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Curriculum: A Deeper Dive into Truth, the Freshman Year
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
The 9th Grade year is a substantial one, to say the least. Freshmen are coming out of the frying pan and landing directly into the fire! Our Humanities this year focuses on how humans became... well... human. We'll journey from pre-history, through the creation of civilization and societies, and up to the Roman Empire.
We will be studying
The 9th Grade year is a substantial one, to say the least. Freshmen are coming out of the frying pan and landing directly into the fire! Our Humanities this year focuses on how humans became... well... human. We'll journey from pre-history, through the creation of civilization and societies, and up to the Roman Empire.
We will be studying humanity through books like Frankenstein, Animal Farm, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Math Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Let's admit it, most high schoolers would rather leave math right behind the bushes in front of the school. But, the world of math is just now opening up for them!
Spyrja Valkyries will be learning algebraic concepts through real-world applications: how to calculate outcomes for small business growth, how to graph population changes over
Let's admit it, most high schoolers would rather leave math right behind the bushes in front of the school. But, the world of math is just now opening up for them!
Spyrja Valkyries will be learning algebraic concepts through real-world applications: how to calculate outcomes for small business growth, how to graph population changes over time, how to interpret number systems that don't make any logical sense! We're going to see how math is represented through history and maybe even calculate some fictional numbers in our novel studies.
Science Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Science Concepts
Who doesn't love a good explosion? One, of course, that's safe and controlled can be both awe-inspiring and should leave us wondering 'how did that just happen'? rocketry, the internal combustion engine, and a perpetual motor are on our list of items to explore for our Freshman year.
Science is both inductive and deductive and has connect
Who doesn't love a good explosion? One, of course, that's safe and controlled can be both awe-inspiring and should leave us wondering 'how did that just happen'? rocketry, the internal combustion engine, and a perpetual motor are on our list of items to explore for our Freshman year.
Science is both inductive and deductive and has connections across a wide array of disciplines. We focus on the physical world first, looking at how all the elements on the Periodic Table make their way into our lives, then graduate through motion on Earth then outside our direct gravitational bubble.
Fine Arts
Community Service
Science Concepts
What would excellent education be without the arts? Studies have shown time and again that children who are involved in fine arts are better able to navigate the shifting waters of both adolescence and adulthood. Founder Jourdan Simmang is an avid theatre goer and performer himself, and can attest to the theatre's profound impact.
Each ch
What would excellent education be without the arts? Studies have shown time and again that children who are involved in fine arts are better able to navigate the shifting waters of both adolescence and adulthood. Founder Jourdan Simmang is an avid theatre goer and performer himself, and can attest to the theatre's profound impact.
Each child will be involved in some form of art, whether it's acting, painting, playing an instrument or singing, or solving elegant proofs. Each individual is given the freedom to find out which art drives him or her.
Extras
Community Service
Community Service
Since Spyrja Academy is a micro-high school, we offer extracurricular activities that are nontraditional. Founder Jourdan Simmang is a fencing coach and will be offering competitive fencing as an option. Spyrja Academy is also partnered with Athlete's Journey and can be a school of record for city leagues.
Spyrja Academy also offers time
Since Spyrja Academy is a micro-high school, we offer extracurricular activities that are nontraditional. Founder Jourdan Simmang is a fencing coach and will be offering competitive fencing as an option. Spyrja Academy is also partnered with Athlete's Journey and can be a school of record for city leagues.
Spyrja Academy also offers time for band rehearsals, swim teams, track and field, and service groups.
Community Service
Community Service
Community Service
Each Friday, Spyrja Academy is engaged in a community service event. We have time set aside to give back to our community writ large. The projects change throughout the year, so be on the lookout for what's coming up first!
Curriculum: A Deeper Dive into Courage, the Sophomore Year
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
The Sophomore Year is a huge year of expansion. Humanities take on a more specific role, and the readings become more complex. Drama and poetry surface through studies of the evolving human consciousness. We take a look at early prose and poetry from Seneca and Euripides, the traditions of oral histories, and how humanity has relied upon
The Sophomore Year is a huge year of expansion. Humanities take on a more specific role, and the readings become more complex. Drama and poetry surface through studies of the evolving human consciousness. We take a look at early prose and poetry from Seneca and Euripides, the traditions of oral histories, and how humanity has relied upon our own stories to try to explain our world. We look closely at civilizations up through the Renaissance. We'll read books like Fahrenheit 451, The Road, and Unwind.
