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1 RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM GUIDE YOUR RESOURCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE & CAREER PLANNING Home of the RED RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL (765) FAX (765) HUB ETCHISON PARKWAY, RICHMOND, IN

2 Curriculum Guie 1 ADMINISTRATION COUNSELING DEPT Rae Woolpy, Principal raew@rcs.k12.in.us Laura Brazil, Assistant Principal lbrazil@rcs.k12.in.us Rachel Etherington, Assistant Principal rachelet@rcs.k12.in.us Joe Spicer, Assistant Principal joes@rcs.k12.in.us Kasey McFarlan, Counselor (Cr- Ke) kmcfarlan@rcs.k12.in.us Sally Porter, Counselor (Kh- Ra) sallyp@rcs.k12.in.us Stephanie Quinn, Counselor (Re-Z) stephanieq@rcs.k12.in.us Ellen Shepar, Counselor (A-Co/Early College) ellenr@rcs.k12.in.us Rusty Hensley, Director of Career Eucation rhensley@rcs.k12.in.us Jeff Thorne, Facilities Director of Civic Hall jthorne@rcs.k12.in.us Frank Carr, Athletic Director fcarr@rcs.k12.in.us RHS WEBSITE Check out our website for calenars, bell scheules, sports scheules, staff contact information, scholarships, club an activity news an other announcements. Follow us on Facebook, Richmon High School

3 Table of Contents Stuents an Parents: This curriculum guie is aime at proviing you with information on a wie range of things that you will encounter at Richmon High School. Inclue are topics such as grauation requirements, college requirements, an courses offere at Richmon High School. Regarless of which year you are currently in at RHS, taking the time to plan your future is critical to your continue success. Stuents who realize this are often times more successful an prepare for whichever path they choose to take after high school. By taking the time to make smart choices, it also helps the school to make ecisions regaring the numbers an types of classes to offer. Smart choices now will help make sure that you have the opportunities for the classes that you want as you want them. Take your time an rea through the material in this Curriculum Guie. If you have any questions, contact your counselor an have them help you. Rae Woolpy Principal Changing a Class 4 Graing Scale..5 Work Permit...6 Assessments.7-8 Avance Placement (AP).9 Early College..10 Summer School.11 Grauation Requirements.13 Business..16 Career & Technical 22 English.31 Family/Consumer Science 36 Fine Arts 40 Mathematics.45 Physical Eucation.50 Science.52 Social Stuies..56 Special Eucation...59 Worl Language.62 Appenix.65 Inex..66

4 RHS MISSION STATEMENT Eucate for success by preparing all stuents to be college/career reay through positive relationships, respect, an responsibility with a relevant an rigorous curriculum. RICHMOND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS' NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY It is a policy of Richmon Community Schools not to iscriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or isability in its eucational programs or employment policies as require by the Iniana Civil Rights Act (IC ), IC , Titles VI an VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (1972) Eucational Amenments), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of Inquiries regaring Richmon Community Schools compliance with Title IX, Section 504 or the Americans with Disabilities Act shoul be irecte to the Director of Stuent Services (stuent/parent) or Director of Human Resources employee/applicant) 300 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmon, Iniana, 47374, or to the Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Eucation, Washington, D.C.

5 Curriculum Guie 4 THE SCHEDULING PROCEDURE Stuents an parents are encourage to carefully rea this Curriculum Guie. Stuents will meet with their counselors January through March to assess the stuents current eucational progress, plan future goals an select classes for the coming year that will enable stuents to realize their goals. Stuents will bring home a list of requeste classes for the coming year. Parents shoul then iscuss the requeste classes with their chil; contact the stuent s counselor if any clarification is neee; sign the List; an the stuent shoul return the List to the counselor. **Please Give Careful Thought to This Process** In orer to plan the master scheule an to make staffing ecisions, the school uses information from the Lists of Requeste Classes. The school will make scheule ajustments, as neee. PROCEDURE FOR CHANGING A CLASS 1. During the first two (2) weeks of the semester (10 school ays) a stuent may contact his/her counselor to iscuss a change of class if there has been an incorrect level of class placement. 2. After 2 weeks an continuing throughout week 12, no new classes will be ae. A transfer to a ifferent level class may be mae, if scheuling logistics permit, with the input of the parent an teachers involve. The stuent s earne grae-to-ate is transferre to the receiving teacher. 3. During the final graing perio, no changes will be mae. Any exceptions must be approve by the principal. PROCEDURE FOR DROPPING A CLASS 1. During the 1 st graing perio a stuent may elect to rop a class with the approval of parent an teacher with no grae given. 2. During the 2 n an 3 r graing perio a class may be roppe with the approval of the parent an teacher. A grae of F is recore for the roppe class. OTHER CHANGES At any time uring the semester the principal or his/her esignee may irect that a stuent be remove from a class for isciplinary reasons an/or lack of attenance. In either case, a grae of F is recore for the roppe class.

