{"id":808503,"date":"2021-01-14T15:51:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T20:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williston2.829dev.com\/?page_id=808503"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:44:56","slug":"concentrations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/signature-programs\/concentrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Concentrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">\n[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ws-hero ws-hero--top\"><img width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-1600x900-1641227344.jpg\" class=\"ws-hero__image-background\" alt=\"boy with rocket against blue sky and trees\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-1600x900-1641227344.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-1080x608-1641227345.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-640x360-1641227345.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2-320x180-1641227345.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/rocket2.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><div class=\"ws-hero__content ws-hero__content--bottom ws-hero__content--left\">\n            <div class=\"ws-hero__inner ws-hero__inner--wide\n            \">\n                <h1 class=\"ws-hero__heading ws-hero__heading--large\">Academic Concentrations<\/h1><div class=\"ws-hero__wide-text\"><\/div>\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ws-spacer ws-spacer--small\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]\n        <div class=\"ws-excerpt\">\n            <div class=\"ws-excerpt__description\"><p>Williston offers our most passionate and motivated students the opportunity to sharpen the focus of their high school coursework by fulfilling the requirements of an academic \u201cconcentration\u201d in one of five areas of study. Concentrations require that students complete a Williston Scholars project along with a variety of other curricular and co-curricular subject-specific activities as determined by the associated academic department(s). Students who successfully meet the departmental criteria will have the concentration listed on their Williston transcripts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"ws-spacer ws-spacer--large\"><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]\n    <div class=\"ws-accordion\">\n        <h2 class=\"ws-accordion__title\">Available Concentrations<\/h2>\n        <ul class=\"ws-accordion__list\">\n        <li class=\"ws-accordion__item\" id=\"humanities\">\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__heading-wrapper\">\n                <h2 class=\"ws-accordion__heading\">Humanities<\/h2>\n                <svg class=\"ws-accordion__arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 25.45 15.76\">\n                    <polyline points=\"23.73 1.81 12.73 12.31 1.73 1.81\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__content\"><p>The English Department and the History and Global Studies Department offer a Humanities Concentration to celebrate and encourage those students who have a demonstrated passion for the humanities. This concentration is intended for students who want to exceed the requirements in both departments by investing extra time, effort, and energy to pursue their passion.\u00a0 In order to fulfill this concentration, students must complete three additional electives, a Williston Scholars course in either department, and additional extracurricular work, such as publication or participation in relevant clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/departments-and-course-listings\/history-and-global-studies\/\">History and Global Studies Department<\/a> offers a wide array of trimester electives, ranging from Women and Gender Studies to Macroeconomics. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/departments-and-course-listings\/english\/\">English Department<\/a> offers electives in Journalism and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/signature-programs\/writers-workshop-series\/\">Writers\u2019 Workshop<\/a>, an honors class that includes visits from celebrated published authors. These electives often serve as the inspiration for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/williston-scholars\/\">Williston Scholars<\/a> projects; read more about that program <a href=\"\/academics\/williston-scholars\/\">here<\/a>. Students can continue their exploration of the humanities in campus activities and clubs, such as Model UN, Janus (the school\u2019s literary and arts magazine), readings and lectures by visiting scholars and artists, and much more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Humanities-Concentration-Form.pdf\">Download the Humanities Concentration form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"ws-accordion__item\" id=\"language\">\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__heading-wrapper\">\n                <h2 class=\"ws-accordion__heading\">Language<\/h2>\n                <svg class=\"ws-accordion__arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 25.45 15.76\">\n                    <polyline points=\"23.73 1.81 12.73 12.31 1.73 1.81\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__content\"><p>Are you passionate about learning a language?\u00a0 Do you find purpose in exploring the world beyond your home, sharing your discoveries, and helping others along the way? Then you should consider adding the Language Concentration to your transcript. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/departments-and-course-listings\/language\/\">Language Department<\/a> seeks to recognize students who go above and beyond in their study of world language. You can dig deep into one language or explore several in a variety of ways both on and off campus. Please see the Department Chair to learn more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Language-Concentration-Form_v2_rev2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the Language Concentration form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"ws-accordion__item\" id=\"performing-arts\">\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__heading-wrapper\">\n                <h2 class=\"ws-accordion__heading\">Performing Arts<\/h2>\n                <svg class=\"ws-accordion__arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 25.45 15.76\">\n                    <polyline points=\"23.73 1.81 12.73 12.31 1.73 1.81\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__content\"><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/visual-and-performing-arts\/\">Performing Arts<\/a> Concentration is intended to give students who are passionate about performing the opportunity to develop their talent further through a variety of academic classes and extra-curricular activities, afternoon program participation, and school performances. Students craft their own Performing Arts Concentration program components from a menu of options which can even include summer and outside-of-school activities. Upon successful completion students receive a Performing Arts Concentration distinction which recognizes their hard work and their serious commitment to their craft.<\/p>\n<p>Students who complete necessary requirements for the Performing Arts Concentration also must create and perform a project for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/academics\/williston-scholars\/williston-scholars-arts\/\">Williston Scholars<\/a> Performing Arts course. Past projects span all performing arts disciplines and include original one-person plays, production design projects, full-length productions, stand-up comedy, EPs in genres such as hip-hop, electronica, and pop, \u00a0and solo autobiographical dance projects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Performing-Arts-Concentration-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the Performing Arts Concentration form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"ws-accordion__item\" id=\"stem\">\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__heading-wrapper\">\n                <h2 class=\"ws-accordion__heading\">STEM<\/h2>\n                <svg class=\"ws-accordion__arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 25.45 15.76\">\n                    <polyline points=\"23.73 1.81 12.73 12.31 1.73 1.81\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__content\"><p>The STEM Concentration (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Concentration) is for students whose curricular engagement in the sciences and math go beyond the requirements of their Williston education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/STEM-Concentration-Outline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the STEM Concentration outline<\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"ws-accordion__item\" id=\"visual-arts\">\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__heading-wrapper\">\n                <h2 class=\"ws-accordion__heading\">Visual Arts<\/h2>\n                <svg class=\"ws-accordion__arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 25.45 15.76\">\n                    <polyline points=\"23.73 1.81 12.73 12.31 1.73 1.81\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ws-accordion__content\"><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/visual-and-performing-arts\/\">Visual Arts<\/a> Concentration is intended to give students who are passionate about making art the opportunity to develop their talent further through a variety of academic classes and extra-curricular activities. Students can use their creativity to design their own programs of study for the Visual Arts concentration from a menu of options which can even include summer and outside-of-school activities. For example, some students in the past have curated or participated in student art shows in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.williston.com\/visual-and-performing-arts\/grubbs-gallery\/\">Grubbs Gallery<\/a>, had their own art exhibits in coffee shops here in the town of Easthampton, interviewed professional artists and art professors, and used their summer pre-college art courses at Art Colleges like RISD and Parsons to count towards their Concentration. Students who have completed their Art Concentration have gone on to study art and photography at some of the premier art schools in the country. 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