Janus Liberal Arts High School-Educational Program

The mission of Janus Liberal Arts High School is to provide a liberal arts educational model that develops the students’ sense of social responsibility, strengthens their intellectual and practical skills, and offers students’ the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge and skills in real-world settings.

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Curriculum

The Core Curriculum at Janus Liberal Arts High School takes seriously our mission to engage students in the fullness of a liberal arts education: to learn, reflect, and live with an expanding awareness of one’s responsibility to self, community, and the larger world.

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Janus offers high school students’ a liberal arts education that is interdisciplinary and humanities-based covering topics in the humanities, as well as social, natural and formal sciences. The academic areas include: Humanities – Fine, Performing, and Creative Arts, Literature, Modern Languages, History, and Philosophy. Social Sciences – Human Development, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Geography. Natural Sciences – Earth, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Mathematics- Algebra, Geometry, and Advanced Math. Please review some of our course offerings below!

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Our liberal arts program empowers students and prepares them to deal with complexity, diversity, and change. It provides students with broad knowledge of the wider world (e.g. science, culture, and society) as well as in-depth study in a specific area of interest.

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The curriculum at JLA is aligned with the Common Core Standards and are in alignment with our Academic Goals. The Common Core State Standards provides a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. JLA students will graduate fully prepared for the future.

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These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their secondary educational career so that they will graduate able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs.

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Core Values

As an educational institution, JLA has established Core values that are the fundamental beliefs that guide our actions, decisions, and interactions, providing a sense of purpose and direction as a private high school. These core values act as a compass for life and work, helping students make choices that align with who they want to be.

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JLA Core Values: Creativity, Responsibility/Accountability, Character, Healthy Competition, & Community

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Academic Goals

Through the Liberal Arts Curriculum, we want our students to reach the following Academic Goals:

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• Develop powers of clear expression in writing and speech. Extend their knowledge of great literature of the past and present, together with the habit of critical reading.

 

• Acquire broad historical and cultural perspectives.

 

• Deepen their appreciation for and understanding of mathematics and the natural world while improving their ability to solve problems and to think logically and abstractly.

 

• Develop facility with and cultural understanding of at least one additional language. Refine the aesthetic sense through the study and practice of the performing arts. Recognize ethical and social challenges and respond to them through service to the community.

 

• Build character and improve physical fitness through participation in health, nutrition, physical education.

 

• And, also, to become familiar with the uses of technology throughout the curriculum.