6 Curriculum Guie 5 GENERAL INFORMATION GRADING SCALE A 4-point graing scale is utilize. The scale will be calculate as follows: A = 4.0 B = 3.0 C = 2.0 D = 1.0 A- = 3.7 B- = 2.7 C- = 1.7 D- = 0.7 B+ = 3.3 C+ = 2.3 D+ = 1.3 F = 0.0 WEIGHTED GRADES The weighte grae system is intene to rewar an recognize acaemic rigor. It supports an recognizes scholarship an encourages stuents to take higher level courses. The following guielines apply: A. Ientifie courses will receive weighte creit as esignate below. B. The a-on will be automatic an will be reflecte on the transcript an class rank. C. Stuents transferring from outsie RCS with their GPA weighte from other schools will only receive creit after aministrative review of transcripts. D. Stuents will receive creit accoring to RCS/State regulations only. E. Ientifie courses for weighte grae creit at RCS are all Avance Placement, Honors, Project Lea the Way (PLTW) an ual creits from both 4 year an 2 year college/universities in math, science, social stuies, English, an worl languages. F. Other college courses that have not been approve for weighte grae creit prior to completion of the course will not be consiere for weighte creit. G. No weighting will be given to honors/acaemic courses taken uring mile school. All weighting will occur in classes taken at or uring a stuent s 9-12 enrollment at RHS. H. In orer to receive the aitional weighte points, a stuent must complete the course with a semester 70% (C-) or higher. Tier 1 Qualifie Courses (aitional 0.5 weight per Semester): Courses enote as Honors (H), Project Lea the Way courses an ual creits from the Core Transfer Library (CTL Courses in math, science, social stuies, English, worl languages) at 2 year community colleges. A = 4.5 B = 3.5 C = 2.5 D = 1.0 A- = 4.2 B- = 3.2 C- = 2.2 D- = 0.7 B+ = 3.8 C+ = 2.8 D+ = 1.3 F = 0.0

7 Curriculum Guie 6 Tier 2 Qualifie Courses (1.0 weight per Semester): Courses enote as Avance Placement (AP), Avance College Project (ACP) an ual creits (in math, science, social stuies, an worl languages) from a 4 year college/university. A = 5.0 B = 4.0 C = 3.0 D = 1.0 A- = 4.7 B- = 3.7 C- = 2.7 D- = 0.7 B+ = 4.3 C+ =3.3 D+ = 1.3 F = 0.0 RETAKING A COURSE FOR A BETTER GRADE Stuents may attempt to earn a better grae by retaking a course for which he or she has alreay earne creit with a grae of B or below. The higher grae will be recore on the stuent s transcript an be use in GPA calculations. No aitional creit will be aware. The lower grae will still appear on the transcript, but it will not be use in GPA calculations. VALEDICTORIAN All eligibility requirements will be epenent on acaemic performance through secon semester of senior year. Stuents must have been an RHS stuent for a minimum of three years an have/or will earn an Acaemic Honors Diploma. For the class of 2017 an beyon, the Valeictorian(s) shall be any stuent receiving a Core 40 Acaemic Honors Diploma with a core weighte GPA of or higher. Core Weighte GPA shall inclue only courses in English, Math, Science, Social Stuies, an Worl Languages. Grae weighting for courses will follow the RCS Weighte Graes Policy. CLASS RANK Figuring the cumulative GPA for all stuents an ranking them in orer from the highest to the lowest etermines class rank. In case of a tie, the tie stuents will be given the same rank, an the appropriate numbers following will be eliminate. ATHLETIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR ELIGIBILITY Stuents participating in athletics an extra-curricular activities are expecte to follow proper behavior as spelle out in the RCS Uniform Coe of Stuent Conuct an the RHS Athletic Hanbook. At the en of each graing perio, a stuent must be passing five (5) classes to meet IHSAA stanars to participate in a sport. Failure to follow these prescribe policies will result in proceures that will assist the stuent in meeting the expecte stanars. WORK PERMIT ELIGIBILITY Stuents are expecte to meet these 2 stanars to qualify for a work permit: 95% or higher attenance rate. GPA of 2.0 or higher.

8 Curriculum Guie 7 ASSESSMENTS END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENTS Stuents in the classes of 2017 an 2018 must meet the stanars teste in the En-of-Course Assessments (ECAs) in Algebra 1 an English 10 to satisfy the grauation test requirement. Stuents will take the corresponing ECA when they complete the course. ISTEP+ Stuents in the class of 2019 an beyon will take the ISTEP+ in Math an English at the en of their 10 th grae year. Stuents must pass these tests to satisfy the grauation test requirement. Stuents will take the ISTEP+ Science test when they complete Biology, though this test is not require for grauation. NWEA TESTING The NWEA may be taken by freshman an sophomores in Math an English, to provie the school with information about their strengths an weaknesses in these key acaemic areas. NWEA may be aministere up to three times per school year. PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (PSAT/NMSQT) The PSAT is taken by all sophomores an those juniors consiering college an is given uring October at Richmon High School uring the regular school ay. The results help in selecting a college, help prepare the stuent for taking the regular College Boar test known as the SAT, an qualify the stuent for the National Merit Scholarship Programs. Aitionally, these scores are use to ientify stuents who may nee remeiation or enrichment, an they are use to ientify stuents for Accuplacer testing in Junior year. SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT) & AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST (ACT) The SAT an ACT are tests taken by those planning to atten a four-year college, an one is usually require for amission. We encourage our stuents to take these exams at the en of their junior year an/or the fall of their senior year. Online registration is require, an stuents can see their counselor for assistance. Fee waivers are available. The tests are not given at RHS;-It is given at various times throughout the year at Earlham College. SAT TEST DATES: ACT TEST DATES: October 1, 2016 September 10, 2016 November 5, 2016 October 22, 2016 December 3, 2016 December 10, 2016 January 28, 2017 February 11, 2017 March 11, 2017 April 8, 2017 May 6, 2017 June 10, 2017 June 3, 2017

9 Curriculum Guie 8 ACCUPLACER TESTING The Accuplacer is given to selecte juniors an seniors, with the purpose of ientifying an remeiating stuents who nee aitional support to be collegean-career reay. This computerize exam is given at Richmon High School. POSTSECONDARY CREDIT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Richmon High School stuents may enroll in approve college programs an receive both high school an college creit (Dual Creit). Dual Creit options inclue: Earlham College Earlham Campus (cost responsibility of stuent) Iniana University East IU East Campus (cost responsibility of stuent) Iniana University taught at RHS (reuce cost) Free of charge if stuent is on free or reuce lunch. Speech Avance Composition Ivy Tech Community College Ivy Tech Campus ( Take a Course on Us Stuents may take one course free of charge uring their senior year.) Ivy Tech Community College taught at RHS (no cost) See counselor for available courses. Eligibility Requirements: 1. A stuent may not participate if participation will elay the stuent s progress towar high school grauation. 2. College classes must not conflict with RHS school scheule. 3. High school creit can be aware only for state approve high school courses. 4. Courses may be taken only at accreite public or private colleges or universities that grant a baccalaureate or associate egree. The college or university must also approve the granting of high school creit. 5. Creit will be aware as follows: 0.5 high school creit for 1 or 2 college semester hours 1.0 high school creit for 3 to 4 college semester hours 2.0 high school creits for 5 college semester hours 6. The cost of postseconary creit courses an travel are the responsibility of the stuent an parent. 7. Stuents must apply through their high school guiance counselor before registering for college courses. 8. It is the stuent s responsibility to have an official transcript sent from the college to the high school to receive his/her creits.

