Directed Study

Want a class that’s truly yours? In Independent Study, you choose any subject or skill—academic, creative, technical, or career-focused and design a flexible plan that matches your goals, from astrophysics to animation, entrepreneurship to environmental justice. With a TAG teacher as your mentor, you’ll set clear milestones, stay accountable through regular check-ins, and push your thinking without being boxed into a one-size-fits-all project. You’ll work independently toward a final product you’re proud of while building real-world habits like time management, problem solving, communication, and reflection. This course showcases initiative and intellectual curiosity, produces authentic evidence for portfolios and resumes, and gives you a standout story for application essays—proof to colleges that you didn’t just take a class, you designed one. 

Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

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• 10-12 grade

• Elective credit (number grade) received

• Facilitated by a teacher

• For students who are mature and self-directed

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The topics of interest for our Directed Study students are endless. Below is small sampling of DS topics: