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Curriculum Detail

Senior Seminar

The Senior Seminar program aims to strengthen research and writing skills in preparation for college-level work. The program also gives seniors the opportunity to pursue a topic that interests them. To that end, each section is broadly organized around an area of social justice and global challenges and opportunities, within which students will choose their individual area of focus.
  • Sr. Seminar: Climate Change

    The senior seminar program aims to strengthen research and writing skills in preparation for college level work by requiring seniors to write a sophisticated, substantial, analytical research paper. Student research papers will:
    • research and analyze their individual topic from various viewpoints
    • frame a challenge or opportunity
    • conclude their paper with recommendations and plans for actions, policies, etc.
    The program also gives seniors the opportunity to pursue a topic that interests them. To that end, each section is broadly organized around an area of social justice and global challenges and opportunities, within which students will choose their individual area of focus.

    The course is structured so that students both have coaching and guidance from the teacher and spend significant time doing independent research and writing.
  • Sr. Seminar: Democracy and Freedom

    The senior seminar program aims to strengthen research and writing skills in preparation for college level work by requiring seniors to write a sophisticated, substantial, analytical research paper. Student research papers will:
    • research and analyze their individual topic from various viewpoints
    • frame a challenge or opportunity
    • conclude their paper with recommendations and plans for actions, policies, etc.
    The program also gives seniors the opportunity to pursue a topic that interests them. To that end, each section is broadly organized around an area of social justice and global challenges and opportunities, within which students will choose their individual area of focus.

    The course is structured so that students both have coaching and guidance from the teacher and spend significant time doing independent research and writing.
  • Sr. Seminar: Economic Development

    The senior seminar program aims to strengthen research and writing skills in preparation for college level work by requiring seniors to write a sophisticated, substantial, analytical research paper. Student research papers will:
    • research and analyze their individual topic from various viewpoints
    • frame a challenge or opportunity
    • conclude their paper with recommendations and plans for actions, policies, etc.
    The program also gives seniors the opportunity to pursue a topic that interests them. To that end, each section is broadly organized around an area of social justice and global challenges and opportunities, within which students will choose their individual area of focus.

    The course is structured so that students both have coaching and guidance from the teacher and spend significant time doing independent research and writing.
  • Sr. Seminar: Equality and Human Rights

    The senior seminar program aims to strengthen research and writing skills in preparation for college level work by requiring seniors to write a sophisticated, substantial, analytical research paper. Student research papers will:
    • research and analyze their individual topic from various viewpoints
    • frame a challenge or opportunity
    • conclude their paper with recommendations and plans for actions, policies, etc.
    The program also gives seniors the opportunity to pursue a topic that interests them. To that end, each section is broadly organized around an area of social justice and global challenges and opportunities, within which students will choose their individual area of focus.

    The course is structured so that students both have coaching and guidance from the teacher and spend significant time doing independent research and writing.
  • Sr. Seminar: Public Health

    The senior seminar program aims to strengthen research and writing skills in preparation for college level work by requiring seniors to write a sophisticated, substantial, analytical research paper. Student research papers will:
    • research and analyze their individual topic from various viewpoints
    • frame a challenge or opportunity
    • conclude their paper with recommendations and plans for actions, policies, etc.
    The program also gives seniors the opportunity to pursue a topic that interests them. To that end, each section is broadly organized around an area of social justice and global challenges and opportunities, within which students will choose their individual area of focus.

    The course is structured so that students both have coaching and guidance from the teacher and spend significant time doing independent research and writing.
  • Sr. Seminar: Technology and Innovation

    The senior seminar program aims to strengthen research and writing skills in preparation for college level work by requiring seniors to write a sophisticated, substantial, analytical research paper. Student research papers will:
    • research and analyze their individual topic from various viewpoints
    • frame a challenge or opportunity
    • conclude their paper with recommendations and plans for actions, policies, etc.
    The program also gives seniors the opportunity to pursue a topic that interests them. To that end, each section is broadly organized around an area of social justice and global challenges and opportunities, within which students will choose their individual area of focus.

    The course is structured so that students both have coaching and guidance from the teacher and spend significant time doing independent research and writing.

Department Faculty

  • Photo of Kristin Arndt
    Kristin Arndt
    Assistant Head of School for Program
    202.362.8882 x606
    Harvard School of Education - Ed. M.
    Vassar College - B.A.
  • Photo of Tyler Bergin
    Tyler Bergin
    HS & MS Spanish
    Georgetown University - MS
    San Diego State University - MA
    Indiana University - BA
  • Photo of Morgan Gargulak
    Morgan Gargulak
    HS Science
    202-362-8882
    George Washington University - Master of Education (M.Ed.)
    Iowa State University - Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
  • Photo of Matison Hearn-Desautels
    Matison Hearn-Desautels
    MS & HS English
    Georgetown University - MA
    Bryn Mawr College - BA
    Edmund Burke School - Alum
  • Photo of Kate Paliy
    Kate Paliy
    Director of International Student Program
    202-362-8882 x233
    Shanghai International Studies University - Master's degree
  • Photo of Mónica Vallin
    Mónica Vallin
    10th Grade Dean / MS & HS Spanish
    202-362-8882 x225
    Georgetown University - Ph.D.
    Columbia University - M.Phil
    University of Texas at Austin - M.A.
    University of Texas at Austin - B.A.
Co-ed, progressive, college prep school in Washington, DC featuring a challenging curriculum in an inclusive environment for grades 6-12.