Cambridge Curriculum Internationally recognized. Accepted at more than 400 colleges as freshman level classes Designed to help students be reflective, confident, engaged, innovative and responsible.

Cambridge FLE Designed to give students the tools to communicate at a college level. Applicable to many career paths. Helps students learn how to communicate effectively through Understanding (what is being said, implied, or hinted at) Creation (How do you communicate meaning?) Organization (How do you sequence your thoughts?)

Cambridge students learn Effective grammar & sentence construction Vocabulary decoding. Writing to a genre (and picking an appropriae genre for writing) Analyzing writing for its voice, audience, and content Creating writing consciously through voice, audience and content.

The Cambridge Assessment Your child is a “candidate” for Cambridge qualification. If received, this opens up the chance for your child to take college classes as early as junior year. While a child who qualifies is likely to receive an A in the class, not qualifying =/= not passing (this is decided by their grade.)

Cambridge Qualification Portfolio Test 3 writing pieces 500 word persuasive or informative text. 500 word narrative or descriptive text 500 word “response to text” (think letter to the editor.) Graded by me or by a colleague 50 points available (10 for reading, 40 for writing) 2 hour test in May 3 questions towards two reading passages. 250 word guided writing (letter, newspaper article, interview, etc.) 200 word literary analysis 200 word summary (with a bulleted list) Graded by University of Cambridge 50 points available (40 for reading, 10 for writing.)

Qualification To qualify, a student must score 70 points between the test and portfolio. Last year’s national average for the test was a 19. A score of 35 or better is ideal A score of 20-25 now is “on track.”