Curriculum

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Our curriculum may be our most defining aspect, as well as our most prominent strength. The founders’ intent was to establish an institution that will challenge young people to excel in the classroom and prepare them for college studies. The Academy’s curriculum is designed to promote:

• The individual intellectual development of its students;
• A love of learning and the skills to engage in independent learning;
• The ability to transfer skills to new situations and to engage in problem-solving;
• The ability and propensity to engage in evaluative analysis of information;
• The development of the skills necessary for engaged citizenship in a democratic society;
• The ability to examine ethical choices and the propensity to engage in ethical decision-making;
• An understanding of the interdependence of knowledge domains and methods of inquiry of the disciplines; and
• A commitment to provide service to others.

The curriculum is designed to provide integrative learning experiences. The faculty members provide opportunities for students to examine connections among the content of the disciplines and to explore the ways in which each of the disciplines discovers and validates new knowledge. In addition, faculty will integrate opportunities for students to examine real-life applications of our core values in the study of their respective disciplines.

A primary focus of the curriculum is the integration of writing as an intellectual activity across all disciplines. In each class, students are expected to use writing to engage with the content. Additionally, the curriculum focuses on the development of research skills. Students are required to write a research paper each year they attend The Academy. One of our primary goals at The Academy at King is to prepare students for the research and writing which will be required of them in college.

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