The curriculum of DA’s Language Arts Department is designed to meet all Common Core Standards while developing a working knowledge of and appreciation for the spoken and written word.
Summer reading is required of all incoming and current DA students. The selection of required texts is designed to prepare students for the upcoming year while providing them with interesting, acclaimed titles.
Three members of the department’s faculty are National Board Certified and five have master’s degrees. Four of our department’s teachers have been chosen as Douglas Anderson’s teacher of the year. Nearly all have ESOL endorsements, and two are reading endorsed.
The department’s faculty shares a passion for literature and the power of expression—spoken and written. Success is achieved when students have been inspired to continue to read, to write, and to reflect on the power of language and literature to bring meaning and beauty to our world.