All year long, students practice various modes of composition, with special emphasis on critical analysis.  Along the way, they’ll study a Shakespearean comedy, a contemporary novel that deals with questions of place, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s masterpiece critique of racial injustice in America. Every week, their writing assignments will challenge them...

Tenth grade students at Moses Brown typically enroll in Algebra II. In addition, they learn computer programming with Python (a popular programming language), and how it can be used as a tool for computational thinking and mathematical discovery. Some students enroll in Geometry or Precalculus, depending on previous coursework. At every upper school grade level,...

At Moses Brown, tenth graders take a semester-long course in religious studies and one in 20th-century world history. Students begin with an introduction to the academic study of religion, focusing on the five major religious traditions of the world: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.  They explore the plurality of traditions within each religion, and...

At Moses Brown, the Science department strives to nurture a spirit of inquiry in every tenth grader. Laboratory experiments, field observations, and group work guide students as they study the natural and physical sciences and consider the implications of science in modern life. In every discipline, students apply the scientific method and their best critical...

In addition to reading, writing and arithmetic, students need to be able to create digital environments, not just use them.  Coding stresses computational thinking, in which students break a problem down and express a solution in steps that a computer can understand.  After all, in the 21st century, the ability to code will be as critical...

Tenth graders at Moses Brown extend their abilities in the world language of their choice.  Mastery of a foreign language is critical to understanding one’s native culture and worldview, and those of others.  Of course, it also opens a myriad of travel opportunities and ways of connecting with other people and cultures.

Tenth graders at Moses Brown have an extensive menu of fine and performing arts opportunities available to them.  On page, stage, and canvas, they are regularly challenged to discern what they think and feel, and to hone their technical ability to realize that inner vision.  Arts classes frequently overlap with other subjects, giving students multiple ways...