The English Department offers two levels of English: standard college preparatory English and honors English, which are aligned to the appropriate standards. Emphasizing book reading and expository writing, teachers at both levels prepare students to succeed in any college course requiring interpretive and composition skills. Honors English, a four year sequence, also prepares students for the College Board’s Advanced Placement English examinations. In honors English, students read more texts, read more challenging books, and write essays that demand the part-whole analysis typically required on Advanced Placement essay questions.