The Language Arts Curriculum, in line with AUHSD Language Arts Content and Performance Standards, is an integrated, literature-based program which emphasizes the development of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking skills. Every senior high school student is enrolled in a comprehensive English program and must earn 40 semester credits in English in order to earn a high school diploma. Special opportunities within the English Department are:
PTLC, Pio Tech Learning Community, our small learning community beginning with the freshman year. Students stay with the PTLC through senior year.
Theater Arts, taught by Mr. Brandon Leighton
Senior English choices for the English requirement: Shakespeare, Myth and the Hero's Journey, Expository Reading and Writing, Dystopian Literature, and Science Fiction.
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