“The incredible new school, offers
an infinite number of great possibilities.”

The most noticeable feature of Delta High School is its teachers, an interactive team that enables all students to succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Simply apply to be a part of it all!

Thinking different to achieve excellence, as well as life skills.

Delta is a STEM high school, meaning the way students learn, as well as what they learn, reflects the world we live in - a world driven by science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), combined with other subjects.

The Delta Story

Making real-world connections.

Guided by caring teachers, students participate in customized, hands-on learning experiences inside and outside the classroom. Through their own self-directed learning, students create a culture of creativity, exploration, and innovation.

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Delta students in their technology classroom

What would you do if the choice was yours?

Would you attend a big school or a small school? Would you choose hands-on, real-world experiences or learning in an energetic classroom? If you had the power to decide for yourself, would you?

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Welcome to Delta High School! We are a small, public high school for students living in the Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco School Districts. At Delta, students are brought together from a variety of backgrounds to create one collaborative community. The faculty is dedicated to creating a highly-personalized, open, and trusting learning environment for all students and their families. Students at Delta are supported by teachers, advisors, and mentors that will network them into the local STEM community and beyond.

The elements of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are woven into every subject at Delta High School. Students incorporate their learning and engage in inquiry, problem-solving, and project-based learning. Our curriculum is rigorous and made relevant by intensive STEM community involvement. At Delta we rarely hear...

Biography

Sarah Pack majored in Secondary English Education at Eastern Washington University and is presently pursuing National Board Certification. She has been in education for six years. Previously, she taught Advanced Placement courses at Pasco High School. She serves on the Professional Education Advisory Board for Washington State University.

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Course Description

Ninth Grade English
Have you ever wondered what separates a person we call genius from one we merely call smart? Often, the distinction is not only having a brilliant idea that no one else has ever thought of before, but having the ability to clearly and precisely share that idea with the world. Without the ability to read, write, listen, and speak effectively, we are limited in our ability to create and share ideas with one another. These language arts skills are of course important to reading stories and writing essays, but they are also critical to improving how you think, learn, and understand science, technology, engineering, math, and social studies. This year you will learn how to be aware of yourself and others as readers and writers and how to navigate and adapt your reading and writing processes for various texts, situations, audiences, and purposes. You will use this learning to communicate and connect your thinking and learning from Science, Technology, Math, and Social Studies.

Integration
Delta is a STEM school. That means that we have a strong focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. English Language Arts and Social Studies are critical pieces of a STEM education. So, here at Delta, we integrate your courses around a common theme (enduring understanding) each Trimester. You will see how Science, Math, English Language Arts, Social Studies are all connected. Integration is central to a Delta education

Course Materials

We will be reading the following literature this year:
The Odyssey
Miracle Worker
Pygmalion
Dracula
The Portrait of Dorian Grey
Alice in Wonderland
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Bless Me, Ultima
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies

This is a multiple resource class. As such, there is not a single text that will be utilized. Students may also access other print and non-print texts to support and supplement their learning throughout this course. All required texts will be provided.

Course Outline

Trimester One - The Hero's Quest for Knowledge

Objective
Design reading and writing goals. Critically reflect on reading and writing process. Select reading and writing strategies to achieve established goals.

Essential Questions

How is our learning dependent upon the questions we ask?
What makes a person a hero?
How is human innovation related to the stories we are told?
How do reading for enjoyment and reading for information differ?
How is the hero’s journey dependent on human endeavor?

Integrated Project—Electric Car Technical Report

Trimester Two - The Perception of Style and Imagery

Objective
Apply close reading strategies to understand the form and function of imagery and figurative language. Analyze character development. Interpret an author’s style.

Essential Questions

How is art an engineered system attempting to reflect nature?
How do natural systems influence oral and written communication?
How do natural systems inspire art?
How do metaphors mold thinking?

Integrated Project—Art and the Senses Sonnet and Recitation

Trimester Three - Behold, the Power of Persuasion

Objective
Apply rhetorical appeals and rhetorical devices to effectively evaluate and construct print and non-print based arguments.

Essential Questions

When is the correct/workable/expedient answer not always the best?
Why is something persuasive?
How do we convince ourselves and others? Why?
To what extent should people trust science?
To what extent is technology abused and/or abusive?

Integrated Project —Perspectives and Persuasion Advertisement Campaign