High School

Science at E.L. Haynes – Active, Hands-On, and Meaningful: At E.L. Haynes, science is where curiosity meets challenge, and inquiry becomes understanding. Across elementary, middle, and high school, our students engage in science that is not about memorizing facts—but about thinking like scientists: asking questions, testing ideas, using real tools, and investigating how things work in the real world. Grounded in rigor, rooted in STEAM, and supported by high-quality curriculum and instruction, our science program invites students to explore, investigate, and make sense of the world with confidence and joy.

High School science at Haynes honors student interest and agency. Beyond foundational courses, students can immerse themselves in electives like Anatomy and Sorensic science, classes that tap into real applications and ignite genuine excitement. These courses emphasize interactive, applied work—from examining the human body to solving scientific puzzles rooted in evidence and analysis. Our high school also uses Stemscopes, a curriculum that supports depth of understanding while allowing students to engage with science through inquiry, data, and authentic scientific practices. Whether a student dreams of a career in science or simply wants to understand the world more deeply, our high school program offers pathways that are challenging, relevant, and engaging.

Technology at E.L. Haynes – Tools for Creation, Connection, and Cognition: At E.L. Haynes, technology is not an add-on—it is an essential means for learning, creating, and communicating. From the youngest learners to our oldest innovators, we embed purposeful technology use across grade levels to expand how students access information, express ideas, and solve problems. Whether students are learning to code, edit video, design an app, or use assistive tools that unlock potential, technology at Haynes supports equity, creativity, and real-world readiness.

At the High School, technology is a platform for innovation and future pathways. Students continue in a 1:1 Chromebook environment, giving them daily access to digital tools that support research, creation, and productivity. Through our partnership with TAGLabs, students access rich Computer Science coursework in areas like App Design, Videogame Design, and Graphic Design—courses that blend creativity with logic and prepare students for college and careers in technology. These electives empower students to make technology, not just use it. Here, digital fluency becomes an engine for individual expression and future opportunity.

Design, Build, Test, Refine. At E.L. Haynes, engineering is how students learn to turn ideas into solutions. Across all grade levels, students are invited to think like engineers—identifying problems, designing and building models, testing their ideas, and making improvements based on what they learn. Engineering at Haynes is both hands-on and cognitive: it includes physical construction, structural design, and computational thinking. Rooted in our STEAM identity, engineering provides the throughline that connects science, mathematics, technology, and creativity into purposeful problem-solving.

In High School, engineering pathways expand into advanced computational and design fields through our partnership with TAGLabs. Students can pursue courses in App Design, Videogame Design, and Graphic Design, experiences that blend creative thinking with technical execution.

In these courses, students follow real-world engineering processes. They plan their ideas, create prototypes, test their work, make improvements, and share their final products. Whether they are designing an app, building a game, or creating digital graphics, students practice the full design process.

These courses are taught with rigor and help students build both precision and creativity. At the high school level, engineering prepares students not just to use technology—but to design and create it.

Discipline, Design, and Creative Expression. At E.L. Haynes, the arts are not extracurricular—they are core to how students learn to think, create, and communicate. Across our Elementary, Middle, and High School campuses, students experience the arts as both craft and expression: disciplined skill-building paired with meaningful autonomy. Our arts educators are not only teachers; they are practicing artists, performers, writers, and designers who bring professional expertise into the classroom every day. The result is a coherent, vibrant arts continuum that develops technical proficiency, creative confidence, and authentic artistic voice.

In High School, the arts become a platform for voice, identity, and advanced craft. Students can pursue Creative Writing and Poetry, developing manuscripts and screenplays that reflect both technical precision and personal perspective. Instruction emphasizes execution—students spend the majority of their time refining their work, revising, producing, and presenting.

Our staff are practicing artists whose professional work informs classroom rigor and relevance. From leadership in national poetry spaces to visual art installations and professional performance careers, our teachers model what it means to live as an artist. Students learn not only techniques, but also what it means to commit to a creative discipline.

At this stage, students have more independence while also being held to high expectations. They develop their own artistic style while building strong skills and attention to quality.

Thinking, Reasoning and Real-World Problem-Solving. At E.L. Haynes, mathematics is not about speed or rote procedure. It is about thinking. Across all three campuses, we are building math classrooms where students reason, justify, collaborate, and solve complex problems with confidence. Our approach prioritizes conceptual understanding alongside fluency, ensuring students know not just how to compute—but why mathematics works. We use a strong curriculum and ongoing teacher support to make sure math learning builds clearly from Pre-K through 12th grade, helping students grow their skills and become independent problem solvers.

In High School, math classes focus on helping students explain their thinking, work through problems together, and build a deep understanding of concepts.

Teachers use tools like whiteboards and group problem-solving so students can work together, share their thinking, and take an active role in their learning. The focus is increasingly on deep understanding rather than surface coverage. Students grapple with complex problems, defend their strategies, and refine their thinking through feedback and discussion. Classrooms are dynamic, interactive spaces where mathematics is experienced as a discipline of logic, argument, and creativity.

Language as Connection, Identity, and Academic Growth. At E.L. Haynes, learning languages is about both academics and connection. It helps students think in new ways, understand different cultures, and see their own experiences and identities reflected and valued.Across our campuses, Spanish instruction builds progressively from exposure and exploration to advanced proficiency, supported by strong PK-12 alignment and deep content expertise within our language department. Language at Haynes is not simply a requirement—it is a bridge between home and school, between cultures, and between ideas.

At the High School, students follow a clear and rigorous Spanish trajectory from Spanish I through AP Spanish, allowing them to advance toward college-level proficiency. This pathway reflects strong PK-12 alignment across schools, supported by a department with deep content expertise—educators who have taught across grade levels and understand the full PK–12 progression of language development.

Students refine their analytical reading and writing skills, engage in complex conversations, and explore literature and cultural studies that expand their global perspective. For many, language study culminates in AP coursework that prepares them for advanced academic work beyond Haynes.

The High School also supports a Spanish Translators Program, providing students opportunities to apply their bilingual skills in meaningful, real-world contexts. This program reinforces the value of multilingualism while strengthening communication across our school community.