Birmingham University School - Equestria Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Lower Grades GRADE 4 Arithmetic English Reading Spelling Writing Social Studies Including Alabama History Conversational French Physical Education GRADE 6 English Grammar and Composition Arithmetic Geography South America Spelling Reading General Science Conversational French Physical Education GRADE 5 English Grammar and Composition Arithmetic Geography North American Spelling Reading General Science Conversational French Physical Education GRADE 7 English Grammar and Composition Arithmetic History American Spelling Reading Geography World Conversational French Physical Education

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Course of Study As this required course of study becomes effective, more advanced courses will be offered in sciences, mathematics and history. Also, students will be permitted to choose between Latin and Greek for a minimum of two years of ancient language and among French, German. Russian and Spanish for a minimum of two years of modem language. Those who begin in the eighth grade, therefore, will have five years of foreign language, as well as five years of high school level science courses. To make this type of curriculum feasible, each section of a grade is limited to a maximum of eighteen boys. This means that, in general, each class - except physical education - comprises eighteen or fewer. Each student receives individual supervision of his performance in the classroom and of his preparation of assignments. Homework is assigned with the expectation that each student will study diligently during his two supervised study periods each day and for at least two hours at home in the evening. Many students find that they need to devote more time than that to study; others do more simply because they enjoy it. During the year of 1959-60 there are two sections of both the fifth and sixth grades, which permits assigning students to a section according to ability and academic progress. As the expansion of facilities permits, additional grades will be doubled until each grade has two or more sections.

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Upper GRADE 8 English Grammar and Composition; Reading and Spelling Arithmetic General Science Civics Ancient or Modern Language Physical Education GRADE 9 English Literature, Grammar, and Composition Algebra Ancient or Modem Language Biology Ancient and Medieval History Physical Education Grades GRADE 10 English Literature, Grammar, and Composition Algebra II Modern European History Chemistry Ancient or Modem Language Physical Education GRADE 11 English Survey of American Literature, Grammar and Composition Plane Geometry American History Including Alabama History Physics Ancient or Modern Language Physical Education GRADE 12 English Survey of English Literature, Grammar and Composition Trigonometry and Solid Geometry History of Philosophy (Offered 1960- 61) Ancient or Modem Language Advanced Science (Offered 1961- 1962) Physical Education A Typical Higfi School Class