The social studies department offers a wide variety of courses. Of those offered, many are required by the state department of education for graduation from high school. Indeed, the state requires a mandatory test for our U.S. History students. The history department also offers an A.P. class at each grade level , starting in 9th grade. We at St. Martin realize that the study of history is the seed crop for our future generations. If we may be so bold as to quote Arthur Schlesinger Jr.:

"The law of acceleration hurtles us into the inscrutable future. But it cannot wipe the slate of the past. History haunts even generations who refuse to learn history. Rhythms, patterns, continuities, drift out of time long forgotten to mold the present and to color the shape of things to come. Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition, and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconscious with habits, values, expectations, dreams. The dialectic between past and future will continue to form our lives."

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The Cycles of American History