Curriculum
To be in HISP means a student is placed in specific literature, composition, and social science courses that have been designed by HISP faculty and focus on the humanities and global perspectives. HISP students join students from CKM’s other small learning communities in their mathematics, science, language, physical education, and elective classes.
HISP is structured in a four-year sequence which includes a literature/ composition course, a complementary social science course, and a humanities or liberal arts elective each year. See the Course Sequence listed below for an outline of HISP class schedules by grade-level.
Students take a minimum of three years of foreign language. Over the four years, HISP students read at least 40 complete books in literature classes. In addition, students prepare during each summer for the coming school year by reading and responding in writing to fiction and non-fiction works chosen from specific lists relevant to their studies.