Academics Wardlaw-Hartridge School

1 academics

1.1 lower school
1.2 middle school

1.2.1 english , social studies
1.2.2 mathematics , science
1.2.3 foreign language
1.2.4 homerooms


1.3 upper school

academics

all academics managed registrar, jan yates. registrar oversees course offerings, class enrollment, , grades.

besides dean of studies, each department (english, history, language, art/music, , science) has department chair, position filled teacher in department. department chairs appointed head of school, , not based on seniority, rather, rotated between teachers in department in several year intervals.

the lower school

lower school students follow traditional grammar school education, emphasis on grasping basic skills in english language , basic arithmetic. students exposed enrichment in learning earth sciences , social studies, including instruction history of new jersey (in fourth grade) , ancient civilizations (in fifth grade.) lower school students enjoy specials, instruction in rooms outside usual classroom. these include special science , technology class, art class, choir, , band.

for youngest students, pk-3, wardlaw-hartridge has introduced smartstart program.

all lower school homerooms , specials in newer branch of school, completed in 1997. encore, lower , middle school afterschool program, managed lower school , run in lower school wing of school.

the current lower school head margaret rourke granados.

the middle school

the middle school intended provide transitional experience between self-contained learning environment of lower school , freer, more individualized environment of upper school. middle school students have little course choice, except in foreign language. current middle school head maggie granados.

english , social studies

middle school english , social studies linked regional focus. in sixth grade, students study africa, south america, , asia. in seventh , eighth grades, students focus on united states. in years, grammar, writing skills, , public speaking developed between 2 subject areas.

mathematics , science

each middle school student follows set curriculum in both math , science. in math, each student progresses general math course in sixth grade, through prealgebra in seventh, algebra in eighth. in science, students move topics in life science in sixth, topics in chemistry in seventh, earth science in eighth.

foreign language

the foreign language curriculum begins requiring sixth-grade student take survey course, introduction world languages, of latin, mandarin, , spanish. after this, students must choose continue 1 of languages in levels ia , ib in seventh , eighth grades, respectively. academic course choice offered middle school students, once have chosen, may not change duration of middle school career.

homerooms

the middle school experience organized around homerooms. each student placed in homeroom of around eleven students or enters middle school , stays homeroom throughout or middle school career. each student starts day in homeroom , eats lunch homeroom on monday, tuesday, wednesday, , thursday. homeroom teacher serves student s advisor.

the upper school

the school offers 18 advanced placement (ap) classes, , each year, students recognized national merit commended scholars , ap scholars. since 1999, students have been required purchase laptop computer use @ school, , school, particularly teacher tom hunt, recognized incorporation of technology classroom alan shepard award. school maintains wifi network, several network-accessible laser printers, , email on whschool domain facilitate students use of technology schoolwork.

upper schoolers required fill number of credits graduate (currently 24.5). students must fulfill 4 credits in english, 3 in math, 4 in science, 3 in history, 1 in arts, 0.5 in health, 1.5-2.5 in various electives, , 2-3 in foreign language (through level 3.) wardlaw-hartridge gives letter grades; in percentages: 100-97=a+, 96-93=a, 92-90=a- 89-87=b+, 86-83=b, 82-80=b-, 79-77=c+, 76-73=c, 72-70=c-,69-67=d+, 66-63=d, 62-60=d-, below 60=f. calculation of gpas, letter grades converted numbers corresponding middle percentile of letter s range, , averaged. grades weighted, however: ap grades factored in multiplier of 1.05, , honors courses factored in multiplier of 1.025.

wardlaw-hartridge not encourage inflation of grades , employ grade curve in extreme cases. however, make sure 1 class not detract student s gpa, wardlaw-hartridge has policy no student can receive grade lower 55 on or semester grade.

the current upper school head rhona l. eserner.