Challenge III
All Choices Bring Consequences
Ages 16–17 · Poetry Cafe
All Choices Bring Consequences
Challenge III is when students see the long arc of consequence — that every choice ripples outward. The course aims to form not just thinkers, but people of character.
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What's Covered This Year
Every Challenge year integrates the same six strands — woven together by a single Director.
Logic
Pre-calculus, equations, and trigonometry.
Research
Chemistry with laboratory work and scientific inquiry.
Reasoning
Music fundamentals and philosophy.
Debate
American history with Socratic discussions.
Grammar
Latin — Caesar and Cicero's rhetorical works.
Exposition
Shakespeare plays and poetry — the Five Canons of Rhetoric.
Poetry Cafe
Students present memorised dramatic interpretations and original poetry readings, exploring poetic forms in conversation with one another. An intimate evening where literature comes alive — and students discover their own voice.
See Challenge in Action
A look at how Directors guide students through dialectic and rhetoric across the Challenge years.
What You'll Need for Challenge III
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Books for Challenge III
The Challenge III booklist.