All ninth grade courses meet three periods per week. Advanced full-credit courses in music, each meeting five periods per week, are offered by the department in Chamber Choir, Advanced Chamber Winds, and Advanced Theory and Composition. These courses are performance oriented with participants giving concerts both within and outside the School community. Accomplished students may also choose to study music on an independent basis. Although courses in programming languages and computer science are offered as electives, the major focus of the department is the use of the computer to develop skills emphasized in other departments.
All departments routinely bring classes to the computer room for special projects.
A computer literate Maret student achieves competence with word processing, multimedia, web-based research, information architecture, and presentation software. The emphasis on teaching programming languages exposes interested students to more advanced concepts in computer science. The computer allows students to edit and manipulate data efficiently, leaving them more time to focus on writing style and information content. Students come to understand the computer's strengths and limitations, and at the same time, learn the computer skills they will need at college and beyond. To facilitate our course offerings, three fully equipped laboratories with 20 computers each are open to interested students and faculty from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily.