Curriculum Features

All students are enrolled in State Standard courses for their respective grade level. We use texts that have been adopted by the SFUSD Board of Education for each grade, for each subject. Students who read below grade level also have access to supplemental texts which contain grade level content, but that are written at a lower grade level.

Students take the following courses:

Grade Six:
Language Arts
Foundation for Algebra, Year 1
Ancient World
Earth Science
Health
Therapeutic Recreation
Art

PE

Grade Seven:
Language Arts
Foundations for Algebra, Year 2
Medieval World
Life Science
Health

Therapeutic Recreation
Art
PE

Grade Eight:
Language Arts
Math Concepts and Skills
Early US History
Physical Science
Health
Art
PE

Grade Nine:
9th Grade English
Pre-Algebra
Geography
Earth Science

Therapeutic Recreation
Vocational Skills/Self-Awareness
Art
PE

Grade Ten:
10th Grade English
Algebra, Year 1
World History
Biology

Therapeutic Recreation
Vocational Skills/Career Awareness
Art
PE

Grade Eleven:
American Literature
Algebra, Year 2
US History
Environmental Science

Therapeutic Recreation
Vocational Skills/Career Preparation
Art
PE

Grade Twelve:
World/British Literature
Geometry
American Government (Fall Semester)
Economics (Spring Semester)
Health Ed

Therapeutic Recreation
Vocational Skills/Independent Living
Driver's Ed
Art
PE