• 创建者类

  创造者班是一门必修课，在Fay的创意中心进行 & 设计. The course is designed to build each student's creative confidence and focuses on the following themes:

  • 设计思考, 以同理心为基础的解决问题的心态和过程, 帮助学生发现问题并提出解决方案
  • 基础电子学，做电路板的基本编程
  • 数字制造, 使用学校的激光切割机设计和建造2D和3D物体, 乙烯基刀, 和3D打印技术

  
  

  通过一系列的动手设计简报, 学生练习识别问题，设计和迭代解决方案.

• 健康8

  八年级学生更深入地研究包括营养在内的一系列主题, 接受别人的不同, 刻板印象, 欺凌的预防和应对, 正念, 解决冲突, 边界, 保证自身安全, 压力管理, 认识烟草和酒精, 生殖健康. 学生还将探索媒体等外部影响如何影响决策. 其他主题包括抵制同伴压力, 约会和关系暴力, 预防药物滥用, 以及领导技能的发展.

• 体育运动

  体育项目每天在学术课程之后进行. All students in grades seven through nine are required to p艺术icipate daily in all three terms. Students choose from an array of interscholastic sports and intramural activities (one per term). Students may try out for competitive interscholastic teams or join an intramural team or activity. 然而, all students are required to p艺术icipate in at least one interscholastic sports team each year.
  
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