Upper School

List of 16 items.

• Global Engagement

  • Painting: Global Perspectives 

• Creativity & Entrepreneurship

  • Essentials of Entrepreneurship
  • Production Team
  • Drama Workshop
  • Theatre Production
  • Digital Media Production 

• Invent Center for STEM and Innovation

  • AP Computer Science Principals
  • AP Computer Science A
  • Full Stack Software Engineering

• Advanced Placement (AP)

  Computer Science

  • AP Computer Science Principles
  • AP Computer Science A

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  English

  • AP English Language and Composition
  • AP English Literature and Composition

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  Math

  • AP Precalculus
  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP Statistics

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  Science

  • AP Biology
  • AP Physics 1

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  World Languages

  • AP French Language and Culture
  • Spanish Language and Culture*

  *Offered through K12 Private Academy

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  Music

  • AP Music Theory

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  The Upper School offers several AP courses, which are typically offered to eleventh and twelfth graders. Students qualify for AP course through academic performance, effort, and interest in subject area. All students enrolled in AP classes are required to take the corresponding examinations in May to earn credit for the class.
  
  

  Throughout the scheduling process, we encourage students to consider taking AP classes as they provide the potential for college credit as well as the opportunity for the rigor of a college level course.
  
  

  Given the workload in these classes as well as the pace at which content is covered, we set a limit of three AP courses in any year. If a student would like to take more than three AP courses in any one year, they would need to petition directly to the Head of Upper School, and it is very rare that exceptions to this policy are granted. Colleges are aware of our policy, and students will not be penalized for adhering to this guideline.

• May Term

  May Term at Allendale Columbia School exists to provide educational opportunities outside of the normal structure of the school year to support intellectual discovery, encourage collaboration, and foster community involvement.

  
  Embodying Allendale Columbia School’s core values, May Term provides authentic learning experiences through courses that emphasize global awareness, interdisciplinary content, and/or service learning.
  
  

  All students must complete a May Term at the end of each of their four years in the Upper School. With permission, twelfth graders may choose to do an off-campus Senior Project in lieu of May Term.

• English

  • English 9: Identity, Morality, and Justice
  • English 10: Diversity in Thought and Culture
  • English 11: American Identities
  • English 12
  • Advanced Placement English: Language and Composition
  • Advanced Placement English: Literature and Composition
  • Creative Writing
  • Practical Ethics
  • Humanities Capstone

• World Languages

  French

  • French 1
  • French 2
  • French 3
  • French 4
  • Advanced Placement French

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  Spanish

  • Spanish 1
  • Spanish 2
  • Spanish 3
  • Spanish 4
  • Spanish 5
  • AP Spanish Language and Culture

• Mathematics

  • Algebra I
  • Geometry
  • Algebra II
  • Honors Algebra II/Precalculus
  • PreCalculus
  • Advanced Topics in Math: Data Analysis
  • Advanced Topics in Math: Financial Algebra
  • Advanced Placement Precalculus 
  • Advanced Placement Statistics
  • Advanced Placement Calculus AB
  • Advanced Placement Calculus BC

• Science

  • The Physical World: Matter and Energy
  • Genetics: Understanding Your DNA
  • Astronomy 
  • Biology: Cells to Ecosystems
  • The Physics of Sports
  • The Chemistry of Food
  • Topics in Earth Science
  • Chemistry of Colors
  • Applied Physics and Engineering
  • Science of Music
  • AP Biology
  • AP Physics 1
  • Science Writing and Research (Post AP)

• History

  • History 9: Morality, Democracy, and Justice
  • History 10: Revolution and the Modern World
  • United States History
  • Honors United States History
  • Honors World History
  • Democracy and Discourse
  • Modern American Cultural History
  • Economics
  • History of Black Rochester

• Visual Art

  • Drawing and Printmaking
  • 3D Art: Ceramics, Sculpture, and Installation
  • Studio Art II: Portfolio Seminar
  • Honors Seminar Studio Art
  • Advanced Photography
  • Digital Media Production
  • Painting: Global Perspectives 

• Music

  • Upper School Chorus
  • Voice Class
  • AP Music Theory
  • Advanced Ensemble

• Drama

  • Drama Workshop Fall Musical
  • Drama Workshop Spring Play
  • Theatre Production
  • Production Team

• Senior Project Program

  The Senior Project Program is a three-week, off-campus experience in a professional environment. For more than two decades, AC twelfth graders have devised a wide variety of projects and internships with several ends in mind:

  • to explore a potential career
  • to participate in community service,
  • to indulge their curiosity in a constructive way about some field of interest.

  Projects and internships are expected to occupy at least the equivalent of the regular school day and must take place in a professional environment in which the students have not had previous work experience.
  
  

  At the conclusion, students must prepare and deliver a 5-10 minute presentation to a panel of professionals from the AC community. Some students will be selected to give brief presentations to the Upper School during May Term Exhibition Night.

• Physical Education/Health

  • Physical Education
  • Independent Study Physical Education
  • Health

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  HAC Athletics

  Fall

  • Co-Ed Cross Country
  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Soccer
  • Girls Tennis
  • Girls Volleyball
  • Boys Golf
  • Girls Golf

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  Winter

  • Co-Ed Swimming
  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Co-Ed Bowling

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  Spring

  • Boys Baseball
  • Girls Softball
  • Boys Tennis
  • Co-Ed Track and Field

  >> Click here to learn more about HAC Athletics

   

   

• Clubs

  • Admissions Ambassadors
  • Black Student Union
  • Community Service Club
  • Gender Sexuality Alliance
  • Global Engagement Club
  • Math Team
  • Mock Trial
  • Model United Nations
  • Muse – Literary Arts Magazine
  • Student Government
  • Synergy – Yearbook
  • TEDx Club

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  Clubs at Allendale Columbia School consist of programs run primarily by students, allowing them to share their interests, concerns, and/or talents beyond the scope of academics and athletics.
  
  

  Clubs provide both leadership and participation opportunities for students. Clubs are as diverse as our students’ interests and contribute to the life of the Upper School community.
  
  

  Each club is student run and sponsored by at least one faculty member.  Students may choose to have their club run year long or for a semester, allowing for new clubs to be created and new interest to be shared. 
  
  

  An Upper School Club Fair is held in September and again in January (if new clubs are to be announced) where students may sign up for clubs of interest to them. 
  
  

  The list above is a sampling of some of the active clubs in the Upper School.