The Junior High School English Language Arts Department provides students with rich, rigorous educational opportunities that address literacy skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and academic vocabulary, as well as 21st-century skills in research, and multimedia technology. The courses focus on developing students' critical thinking skills and strengthening comprehension skills through the use of various literary genres. For more information regarding the JHS ELA curriculums, please click the links on the top of this page. Each grade level has a scroll down bar to select a specific class.