English

The English Language Arts curriculum at CSS is a vertically-aligned, seven-year program designed to foster intellectual inquiry, analytical skills, and creativity.

The ELA team is committed to a curriculum that reflects a diversity of authorial voices, of narrative styles, of characters, and of their experiences. Through the program, students will increasingly:

  • Develop their sensitivity to rhetoric and literary craft
  • Examine texts through a variety of critical lenses
  • Encounter a broader scope of historical literature
  • Consider readings as manifestations of both individual and social experience
  • Consider their own identities and their place in the world

Staff

Devin Adams

ELA/SPED Teacher

Professor Devin Adams teaches 10th and 11th grade ELA. He earned a bachelor's ...

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Daniel Attridge

English Teacher

Professor Daniel Attridge has been part of the Columbia Secondary School family since 2...

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Janine Avril

English + Philosophy Teacher

Professor Janine Avril teaches senior English and philosophy and 9th grade health. She ...

Eugen Margariti

ELA Teacher

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Joseph Reilly

English Teacher

Professor Joseph Reilly teaches 8th grade English. Prof. Reilly received a BA in P...

Rebecca Rinker

SPED/ELA Teacher