This is a year course for superior seniors capable of doing work in reading, literary analysis and expository writing. College level literature and writing is studied. Students write numerous formal and informal essays over music, movies, prose, and poetry. British and World Literature is the focus of the class. The A.P. test is required in May and this fee should be paid by the end of the third quarter.
Students also learn about pertinent legal and ethical issues of the press.
A final project includes working with the computers and designing a newspaper page. This course challenges students to stretch their thinking in all directions. This course also challenges students to be organized and responsible. They must arrange for interviews, be precise in note taking and compose articles all within a relatively tight deadline period. Students produce a newspaper 7 times during the school year.