Academic program

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The academic program is organized on a block schedule. Eleven (11) High Honors classes per semester is the maximum typical load. Students attend 5 classes daily of 60 minutes each. Classes are school-year-long. The curriculum for the five-year high school is composed of the following subjects:

 

Hours per week 1st year
(9th)
2nd year
(10th)
3rd year
(11th)
4th year
(12th)
5 year
(13th)
Italian Language and Literature 4 4 4 4 4
Latin Language and Literature 3 3 3 3 3
History and Geography 3 3
History 2 2 2
Philosophy 3 3 3
Mathematics* 5 5 4 4 4
Natural Sciences** 2 2 3 3 3
Physics 2 2 3 3 3
Foreign Language – English 3 3 3 3 3
History of Art 2 2 2 2 2
Physical Education 2 2 2 2 2
Religion 1 1 1 1 1

*Includes IT in the first two years of school.

**Includes Biology, Chemistry and Earth Science