Every self-paced course we offer for a 9th grader, in one place: the core classes, summer, test prep, skills and courses for parents.
All 9 core courses below in one purchase. Plus SAT Prep, free. Bought one at a time they come to $171. Yours to keep.
Get the Grade 9 PackOr every course for every grade with the all-access pass, $19 a month.Self-paced courses that follow a typical 9th grade year. Use them alongside the class, to catch up, or to get ahead.
A full-year practice course in eight units: close reading, the short story, the novel, poetry, Romeo and Juliet, argument and rhetoric, the literary analysis essay, and research, MLA citation and grammar.
A full year of Algebra 1 in eight units, from solving equations and inequalities through functions, linear models, systems, exponents, polynomials and quadratics, with a short data section.
A full year of high school biology in eight units, from the chemistry of life and cells through genetics, evolution and ecology.
Eight units follow a full year of Spanish 1, from greetings and the sound system to ordering food, shopping and finding your way around a city, with explanations in English and Spanish examples throughout.
Eight units follow a full year of French 1, from greetings and the sounds of French to school, family, free time, food, shopping and finding your way around town, with explanations in English and French examples throughout.
Eight units follow a full year of German 1, from greetings and the sound system to ordering food, shopping and finding your way around town, with explanations in English and German examples throughout.
Eighteen lessons that follow a typical Integrated Math I course, which blends algebra, geometry and statistics: equations and inequalities, linear functions, systems, exponential functions, transformations and congruence, and data.
Eighteen lessons walk you through a typical first year of Latin: classical pronunciation, three noun declensions, all four verb conjugations in the present, imperfect, future and perfect tenses, prepositions, and short readings about Roman family life, the city of Rome and its founding myth.
A first-year Mandarin practice course in six units: pinyin and tones, how characters work, introductions and family, time and daily routines, school, food and shopping, and the culture behind the language.
Review the year just finished and preview the next one.
A summer bridge for students who just finished 8th grade: six units that review key 8th grade skills in math, English, science and social studies, preview what 9th grade will ask of you, and explain how high school works.
Six units that build the reading, analysis, and writing skills 9th grade English expects: close reading, fiction, poetry, argument, essay writing, and grammar.
A preview of Algebra 1 built on pre-algebra foundations: integers and fractions, expressions, equations, inequalities, linear functions, systems, exponents and polynomials.
Six units take you from thinking like a scientist through plate tectonics, rocks, weather, Earth's history and Earth's place in space, with worked examples, practice questions and a quiz in every unit.
Six units take you through the big ideas of human geography: maps and scale, population and migration, culture, political geography, agriculture and food, and cities and economic development.
Eighteen short lessons take a complete beginner from the sounds of Spanish to real sentences about school, family, food and weekend plans.
Eighteen short lessons take a complete beginner from the first sounds of French to simple conversations about school, family, food, hobbies and weekend plans.
Eighteen short lessons take a complete beginner from German sounds and greetings to talking about family, school, food and hobbies, with practice after every lesson and a quiz after every unit.
Eighteen short lessons for students who just finished 9th grade.
Our own courses on habits, thinking, communication and real projects.
Six units on managing the high school workload: how grades and syllabi work, planning systems, studying methods backed by research, balancing school with activities and rest, speaking up for yourself, and a capstone where you build and test your own semester system.
Six units on reasoning well: how your own mind can mislead you, how arguments work and fail, how to judge evidence and statistics, how to research with databases, lateral reading and careful use of AI tools, and how to weigh other perspectives, ending with a position paper of your own.
Six units on being taken seriously: building presentations that land, delivering them with confidence, writing professional emails and proposals, leading a team, handling collaboration and conflict, and a capstone where you lead a real project and present the result.
Six units on solving real problems on your own: finding a problem worth solving, generating and choosing ideas, prototyping, testing and iteration, managing a project, and a capstone where you build an original solution and defend it before an audience.
Organization, study habits, money and more.
Six short lessons for the years when the first phone, the first group chat and the school portal all arrive at once: your digital footprint, privacy, scams, social media, the school tech high school assumes, and balance.
Six short lessons for parents on helping without hovering: how your role changes, a 15-minute weekly check-in, what to do when grades slip, the course choices that matter, balance, and a plan for the road to high school.
Six short lessons on how money works: your paycheck, a budget you will use, banking and scams, credit, paying for college and the long game.
Five short lessons for getting and keeping a first job: what teens are allowed to do, finding a job and applying, the first resume and interview, the paperwork on day one, and your first paycheck and tax return.
Twelve weeks of short lessons that teach students practical routines for seeing time, planning, getting started, staying focused, staying organized and following through.
Eight short lessons, one a week, that turn good intentions into finished work: the weekly look ahead, time, getting started, organization, focus, checking work and adjusting when plans break.
Four short lessons on asking for what you need: knowing what to ask, writing an email to a teacher, asking in person, and speaking up in meetings.
Six units on reading actively, finding main ideas, making inferences, understanding vocabulary, reading textbooks, sources and graphs, and handling hard passages and timed tests.
Six units that take you through the whole essay process: reading the prompt, planning, writing a thesis, building body paragraphs, opening and closing well, handling the main essay types, and revising and writing under time.
Six units on how learning works and how to put that knowledge to use: memory, note-taking, reading hard texts, studying, taking tests, and homework habits.
Six short units on understanding test anxiety, catching unhelpful thoughts, calming your body, preparing well, staying steady during a test and learning from it afterward.
Six short units on the everyday skills that make school life better: friendships, handling conflict and bullying, staying safe and kind online, managing your phone, sleep and stress, and knowing when and how to ask for help.
High school electives, any grade 9 to 12.
A semester of Leadership in six units: what leadership is and its styles, knowing your strengths and values, communication and public speaking, teamwork and meetings, planning projects and events, and ethics, service and leading change.
A semester of Emotional Intelligence in six units: understanding emotions, self-awareness, managing stress and impulses, empathy and perspective-taking, relationships and conflict, and responsible decisions and resilience.
A semester of Personal Finance in six units: earning and paychecks, budgeting and spending choices, banking and ways to pay, saving and investing, credit and debt, and insurance, scams and big purchases.
A semester of Creative Writing in six units: writing habits and vivid detail, character and dialogue, plot and point of view, poetry, the personal essay, and revision and workshop.
A semester of Art 1 in six units: the elements of art, the principles of design, drawing from observation, perspective and composition, color theory and painting basics, and art history, critique and portfolio.
A semester of Graphic Design in six units: design foundations, typography, color for screen and print, layout and image files, logos and branding, and the design process, feedback and ethics.
A semester of beginning guitar in six units: the parts of the guitar and tuning, chord diagrams, tab and rhythm, the first open chords, strumming and chord changes, the notes and keys behind I–IV–V progressions, and the E minor pentatonic scale, melodies and practice habits.
A semester of beginning American Sign Language in six units: Deaf culture and history, the fingerspelling alphabet, numbers 1 to 20 and first conversations, signs for family, school and daily life, ASL grammar with facial expression and space, and respectful interaction.
A semester of introductory robotics in six units: what robots are and how engineers design them, simple machines and gears, electricity and Ohm's law, motors and sensors, programming logic with loops and conditionals, and feedback control for competition-style challenges.
A semester of gardening and horticulture in six units: how plants grow, soil and compost, seeds and propagation, planning a garden and watering it, pests and diseases with integrated pest management, and harvest, food safety and growing for your community.
A semester of Film and TV Production in six units: visual storytelling, scriptwriting and planning, shot types and camera movement, shooting with a phone, lighting and sound, and editing with free software, sharing your work and careers.
