Golda Och学院语言艺术课程为学生提供了分析性阅读的技能, 写有效, 批判性思考. 通过文学的指导和接触, GOA’s 语言艺术 department strives to: inspire a love of literature and create lifelong readers; expose students to diverse literature; and teach students that language can be ambiguous, 能在不同层次上交流吗, 并具有隐含和明确的信息. 教师为学生提供机会,让他们在一个安全的环境中尝试自己的声音,并承担智力风险. 学生们通过研究人物的挑战来间接地学习人生课程, 冲突, 和选择.
九年级讨论的话题包括营养, and illness related to nutrition and diet; appropriate dating behaviors & Jewish perspectives on sexuality; HIV awareness and substance abuse. 高中10年级的健康课程包括负责任的决策和解决问题,因为它与驾驶教育理论有关. 这门课程是所有十年级学生的必修课,不管他们住在哪里(纽约还是新泽西),也不管他们是否有驾照. The 11th grade health curriculum includes topics such as mental health with a focus on stress and stress management; pregnancy and contraceptive methods; prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, 约会和家庭暴力, 以及药物使用, 误用和滥用. 学生们准备离开戈尔达·奥克斯学院, 12年级的健康课程侧重于为毕业生高中毕业后的生活做准备. The major topics emphasized during the senior year are: the theories and principles in developing and maintaining total fitness and wellness; substance abuse with emphasis on living in a college environment, including alcohol and drug use on campus; preparing for adulthood, 包括同意, 在生活的各个方面独立生活和健康的人际关系.