Awaken Curiosity

Engage your mind, express your creativity, and expand your knowledge of God and the world around you by exploring the rich history of human thought and endeavor.

Hill-Murray Academics

Our academic curriculum is designed to reward your passion and develop your capacity for critical thinking and creative problem-solving to pave the way for a lifetime of learning and leadership.

Middle School

H-M’s Middle School addresses the distinctive needs of students in Grades 6 through 8. We appreciate and understand their joys, challenges, and developmental changes. We also recognize their vulnerability and learning differences in this remarkable transitional period. Our program provides the support and guidance that allow students to develop independent thinking, intellectual integrity, and physical, personal, and social maturity.

Middle School Curriculum Guide

High School

H-M’s High School – Grades 9 through 12 – are a time for you to discover your passions, explore new opportunities, and pursue interests to depths unavailable elsewhere. At H-M, you will think, create, and contribute every day in a community with people who will challenge you and, more importantly, support you.

At the core of our High School is a commitment to discovering each learner’s potential. When you visit the High School, you will find classes of students engaging in discussion and debate; you will see students and teachers working one-on-one between classes to further their learning; and you will sense a community in which each student’s educational journey happens in partnership with teachers and peers.

The High School is a place where students discover, develop, and refine their interests in remarkable ways. By design, the student body is large enough that we are able to provide a broad range of opportunities but small enough that the only limiting factor for student participation is time. Students do not have to choose which of their passions to pursue: they can be a varsity athlete and in a musical, they can be on the robotics team and direct a school play, they can be a sculptor and in the finance club, they can participate in service-learning and design-thinking. Students at H-M are not expected to discover their passion right away; to the contrary, we encourage learners to try as much as possible and to take full advantage of the opportunities at Hill-Murray

High School Curriculum Guide
Grade 6

In sixth grade, we focus on filling in the academic gap between what they know and what they will need to know to find success at Hill-Murray. In addition to required courses in religion, mathematics, science, literature/language arts, social studies, and physical education, middle school students will take two to four electives each semester such as art, business education, creative writing, technology and engineering, music, world languages or theatre.

Grade 7

In seventh grade, students continue to explore and discover a wide variety of subjects. Seventh grade required courses include religion, mathematics, science, literature/language arts, social studies, and physical education. Students will take two to four electives each semester such as art, business education, creative writing, technology, engineering, music, world languages, or theatre.

Grade 8

Students in eighth grade prepare for the rigors of our high school program. Eighth grade required courses include religion, mathematics, science, literature/language arts, social studies, and physical education. Students will take two to four electives each semester such as art, business education, creative writing, technology, engineering, music, world languages, or theatre.

Freshman

Freshman year is about transitioning to high school. In ninth grade, students take a religion course, introductory literature/composition, mathematics, physical science, physical education, health, and up to three electives, which may include world languages, art, engineering, computer graphics, choir, band, orchestra, or theatre.

Sophomore

The sophomore year curriculum includes a religion course, world literature, math, biology, world history, and up to three electives, which may include world languages, creative writing, business education, art, photography, computer graphics, choir, band, orchestra, or theatre.

Junior

In eleventh grade, students take religious studies, literature, advanced writing, U.S. history and up to five electives, which may include world languages, sociology, religious studies, creative writing, business education, art, photography, computer graphics, choir, band, orchestra or theatre. College In the Schools (CIS) and Advanced Placement (AP) classes are available in eleventh grade.

Senior

In twelfth grade, students take religious studies, college-bound writing, literature, government, economics and up to five electives, which may include world languages, sociology, religious studies, creative writing, business education, art, photography, computer graphics, choir, band, orchestra or theatre. College In the Schools (CIS) and Advanced Placement (AP) classes are available in twelfth grade.