Special projects:

1. Life Skills: Research paper on social issues in the community and around the U.S., specifically race, racism and African-American culture using both historical and current events.
2. History: Hamilton Education Project: 1-2 minute performance piece (rap, poem, song, scene, monologue) based on historical documents from the Colonial period. Culminating in field trip to Fischer Theater to see Hamilton.
3. English: Inquiry project/research paper published digitally on a multimedia class blog (Grade 9); Inquiry project using technology to publish a podcast (Grade 10/11)
4. Science: Biweekly lab experiments.
5. School-wide interdisciplinary Black History Month project.

Curriculum to meet diverse learning needs:

1. Rigorous, college readiness courses.
2. Online learning opportunities.
3. Each student receives a DCHS Google account fora professional email address and access to Google Drive. Assignments are posted to Google Classroom.
4. 50/50 self-contained curriculum for students with cognitive impairments.
5. After-school tutoring in all subjects.