Curriculum

For more detailed information about our curriculum, please request an information session.

Curriculum will be delivered according to each student's customized plan.  For instance, elite athletes or those working a job may have slower schedules to provide more free time.  Some students will have a full-time, year-round speed schedule if their goal is to enter graduate school before 20 years of age.

Each student will be tested after they are enrolled and their programs will be started at their level for each area.  The program may start at any level for each subject.  Yorktown is the only truly customized learning system targeted at average and gifted students, that we are aware of in the United States.  The average target for the program is completing a year of college when 18 years old with advanced placement course work.  Other students may choose a slower pace to free more time for outside activities, special studies or to catch up in certain subjects.

Core Courses

Math including algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus.  This also includes practical math.

Sciences, all basic sciences including physics, electronics, computers, biology, ecology, genetics, geology, meteorology, nanotechnology and others.

World Context including history, economics, government, social studies, geography and other topics.  How does the world work and how is it developing?

Communications including English, reading, writing (general, legal and business), public speaking and presentations, persuasion, body language.  Foreign language and music are planned for an additional fee. 

Life Skills.  These start as simple and basic as tying shoes.  They progress to include including group dynamics, worldwide customs, cooking, fashion and clothing care, personal presentation, hygiene, interpersonal relationships and organizational behaviors.  This also includes personal career and social development like reading accounting statements, job searching and starting a business including basic fund raising.

We expect Yorktown students to behave as ladies and gentlemen, and we teach them how to do it.  Simply, our students are polite and improper behavior is not tolerated.

Electives

Yorktown desires the largest catalog of electives available in pre-college education.  This will be a key advantage for students.  These electives are done as survey courses and in depth courses.  Survey course electives round out the student's life experiences and give them exposure to new topics.  These include:

• Types of engineering and architecture

• Medicine including doctors, nurses, researchers, and hospital management

• Specific emerging technology areas like biotech or nanotech

• Art, politics, law and other areas

• Sports of various types including golf

• Agriculture, horticulture and various environmental areas

• Film, games development and media issues

• Investments and investment management companies 

Yorktown will add electives (as approved) after submission and course development.  Our starting point was the Boy Scouts of American merit badge catalog of over 100 topics.

In depth courses are for those with a desire to build expertise in a topic.  These may have several levels over years.  An example would be computer programming.  There could be basic, intermediate and advanced courses in each computer programming language.