academics
The mission of the academic program is to prepare students for college and life as a creative professional.
Academic instructional environments encourage inquiry and intellectual curiosity, and empower students to raise questions and develop a pattern of lifelong learning. Students enjoy small class sizes, multiple AP options and innovative lessons taught by fully licensed teachers. Curriculum is active, collaborative, and aligned with state standards. Students self-select on-level or advanced and AP options.
Fun weekend field trip for Ms. Basheer's AP Stats class (and some of Alec Rutten's AP Calc students) – they went bowling this past Saturday to collect data to demonstrate knowledge of their statistical concepts and to celebrate the end of the AP Statistics exam. Students want to test their hypotheses that having a long hand will make a player a better bowler. They created a 95% confidence interval and used a significance test or Chi-Square to test their hypotheses.
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Juniors in AP Lang with Ms. Sekelsky celebrated the end of their unit with a Gatsby-themed party. The students shared their literary analysis projects and drank punch, listened to jazz, and played games.
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Last night, our Independent Research & Design seniors presented at the inaugural SPCPA Academic Symposium. Their displays and formal presentations feature a variety of interests from zombies to Seattle grunge to the intersection of journalism and legal precedent. Come check out many of their tri-folds in Room 103!
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Last night, 19 10th and 11th graders were inducted into National Honor Society! These students have demonstrated excellence in academics, service to their communities, and leadership around SPCPA. Please join us in celebrating these students, and a special thanks to all the current NHS members who helped induct this new cohort!
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Congratulations everyone!!
So proud of these kids (and not just because one of them is mine)!
Congratulations one and all!
Seniors in Research and Design pose during an Unbirthday Party to celebrate everyone's momentous 18th birthdays. Fun hats were highly encouraged.
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TONIGHT! SPCPA Seniors are hosting information tables to share their knowledge and experiences on postsecondary planning and college applications. Not sure if college is right for you? Come check out some options and chat with students about alternative pathways.
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It's not just the arts classes that have guest speakers and master classes. This past Friday, Ms. Lohman's Psychology classes welcomed Christina Miller – she works as a high risk prenatal genetic counselor, helping families understand their risk of inherited conditions and providing support for patients and families. She ran through a mock session with Ms Lohman to determine her cancer susceptibility. Thank you, Christina!
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Today is the annual Short Film Festival in English 12! In addition to learning vocabulary to discuss a filmmaker's choices with more sophistication, students created their own short films. Check out a few sneak peek stills from their work!
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Spanish 2 students last week participated in a ‘Dress as Your Favorite Hero" project. After learning clothing vocabulary and sharing out in Spanish why they admired their character, students created a fashion show in which they had to choose their clothes, style, and background music for their Spanish presentation.
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