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BlendEd Consortium

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Embrace the Bay Area. 

Through the Bay Area BlendEd Consortium (a collaboration between six Bay Area independent high schools), you will have access to unique courses that take advantage of the resources of the Bay Area and you'll have the opportunity to learn with students from other Bay Area schools.

BlendEd courses combine interactive and individual work, virtual and in-person, and are as rigorous and challenging as upper level Branson electives. Though they do not fulfill graduation requirements, BlendEd courses are UC approved and offer Branson students more opportunities to take responsibility for their own progress and learning.

BlendEd Basics

  • Approximately 6 hours of coursework per week
  • Activities are both synchronous (real-time virtual and in-person) and self-paced
  • 3-5 face-to-face sessions/field trips per semester
  • Open to 11th and 12th grade students
  • UC approved (some are “a-f”, most are “g” approved)
  • Average class size of 16 students

For more information about BlendEd, check out blendedconsortium.org or contact Branson’s BlendEd Coordinator, Jeff Symonds.

Yearlong Course

  • Ancient Greek

Semester Courses

  • Applied AI in Python
  • Astrophysics
  • Black Holes and Einstein's Theory of Relativity
  • Fundamentals of Filmmaking
  • The Golden Gate: Bay Area Literature, History & Activism
  • Incarceration Nation: The Rise of the U.S. Prison Industrial Complex
  • Mathematics of Politics
  • Movements for Change
  • Poetic Computation
  • The Science of SciFi

For a complete list of BlendEd courses and their descriptions, read the back section of Branson's Curriculum Guide 2024-25 | Guía de Estudios 2024-25

Branson Curriculum Guide

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Read the Curriculum Guide to see all the courses we offer in the 2024-25 academic year.