9年级

The humanities course is designed to provide students with a unique opportunity to explore ideas and to recognize connections that students might not have made during the traditional curriculum of separate English and history courses. 这个跨学科的课程鼓励学生去想象, 发现, and then to articulate these connections both in their written work and verbally. 我们的目标是探索20世纪的历史, 不仅通过传统媒介的一手和二手文本来源, 但也通过文学和电影的世界. 研究单位包括工业化, 一战, 俄国革命, 两次世界大战期间, 二战和大屠杀, 美国的民权运动, 越南战争时期.

世界通用语言 (French or Spanish) at the ninth grade level continues to hone the skills of speaking, 听, 阅读, 通过交际活动用目的语写作, 演习, 和原创作品. 在这个层面上, students are expected to use prior knowledge and incorporate new vocabulary themes and grammar concepts into their demonstration of these skills. 主题和技能将取决于特定班级的组成, 重点是扩展过去时和将来时的使用.

九年级的数学课程是传统的高中几何课程. Woven throughout the course is the algebraic connection between the spatial components of geometry and the equations and formulas learned in previous grades. 九年级的重点是形式证明和逻辑. 线、角、三角形和圆的性质占据了一年的大部分时间. Training the students to be able to see and read 3-D diagrams continues through the entire year as well. Problem solving is woven into the curriculum to encourage students to connect the abstract nature of the formulas and terms to real life situations that require one’s mind to visualize connections between shapes and numbers. The TI-Nspire graphing calculator is used regularly as a tool to enhance exploration, 新概念的指导和强化.

九年级拉丁文课程是一门传统的拉丁文翻译课程. Students study the remaining higher order grammatical constructions including gerunds, 委婉的结构, 条件句, and indirect discourse and then transit from contrived textbook 拉丁 to the original works of the great Roman authors. Authors read in recent years include Livy, Ovid, Virgil, Apuleius, Cicero and Catullus. 历史, 神话, and cultural topics are explored within the context of the literature being studied.

在高中视觉艺术项目, 重点放在平衡基本技能的发展, individual creativity and hands-on experience with a wide variety of materials and techniques aimed at opening as many creative and inspirational doors as possible. 考虑到派克9号的特殊情况, this can take a variety of forms based on the group of students and their interests. 这项工作可能包括绘画, 版画, 雕塑, 胶卷摄影, 另类工艺摄影, 平面设计, 家具设计或建筑. 在这些艺术形式的研究中, 持续的重点将围绕技术技能的发展, 自我表现, creative exploration and problem solving as well as critical thinking and discourse. 所有学生完成的作品将在年度艺术展览中展出.

*有时可能与来访的艺术家合作, 取代这些项目，利用特殊的创意机会. 

The ninth grade theatre students perform in a play that has already been written. This is a different challenge from the eighth grade theatre project because the ninth graders must interpret the playwright’s intentions by looking for clues in the script. 在这个项目中，所有九年级的学生都担任导演. 他们还一起搭建布景，为表演制作道具. The ninth grade theatre class culminates in an evening performance for the entire community.

在九年级，音乐课程侧重于包容性和音乐. We ask the question “Who is allowed/able to participate in music, and does it need to be that way?为了回答这个问题, 我们探索参与音乐的不同障碍, 比如残疾和社会经济障碍. We then attempt to create adaptive instruments that allow students with various disabilities across a wide socio-economic range to be able to engage as confident music makers. As part of this process we learn about design thinking and harnessing the power of technology such as Arduinos, Makey Makeys, 更重要的是创造一个更加包容的社会. 

九年级生物遵循高中水平的课程, 以米勒和莱文的生物学教科书为指导. The scope and sequence covers ecology and geologic evolution in the fall; diversity of organisms and cell biology in the winter; and genetics, 生物进化, 还有春天的动物行为. 评估包括测试和测验, 研究论文, 辩论, and hands-on projects that allow students to reach beyond the factual material to apply their knowledge of biology and the scientific method. During all three terms outdoor fieldwork comprises the bulk of our laboratory curriculum. Each student will have a quadrant in the Pike woods that they will follow throughout the seasons, 了解生态系统, 季节性模式, 以及环境因素对自然界的影响.

The goal of the curriculum is to develop versatile movers with the confidence to learn new skills and the desire to engage in physical pursuits on a lifelong basis. 重点领域包括终生健身和活动, 传统运动和户外挑战课程单元. 活动包括旗帜橄榄球, 极限飞盘, 篮球, 排球, 地板曲棍球, 羽毛球, 瑜伽, 领导阶层. 作为挑战课程的高潮活动, students gain the technical skills and confidence to run the high ropes course and challenge themselves to take appropriate risks.