Curriculum

智力发展是保利预科的重点 高中课程. 在每一个学科中, 我们制定了学术卓越的标准，旨在培养学生终身受益的思维习惯. 我们的期望是让学生学会阅读, write, analyze, 有目的地量化, focus, and clarity.

Our curriculum sequence is expressly designed to enable our students to be agents of positive change. To this end, anti-racism is an essential component of our curriculum; in addition to empowering our students to promote social and racial justice, anti-racism fosters their abilities to discern systems and structures from varied perspectives and with a critical lens, 装备他们去想象他们的世界.

From the beginning of their high school career until its conclusion, students meet with 高年级院长 to craft courses of study uniquely suited to their individual academic goals and interests.

了解更多十大网堵平台保利的信息 高中课程 including, core requirements, course descriptions, elective offerings, and more, please see our 详细的课程指南.

For 即将入学的九年级学生 家长和学生，请参阅附录 2024-25课程指南.

2024-25学年高中课程指南

我们鼓励学生充分利用我们提供的机会，通过拥抱学习带来的挑战来拓展他们的思想和心灵.

高中课程概述

• 计算机与信息科学

  In our 计算机与信息科学 classes and state-of-the-art Maker Space, 学生运用他们的创造力, 解决问题的能力, and communication tools to explore new languages; engineer and design 3-D solutions; develop multi-level understanding of the internet and social media; work with hands-on technologies such as robotics and microcontrollers; and discover the expanding universe of artificial intelligence. 计算机语言是保利发展最快、最令人兴奋的研究领域之一，我们精通数字的学生是它的天然对话者.

  在选修课程中，学生可以选择的有 Cybersecurity; Data Science; Disinformation and Democracy; App Development; Game Design, Advanced AI, Advanced Computational Astrophysics; Advanced Rocket Engineering in Simulation.

• English

  英语课让学生在与文学对人类经历的不同表现搏斗的同时，发现自己作为作家的声音. Core classes and electives introduce students to prose fiction, poetry, drama, and literary non-fiction from around the world and help them develop both analytical and writing skills. 我们写作指导的核心是理解写作需要灵活性和广泛的技能，而不仅仅是传统的论文. Poly’s English program therefore actively prepares students to write effectively across disciplines and genres. 同样重要的是, 我们学习文学的方法是基于这样一种理解，即文学文本可以帮助学生培养对那些既不熟悉又非常熟悉的人物的同理心. Our classes therefore join classic texts with new and emerging narrative voices, and faculty delight in seeing our students draw inspiration from both.

  Among the compelling English electives offered are Author Study: Toni Morrison; The Bible as Literature; British Literature; Creative Writing Workshop; Critical Theory; Fiction Writing; Futures: Science Fiction; Gender Studies through Literature; Japanese Literature; Law and Literature; Linguistics; Literature of New York; Literature of Prep Schools; Memoir and Autofiction; Mexican Literature; Modern Literature; Nuclear Texts; Performing New York; Poetry and Poetics; Postcolonial Literature; The Postmodern and Literature; Pulp Fiction and Noir; Shakespeare; and The Writer’s Craft.

• History

  At the core of the History Department’s mission is the belief that the study of history has the potential to, 用历史学家卡尔·德格勒的话来说, “expand our conception and understanding of what it means to be human.” The study of history is integral to Poly’s mission of preparing students to be global citizens, and our history curriculum is designed to help students become comfortable navigating, 无论是过去还是现在, 熟悉和陌生之间的紧张关系. To this end, students develop a deep knowledge of their own country’s history, 全球历史, 以及特定地区的历史. We also empower students to seek an understanding of their world that goes beyond their present moment, and to develop the empathy and humility that are integral to the thoughtful exercise of global citizenship.

  我们为历史系学生提供的选修课有 Constitutional Conflict: American Government; China, Vietnam, and Communism; Gotham’s Challenges; European History; Feminisms of the Modern Middle East; Latin American History; Left, Right, and Center; New York City History; Postcolonial Southeast Asia; Revolutions; The World’s Wisdom Traditions: Abrahamic Religions; The World’s Wisdom Traditions: Asian Religions; US History Seminars in: African American Women’s History; Black Power, Black Arts; Settlement-1865; 1865-Present; Immigration and Migration; News, Networks, and American Democracy; Our Republic in Nature; 同性恋的历史; and Slavery and Resistance.

• Mathematics

  Our mathematics curriculum encourages students to become logical and imaginative thinkers. 我们帮助学生识别模式和结构, 探索解决问题的多种途径, develop and apply critical thinking and abstract reasoning skills, 并组织和解释他们的推理. As we model real world situations and promote both deductive and inductive reasoning, our students develop the intellectual tools to become independent problem solvers, develop the confidence to persevere through complex and challenging non-routine problems, and enjoy the challenge of attempting to find the unknown and delight in its discovery. 在高中, 学生学习几何, Algebra, Pre-calculus, and Calculus, and in their junior and senior years may choose from compelling electives such as Economics; Financial Literacy; History of Mathematics; 线性代数; Advanced Statistics; and Introduction to Algebraic Structures.

• Science

  我们的科学系认识到了这一点, 现在比以往任何时候都更重要, the natural world demands innovative solutions to the most vexing environmental, medical, 人类面临的资源困境. 因此，我们的学生参与实验和可观察数据的分析，挑战他们理解科学如何塑造所有现象, from the manufacture of sunblock to understanding of epidemic disease. Required courses are offered in biology, chemistry, and physics.

  Electives include courses in those disciplines along with classes such as Earth Systems and Structures; Forensic Science; Modern Physics; Environmental Chemistry; Advanced electives in: Applied Mechanics; Electronics; Climate Change; Conservation Biology; and Organic Chemistry. 所有课程都要求学生运用科学和工程实践来理解现象和设计问题的解决方案, 让他们成为未来的工程师, physicians, researchers, 太空探险者, 有科学素养的公民.

• 世界语言/经典

  世界语言课程-西班牙语, French, 普通话和拉丁语——让学生沉浸在他们选择的目标语言中，培养他们对学校以外的民族和文化的好奇心. Our modern language classes (including a senior elective in Italian) place a premium on speaking, sharing, 庆祝世界语言, not least as a means of nurturing cultural competence and personal courage. 除了去当地的餐馆外, exhibits, 和纽约的社区, 去马提尼克岛的课外旅行, Spain, Italy, and Argentina encourage students to become intrepid and considerate citizens of the world.

• 学习支持和丰富

  At Poly, we appreciate the wide diversity of learning styles and are dedicated to meeting each child’s learning needs. Our learning specialists help all students meet the demands of our curriculum, 并成为有弹性的熟练的自我倡导者, 元认知, 策略型学习者. 学习专家与学生密切合作, faculty, and deans to address individual learning needs and oversee the Learning Center, a space for students to practice their skills and utilize a range of academic supports. 我们的学习专家也支持教师和开发教学工具，旨在帮助丰富所有学生的课堂学习经验.

In addition to our rigorous academic course sequence, students may elect to enroll in the following: