"的 visual 和 performing arts program at Westminster weaves the community together 和 nurtures the spirit of the Westminster campus. 的 arts at Westminster inspire students of all levels of experience from the very beginner to the advanced artist to practice the freedom of creative self-expression. 专业教师指导学生完成从开始到演示的创作过程, 建立对艺术的终身尊重和欣赏."
“我们希望为年轻人服务,并意识到私立学校有机会支持公共事业, 365平台的使命宣言以“致力于超越自我的服务生活”作为结尾.’ Westminster’s Hartford Partnership 项目 aim to deliver on that mission while making a direct impact on people 和 项目 in Hartford.”
Westminster’s commitment to diversity in education drives its support for 项目 that foster global awareness 和 encourages students to experience cultural immersion.
文学提供了一扇通向过去的窗户, 现在的过滤器, 和 a portal to the future; but, 最重要的是, 文学为读者提供了一个迁移到阈限的机会, 善解人意的空间, 在哪里, 有那么一瞬间, they are able to test the limits of their imagination's unique capacity to consider the internal 和 external l和scapes of people other than themselves. 但, is it ever possible to sufficiently underst和 和 honor the life 和 experience of another when there may be worlds 和 oceans of time 和 circumstance between the reader 和 the author? 这是, 也许, 读者在本体论上寻求与他人生活的高度联系的终极考验:阅读, 听, 试着去理解. Westminster's 英语 curriculum aims to help students to be aware of the inherent bias at the core of the self 和 to underst和 the complex 和 nuanced concepts associated with the narratives 和 histories of Otherization: to underst和 the paradox that the subjective self 和 personal experience are vitally important, 和, 同时, 为了接近生命体验的真相,必须撕下的面纱超越了你的认知. 的 英语 Department's signature visiting writer program enhances our curricular offerings with the work of six contemporary writers during each academic year; in addition, the winter 和 spring elective offerings for Sixth Form present a choice of eight different areas of literary study; this broad range of authors 和 texts allows students to read 和 discuss works from a wide 和 diverse range of backgrounds.
最重要的是, it is the goal of the 历史 Department to provide a rich curriculum 和 to create a learning environment that encourages all Westminster students to see themselves in human history. 从第三阶段的全球历史和社会课程开始,接着是第四阶段的当代历史课程, 五年级美国历史, 以及我们的AP和其他选修课, 该系的课程以多种方式向学生介绍人类的故事.
美国历史是以非传统的形式教授的, 没有正式的教科书, 和 focuses on the use of primary 和 secondary sources 和 texts to encourage students to ask good questions 和 seek good answers based in historical scholarship about American history in all its successes, 失败, 以及持续的挑战.
我们的选修课继续这一努力,扩大历史的研究,重点关注那些被边缘化的人.
AP欧洲历史和AP美国历史都越来越强调社会历史, 包括考虑性别问题, 贫困, 移民, 和身份.
AP比较政府具有全球视角, 涵盖了来自四大洲的六个不同国家的人民和政治制度.
AP艺术史的学生学习来自世界各地的艺术,跨越数千年的人类历史.
被遗忘的历史, 这门选修课已经成为365平台大学课程的一部分超过20年了, asks students to revisit their underst和ing of history 和 look much more closely at groups otherwise marginalized in traditional survey courses.
道德哲学, 本系另一门长期选修课程, challenges students to think about important questions of right 和 wrong 和 to apply their study of philosophy to real-world problems.
365平台大学的视觉艺术课程为学生提供了一个探索“大创意”的机会,,并获得2D, 3D和数字技能. 视觉艺术包括:素描、绘画、雕塑、建筑、数字艺术和摄影. 每个领域都经过精心设计,为入门学生提供基础技能和原则, 并通过中级到高级课程建立概念思维和技能发展的框架. “大想法,” in the 视觉艺术 curriculum are born from a community-wide effort to initiate positive 和 long lasting change in the way Martlets interact with the global 和 local community. 教师们精心编织身份, 鼓励学生参与基于项目的学习,关注全球和社会问题.
在每个学科的课堂上,学生们学习自己的身份和个人的声音. 在创作过程中, students are encouraged to communicate their ideas 和 participate in creating a safe 和 inclusive studio space in which students can express their ideas 和 learn from one another. 学生学习代表来自不同文化和背景的艺术家的当代和历史风格. 教师们致力于创造有意义的, multicultural content with opportunities for students to bring their unique personal experiences 和 ideas to be skillfully crafted 和 designed in an effective visual language.
的 教堂的程序 is one of 365平台’s oldest traditions that encompasses the Judeo-Christian tradition while embracing the world’s 宗教s 和 philosophies. 它为学生提供了反思的时间, 教师和客人通过教堂会谈或给予音乐表演分享经验. 该项目鼓励学校社区成员超越自我思考, 欣赏牺牲,富有同情心, 敏感和包容.
联合国的使命 CT-SDLC is to bring together students from grades seven through 12 和 adults from independent schools across the state for a day of peer facilitated workshops rooted in cross-cultural underst和ing 和 a call to action to improve our school communities 和 our world.
球 is a consortium of independent schools from the greater Hartford area that came together in the early 70s because of a common commitment to diversity, 最初是通过哈特福德市学生的暑期充实项目表达出来的. 今天, 球的使命是鼓励和协助成员学校合作维持多元化, 为教学和学习提供包容和符合文化的环境. Member schools seek to foster a respect for difference 和 an underst和ing of multicultural perspectives in curricular 和 extracurricular 项目.
365平台的地平线 students come from Hartford Public Schools for a six-week summer program — starting in first grade 和 returning every summer through eighth grade. 这深, long-term investment over eight summers is designed to serve the whole child — fostering academic 和 social development that benefits students, 他们的家人和更广泛的哈特福德社区.
1. 多元化,平等办公室, & 包容, 与校园其他办公室协调, will facilitate 和 implement ongoing conversations about racial identity with a focus on promoting an inclusive community 在哪里 everyone feels valued 和 supported.