2021-2022 class lists evolve as students register
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Evolving Class Lists for 2021-2022
Last updated 1/31/22
13 students
How are North Fork classes different than those at students' public, private, or home schools?
At North Fork, students "link" ideas across Core Curriculum (1st, 2nd, 3rd) years as they continuously develop their skills. This result is not possible in separate classes, taught by different teachers each year, all choosing their own curricula and focus.
It is the vertical integration of all readings, assignments, and classwork as well as teachers' intimate knowledge of student strengths and weaknesses over the course of several years that create the success of North Fork School curricula.
WW + Humanities Foundations
Tu & Th 8:00-9:00 MST
Esabella Erekson (5th)
Winston Gelardi (5th)
Everett Lingle (5th)
Maddison Elliot (5th)
Rohan McClaran (5th)
Luella Grace (5th)
Charlotte Grace (4th)
French III (HS)
MDHS A days 11:45
Sadie Berry
MDHS B days 8:00
Diesel Messenger
Elementary French
M & W 4:30-5:00 MST
Eris McClaran (4th)
Harper Hurley (3rd)
American Literature
1:30-3:00 (M & Th)
Leo Gelardi
Diesel Messenger
Sadie Berry
Honors American History II
1:30-3:00 (Tu & W)
Leo Gelardi
Diesel Messenger
Sadie Berry
2022-2023 potential classes
(enroll by April 2022):
1st Year Program (6th & 7th)
Ancient Cultures & English
2nd Year Program (7th & 8th)
American Lit & US History
enrolled for 2022-2023:
Kenneth Weinrauch (7th)
3rd Year Program (9th)
British Lit & World History
AP Literature (11th/12th)
Heroes & Villlains
If your student does not seem to “fit” into one of the classes/grade levels shown above, please call us to discuss options… programs which receive enrollments during the current school year may start any time, if there are at least four interested students.
We offer alternating years of our programs, since we mix grade levels and place students with peers who have similar skills as we build a body of knowledge together.
“Seeing all the work in my big purple binder, and all the finished pieces listed on our charts, makes me feel accomplished. Writing prompts at the North Fork School make me think; my writing is now creative and analytical. North Fork is one of the best decisions I have ever made.”
WW/Humanities Foundations 2021-2022
This new class (grades 4-6) is a slow introduction to the 1st Year Ancient Cultures) curriculum over the course of 2-3 years. History Foundations classes teach students how to read primary sources, articles, and a textbook, while incorporating projects and activities that make learning history fun. Ancient Cultures English classes will follow a Writing Workshop format, focused on process rather than product. Students produce a binder "portfolio" in class, in which all math, mythology, history, and science projects, as well as artworks and written pieces, are indexed.
Student portfolios are a key component of documenting student achievement. There are no tests, unless we do them as a class to teach students how tests work; there will be a little homework some weekends (reading a selection; completing a project) to prepare for upcoming classes.
English III: Honors American Literature/AP Language
Honors English III (grades 11 & 12) is the second year of a two-year preparation for the AP Language & Composition Exam, and the first year of our preparation for the AP Literature & Composition Exam. A study of Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, James, Steinbeck, Cather, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O’Connor, Faulkner, & American poets, this course integrates the needs of students who have acquired basic skills in NFS programs with those of students who have little background in literary analysis.
1st Year Program
Ancient Cultures is a hands-on curriculum in which students examine archeological and historical clues for evidence of cultural and social structures. Literature and art projects from each historical time period allow students to observe and make inferences from historical fiction as well as non-fiction sources. Students begin to understand how historians piece together information about ancient cultures.
Interested in this class this year (2021-2022)? Please contact us today!
2nd Year Program
American History (grades 7 & 8) covers the political, social, cultural, economic, and philosophical history of the United States from Pre-European settlement to Reconstruction. 2nd Year English literature selections follow our American History timeline, which adds depth, both to students' understanding of concepts studied in the American History class itself, and to their grasp of authors’ viewpoints. By writing summaries of their ideas, and learning to organize their arguments into longer, cohesive essays as the year progresses, students gain a gradual knowledge of clear, focused, essay-writing skills.
Interested in this class this year (2021-2022)? Please contact us today!
3rd Year Program
World History (grades 9 & 10) offers students a cultural and literary perspective of important European historical events, beginning with the Renaissance, and ending with the Russian Revolution. Third Year English includes further analysis of literature and formal essay-writing skills, as well as new techniques of "creative" writing, such as paradox & synesthesia in poetry, satire, and creative technical writing in resumes and application essays. Students read plays, essays, and novels by British authors who affected ideas during the period from 1450 to 1950.
Interested in this class this year (2021-2022)? Please contact us today!