Academic Calendar FlexPlan

The Community School Academic Calendar FlexPlan allows students (particularly winter sport athletes) to plan their high school curriculum to ensure that they can compete during the winter trimester with a reduced course load without compromising the quality of their education. The FlexPlan allows students to reduce to four core courses during the winter trimester in Ninth and Tenth grades, three core courses in the Eleventh grade and two courses in the Twelfth grade.


Ninth Grade
Geometry or Algebra, History 9, Biology 9, Language
Requires Community Summer Courses for English 9, Spanish I or II, and an Elective: Music Appreciation, Local History or Psychology the summer before Ninth grade.

Tenth Grade
Geometry or Algebra II, History 10, Chemistry, Language
Requires Community Summer Courses for English 10 and an Elective: Music Appreciation, Local History or Psychology the summer before Tenth grade.

Eleventh Grade
Algebra II or PreCalculus, History 11, Language
Requires Community Summer Courses for English 11: American Environmental Literature,
Geology of the Northwest and an Elective: Music Appreciation, Local History or Psychology the summer before Eleventh grade. In addition, many winter athletes may complete the Junior thesis
in the summer.

Twelfth Grade
PreCalculus or Calculus, Language
Requires Community Summer Courses for English 12 and an Elective:  Music Appreciation, Local History, or Psychology. Math or Language may be dropped in the senior year but most highly selective colleges want to see that students are taking the most challenging curriculum available.






Rising Ninth Graders
English 9  10am-Noon
Local History (elective credit) or
Psychology (elective credit)  Noon-2pm
Music Appreciation (elective credit)  2-4pm

Rising Tenth Graders
Spanish I or II  (full-year credit)  9:30am-12:30pm
English 10  12:30-2:30pm
Local History (elective credit)  or
Psychology (elective credit)  Noon-2pm
Music Appreciation (elective credit)  2-4pm

Rising Eleventh Graders
English 11: American Environmental Literature  10am-Noon
Local History (elective credit)  or
Psychology (elective credit)  Noon-2pm
Geology of the Northwest  2-4pm  or
Music Appreciation (elective credit)  2-4pm

Rising Twelfth Graders
English 12 American Environmental Literature  10am-Noon or
English 12 Creative Writing  10am-Noon or
English 12 Reading and Writing Fiction  3-5pm
Local History (elective credit)  or
Psychology (elective credit)  Noon-2pm
Music Appreciation (elective credit)  2-4pm  or
Geology of the Northwest (elective credit)   2-4pm



For more information about the Academic Calendar FlexPlan, please contact
Phil Huss, 208.622.3960, ext. 138