Students toe the line Students are required to attend prayer service each morning and church service on Sundays. Classes last two hours, about twice the time of most public school classes. And there is a required two-hour study period in the evenings. The goal of the school is to prepare students for higher education, but there are vocational programs as well. The curriculum is traditional, highlighted by a special program called Writing Across the Curriculum, aimed at stimulating thinking in all subject areas.
Students wear uniforms with no trousers sagging below the waist.
Earrings are banned for boys. Gang and sexual activity and drug and alcohol abuse are grounds for dismissal. Corporal punishment is allowed. So we spend a lot of time making sure the students are where they're supposed to be and doing what they're supposed to be doing. Most of the students receive some scholarship aid.