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Honors (29 separate year-long courses)
Freshmen honors courses are:
English 1-2
Integrated Math 1-2
Methods of Scientific Inquiry 1-2
Spanish 1-2 or Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1-2.
Explorations in Art 1-2 (not honors)
Health Fitness 1-2 (not honors)
Due to the level of rigor, many students would challenge that the two other freshman courses: Art 1-2 and Health & Fitness 1-2 should also be worth honors credit though the PUHSD course catalog does not reflect this.
Sophomore honors courses are:
English 3-4
Integrated Math 3-4
World History/Geography 1-2
Biology 1-2 & Chemistry 1-2
Spanish 3-4 or Spanish for Spanish Speakers 3-4.
All 10th-grade courses are taken at honors level.
Junior honors classes are:
English 5-6,
Integrated Math 5-6,
U.S. History 1-2,
Spanish 5-6 or Spanish for Spanish Speakers 5-6, and either:
Anatomy & Physiology 1-2/Introduction to Epidemiology 1-2 or Introduction to Engineering Design 1-2/Physics of Engineering 1-2.
All 11th-grade courses are taken at honors level.
Senior honors classes are:
English 7-8,
Integrated Math 7-8,
U.S. Government 1/Economics 1,
Sustainability 1-2,
Bioscience Internship Research Experience 1-2,
Physics of Engineering 3-4, Chemistry 3-4, or Science Seminar (Advanced Biology) 1-2.
All senior courses are honors level.