A semester of Digital Photography in six units: camera and phone basics, the exposure triangle, composition, light, editing with free software, and genres, ethics, copyright and building a portfolio.
A semester of Journalism in six units: what makes news, reporting and interviewing, news writing and the inverted pyramid, style, headlines and editing, features and opinion, and media law, ethics and digital and student media.
A semester of technical theatre in six units: stage types and the parts of a theatre, shop and stage safety, set design and construction, lighting, sound, costumes and props, and stage management from the first meeting to strike.
A semester of fashion design in six units: the elements and principles of design in clothing, a tour of fashion history, textiles and fibers, garment construction and hand sewing, fashion sketching and illustration, and the business, sustainability and careers of fashion.
A semester of music theory in six units: notation and the staff, rhythm and meter, scales and key signatures, intervals, triads and chords, and harmony, cadences, form and simple composition.
A semester of Speech and Debate in six units: managing nerves and building strong delivery, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, argument structure, evidence and logical fallacies, the major debate formats (policy, Lincoln-Douglas, public forum and congressional), and cross-examination, rebuttal and competition events.
A semester of introductory computer science in six units: what computers do and how they store data in binary, algorithms and pseudocode, Python basics with variables and decisions, loops and functions, lists and debugging, and how the internet works along with data privacy and computing ethics.
A semester of introductory engineering design in six units: the engineering design process, sketching and technical drawing, measurement and units, forces, materials and structures, prototyping with cardboard and household materials, and testing, iteration, careers and ethics.
A semester of introductory, defense-focused cybersecurity in six units: the CIA triad and risk, how networks and the internet work, malware, phishing and social engineering, passwords, multi-factor authentication and encryption, securing devices and home networks, and the ethics, laws and careers of the field.
A semester of game design and animation in six units: what makes games fun, mechanics, rules and balance, level design, story and storyboarding, the principles of animation, art and sound basics, and prototyping, playtesting and iteration.
A semester of introductory animal science in six units: classification and anatomy, digestion and nutrition, behavior and welfare, livestock and companion animals, health, disease and biosecurity, and genetics, breeding and careers including veterinary science.
A semester of Forensic Science in six units: crime scenes and chain of custody, fingerprints, trace evidence such as hair, fibers and soil, blood and DNA, toxicology, and impressions, firearms concepts and how science is used, and sometimes misused, in court.
A semester of Psychology in six units: the history of the field and how psychologists do research, the brain and nervous system, sensation and perception, learning and memory, human development, and personality, psychological disorders and treatment.
A semester of Sociology in six units: the sociological perspective and research methods, culture and socialization, groups and organizations, deviance and social control, social stratification, and social institutions and social change.
A semester of Criminal Justice in six units: how the U.S.
A semester of Introduction to Business in six units: what businesses do, types of business ownership, management and leadership, operations, finance basics including break-even, and entrepreneurship, the business plan and ethics.
A semester of Marketing in six units: the marketing concept and the 4 Ps, market research and segmentation, consumer behavior, product, branding and price, promotion and digital and social media marketing, and selling, customer service and sports and entertainment marketing.
A semester of Accounting in six units: the accounting equation, debits and credits, journals and ledgers, the trial balance and the accounting cycle, the income statement and balance sheet, and cash, payroll and accounting careers.
A semester of Introduction to Culinary Arts in six units: kitchen and knife safety, food safety and sanitation, measuring and recipe conversion, knife skills and classic cuts, dry-heat and moist-heat cooking methods, and nutrition, baking basics and food-service careers.
A semester of Early Childhood Education in six units: foundations and stages of development from birth to age 8, physical growth and the developing brain, cognitive and language development, social-emotional development, play, positive guidance and activity planning, and health, safety, nutrition, families and careers.
A semester of Education Professions in six units: what teachers do, how people learn, child and adolescent development, planning a lesson with clear objectives, classroom management and assessment, and including all learners, plus careers in education.
