St. Mary's Online Academy (SMOA) is a global online learning platform offered by St. Mary's School, a renowned U.S. private preparatory school located in Medford, Oregon.

Our school started in 1865 in southern Oregon, located on the beautiful west coast of the United States of America. St. Mary's School has grown to provide an authentic American elementary, middle, and high school education to students in China, South Korea, Vietnam, and other parts of the world. Our integrated online courses are taught by an experienced American faculty whose skills and commitment are second to none.

We take pride in the program we deliver to your child! Courses are taught during normal school hours in Asian standard time. Online and offline learning networks are available to students.Live classroom and in-person, on-campus instruction is available.Students choose to attend online learning only or a combined offline/onsite learning environment. Students earn credits and receive transcripts and diplomas from St. Mary's School in Oregon.We offer a strong, professional and experienced bilingual tutoring team available to your student.One-to-one academic guidance and family education consultation is offered to all SMOA students and families. Our program provides a one-stop solution for students and parents interested in international education who want a full range of options and services.

All Credits are issued through St. Mary's Oregon in the US：

It is recommended that you have already completed high school courses in basic Principles of Biology or Integrated Science and Chemistry with a grade of B or above.

Grade 11-12

Mr. Arcielo Letigio

I graduated Bachelor of Science in Education, major in General Science at Saint Paul University Philippines and Masters in Education, major in Curriculum Instructions and Assessments at Walden University, Minnesota. I have also received special training on STEM Education from STEM Academy of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. I have been teaching for more than two decades since graduating the university in 1998. I have taught for several years in my city and in Manila before moving to the United States in 2006. I taught Physical Science in one of the public schools in South Carolina before I embarked to teaching in Central Asia.

Students are able to understand and conceptualized Life as discussed in the course.

Students are able to appreciate on the formation of living organisms and how every living organisms contribute to its development through evolution.

Students have tested theories through different experiments in the Science Laboratory seeing minute organisms using specific tools.

This course is aligned to the College Board AP Biology Curriculum Framework and is based on four Big Ideas, which encompass core scientific principles, theories, and processes that cut across traditional boundaries and provide a broad way of thinking about living organisms and biological systems. Investigations require students to ask questions, make observations and predictions, design experiments, analyze data, and construct arguments in a collaborative setting, where they direct and monitor their progress.

THE BIG IDEAS: BIG IDEA

1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.

2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.

3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.

4: Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties