The work we assign should be interesting, worth doing, and educational. And, the work you do should prepare you for lifelong learning and achievement.

We assign great books, build courses around current events and controversies, work on Wednesday Projects that integrate work across academic disciplines, and work on yearlong Social Entrepreneurship projects so students can create and operate a real business, while raising funds for charitable objectives.

The heart of the academic program at Ideal Schools High School is our unique approach to learning, which aims for enduring understanding, not simply superficial recall, by having students solve complex problems instead of merely sitting and listening to direct instruction on academic content.

Because of our small class sizes and classroom arrangement, students learn by spending time contemplating and discussing academic content, not by listening to a teacher telling them the "right" answer to memorize. We aspire to encourage deep, sustained focus by providing relevant and challenging content, questions, and projects in a comfortable and disciplined learning environment.

This approach makes academic inquiry meaningful. So while students are working to complete projects and solve complex problems, they are learning the academic content that will make it possible for them to do so.

Academic subjects include, but are not limited to, the following:

• English Literature and Literary Analysis

• Mathematics and Statistics
  

• Experimental, Environmental and Theoretical Sciences

• Computer Science and Technology
  

• North and South American, European, African, and Asian History
  

• Political Science and Philosophy
  

• Economics, Finance, and Fiscal Responsibility

• Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making

• Public-Speaking and Persuasion

• Foreign Language
  

• Art and Architecture

• Music

• Senior Project