Grade 12 Curriculum

Categories: CORE, Grade 12
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About Course

Grade 12 is the culminating year of high school, where students consolidate their learning and prepare for post-secondary education, vocational training, or direct entry into the workforce. The curriculum emphasizes mastery of advanced academic skills, independent learning, and application of knowledge to real-world contexts. Students engage deeply with world and contemporary literature, advanced mathematics including precalculus and introductory calculus, complex scientific analysis, and global history with a focus on modern developments. The program promotes leadership, critical thinking, and readiness for college-level work or professional life.

What Will You Learn?

  • Analyze and interpret sophisticated literary and informational texts from multiple cultures and eras.
  • Produce advanced research papers, persuasive arguments, and creative works using college-level writing skills.
  • Apply advanced algebra, trigonometry, precalculus, and introductory calculus to solve theoretical and practical problems.
  • Design and carry out independent scientific investigations; evaluate and present findings in professional formats.
  • Examine modern historical trends, global politics, and economic systems, making informed predictions about future developments.
  • Strengthen college readiness skills, including time management, study strategies, and self-directed learning.

Course Content

English
Focuses on world and contemporary literature, critical theory, and rhetoric. Students complete major research projects, master argumentative and narrative forms, and engage in literary criticism at an advanced level.

  • English

Math
Covers precalculus review, limits, derivatives, basic integrals, and real-world applications of calculus, along with advanced problem-solving using trigonometry and algebraic models.

Science
Explores advanced topics in biology (biotechnology, environmental science), chemistry (reaction rates, equilibrium, organic chemistry), and physics (modern physics, quantum concepts), with emphasis on lab-based inquiry.

Social Studies / History
Focuses on 20th- and 21st-century world history, geopolitics, globalization, and economic systems, linking historical context to current events and emerging global challenges.

Reading
Develops mastery in critical reading, synthesis of multiple perspectives, and comparative analysis of complex works, preparing students for college-level reading demands.

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