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English
2010-2011
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English Department Philosophy
The English Department aims to educate its students to be responsible leaders by fostering knowledge, gospel values and faith through the experience of literature and through effective communication.
Anita Huenke, English Department Chairperson |
Please check English News to find out more about CCC English students who have used skills honed in our English and publications classes to contribute to the world of writing!
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Department Goals
We hope through reading, discussing and writing about literature, social issues, and their own experience, our students will:
| Acquire a greater self-knowledge and awareness of their assumptions and beliefs. |
| Learn more about people, including those in their own classrooms and communities, and also those of other cultures, places and times. |
| Develop confidence in themselves as Christian people and as scholars. |
| Appreciate the aesthetic, intellectual, emotional, and social pleasures of reading and writing so they will become lifelong readers and writers. |
| Use the spirit of spontaneity and creativity in sharing oral and written responses literature. |
| Resolve to think independently yet realize and respect the many perspectives of dealing with human experience, both in literature and in their lives. |
| Appreciate and enjoy the widening scope of literature and the language in which it is communicated. |
| Develop competence in language skills in order to communicate openly and effectively. |
Act with integrity and work together in the English classroom to foster a spirit of respect, cooperation and service.
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English AP scores
Senior students in our AP Literature and Composition classes take the annual AP exam in May of each school year. Our students score well on these exams, usually about 18-22% higher than the global average. In 2005 we instituted the AP Language and Composition course for honors level juniors. These students have also achieved high success rates. The chart below shows global and CCC scores for the AP Literature and Composition exams in recent years. Students earning a 3 or above achieve a passing grade on the exam and college credit.
The following are AP Literature and Composition exam scores from 2004-2009.
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Year |
CCC score 1 |
Global Score - 1 |
CCC score 2 |
Global score 2 |
CCC score 3 |
Global score - 3 |
CCC score 4 |
Global Score 4 |
CCC score 5 |
Global Score 5 |
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2004 |
0% |
7.7% |
20.9% |
27.4% |
39.5% |
34.3% |
32.5% |
21.3% |
6.9% |
9.2% |
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2005 |
0% |
8.4% |
25.7% |
29.7% |
48.5% |
33.8% |
25.7% |
20.1% |
5.7% |
8.1% |
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2006 |
2.7% |
8.1% |
16.2% |
29.8% |
48.6% |
34.3% |
24.3% |
20.8% |
8.1% |
7.1% |
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2007 |
0% |
8.7% |
16.2% |
30.2% |
43.2% |
33.3% |
32.4% |
20.9% |
8.1% |
7.0% |
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2008 |
0% |
9.1% |
17% |
30.6% |
46.3% |
33.9% |
34.1% |
19.9% |
2.4% |
6.5% |
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2009 |
0% |
10.1% |
30.5% |
31.3% |
44.4% |
30.8% |
13.8% |
20.5% |
11.1% |
7.4% |
The following are AP Language and Composition exam scores from 2006-2009.
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Year |
CCC Score 1 |
Global Score 1 |
CCC Score 2 |
Global Score 2 |
CCC Score 3 |
Global Score 3 |
CCC Score 4 |
Global Score 4 |
CCC Score 5 |
Global Score 5 |
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2006 |
0% |
12.4% |
13.9% |
36.7% |
46.5% |
29.6% |
13.9% |
15.9% |
2.3% |
5.4% |
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2007 |
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10.9% |
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30.3% |
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31.4% |
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18.3% |
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9.2% |
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2008 |
0% |
11.3% |
30.5% |
30.5% |
44.4% |
31.4% |
13.8% |
18.2% |
11.1% |
8.7% |
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2009 |
6.4% |
11.9% |
12.9% |
28.4% |
45.1% |
30.2% |
25.8% |
19.0% |
9.7% |
10.5% |
Course Sequence
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Regular |
Advanced |
IB |
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English 9 |
English 9 Honors |
English 9 or 9 Honors |
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English 10 |
English 10 Honors |
English 10 or 10 Honors |
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English 11 |
Advanced Placement English 11 |
IB English HL |
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English 12 |
Advanced Placement English 12 |
IB English HL |
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Additional electives are available throughout
high school to regular and advanced students.
These include Journalism, Yearbook, Classical & Ancient Mythology, Creative Writing, and Speech & Communication.
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The English Department faculty...
- are highly competent and reflect diversity in their specialties.
- provide a variety of instructional resources and methods that meet the academic needs of all students.
- use an integrated language approach that is multi-cultural and humanities-based.
- recognize that proficient reading is an interactive and life-long learning process.
- teach strategic reading skills that develop comprehension and critical thinking.
- teach writing as a process with a variety of purposes and methods of organization.
- help students develop writing skills that facilitate and reflect in-depth reading and critical thinking skills.
- integrate assessment and student self-assessment with instruction to encourage students to discover their own strengths and weaknesses.
Department Highlights
- We have two Advanced Placement English classes at the junior and senior level. Juniors study for the Advanced Placement Language and Composition exam. Seniors prepare for the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition exam.
- We have two higher level English classes in the IB program at the junior and senior level. Students in this program are assessed orally in their junior year and in writing their senior year.
- Our department has a wide array of interesting electives, such as Mythology, Creative Writing, Journalism 1, 2 Honors, 3 Honors, Yearbook 1, 2 Honors, 3 Honors, and Speech and Debate.
- Advanced Placement scores above the national average reflect a strong sequential honors program.
- Student publications such as the literary magazine, yearbook and school newspaper are affiliated with several student press associations and receive high ratings on annual critiques sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Student in publications regularly attend the CSPA Convention in New York CIty and the FSPA Convention in Orlando to increase their skills in producing the school newspaper, literary magazine, and yearbook and to learn more about the media.
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