Students will focus on self-expression, exploring their own beliefs and values through writing and multimodal compositions (those that use words, visuals, and sound). Students will draw on creativity, research, and personal experience as they compose a wide variety of texts (e.g. memoirs, manifestos, open letters, blogs, podcasts, memes, and/or soundscapes) all centered on topics of their own choice, connected to exploring what matters to them, in both formal and informal writing situations. Students receive extensive verbal and written feedback on their work from the instructor. Standard class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students or individual instruction (1-2 students).

Students will study and practice writing fiction, memoir, and poetry. Students will read some published writers' work, but the course will be largely centered on student writing, focusing on artistic expression through language. Students will share early drafts of their original work with the class, and then use class discussion as a jumping off point to further revise their creative writing. Students receive extensive verbal and written feedback on their work from the instructor. Standard class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students. See "One-on-One Creative Writing" two entries below this one for an individual instructional option.

Students will study and practice writing creatively within a specified genre (i.e. fiction, poetry, or memoir) at a more in-depth and advanced level than in the intro class. The course will be largely centered on student writing, focusing on artistic expression within the framework of a specific genre. Reflection on students' writing process and style will also be explored. Students receive extensive verbal and written feedback on their work from the instructor. Standard class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students. See "One-on-One Creative Writing" one entry below this one for an individual instructional option.

The student will focus on reading and writing creatively in genres (i.e. fiction, poetry, and/or memoir) of their choosing. Student and teacher will engage in discussion with one another regarding readings and student writing, as the student works through the writing and revision process on projects of their own design. Reflection on the student's writing process and style will also be explored. Students receive extensive verbal and written feedback on their work from the instructor. Standard class rates apply, intended for individual instruction (1-2 students only).

Students will read published literature and nonfiction focused on a specified theme (i.e. the environment, the future, film, revolution, sports, etc.), agreed upon between students and teacher prior to the first class, and then analyze the material in class discussion and their own writing. Students will then create their own texts and share them with the class for analysis. Students receive extensive verbal and written feedback on their work from the instructor. Standard class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students but can be adapted for individual instruction (1-2 students).

Students will be guided through the college application process, step-by-step, with the necessary tweaks that come with homeschooling (though non-homeschooling seniors are free to enroll as well). Emphasis will be placed on writing admissions essays (students receive extensive feedback on this from the instructor), but the course will also include selecting the right colleges to apply to, requesting recommendation letters, and organizing materials to meet deadlines. After applications are in, students will engage in a unit designed to prepare them for the social and emotional transition to college (this unit is optional and the course can be taught without it, for fewer weeks total). Designed for high school seniors. Standard class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students or individual instruction (1-2 students).  

Students will read selections from Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States at the high school level and Rebecca Stefoff's adapted A Young People's History of the United States at the middle school level in order to compose their own multimodal (i.e. draws on words, images, and sound) blog, responding to our nation's history. Students will be guided in understanding and analyzing the reading, in the composing process of their responses, as well as the technical aspects of building their own blog, which they may designate as public or private. Students receive extensive verbal and written feedback on their work from the instructor. Standard class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students or individual instruction (1-2 students).

This course is designed to foster a passion for (and regular habit of) reading, as opposed to providing an academically rigorous curriculum. Students will help select books that we will then all read and discuss. No essays or book reports—just open literary discussion and light journaling using fun, engaging reads as the jumping off point. Enrichment class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students or individual instruction (1-2 students).

This course is similar to our monthly book club, but is intended to span a full semester (3-4 months and 3-4 books) and allows students to participate in selecting the books.

Students will study major logical fallacies, with the intention of being able to identify common flaws in logic in media, politics, and their own thinking and writing in order to hone their critical thinking skills. Enrichment class rates apply, intended for groups of 3-8 students or individual instruction (1-2 students).