Delphian School

"Delphian helped me to find my purpose and gave me the skills and confidence I needed to graduate feeling prepared for life."

R.W. GRADUATE

Academic study

Delphian Upper School students take on a rich and rewarding academic program which includes extensive literature, mathematics, public speaking, writing, science, history and government studies.

In addition, Upper School students study and gain practical abilities and experience in the subjects of:

• Leadership, through organizing and managing group activities to achieve specific goals.
• Integrity, in an environment which encourages critical thinking and free and open inquiry.
• Logic and reasoning, through research assignments which require students to explore views different from their own, and to form their own opinions based on their findings, which they are able to communicate with well-researched explanations.

literature program

Delphian's literature program includes a diverse selection of literary works which are read independently or in seminar-style classes.

The book selection includes several classics in addition to more recently published selections—all carefully chosen to broaden students' viewpoints and their understanding of our world's culture and history.

Additionally, students are given writing and group discussion assignments which challenge them to organize their own thoughts and present them in a way which displays a high level of understanding,  observation and integrity. 

practical application

By the time students make it into the Upper School, they are just a few short years from adulthood. It is not just a requirement for students to study their academic subjects for application: they are expected to apply what they have learned—not in some distant future, but now while they are learning it.

The practical application of a subject allows students to discover how useful, how valuable, how valid information is, and—sometimes more importantly—what they are capable of. 

For the most part, students choose and plan their practical projects, apprenticeships and internships to fulfill specific, open-ended guidelines  and requirements. This allows students to try new things and explore their interests.

The up-close view into the real-life application of subjects combined with the leadership, communication and responsibility skills they build through our student leadership program empower students to become young adults who can go anywhere.