Math Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Geometry is a major focus in math this year, mainly because of how readily it pairs with Chemistry, secondarily because it's just so much fun! Our Sophomores will learn more about the wonders of shapes, both 2D and 3D (and possibly 4- and 10D!). Did you know that a circle isn't a shape with no sides, but a shape with infinite sides? What
Geometry is a major focus in math this year, mainly because of how readily it pairs with Chemistry, secondarily because it's just so much fun! Our Sophomores will learn more about the wonders of shapes, both 2D and 3D (and possibly 4- and 10D!). Did you know that a circle isn't a shape with no sides, but a shape with infinite sides? What is infinity, even? We'll explore these concepts and more in our Sophomore year.
Science Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Science Concepts
In their Sophomore year, Spyrja Valkyries are going to dive into the wide, wide world of acids and bases, alkenes and alkynes, and everything in between. We'll figure out what exactly happens when the body is recovering from an intense workout, determine if lightsabers could really exist, and try to find the perfect rocket fuel. Chemistry is everywhere, so let's go looking!
Fine Arts
Community Service
Science Concepts
Each year, the fine arts requirements get deeper and deeper. High schoolers also have the option to maneuver between studies, both within the year and from year to year.
Extras
Community Service
Community Service
Our extracurricular offerings will remain constant from year to year, but may change based on the connections we make within the community. Be on the lookout for any positive changes as we grow!
Community Service
Community Service
Community Service
Community service for our Sophomores is more engaging in the community. We will spend time with the disadvantaged and members of our community who will need positive interactions.
Curriculum: A Deeper Dive into Honor, the Junior Year
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
11th Grade. The year of hard work and perseverance. Our journey into the Enlightenment, the birth of the US, and global expansion becomes the primary drivers in our year. There are so many great works of literature here, they can't possibly be listed. But, nonfiction is highlighted, where our scholars will read founding documents, philoso
11th Grade. The year of hard work and perseverance. Our journey into the Enlightenment, the birth of the US, and global expansion becomes the primary drivers in our year. There are so many great works of literature here, they can't possibly be listed. But, nonfiction is highlighted, where our scholars will read founding documents, philosophical treatises, though we will also look into some wonderful works like Through the Looking Glass and The Things They Carried.
Math Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Spyrja Valkyries will jump into "advanced" mathematics, like trigonometry and calculus. Don't let that worry you! Like everything up to this point, our scholars will be led through these concepts as they connect to other parts of their lives and other information they've already learned. They'll gain hands-on experience pitching roofs, ca
Spyrja Valkyries will jump into "advanced" mathematics, like trigonometry and calculus. Don't let that worry you! Like everything up to this point, our scholars will be led through these concepts as they connect to other parts of their lives and other information they've already learned. They'll gain hands-on experience pitching roofs, calculating trajectories of rockets we'll build, and checking to make sure our calculations are correct.
Science Concepts
Humanities Concepts
Science Concepts
This year, Spyrja scholars will be looking deeply at the biological systems present on the planet and beyond. We'll examine the beauty of interactions between organisms, growth and development, biomechanics, and perhaps the future of humanity. We'll explore what life may be like on other planets, too!
Fine Arts
Community Service
Science Concepts
Each year, the fine arts requirements get deeper and deeper. High schoolers also have the option to maneuver between studies, both within the year and from year to year.
Extras
Community Service
Community Service
Our extracurricular offerings will remain constant from year to year, but may change based on the connections we make within the community. Be on the lookout for any positive changes as we grow!
Community Service
Community Service
Community Service
Community service for our Juniors is the year of independence. Our scholars will choose projects they want to work on and be the spark to ignite change in our community.
Curriculum: A Deeper Dive into the Senior Year
Capstone
Fine Arts
Fine Arts
Spyrja Valkyries will be able to, their Senior years, choose paths of knowledge that will enrich their already deep well of experience. Academically, they will need to develop, under the guidance of their teachers, routes of exploration that tie together everything they've learned so far and create a series of projects that seat their kno
Spyrja Valkyries will be able to, their Senior years, choose paths of knowledge that will enrich their already deep well of experience. Academically, they will need to develop, under the guidance of their teachers, routes of exploration that tie together everything they've learned so far and create a series of projects that seat their knowledge into the real world.
The Senior year is also a year of celebration. Our Seniors are campus leaders, mentors, and spokespersons for the school. Leadership classes and apprenticeships start this year.
Fine Arts
Fine Arts
Fine Arts
Senior year, Valkyries will develop their artistic portfolio with the guidance of their mentors and teachers. This will assist them in getting into college if they so desire, or it will help them gain employment after high school.
Extras
Community Service
Community Service
College and post-secondary counseling will be available to all Seniors and all Juniors during their summer months. We recognize that college will not be everyone's path, so we explore all options equally.
Community Service
Community Service
Community Service
Spyrja Seniors have the option to use this time as work-study, or they can organize, plan, and execute community service events and projects for the campus and beyond.
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