Curriculum
Our curriculum is a rigorous introduction to the liberal arts. In addition to the traditional core curriculum, students take a broad array of courses in the social sciences: philosophy, humanities, sociology, human geography, economics, political science, and leadership studies. Our goal is to help students become engaged and active citizens.
If students attend the Leadership Center, Douglas Freeman High School becomes their home school for all their course work and their extra-curricular activities. Part of their day is spent with a cohort of 50 students in the Center for the history, English, and leadership course work, and the rest of the day is spent in the comprehensive high school for the math, science, world language, PE, and other elective courses. Center students will receive an advanced diploma upon graduation. All the courses taught in the Leadership Center carry an honors or AP credit. Students take whatever level is appropriate for them in the courses outside the Center (most enroll in an all-honors or AP curriculum, though that is not required).
A SAMPLE SCHEDULE MIGHT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
Grade 9
Center Module I
English 9H
World History and Geography II H
Foundations of Leadership H
Comprehensive High School
Mathematics (e.g. Geometry)
Science (e.g. Biology)
World Language (e.g. Spanish II)
Health and PE
Grade 10
Center Module II
English 10H
AP Human Geography
Leadership II: Sociology
Comprehensive High School
Mathematics (e.g Algebra II)
Science (e.g. Chemistry)
World Language (e.g. Spanish III)
Health and PE
Grade 11
Center Module III
AP US History
Leadership Seminar: Ethics, Philosophy and Law
Comprehensive High School
English (e.g. AP English Language)
Mathematics (e.g. Trigonometry and Math Analysis)
Science (e.g. AP Biology)
World Language (e.g. Spanish IV)
Elective
Grade 12
Center Module IV
Senior Internship
AP US Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
Comprehensive High School
Mathematics (e.g. AP Calculus A/B)
Science (e.g. AP Physics)
World Language (Spanish V, AP)
English 12 (AP English Literature)
Elective