Curriculum
Classes at Buxton are designed to engage hearts and minds. Teachers teach what they are passionate about, and students are encouraged to have passionate responses to the subject matters. Conversation, dialogue, even heated debate are encouraged in all Buxton classes.
The curriculum, on its surface, is fairly traditional. All students are expected to take:
- Four years of English
- Three years of history
- Three years of a language
- Three years of math
- Two years of laboratory science
Within that framework lies an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to all subjects, a wide variety of electives in the humanities and sciences, arts courses in subjects ranging from ceramics to painting to drama to music composition, and classes that offer stimulating books, lively conversation, and engaged and engaging teachers.
