STEAM (STEM + ART)

At 十大最大的网络彩票平台, science lab work teaches experimental design and promotes careful observation and critical analysis of data to solve problems.

十大最大的网络彩票平台 features robust science offerings starting in Middle School. All Middle and Upper School science classes have designated time for hands-on laboratory activities. In the Upper School, half of our Advanced Placement courses fulfill 十大最大的网络彩票平台’s commitment to STEAM. 十大最大的网络彩票平台 offers a variety of AP Science courses, including AP Biology, AP Chemistry and AP Physics.

Career-specific electives, such as Forensic Science, Environmental Science and Marine Biology, are increasingly popular in the Upper School.

The new Middle School Science Lab reinforces the school’s commitment to STEAM. Hands-on science and math lessons start in Middle School. Our sixth, seventh and eighth graders participate in experiential learning exercises, including hands-on labs dissecting earthworms and frogs and performing water quality experiments. They also take a deep-dive into the lives of female scientists.

The Middle School has a customized math program which offers more than four levels of math, including courses as advanced as Algebra II. 十大最大的网络彩票平台 provides options to ensure our girls are appropriately placed and challenged.

For the 2019-2020 academic year, Advanced Placement Math courses for Upper School students include
AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics and AP Computer Science.

Recently, 十大最大的网络彩票平台 students boasted an impressive cumulative average of a 4 out of 5 on the
AP Calculus exam, while others earned a 4.5 on the AP Statistics exam — surpassing the averages at many peer independent schools.

In AP Statistics, students have the opportunity to construct an experimental design and use the outcome to do a statistical analysis using the Minitab software program.

十大最大的网络彩票平台 is committed to supporting students with standardized test preparation, giving each girl critical exposure to practice assessments and problem solving. All students have test preparation through the incorporation of Khan Academy and Membean within our academic program. During their junior year, students complete a mock examination assessing if a student should focus on the ACT or SAT. 十大最大的网络彩票平台 offers the PSAT for students in grades 8 through 11.

十大最大的网络彩票平台 has always been a leader when it comes to using technology in the classroom. 十大最大的网络彩票平台 was the first independent, girls’ school in the Baltimore area to establish a 1:1 iPad program, allowing technology to be infused across the curriculum. As a result of this, NASA partnered with the school’s science faculty to collaborate on the development of the space program’s educational apps and online lessons.

As technology has evolved, 十大最大的网络彩票平台 has adopted a “bring your own device” policy. In the Middle School, many students still choose to use iPads and across campus, we have transitioned to the next generation of technology.

Students have access to two state-of-the-art Design Labs with 20 iMacs in each. All are programmed with a full suite of Adobe products to enhance the students’ interests in cinematography, digital photography and graphic design. Additionally, many of the iMacs feature the latest AVID software, the same technology used to make Star Wars and Star Trek.

十大最大的网络彩票平台 partners with Northrop Grumman, AAI/Textron Systems and other corporations to expose Middle and Upper School students to STEAM careers and opportunities through assemblies, panels and hands-on, interactive projects. In the Upper School, Leadership electives incorporate speakers and “corporate field trips” rooted in engineering.

十大最大的网络彩票平台 graduates have gone on to major in engineering at colleges including Case Western Reserve University, Cornell University, Drexel University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Purdue University, the United States Naval Academy and Virginia Tech.

Through the Arts program at 十大最大的网络彩票平台, students develop, enhance and improve their abilities and unique characteristics as well as discover new fields of interest.

The Performing Arts Department at 十大最大的网络彩票平台 offers Middle and Upper School students the chance to explore, develop and advance interests in music, theater and dance throughout their years at 十大最大的网络彩票平台. We offer opportunities in choral music, instrumental ensembles, vocal performance, theater arts and dance. Additionally, all 十大最大的网络彩票平台 students study the fundamentals of music, music history and music appreciation as part of our curriculum program. Our graduates are prepared to enjoy the performing arts as adults as either audience or performer. Each student leaves 十大最大的网络彩票平台 with a greater knowledge of and appreciation for the arts. The school presents three productions annually on the stage of the state-of-the-art theater in McCarthy Hall.