High School Course Catalog |
High School Seminars are grounded in love—both for the students who attend the once-a-week classes and for the faculty and staff that commit to offering them. Saint Ann’s cleaves closely to the value of learning for learning’s sake and the Seminar program embodies that clearly. Seminars are fully elective, non-departmentally-based classes that meet after the normal class day is over. They jockey for time with practices, games, rehearsals, outside of school commitments; yet they remain triumphantly joyous and engaging. These unique offerings are presented by faculty and staff outside of the domain of their departmental teaching load, simply because they are passionate about sharing their own interests. Students opt to take seminars because the subject matter speaks to their curiosity. That combination creates opportunities to explore ideas and perspectives in exuberant collaboration.
Recent offerings have included: Philosophical Ethics, Birds! (a bird-watching course), Poetry Writing Workshop, Joyce’s Ulysses, Literature of the World’s Religions, On Clothing, Acting for the Camera, India, The Art of Fly Fishing, My Twentieth Century: Classic Films Directed by Women, and The Lore of Mushrooms.