Secondary Science
Secondary Science
Intermediate Level Science (Grade 6-8)
Freeport‘s intermediate level science program begins in sixth grade at Atkinson School and continues through grade 8 in Dodd Middle School. These students also study age-appropriate topics in the life, physical, and earth sciences that are supplemented by numerous laboratory experiences. The Intermediate science program, like the Elementary is aligned with the New York State Science Learning Standards.
Many eighth graders begin their high school science requirement by accelerating into Regents Earth science, while the others continue the intermediate sequence in science 8. Science 8 students are required to take the intermediate level science exam in June.
Secondary Level Science (Grades 9-12)
Students in grades 9 through 12 are able to enroll in numerous challenging and rewarding courses in the life and physical sciences. In addition to providing the four New York state Regents courses, the High School Science Department offers six advanced placement science courses: Biology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics Part I and II, Mechanics (calculus based) and Electricity and Magnetism (calculus based). In addition, students are trained to take the highly competitive United States Physics and Chemistry Olympiad examinations. Thus, students are able to take and succeed in the most rigorous physics and chemistry classes offered by any university.