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Grade 10 focus: active and passive voice with pronoun agreement, reading African prose through Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, figurative language, African drama, and the Diaspora Literature unit on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Grade 9 covered sentence structure, formal letters, African poetry, biography, and Ngũgĩ's Weep Not, Child, so this class does not repeat them.

French Level 5 is for grade 10 (CEFR A2, completing the level). Topics: direct and indirect object pronouns with y and en, the futur simple for plans and promises, the conditional for polite requests and imagined situations, and a close reading of a classic fable by Jean de La Fontaine. Students build on grade 9 work with the passé composé and the imparfait.

Grade 10 focus: geometric constructions, congruent triangles, similar triangles and scale, right-triangle trigonometry, and the Financial Math unit on taxes and payslips. Grade 9 covered linear equations, functions and graphs, Pythagoras' theorem, surface area and volume, and budgets and loans, and compound interest was covered in Grade 8 Entrepreneurship, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: atomic structure, electron arrangement and the periodic table, chemical bonding, and genetics and heredity. Grade 8 covered cells and respiration, and Grade 9 introduced elements, compounds, and the periodic table, so this class goes deeper and does not repeat them. Motion was covered in Grade 7 STEM and Grade 8 Math, so it is not repeated here.

Grade 10 focus: the Berlin Conference, the Scramble for Africa and how Liberia and Ethiopia stayed independent, African resistance to colonial conquest, and how colonial rule worked. Grade 8 covered Yaa Asantewaa and the Asante wars, and Grade 9 covered Adwa, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: systems of government in Africa, the rule of law and the courts, protecting human rights in Africa, and citizenship, nationality, and movement. Grade 8 covered the constitution, elections, and local government, Grade 9 covered media and participation, and Grade 7 Values covered truth and reconciliation, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: plate tectonics and the Great Rift Valley, weathering and mass movement, rivers as systems, and natural hazards in Africa. Grade 6 named Africa's landforms and rivers, Grade 7 covered relief and map skills, Grade 7 Science introduced the Earth's layers and plates, and Grade 9 covered regional resources and the coast, so this class studies the physical processes behind them and does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: microeconomics and macroeconomics with the production possibility curve, elasticity, market structures, and market failure and the role of government. Grade 6 covered scarcity and opportunity cost, Grade 7 covered demand and supply, and Grade 9 covered economic systems, GDP, and unemployment, so this class builds on them and does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: building web pages with HTML, styling with CSS, databases and SQL, and cybersecurity. Grade 6 covered online safety, Grade 7 covered how the internet works, and Grade 9 covered Python lists and functions, binary, and encryption, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus (beginner level 5): describing people, talking about the future, media and technology, and writing a short letter or email. Each lesson gives the same phrases in Modern Hebrew (Hebrew script with a Latin-letter guide) and Mexican Spanish. Students study the one language they chose. Grade 6 covered greetings, numbers, and classroom objects, Grade 7 covered family, dates, food, and time, Grade 8 covered daily routine, the home, weather, and hobbies, and Grade 9 covered travel, the past tense, the body and sports, and school life, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: agribusiness and farm enterprises, farm finance, farmer cooperatives and fair trade, and post-harvest losses and storage. Grade 7 covered major crops and garden planning, Grade 8 covered livestock and fish farming, and Grade 9 covered irrigation, agroforestry, beekeeping, and agro-processing, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus (non-sectarian, without teaching any one faith): ethics in technology and artificial intelligence, servant leadership, human dignity and inclusion, and the dignity of work. Grade 7 covered peacebuilding and reconciliation, Grade 8 covered fairness, moral courage, and integrity, and Grade 9 covered decision making, humility, and environmental ethics, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: the Civil Rights Movement, with Thurgood Marshall and Brown v. Board of Education, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and Fannie Lou Hamer, John Lewis, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. U.S. events appear as context for the Black American story. Grade 8 covered Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson, and Grade 9 covered the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Black press, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: reading staff notation, the orchestra and its instruments, the symphony and the concerto with Black composers in the classical tradition, and African art music composers. Grade 6 covered the elements of music, Grade 7 covered choral music and Ephraim Amu, and Grades 8 and 9 covered popular and traditional styles from many parts of Africa, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: world art II, with African American visual art: artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta Savage, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden, always looking for Africa's place in each story. Grade 9 covered European art from the Renaissance to Cubism, and Grade 9 American History covered Harlem Renaissance writers, so this class focuses on visual artists and does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: bioplastics from starch, water quality testing, 3D design basics in a free browser tool, and costing an engineering project. Grade 6 covered the design process and a water filter, Grade 7 covered a solar oven and a data survey, Grade 8 covered circuits and a weather station, and Grade 9 covered sensors, generators, earthquake-resistant structures, and a zeer pot, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: running the operations of a business, with supply chains, sourcing and inventory, logistics and delivery, and quality and customer service. Grade 6 covered cost, price, and profit, Grade 7 covered market research and the one-page plan, Grade 8 covered record keeping and interest, and Grade 9 covered the Lean Canvas, break-even, marketing, and the pitch deck, so this class does not repeat them.

Grade 10 focus: screen printing with a low-cost frame, installation art, designing a coordinated fabric collection, and curating and critiquing a small exhibition. All projects use low-cost home materials. Grade 6 covered adinkra stamping and upcycled sculpture, Grade 7 covered dyeing, Grade 8 covered the portfolio, and Grade 9 covered bogolan-style painting, pattern repeats, and murals, so this class does not repeat them.

One shared optional class for Grades 6–12. At-home movement based on tai chi (taijiquan), the slow, flowing Chinese movement art, plus warm-ups, stances, breathing, balance, stretching, and everyday nutrition for active bodies. Movement, breathing, and nutrition only. No partner contact.