Medical Anatomy I

[Students may earn Articulated College Credit]

[Medical Anatomy I/II may be taken in any order; both are needed for articulated credit]

Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, and 12

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Human anatomy and physiology of the integumentary, digestive, urinary, respiratory and musculoskeletal systems

Projects, Activities, etc.: Dissections

Instructional Focus: Taught by a health professional

Co-curricular Connection: HOSA

Medical Anatomy II

[Students may earn Articulated College Credit]

[Medical Anatomy I/II may be taken in either order; both are needed for articulated credit]

Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, and 12

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Human anatomy and physiology of the reproductive, sensory, cardiovascular, nervous and endocrine systems; current health issues

Projects, Activities, etc.: Dissections

Instructional Focus: Taught by a health professional

Co-curricular Connection: HOSA

Personal Care Assistant

This course is designed to teach students the necessary information to complete personal care skills as required by the Department of Human Services as a Personal Care Assistant. Upon completion of this course, students will have an understanding of the basic principles of caring for clients in their homes.

Prerequisite/Selection Process:

None

Intended Audience: 10th, 11th and 12th graders

Credit:

1 period/1 trimester/0.5 credits

Major Outcomes:

• Career decision making
• Academic and technical skill attainment
• Technological literacy
• Workplace skills

Projects, activities, etc.:

Online course with an opportunity for certification as PCA

Instructional Focus:

Students will complete online coursework to prepare to take the state PCA certification exam.

Investigating Law Enforcement Careers

Course Parameters: Course length: 1 high school trimester (12 weeks).

Grade level: 11th and 12th grade high school students.

Overall Course Objective: This course will allow high school students to explore a career path in Law Enforcement and related fields.  In addition to course academic content, students will learn and demonstrate their competencies in a variety of law enforcement skills. Students completing this 12-week course will develop skills, which will allow them to become familiar with the duties and responsibilities associated with the careers of law enforcement.

Broad Course Goals:

• Understand how to research and apply to law enforcement colleges and programs.
• Understanding how to write a resume and cover letter pertaining to a variety of law enforcement occupations.
• Research a local police department and see what they have to offer.
• Research a local police department and see what they have to offer.
• Identify necessary officer skills such as problem-solving, ethics, integrity, critical thinking, cultural competence, and career development.

Arch Draft & Design

Astronomy

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Physical
Science 9
Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Knowledge of universe
Projects, activities, etc.: Astronomy project
Instructional Focus: Small and large group lecture and lab activities

College & Career Prep

Commercial Art

Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Instruction in the field of commercial art
• 2-D design problems related to lettering, layout, illustration and advertising
• Focus on career opportunities
Projects, activities, etc.: Multiple commercial projects
Instructional Focus: Lab work

Creative Writing

Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12 (grade 10 with special permission of instructor)
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Development of skills in imaginative writing
• Analysis of literature
• Characteristics of types of imaginative writing
Project, activities, etc.: Examples of fiction, satire, essays, poetry and plays

Criminal Justice

Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Knowledge of crime, criminals and victims
• Knowledge of role of police
• Knowledge of court systems and corrections
Instructional Focus: Class activities and guest speakers

Digital Music Comp I

Prerequisite: none
Intended Audience:  Grades 9-12 
Credit:  .5
Major Outcomes: 
Students will learn the foundations of music theory - melody, chord structure, form.
Students will understand the elements of creating or modifying digital music.
Students will analyze and evaluate music.
Students will have an understanding of basic recording techniques.
Students will learn the foundations of acoustics.
Project, Activities, etc., instructional focus: Project based learning, independent work, collaborative environment with teachers.  Small unit focus, leads to a culminating final project

Geology

Graphic Design I/II

Meterology

Multicultural Perspectives

Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Knowledge of stories and cultures of various ethnic and cultural groups
• Factors that promote racism, discrimination, stereotypes and the recording of history
Projects, activities, etc.: Investigation of primary sources
Instructional Focus: Films, literature and historical readings

Psychology I

Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• History of psychology
• Scientific method
• Brain structure and function
• Impact of genetics and environment or
personality
• Mental disorders and treatment
Instructional Focus: Discussion, lecture,
group activities, experiments, observations,
fields and methods of psychology

Sociology

English 9

Intended Audience: Grade 9

Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Reading and responding to literature and informational texts
• Close reading skills
• Academic writing skills
• Research skills
• Argumentative speaking

Projects, Activities, etc.: Essays, seminars, speeches and presentations, and independent reading

Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking

English 10

Prerequisite/Selection Process: English 9 or Honors English 9

Intended Audience: Grade 10

Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Critical literacy and thinking skills
• Supporting ideas with textual evidence
• Research skills
• Speaking and presentation skills
• Academic writing skills
• Literary analysis

Projects, Activities, etc.: Close readings, essays, research, presentations, seminars, and independent reading

Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking

English 11

Prerequisite/Selection Process: English 10 or Honors English 10

Intended Audience: Grade 11

Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Analysis of American literature and informational texts
• Argumentation - reading, writing, speaking
• Academic writing skills
• Research skills
• Supporting ideas with textual evidence
• Speaking and presentation skills

Projects, Activities, etc.: Close readings, essays, research, presentations, seminars, and independent reading

Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking

English 12

Prerequisite/Selection Process: English 11 or AP English Language and Composition

Intended Audience: Grade 12

Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Critical reading of literature and informational texts
• Study of advertising, propaganda, and news bias
• Academic writing
• Research

Projects, Activities, etc.: Essays, research, seminars, and presentations

Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking

Introduction to Culinary Arts

Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Introduction to food industry Standards
• Experiential learning through food preparation and tasting
• Management of culinary tools and equipment
• Application of safety and sanitation skills

Projects, Activities, etc.: Food labs

Instructional Focus: Food preparation and demonstration

Consumer Strategies

Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Investing and Savings
• Careers and College
• Income and Taxes
• Banking and Credit
• Protecting your Identity
• Budgeting and Spending
• Housing

Projects, Activities, etc.: Develop a personal life plan

Instructional Focus: Guest presenters and interactive activities

Health

Intended Audience:  Grade 10 [grade 10 preferred]

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Examine how today’s choices affect present and future quality of life in the following areas: mental health, chemical health, sexuality, fitness and nutrition, lifestyle diseases and prevention
• CPR instruction - Students will have the opportunity to be certified in CPR

Instructional Focus: Discussion, lecture, small/large group activities, guest speaker and research projects

HS Intermediate Algebra

Intended Audience: Grade 9

Credit: **Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes: This course continues the extensive, connected, and applied study of Mathematics from previous courses. Emphasis is on the development of multiple strategies to solve problems and to recognize multiple ways of understanding concepts, especially as it pertains to quadratic and exponential functions. It has strong threads woven throughout the course focusing on multiple representations, justifying thinking, and communicating the meaning of a solution. The topics covered in the course are:

• Functions, Linear Relationships
• Simplifying and Solving
• Sequences
• Modeling Two-Variable Data
• Exponential Functions
• Quadratic Functions
• Solving Quadratic and Inequalities

Instructional Focus: Instruction presented in a variety of ways; some hands-on activities and the use of a graphing calculator.

** Students may be placed in an additional trimester of math based on a variety of achievement scores and teacher recommendation. Students passing this additional trimester course would receive an additional 0.5 elective credit.

 

HS Geometry with College Foundations

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Intermediate Algebra with College Foundations or Honors Intermediate Algebra

Intended Audience: Grade 10

Credit: Three trimesters = 1.0 math credit and 0.5 elective credit

Major Outcomes: This course continues the extensive, connected, and applied study of Mathematics from previous courses. It has strong threads woven throughout the course focusing on multiple representations, justifying thinking, and communicating the meaning of a solution. The topics covered in the course are:

• Shapes and Transformations
• Angles and Measurement
• Justification and Similarity
• Trigonometry and Probability
• Congruent Triangles
• Proof and Quadrilaterals
• Polygons and Circles
• Solids and Constructions
• Circles and Conditional Probability
• Solids and Circles

Instructional Focus: Instruction presented in a variety of ways; some hands-on activities

Honors Precalculus

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Honors Advanced Algebra or Coll Honors College Algebra [Advanced Algebra with teacher recommendation]

Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12

Credit: Two terms = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Extension of algebraic and geometric concepts of relations, functions and graphing into trigonometric functions
• Applications of trigonometry

Projects, Activities, etc.: Varies by teacher

Instructional Focus: Instruction presented in a variety of ways, use of graphic calculator

Alg II A/B

Physical Education I

Intended Audience: Grade 9

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Fundamentals of individual physical fitness
• Instruction in varied physical activities

Instructional Focus: Physical activities designed to meet student interests

 

Physical Education II

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Physical Education I

Intended Audience: Grade 10

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Development and implementation of personal fitness plan
• Instruction in varied physical activities

Projects, Activities, etc.: Fitness plan

Instructional Focus: Physical activity

Strength Training I/II/III

Str Tng I

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Physical
Education I and II
Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Knowledge and application of basic strength and conditioning principles
• Development of associated skills and techniques

Instructional Focus: Individualized instruction and physical activity

Str Tng II

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Strength Training and Conditioning I
Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Further development in training techniques and skills
• Emphasis on fitness-related issues
Instructional Focus: Individualized instruction and physical activity

Str Tng III

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Strength Training and Conditioning II
Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = .5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Improvement of skills learned in Strength Training and Conditioning I and II
• Development of personal fitness program
Instructional Focus: Individualized instruction and physical activity

Chemistry I A/B

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Physical Science 9, or Honors Physical Science 9 or Honors Physics 9

Intended Audience: Grade 10g

Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

Build understanding of:

• Composition, structure, interactions between substances
• Measurement
• Compounds
• Atoms
• Chemical reactions
• Kinetic theory

Projects, Activities, etc.: Lab work

Instructional Focus: Rigorous high school-level concepts through small and large group lecture and lab activities; high school text is used

Biology I A/B

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Chemistry I or Honors Chemistry I or AP Chemistry [AndHS]

Intended Audience: Grade 11

Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Describe cycles and interactions in the natural world
• Understand structure and function of cells
• Understand principles and applications of genetics
• Knowledge of biological change over time
• Understand life processes and diversity of life on Earth

Projects, Activities, etc.: Lab work

Instructional Focus: Small and large group lecture and lab activities

Earth Sci A/B

Earth Sci A
Intended Audience: Grade 9
Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Apply Science and Engineering Practices to explain phenomena in Earth and Space Science
• Knowledge of Earth systems and processes
• Analyze human impacts on Earth systems and processes 
• Knowledge of astronomical structures and phenomena
Projects, Activities, etc.: Lab work
Instructional Focus: Small and large group lecture and lab activities and demonstrations

Earth Sci B

Intended Audience: Grade 9
Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Apply Science and Engineering Practices to explain phenomena in Earth and Space Science
• Knowledge of Earth systems and processes
• Analyze human impacts on Earth systems and processes 
• Knowledge of astronomical structures and phenomena
Projects, Activities, etc.: Lab work
Instructional Focus: Small and large group lecture and lab activities and demonstrations

Civics 9

Intended Audience: Grade 9

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Provide students with practical knowledge and understanding of American government
• Connect with the democratic process as citizens of the United States
• Apply knowledge of early founding documents including the US Constitution
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the American system of government functions
• Demonstrate an understanding that US citizens have both rights and responsibilities in order for the government to maintain order in society.
• Understand the election process in the United States
• Differentiate views on the political spectrum

Geography 9

Intended Audience: Grade 9

Credit: One Trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Review locations of physical features, climatic regions, and cultural icons
• Practice reading maps and charts.
• Types of maps, when to use and how to analyze
• Effects of migration and population countries and cultures
• Types of boundaries and governments
• Global climate changes
• Human effects on the environment Projects, Activities, etc.: Creating Maps, develop the where the next should be located [e.g. determine where the next supermarket should be located in your city]

Instructional Focus: Use of maps, charts, Geographic Information Systems, population pyramids

US History 10

[AP exam is in May each year]

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Civics or Honors Civics and Geography

Intended Audience: Grade 10

Credit: Two Trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Study of major events in U.S. history [emphasis on 19th and 20th centuries]
• Awareness of the experiences of ordinary women, men, and children as well as those of our leaders
• Study of diverse peoples who created the American story

World History 11

Prerequisite/Selection Process: US History or AP US History

Intended Audience: Grade 11

Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Study of significant events, people, issues, and perspectives from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East
• A balance of cultural, economic, geographic, political, and social history are presented
• Gain an appreciation and understanding of diverse perspectives

Economics 12

Prerequisite/Selection Process: World History or AP World History

Intended Audience: Grade 12

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Concept of scarcity and its impact on choices of individuals, organizations, businesses, and government
• Market structures
• Supply and demand
• Personal Finance
• Macroeconomics
• Global Economy

Projects, Activities, etc.: Investigation of public issues, identification of problems and proposed solutions

US Government and Politics 12

Prerequisite/Selection Process: World History or AP World History

Intended Audience: Grade 12

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Examines the political system of the American government
• Focuses on the political processes of local, state, and national government, the three branches of government, as well as applying Constitutional principles to the American legal system
• Learn how to be active citizens
• Debate and analyze public policy issues, including foreign policy
• Understand how the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches work together
• Understand the importance of the American Legal system including criminal, civil, and constitutional law
• Analyze public policy issues including foreign policy
• Investigate state and local government and politics
• Analyze primary sources and court cases to understand the role of government during major periods of social and political change

Instructional Focus: State/Local Public Issue Project [5 Youth Service Hours], Constitutional Law Project

Digital Photography I

Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12

Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit

Major Outcomes:

• Course work will focus on the basics of photographic composition, lighting, camera positioning, workflow digital photography, and digital manipulation.
• Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Bridge. Software will be integrated with apps available for mobile, devices including, but not limited to: Instagram, Adobe PS Express, etc.
• Images will be taken with, and technical training will be provided for; DSLR, Digital Cameras, Smartphones, and tablets.

Instructional Focus: Taking photographs in various settings on the campus, in and out of the lab, and off-campus either as a work assignment or field-trip.

Digital Photo II/III