Tenth Grade

• Music V: Students continue to study the rules composition and compose music according to these rules. They also participate in a choral ensemble and an orchestral ensemble.
• Precalculus: A continuation of the study of functions. Topics include trigonometry, matrices, systems of linear equations, vectors, conic sections, exponents and logarithms. The students continue to use their graphing calculators (TI-83’s). Students continue to use the text Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic by Prentice Hall.
• Chemistry: Continuing the study of the biological sciences from the ninth grade, the chemistry course focuses upon physical chemistry and organic and biochemical chemistry. Topics include the periodic table, biochemistry of proteins, hydrocarbons, the citric acid cycle, photosynthesis, bonding stiochiometry, redox and acid-based reactions. Experimentation is an important element of study in this course. Students will use the text Fundamentals of General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, by Ed McMurray.
• Modern Language I: Students begin their study of a modern foreign language. The focus of the course is both the study of grammar and vocabulary, enabling the student to read and translate literature in the language as well as providing an experience with oral language. Students may opt to be in a Classics Track; in tenth grade students in this track would pursue one more year of intensive Latin translation.
• Humane Letters Seminar: Modern European history, literature and philosophy are the focus of this course. Topics include English history from Alfred I to the Stuart period, the French Revolution, Russian history from the early czars to the Bolshevik Revolution, and World Wars I and II. Readings include A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, On the Origin of Inequality, The Communist Manifesto and Crime and Punishment.

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