SOUTH DEERFIELD — It’s that time of year again, when leaves begin to change color, pumpkins replace sunflowers and children pack up their pencils and head back to school.
At Frontier Regional High School, students this year will have a better opportunity for technological immersion.
The school opened Wednesday for the 2016-2017 school year.
Last year, the school offered a total of 11 advanced placement courses. According to a news release from Pincipal Darius Modestow, 122 students took final exams for those courses.
Modestow added that “81 percent of our students scored three or higher on the exam, which will qualify them for credit at many colleges in the United States.”
This year, there will be 12 advanced placement courses offered as the school is adding a computer science class.
During those new computer science courses, students will be able to access the internet anywhere in the school. The release stated that there is now 100 percent Wi-Fi classroom coverage.
In addition to the advanced placement courses, the school will also for the first time offer street law, the history of rock ’n’ roll and world percussion.
Modestow said Frontier Regional is also continuing to “focus on social justice with a continuation of regularly scheduled student forums to discuss current issues including civil discourse and inclusion for all.” The school began the social justice program last year, with a small group of students.
The program has been expanded this year to “include the entire school community.”
As far as professional development, Modestow said faculty will meet for 15 minutes every Friday, in order to focus on meeting the needs of individual students through unique instruction, integrating technology into the classroom and “modifying science courses to meet the new 2016 science standards.”