Course Catalog
At George School, our distinctive academic program gives you the tools—and the support—to discover how best to let your life speak.
Our Academic Program provides challenging college preparation and opportunities to take a five week, standalone course or commit to a more in depth, multi-term study of a subject. Support around course planning each year ensures your core coursework and graduation requirements are met (and often exceeded!).
Our academic program lets you chart your own path—one that is as rigorous as it is customized to you.
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ENG417Z: IB HL English A: Literature
The first year of this course emphasizes a student’s ability to respond independently to works they have not seen before. Students work toward written and oral commentaries which pay particular attention to the writer’s craft. In the second year of this course, students are expected to formulate complex and nuanced interpretations of literature independently and to challenge the interpretations of others.
ARP050A: Tap Dance
This class is intended to improve rhythm and musicality for students learning and/or developing tap technique.
ARP110A: Dance Studies
The study of dance is expressive human movement that unites the physical with the intellectual and the emotional with the spiritual. It utilizes the body as a means of communication and has the power to unify people across boundaries of language, culture and other divisionary lines.
ARP110F: Advanced Dance Studies & Performance
This course is a continuation of the first core sequence in dance studies. Students continue to expand their dance repertoire with the addition of a performance element.
ARP117Y: IB Dance / ARP117Z: IB HL Dance
Students work both individually and in collaboration to experience the creative process as a way of learning to transform ideas into action through intellectual curiosity and creative thinking. The IB Dance curriculum is designed to help students come to appreciate the value and importance of researching, creating, preparing and presenting, and critically reflecting as modes of learning and communicating.
ARP120A: Dance and the Choreographic Process
In this course, students apply the creative process to choreography to produce their own dance work, beginning with an exploration of the steps taken during the creative journey. These include choosing, investigating, and exploring a topic, solving problems, refining ideas, and creating a final product.
ARP210A: Film 1 - Fundamentals
Film 1 is comprised of two foundation-building production classes, designed to develop an introductory overview of film as a unique creative medium. This production-based course will introduce skills such as camera operation and composition, story development, project planning, editing, and sound.
ARP210B: Film 2 - Genres & Styles
Film 2 is a highly collaborative track in which students expand their knowledge of film production and analysis by building on skills introduced in Film Production 1 through genre-based film work.
ARP210D: Advanced Film Production
This production-heavy, advanced-level selection of classes leads the student into deeper, more refined areas of filmmaking. This course includes mods that focus on specialized core skills such as scriptwriting, project planning and advances to more sophisticated production practices including advanced cinematography, editing, and sound design.
ARP217Y: IB Film / ARP217Z: IB HL Film
In this two-year course of study, students work both individually and in collaboration to experience the creative process as a way of learning to transform ideas into action through intellectual curiosity and creative thinking. The IB Film curriculum is designed to help students appreciate the value and importance of researching, creating, preparing and presenting, and critically reflecting as modes of learning and communicating.
ARP220P: Producing Peace: Media Literacy/Creation
Using historical and contemporary case studies of media, such as historical artifacts, news articles, documentaries, podcasts, PSAs, propaganda, social media, and memes, students explore how various modes of storytelling have the capacity to create conflict, and more importantly, can also facilitate peace.
ARP310A: Vocal Ensemble
Students in this course receive training in vocal production and sight-reading as they explore a variety of vocal styles. Singers expand their musical horizons while experiencing an eclectic repertoire of music from around the world, including, but not limited to, early to contemporary classical music, a cappella, and jazz. Each term of the course culminates in a performance.
ARP310S: Community Chorus
This chorus is open to all members of the George School campus community as well as neighbors and friends from the wider community. Singers receive training in vocal production, exposure to music-reading, and a varied repertoire. The course meets on Sunday evenings for approximately four months in preparation for a major concert.
ARP320A: String Ensemble / ARP320D: Wind Ensemble
String and Wind Ensemble are courses in musicianship for players of string, wind, and percussion instruments. (Percussionists should register for Wind Ensemble.) Through the preparation and performance of instrumental music, students learn elements of style, expression, ensemble technique, music theory, history of music, and music literature.
ARP360A: Audio Recording & Music Production / ARP360D: Adv. Audio Recording & Music Production
Using industry-standard equipment and protocols, students in this course learn to creatively control their ideas in the recording and music production process.