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Academics
Our curriculum is aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), a set of high-quality academic benchmarks in English Language Arts and Mathematics. These standards provide a clear framework for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level, ensuring consistency, rigor, and readiness for college and future careers.
The Common Core emphasizes critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and real-world application of knowledge, helping students become confident, independent learners prepared for a global society.
English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core State Standards
Math Common Core State Standards
We offer a variety of Advanced Placement (AP) courses to provide high school students with the opportunity to engage in college-level learning while still in high school. Administered by the College Board, AP courses challenge students academically and help them build critical skills such as analysis, research, time management, and academic writing.
Students who take AP exams may earn college credit or advanced standing at many universities around the world, making the program a valuable part of preparing for higher education. Our AP offerings reflect our commitment to academic excellence, global readiness, and supporting each student’s educational goals.
Our Social Studies curriculum is guided by the AERO (American Education Reaches Out) Social Studies Standards, which provide a clear and developmentally appropriate framework for teaching history, geography, civics, culture, and economics.
Designed for international schools, AERO standards promote critical thinking, inquiry, and global awareness, encouraging students to explore diverse perspectives and understand the interconnectedness of people, places, and systems. Through these standards, students develop the knowledge and skills needed to become thoughtful, informed, and responsible global citizens.
Our science curriculum is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which emphasize a hands-on, inquiry-based approach to learning. NGSS encourages students to think and act like scientists and engineers, exploring real-world phenomena through observation, questioning, investigation, and experimentation.
The standards focus on three key dimensions: Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts. Together, these help students build deep understanding, make connections across scientific fields, and apply their knowledge in meaningful ways.
NGSS prepares students to be critical thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators, ready to navigate and contribute to an ever-changing world.
The NJSLS (New Jersey Student Learning Standards) for Visual and Performing Arts provide a framework for K–12 art education, focusing on developing students’ creativity, artistic skills, and critical thinking. The standards are organized around four main strands: Creating, where students generate original works of art using a variety of media and techniques: Presenting/Performing/Producing, emphasizing the sharing and performance of artistic works for audiences Responding, which involves analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art from diverse cultures and historical contexts and Connecting, encouraging students to relate artistic ideas and works to personal experiences, other disciplines, and the broader world.
The NJSLS for the arts aim to foster artistic literacy, cultural awareness, and lifelong engagement with visual and performing arts.
The NAfME (National Association for Music Education) standards provide a framework for K–12 music education, focusing on developing students’ musical skills, understanding, and creativity. They are organized around four key areas: Creating, where students compose and improvise music; Performing, emphasizing skillful and expressive execution of music; Responding, involving analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of musical works; and Connecting, which links music learning to other disciplines, cultures, and personal experiences.
These standards aim to cultivate musical literacy, critical thinking, and lifelong engagement with music, ensuring that students not only develop technical proficiency but also a deep appreciation for the artistic and cultural dimensions of music.
The SHAPE America standards provide a comprehensive framework for K–12 physical education, health education, and physical activity, emphasizing the development of lifelong skills for personal well-being. They focus on five key domains: physical literacy, which includes competence and confidence in movement; personal and social responsibility, fostering teamwork, respect, and self-regulation; knowledge and skills for health-enhancing physical activity, ensuring students understand how to maintain a healthy lifestyle; emotional and mental well-being, promoting resilience and stress management; and engagement in physical activity, encouraging consistent participation both in and out of school.
Together, these standards guide educators in creating programs that build students’ physical competence, knowledge, and motivation, ultimately supporting lifelong health and fitness.
The CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association) standards provide a clear framework for K–12 computer science education, outlining what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. They emphasize computational thinking, programming and software development, data and analysis, algorithms and problem-solving, and computing systems and networks, while also integrating impacts of computing on society, ethics, and security.
The standards are designed to be both rigorous and flexible, supporting students in developing critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and technical skills that prepare them for further study and careers in computing, as well as for responsible participation in an increasingly digital world.
The ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) standards provide a framework for K–12 language learning that emphasizes the development of communication skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They are organized around five goal areas: Communication, enabling students to convey and interpret meaning in real-life contexts; Cultures, promoting understanding of the practices, products, and perspectives of target-language communities; Connections, encouraging students to link language learning with other academic disciplines; Comparisons, fostering awareness of language and cultural similarities and differences; and Communities, supporting lifelong use of language in local and global settings.
Together, the ACTFL standards guide educators in developing learners who are culturally competent, linguistically proficient, and able to engage meaningfully in multilingual contexts.
