SEA students start learning during a one-week Academy Boot Camp during the summer prior to their freshman year. During the school year, SEA students take specialized Academy Science and Academy English courses as well as traditional courses. Our special courses emphasize engineering and technology themes and applications integrated into the core curriculum. They also emphasize important skills including critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork. SEA students can take Academy English courses all four years, or a mix of Academy English and AP English. For science, SEA students take customized versions of core science courses: Academy Physics, Academy Enhanced Biology, and Academy Enhanced Chemistry. In their junior year they also take Engineering Design, a project-based engineering course, and in their senior year they can take Product Design, a project-based product development ("makerspace") course. In their junior and senior years SEA students can also take advanced science courses including AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics.