Bringing Education to Life

"Bringing Education to Life" is a Clark Montessori motto. The Clark Montessori High School Course Curriculum is the major way that this motto is put into practice.
Throughout the entire curriculum, and especially through Community Service and Intersessions, Clark students are exposed to education, work and life outside of the classrooms of Clark Montessori.

A minimum of 24 Credits are required to graduate from Clark Montessori and these credits are distributed among required courses as outlined below. All classes listed are one semester in length.
Passing any course for one semester earns one-half credit.
The below courses total 20 credits.

Intersessions are required in addition to the academic work and comprise the other 4 credits.

Community Service is required but is not included in the 24 credits.

Senior Project - The Senior Project, a year-long assignment, is an in-depth study of a topic of the student's choice and culminates the Clark experience. Due dates for various aspects of the project happen throughout the year and long range planning and implementation of the project are required.
The culminating exhibition marking the end of the project consists of an audio/visual presentation to the student's peers as well as a comprehensive public exhibition.
A passing grade on Senior Project is required for a Clark diploma.

In the below tables, * denotes courses required for a Clark diploma.

Mathematics - 4 Credits Required
Track 1
Integrated Math 1 *
Integrated Math 2 *
Integrated Math 3 *
Math Elective		 Track 2 (requires Algebra passed in 8th Grade)
Integrated Math 2 *
Integrated Math 3 *
Pre-Calculus *
Calculus or other Math Elective
Math Electives: Pre-Calculus (only after IM3), Calculus (only after Pre-Calculus),
Probability and Statistics, Consumer Math (Seniors Only).


Science - 4 Credits Required

AA Biology *
Physics *
AA Chemistry *
Physical Science *

Environmental Science
Earth & Space Science


Social Studies - 4 Credits Required
English and Social Studies are grouped into block sessions of 2 class periods. This allows students to do larger projects that may be cross-curriculum, meaning that the project may have both a Social Studies and an English component.
American History *
Philosphy *
Modern World History *
World Government & Economics *		 Sociology
Psychology
African-American History
Current Events


English - 4 Credits Required
English 9 *
English 10 *
English 11 *
English 12 *		 Reading Seminar
Time-to-Speak


Foreign Language - 2 Credits Required
2 years of either French or Spanish are required.
Advanced students may begin with Spanish 2 or French 2.
Spanish 1 *
Spanish 2 *
Spanish 3
Spanish 4		 French 1 *
French 2 *
French 3
French 4


Fine Arts - 1 Credit Required
This credit can be earned by ANY combination of the below one semester half-credit courses.
NOTE: The top three music courses may be repeated.
Music
Steel Band
Traditional Band
String Orchestra
Guitar
Electronic Music
Blues/Jazz History
 		Art
General Art 1
General Art 2
Photography


Physical Education - One-Half Credit Required
PE is an exception to the half-credit per semester norm.
In PE, only one-quarter credit is earned per semester, but only one-half credit is needed for graduation. Therefore, one year of PE is required.


Health - One-Half Credit Required
One semester of Health Education is required.