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Grade 7 focus: kinds of nouns and sentence types, subject–verb agreement, paragraph types, and writing an autobiography. Lesson 5 is part of the grades 6–8 Mythology and Folklore of Africa and the Diaspora unit: the epic of Sundiata and the griot tradition.

French Level 2 is for grade 7 (CEFR A1, completing the level). Topics: the French-speaking world with countries and prepositions, getting around town with the verb aller and directions, shopping for clothes with adjectives and numbers to 100, and ordering at a café with vouloir and the partitive article. Grade 6 covered sounds and spelling, être, avoir, articles, and regular -er verbs, so this class builds on them.

Grade 7 focus: integers, exponents and order of operations, introductory algebra, and basic geometry. Grade 6 already covered fractions, decimals, and percentages, so grade 7 does not repeat them. Lesson 5 is part of the grades 6–8 Ethnomathematics unit.

Grade 7 focus: measurement and SI units, matter and its states, forms of energy, and the structure of the Earth. Grade 6 STEM covered the scientific method, and grade 7 Geography covers the solar system, so this course does not repeat them.

Grade 7 focus: the great empires of West Africa and the Central Sudan: Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Kanem-Bornu, and the Hausa states. Lesson 2 links to the Sundiata epic in grade 7 English and the griot lesson in grade 7 Music.

Grade 7 focus: the family and its roles, the economic life of the family, community and traditional leadership, and culture and traditions.

Grade 7 focus: the Earth in the solar system, latitude and longitude, relief and landforms shown on maps, and map-reading skills.

Grade 7 focus: producers and consumers, markets and prices, work and income, and banks, mobile money, and credit unions. Grade 6 covered needs and wants, scarcity, the story of money, and budgeting.

Grade 7 focus: word processing and slides, spreadsheets, how the internet works, and animation in Scratch. Grade 6 covered computer basics, online safety, first Scratch programs, and what AI is.

Grade 7 focus (beginner level 2): family members, days, months, and dates, food and the market, and telling the time. Each lesson gives the same phrases in Modern Hebrew (Hebrew script with a Latin-letter guide) and Mexican Spanish. Students study the one language they chose. Grade 6 covered greetings, introductions, numbers 1–20, and classroom objects and colors.

Grade 7 focus: Africa's major crop plants, farm tools and safety, composting, and planning school and home gardens. Grade 6 covered why farming matters, soil, growing a crop from seed, and food groups and food safety.

Grade 7 focus: duties to family and community, peacebuilders and building peace, true friendship, and respecting people of different faiths. Grade 6 covered respect, honesty, resolving conflicts, and Ubuntu.

Grade 7 focus: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Frederick Douglass and the Black abolitionists, the Civil War and Black soldiers, and the Reconstruction amendments and the founding of HBCUs. U.S. events appear as context for the Black American story.

Grade 7 focus: rhythm and the drum ensemble, African choral music and harmony, the griot tradition today, and music in ceremonies and daily life. Grade 6 introduced the elements of music, instruments, anthems, and call and response, so grade 7 goes deeper and does not repeat them.

Grade 7 focus: the metal sculpture of Ife and Benin, masks of West and Central Africa including Liberia's Dan masks, Ladi Kwali and African pottery, and traditional African architecture. Grade 6 covered rock art, Nok, kente, and Ndebele painting; grade 6 Studio Arts covered adinkra stamping, so this course does not repeat adinkra.

Grade 7 focus: lever and pulley lifting machines, paper rockets and the forces of flight, a solar oven, and a community data survey. Grade 6 STEM covered the engineering design process, a paper bridge, a water filter, and a plant growth investigation.

Grade 7 focus: finding business opportunities, market research and testing demand, marketing and fair pricing, and writing a one-page business plan and pitch. Grade 6 covered what an entrepreneur is, cooperatives and the susu, product design, and cost, price, and profit, so grade 7 builds on them without repeating.

Grade 7 focus: color theory and natural dyes, resist dyeing (tie-dye and adire-style starch resist), clay and papier-mâché sculpture, and designing and making a mask. All projects use low-cost home materials. Grade 6 covered the elements of design, adinkra stamping, upcycled sculpture, and paper weaving.

One shared optional class for Grades 6–12. At-home movement based on tai chi (taijiquan), the slow, flowing Chinese movement art, plus warm-ups, stances, breathing, balance, stretching, and everyday nutrition for active bodies. Movement, breathing, and nutrition only. No partner contact.