A semester of introductory sports medicine in six units: the sports medicine team, anatomy of bones, muscles and joints, common sports injuries, prevention, taping and conditioning, first response basics including concussion and heat illness, and rehabilitation and careers.
A semester of medical terminology and health science in six units: building medical words from prefixes, roots and suffixes, the major body systems and their terms, healthcare settings and the care team, vital signs and infection control, and patient privacy, ethics and careers.
A practice health and PE course in six units: wellness basics, nutrition, fitness and safe exercise, sleep and mental health, substance use prevention, and first aid, online safety and healthy relationships.
A first course in programming with Python in six units: printing and reading error messages, variables and input, decisions, loops, lists and functions, and three small projects that tie it all together.
Eighteen lessons pick up where Latin I ended and walk you through a typical second year of Latin: the last two noun declensions, pronouns and relative clauses, all six tenses in the active and passive, participles and the ablative absolute, indirect statement, comparison, and the subjunctive in purpose and result clauses, with adapted readings from Livy and Ovid.
A semester of Logic and Rhetoric in six units: what an argument is, formal logic with syllogisms and conditionals, informal fallacies, evidence and inductive reasoning, classical rhetoric, and writing and speaking persuasively.
Short courses for you, on learning differences, the teenage years and more.
Eight short lessons for parents of autistic middle and high school students on the basics of applied behavior analysis, taught the modern, respectful way: what behavior tells you, the ABCs, why behavior happens, setting up for success, reinforcement, teaching new skills, better ways to communicate, and handling hard moments with support from the right professionals.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who have dyslexia or may have it: what dyslexia is and is not, the signs in older students, how reading works, evaluation and the school route, accommodations and assistive technology, support at home, confidence and self-advocacy, and planning for high school, testing and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who struggle with writing: what dysgraphia means, the signs, the parts of writing, evaluation, accommodations and assistive technology, building keyboarding and writing skills at home, confidence and step-by-step planning, and getting ready for high school, testing and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who struggle with math in a lasting way: what dyscalculia is, the signs at this age, number sense, evaluation and the school route, accommodations and their limits, instruction that works, math anxiety and confidence, and planning for high school math, testing, college and careers.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who find spoken and written language hard: what language-based learning disabilities are, the signs at school and home, how language underlies reading and writing, evaluation, classroom accommodations, building vocabulary through conversation, social language and self-advocacy, and planning for high school, testing and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students with ADHD, or who may have it: what ADHD is, executive function, diagnosis and school plans, the basics of treatment, structure at home, motivation and feedback, school accommodations and homework, and the road to independence, driving and college.
Eight short lessons for parents of middle and high school students who struggle with worry or anxiety: what anxiety is, how it shows up at school, why avoidance makes it grow, getting the right help, supportive parenting, coping skills to practice, school supports, and the road to independence, including when to get help right away.
A practical course for parents of middle and high school students in six units: the developing brain, identity and independence, friends and social life, emotions and mental health, communication and boundaries, and learning, motivation and the path ahead.
A practical course for parents of advanced and twice-exceptional students in grades 6 to 12: what giftedness is, how strengths and challenges can hide each other, what to ask for at school, how to support your child's emotional life and interests, and how to plan for high school and beyond.
A practical course for parents planning to homeschool grades 9 to 12: deciding and getting started, planning four years, choosing and running courses, keeping records and building a transcript, preparing for college, careers and testing, and keeping the whole effort going through graduation.
Homeschooling? The Grade 9 homeschool curriculum adds a 36-week plan for every core course, free textbooks and the records kit.
Every course on this page is included for families on Check-in, College Prep or Weekly Accountability, along with a weekly check-in with your Caveat advisor. See plans.
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The Caveat Family Guide to College is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Each college decides admission, aid and how credit counts, and requirements change; check each college's own pages. Examples are examples, not promises. Caveat Academic Services is an independent college preparation company. Students do all of their own work.