Freshman Biology
At ETHS we are committed to empowering all students to achieve academically. Our data show we have the teachers, class offerings, curriculum, academic support system, and high expectations for many of our students to soar and achieve academic growth that significantly exceeds national norms.
Our challenge is to ensure that all students at ETHS experience the best we have to offer. We must set high standards and guarantee strong, accelerated coursework for all students so their ETHS diploma represents successful completion of a rigorous course of studies.
Ninth grade at ETHS is the launch year for our students. The freshman experience is being strengthened to prepare students to take challenging classes during their four years in high school. We began by implementing a cutting-edge, earned-honors model for Freshman Humanities during the 2011-2012 school year. The important next step we will take for the 2012-2013 school year is to adopt a revised, more rigorous, more engaging earned-honors-credit biology course, which most students take their freshman year.
Through the new rigorous biology curriculum, freshmen will certainly increase their science skills. Student well-being will be maintained and enhanced through supportive learning environments. Freshmen will also learn academic persistence and develop the intellectual capital required to take more challenging courses at ETHS.