The core goal of this course is to expand math fundamentals and begin to use them to creatively and expertly solve problems. A combination of practicing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (long division), with whole numbers, decimals, fractions and percentages will be revisited and mastered. Students will focus on various other math concepts as well.

Students will focus on reading, writing, and analyzing a rich variety of literary genres. In addition, students will learn how to formulate thoughts into cohesive, well-written paragraphs, stories, and essays with a focus on comprehension, language, and writing skills simultaneously. Higher-level thinking skills are developed as students learn to analyze and question literature.

Students will learn essential concepts related to geology, earth science, life science, biology and elementary physics. Hands-on science activities will be a regular part of each science unit. Technology is well integrated into science classes so that students can gain more experience and expand resources. Students will participate in a science fair.

This course will focus on ancient civilizations around the world, in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia and seek to understand why people decided to live together in communities, as well as how these communities developed and interacted with each other. Students will begin to engage in the work of historians, using primary and secondary sources, documentary and film clips, historical investigations and class discussions to try and connect past and present and culture to culture.

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