Core Curriculum

Billings offers a rich core curriculum designed to engage students in rigorous, multi-faceted ways. Classes align with the developmental growth of our students and are taught with an awareness of each individual's strengths and learning styles.

Nationally recognized programs in science and the arts complement a core humanities curriculum, extensive outdoor program, and wide variety of extra-curricular activities. Strands of work on health issues, including gender study, are integrated across the three years at the school. While classes operate as a cohort, faculty work closely with individual students ensuring they receive the challenge and support they need to thrive.

Our academic program is built on:

• Understanding personal learning styles
• Fostering analytical and critical thinking skills
• Creating an environment of physical and emotional safety
• Working cooperatively with individual accountability
• Nurturing community and environmental responsibility
• Internalizing well-developed decision making
• Remaining open to the risks of learning
• Developing as self-confident learners characterized by academic and personal resilience

Core Courses of Study

Curriculum Spotlights

6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
In ArtsCore, students build a solid foundation in creative & expressive skills through classes in movement, drama, music and visual visual arts.	In Earth Sciences, students administer a reseach grant with Seattle's Discovery Park to document vegetation and restore native species.	In Integrated Human Sciences, students collect and track air particulate data over time analyze and share with other schools in Japan and India.