Standards of Learning: In High School we start the children with the basics of a well-rounded education in order to develop a well-trained mind. Because each student learns at his or her own pace, no calendar is included and when the curriculum is completed an evaluation will be made by the Professors of BiblioTronix, whether a complete calendar school year has past or not. Middle School children are required, just as in the higher grades to take: English, Math, History, Science, Foreign Language, and an Elective. These are the years in which rhetoric, or persuasive organization of facts, will be developed.
English: In English, we continue to develope an appriciation for literature as well as developing their oral skills, by way of a verity of verbal and non-verbal communication.  Writing will be increased by the students planning, rough drafting, editing and rewriting reports in a typed format.  Emphasis in High School will be in rhetoric, the logical presentation of facts must now be shown in a persuasive manner.
  History: History will include the geographic, economic, governmental, and cultural concepts within the communities studied and in a historical context. This will include readings from speeches and persuasive documents that are the foundation of many country's ideals. Emphasis will be on primary sources and historical studies, to develope a rhetorical basis for logical organization skills.

Math: Requirements for math explore the concepts of deductive axiomatic methodology and justification of theorems. This will involve two and three-dimensional reasoning skills to solve mathematical problems. Math symbols and vocabulary will be continued and students will be actively engaged in using math as a problem solving skill.
Science: Science continues the concepts of validation of data. Skills such as questioning and testing those questions will be developed in the process of gathering facts. Questioning, forming hypotheses, predictions and experimentation will be now charted against, defining dependent and independent variables, making prediction in the form of graphs, and analyzing data. This data will then be put into a logical sequence to explain the event to others. The Scientific Method will be emphasized at this stage. 
Foreign Language: The students have now entered that stage in the Trivium known as Rhetoric; therefore they will now begin their study in modern languages. 
Arts: The Elective requirement for any high school level can be met by taking any of the following: Art, Classical Ballet, Fencing, or Music.
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