Curriculum
The Delphi Program™ includes a well-rounded curriculum addressing the full K-12 spectrum, but at the
Santa Monica campus the emphasis is Lower School. Even the very youngest students are exposed to basic
concepts of science, history and the various humanities. In addition to traditional academic subjects,
students get training in practical areas such as communication, manners, computers, nutrition and organization.
Ethics, logic and research, often considered advanced topics, are not only addressed but are introduced
early on. Santa Monica also offers an art and music program.
Uniquely Developed
Our curriculum is unique to Delphi Schools, having been designed and built around our philosophy of
education and our approach to learning. Researched, written and piloted within the Curriculum Development
Division of Delphi Schools, and published under the subsidiary Heron Books™, there are well over 300 courses in a wide variety of subjects
and age levels that make up the body of the Delphi Program.
A rigorous mastery of the basics forms the core of the curriculum,
while the rest of the program addresses a spectrum of skills and knowledge in cultural, scientific and
social subjects. A description of the specific curriculum at each academic level is available through
the Admissions Office.
Use of Checksheets
The Delphi curriculum contains courses, both required and elective, designed to help students attain
the graduation requirements of each Form. Key to making all this
run well is a step-by-step study guide for each course called a checksheet.
Checksheets are designed to bring students into useful understanding of a specific subject, ensuring
they get a proper balance of the theory and the practical aspects of it. Finishing a course means finishing
a checksheet.
At the Lower School level, as in Delphi Santa Monica, checksheets are more often used by the teacher
to provide a systematic approach to teaching any subject to a classroom, a group of students or even
individual students. New concepts in subjects like math, history and science are presented in a seminar
setting at this level.