2023-2024 class lists evolve as students register
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Evolving Class Lists for 2023-2024
Last updated 10/19/23
11 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.
Registered students
Math Workshop
Tu/Th 8:00-9:00 MST
Harper Turnage (4th)
Lucas McAdam (2nd)
Sebastian Baker (2nd)
Lila Baker (5th)
Hazel Brown (3rd)
Geometry
Tu/Th 1:30-3:00
John Spilotros (10th)
English II/AP Language
M/W 1:30-3:00
Leo Gelardi (12th)
John Spilotros (10th)
AP World History
Tu/Th 1:30-3:00
Leo Gelardi (12th)
2.5 Year Program (6th-8th)
English I (modified) +
World History I
M-Th 9:30-11:00 MST
Kenneth Weinrauch (8th)
Winston Gelardi (7th)
Everett Lingle (7th)
Warren Day (6th)
Pre Algebra/Algebra I
Tu/Th 11:30-1:00
Winston Gelardi (7th)
Warren Day (6th)
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 2023-2024
This new class (grades 3-6) 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.
AP Language: Journeys from Home
AP Language (grades 10-12) is the first year of a two-year preparation for the AP Language & Composition Exam. This course explores literature in which characters leave the protected environment of home to find their own way in the world. Writing creative non-fiction complements the beginning academic analysis of novels and short stories that students learn in English II.
1st Year Program
Ancient Cultures (grades 7-9) explores cultures of the ancient world from Sumeria through Egypt, Greece, China, and Rome, ending with a unit on the Middle Ages. 1st Year English combines literature selections (novels, essays, poems, plays) from time periods and concepts studied in Ancient Cultures & the Middle Ages with analysis of short stories, creative and analytical writing, and SAT- prep Grammar, Vocabulary, and Spelling.
2nd Year Program
American History, Part II (grades 7-9) covers the political, social, cultural, economic, and philosophical history of the United States from Reconstruction to the Closing of the Frontier. (modified) English I 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. Creative non-fiction pieces complement analytical essays as students hone the skills learned in the 2nd Year Program. New students will learn how to write 5-paragraph analytical essays, joining the class in exploring various genres.
3rd Year Program
World History (grades 8-10) 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 (2024-2025)? Please contact us today!