KWHS Curriculum
The Kensington Woods Difference is defined, at the core, by the curriculum. The Kensington Woods Difference focuses on scholarship, character and purpose. Kensington Woods High School works towards each student graduating with the skills needed to be successful at college, not just accepted. We do this by weaving scholarship, character and purpose, along with high expectations, service and project-based learning, strong student/teacher relationships and a small, personal learning environment throughout a relevant, engaging and rigorous curriculum.
The curriculum at KWHS is one that balances content, instructional strategies, and assessment. We have embraced an instructional mode that values students and focuses on the relevance of content by framing it in real-world scenarios, problems or essential questions. Problem Based Learning has proven to be an asset to all learners: challenging advanced students and motivating all students who can answer for themselves, “Why do we need to know this?” Furthermore, teachers are all actively involved in constructing assessments that truly communicate what it is a student should be able to do, and more importantly, what they need to do to get there. We practice mastery learning as well, allowing students multiple opportunities to arrive at their learning target.
Our Freshman Seminar class, Symposium classes and Senior Exhibition demonstrate this. These courses focus on the whole child, and encourage students to think about the world globally, while acting and analyzing locally. Freshman Seminar is ideal preparation for the rigors of high school in terms of reading, writing and research, and in developing students’ own concept of themselves as both learners and leaders while Senior Exhibition prepares students for college, for the work world and for future success. Our focus is on educating the whole child and seeing the results through 100% acceptance to four year Universities
To learn more about the individual aspects of our curriculum, visit the links on the left.