In a student-centered classroom, the teacher serves as a guide and the students take ownership of learning through student choice in writing and reading. Predominantly writing-based, the English curriculum uses a process approach to writing. Because reading and writing are interconnected, the curriculum develops life-long readers. We believe that in preparing students for life after Assumption High School, vocabulary should be connected to writing and reading.

• Participate in a community of lifelong readers, writers and learners.
• Think critically.
• Understand and engage in the writing process to become proficient writers.
• Appreciate the power of reading and writing to make connections and effect change in the world.
• Experience diversity through a wide selection of authors and topics.
• Utilize media as a tool for communication.
• Recognize and value the interrelatedness of reading and writing.
• Use the tools of reading and writing to examine essential questions and grow as human beings.