This course continues study of the Java programming language in order to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam in May of their junior year.

This course explores literary classics from many Western cultures focusing mainly on English literature. Students will examine the political, social, cultural, and philosophical aspects that influenced the major writers of each literary period. Students will analyze all genres to recognize how authors use language to convey meaning, how literature reflects the time and place in which it was written, how figurative language, imagery, allusion, symbolism, diction, and tone contribute to the meaning of a work. Besides the survey of British Literature, students will engage in more independent reading of world literature. Although students will be given opportunities to write creatively, most of the written assignments will relate to AP type timed essays. Emphasizing reading and analyzing literature, writing clear and logical expository assignments including an independent research paper, refining language skills, and utilizing critical reading, writing, and thinking skills, this class affords students the opportunity to prepare for the AP English Literature and Composition exam. Students will also write a literary research paper that focuses on a single author.

This course will continue to advance the students’ vocabulary knowledge and grammar skills, including the proper use of verbs, verb tenses, and adjectives, in speech and in writing. Reading comprehension and the development of conversational skills will be stressed. The students will be encouraged to develop a love and connection to the people and state of Israel via the use of movies, music, current events, and other forms of modern media.

This accelerated class is expected to speak in Hebrew, exclusively. Each unit covers grammar, idioms, proverbs, and expressions used in daily life. Our goal is for the students to acquire the Hebrew language for purposes of communication and at the same time embrace Israeli culture and values.

Modern Jewish History: Europe, Holocaust 

This course will examine the emergence of the modern era in Jewish history. Students begin with a focus on early modern and modern European Jewish communities, paying special attention to the impact of Enlightenment and emancipation and the development of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) and new religious movements such as Reform and Hassidism. The curriculum then turns to the study of the Holocaust, examining the historical roots of racial anti-Semitism, Hitler’s rise to power, and the Nazi Final Solution. Special attention is given to the many different ways Jews resisted Nazi oppression as well as the examination of the factors that led to individual and national decisions to act as perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, or rescuers.

TEXT STUDY IN SANHEDRIN

This course involves text study and analysis of the tractate of Talmud covered in class to prepare students for more advanced Talmud study.  Students will learn additional commentaries as well as the halachic development of the topics covered by the Talmud. Special emphasis will be on halachic application of texts studied.

This is a rigorous course for academically advanced juniors who have successfully completed Precalculus in grade 10. Major topics are limits, continuity, derivatives, indefinite integrals and definite integrals.

Algebra II is a traditional, college preparatory class for 9th or 11th graders who have successfully completed Algebra I. Algebra II deepens and strengthens the students’ understanding of the real number system, equations and inequalities, and polynomials along with quadratic equations, functions, and their applications in the real world. Emphasis is placed on students’ clear and organized presentation of multi-step solutions.

College Algebra is a course offered in grades 11 and 12, which along with trigonometry, is designed to be part of two year course in Precalculus. Algebra II topics are revisited with a greater intensity and with an eye on the types of algebraic processes that are required in calculus. New topics such as exponential and logarithmic functions are treated in great depth.

This 11th grade course approaches the study of trigonometry from both the triangle and function perspectives. Major topics include solving right and oblique triangle, graphing the trigonometric functions, verifying identities and solving trigonometric equations. The third trimester of this year is devoted to the study of analytic geometry with a focus on the conic sections.

This course is a rigorous study of trigonometry both in its depth and breadth. It is followed by an equally thorough treatment of analytic geometry including analytic proof, the conic sections, and vectors.

In this advance level class, students will not only continue to expand their vocabulary knowledge and grammatical skills, but will begin to explore some of the subtleties of the French language.  Topics covered will include, but not be limited to use of the imperfect tense contrasted to the compound past; idiomatic use of the verb avoir and faire , making and responding to suggestions, accepting and rejecting explanations, apologizing and accepting apologies, and asking for and giving information.  In addition to language enhancements, students will be introduced to French art and artists to expand their cultural knowledge. Upon completion of this course, students should be well prepared for our final offering in the 12th grade, Honors French V.

AP Biology is a demanding course equivalent to a two-semester college introductory biology course normally taken by science majors during their first year of college. Content will be covered in depth, with emphasis placed on the interpretation and analysis of information, including statistical analysis of data and modeling of concepts. The four main themes of this course encompass evolution as the driver of diversity and unity of life, the utilization of free energy in cellular processes, genetics and information transfer, and the complex interactions among biological systems.

Honors Physics investigates concepts such as classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and wave phenomena in depth, with emphasis placed on the theoretical frameworks put forth by great physicists of the past. As this class utilizes trigonometry to solve problems related to vectors, students in the class are expected to have completed Honors Algebra II and Honors Geometry prior to 11th grade.

Eleventh graders have the option of choosing physical education as an elective.  Students who elect to enroll in physical education class are allowed to choose between the strength training class and the aerobics course.

Lift weights and get strong! Class size is very limited, and those students who participate in athletics may get priority.

Utilizing both digital cameras and various other digital devices (iPads, tablets, etc.), students will not only learn how to compose photographs, but also how to utilize shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focus, depth of field and sharpness while taking photos. We will also use various apps and programs to manipulate our captures in order to create a professional, modern photographs.

This is a course where students can create individual art projects at their own pace while utilizing various media and a plethora of potential projects, including (but not limited too) painting, woodburning, collage, and drawing.

Be a part of BT's dance troupe! The focus will be on creating full choreographed performance pieces. This course will culminate in a year-end performance and may also include performing at other events, both on campus and elsewhere.

More advanced application of technique into full-fledged dance routines. This course will culminate in a year-end performance.

Students explore the process of creating films, from the pre-production process through filming, along editing. There will be a focus on audio post-production and storytelling.

This course will focus on editing, after effects and other post-production techniques needed to finalize and finish various film creations.

Investigate the overarching themes found in the world of cinema. We will have one overarching theme that will be found in the film that we watch, and we will also analyze the other themes found in those films. Class is only open to Grade 11 & 12.

Students will broadcast music, weather, sports and BT news to the world via the internet. Students will design the format and structure of their particular broadcast. Computers, iPads, and other broadcasting equipment will be utilized in order to help you realize your vision.

This is a performance ensemble that will be looking to perform music of the pop, rock, jazz and Israeli variety. The ability to play an instrument is a must, and the ability to read music is a plus. An audition may be required. Please see Mr. Kirk for more details.

This is a performance choir that sings traditional holiday songs, along with Israeli and American pop music in an a capella style. By audition only. If interested, sign up and then contact Ms. Benedek to schedule an audition.

This course will focus on the study of various time periods in music history and understanding the music's social contect, as well as on creating musical compositions. iPads will be our main tool of musical creation, utilizing apps such as Auxy and GarageBand, althous we may expand our technological pallet as the year goes on.

Classes focus on preparing their respective publications. Classes are limited in size.

Improve upon your set construction skills by constructing and deconstructing set pieces. Power tools WILL be used! Course size is limited!

The second year of the US History sequence addresses the major political, economic, social, and intellectual developments from the post-Reconstruction period to the present era. Topics include the West, the New Industrial Age, Urbanization and Immigration, Gilded Age politics, Populism and Progressivism, Imperialism and World War I, the 1920s and the Great Depression, FDR and the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, the Great Society, the Conservative revival, and the contemporary era.