Grade 10
Grade 10 consolidates the foundation that standardized testing and college coursework both assume: functions, formal proof, statistical inference and extended analytical writing. What is taken here shapes which advanced courses remain available, which is why it repays more attention than its grades alone suggest.
Mathematics
Congruence, Similarity and Proof
High school band: use rigid motions and dilations to establish congruence and similarity, and write geometric proofs.
Right Triangle Trigonometry
High school band: define sine, cosine and tangent by similarity, and solve right triangle problems in applied contexts.
Science
DNA, Genes and Heredity
High school band (grades 9-12): explain how DNA codes for proteins, and how inheritance and mutation produce genetic variation.
English Language Arts
Comparing Sources and Seminal Documents
Grades 9-10 band: study the founding speeches and public papers of American history, and weigh how two accounts of one subject differ in emphasis and purpose.
Social Studies
The Modern World and the United States
History, grades 9-12 band: study industrialization, the World Wars, the Cold War and the civil rights movement, and how they shaped the United States.
The Arts
Connecting Art to Culture and Context
Connecting, high school proficient level: relate artistic work to its historical and cultural context and to the artist’s own experience.