10 Curriculum Guie 9 ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM (AP) The Avance Placement Program (AP) gives stuents an opportunity to take college-level courses an exams while they are still in high school. Through successful completion of AP classes, a stuent may earn creit, avance placement, or both for college. Creit is earne through AP Exams, which are given the first two weeks in May. There are many benefits for stuents who participate in AP. Fin out what you can really o AP classes challenge stuents. Stuents learn they can master college-level material an successfully complete ifficult assignments. Prepare for college AP is not just a test or class: it s an experience that prepares stuents for the rigor of college. A 2007 stuy from the University of Texas foun stuents who take AP classes an exams benefit in college in terms of higher GPAs, creit hours earne an four-year grauation rates. AP evelops skills an habits necessary for college. Make your college application better College an universities recognize that applicants with AP experience are much better prepare. Amissions officers consistently prefer stuents who took challenging courses in high school over stuents with perfect GPA s. Taking AP classes makes your college application more attractive. Get a hea start More than 1,400 institutions awar creit base on AP exam scores. Stuents can begin college with creits before they set foot on campus through AP. Depening on exams taken an scores earne, stuents may begin college ahea of their peers by a semester or even a whole year. Boost your GPA Though the classes are harer, AP classes are weighte with an extra point. For GPA calculation, a B in an AP class is the same as an A in a regular class. Stuents who choose to take an AP course are expecte to take the corresponing AP Exam. Preparing for the exam is part of the commitment stuents shoul make to an AP class. (The same stuy mentione above also foun that stuents who simply o not take the exams o not fare as well in college as stuents who o prepare for an take the exams.) Aitionally, one requirement for the Core 40 with Acaemic Honors iploma can be an AP course an the corresponing exam. Stuents who fail to take the exam will not receive 2 n semester AP creit an will instea receive creit an grae weight in the corresponing general level course. (e.g. AP Calculus becomes Calculus.) CREDIT RECOVERY Creit recovery is a class that enables stuents to recover creits by completing online courses. Classes offere inclue: English 9A/9B/10A/10B/11A/11B/12A/12B, Algebra 1A/1B/2A/2B, Geometry A/B, Pre- Calc A/B, Biology A/B, Chemistry A/B, Earth Space Science A/B, ICP A/B, Government, Economics, U.S. History A/B, Worl History A/B, an Health.

11 Curriculum Guie 10 ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION Alternative Eucation is esigne to meet the nees of at-risk stuents who are not succeeing in the traitional setting. Stuents are provie with a variety of options that can lea to grauation an are supporte by services essential to success. While each of Iniana s alternative eucation programs is unique, they share the following characteristics ientifie in the research as common to successful alternative schools: Maximum teacher/stuent ratio of 1:15; Small stuent base Clearly state mission an iscipline coe Caring faculty with continual staff evelopment School staff having high expectations for stuent achievement Learning program specific to the stuent's nees an learning style Flexible school scheule with community involvement an support Total commitment to have each stuent be a success. EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM Early College is an RCS program at the intermeiate an seconary level. Stuents are generally ientifie for the program in mile school, an work with their cohort to prepare for post-seconary success. Early College stuents at RHS take some core classes with their cohort, enroll in EC electives, complete community service, make campus visits, an are mentore throughout the program. Stuents may also complete ual creit courses for college creit. INDEPENDENT STUDY An inepenent stuy class may be available to a stuent with scheuling conflicts that prevents his/her ability to be enrolle in a require or higher level class. An Inepenent stuy class must have the approval of the teacher, the counselor, an the epartment chair. The stuent is responsible for attaining an inepenent request form from his/her counselor. In aition, the stuent must acquire the signatures of approval from the teacher, the counselor an epartment chair. The request with the require signature must be returne to the counselor within the first three ays of the semester in which the stuent is requesting an inepenent stuy. Inepenent stuy classes will not receive weighte graes. RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI) RTI is a tiere process that is implemente an practice in specifie reaing an math courses at Richmon High School. Stuents who have been ientifie by teachers an assessment ata will be enrolle in these courses. They will receive instruction, close monitoring, an iniviualize interventions so that grae level stanars can be met. These courses count as elective creit, but o not replace the English an math courses require for grauation. When stuents emonstrate mastery of the stanars, they will exit the program.

12 Curriculum Guie 11 RICHMOND GRADUATION ACADEMY (RGA) RGA is an alternative program in which stuents complete online courses. English an math teachers are available to help stuents Monay through Thursay in L104 from 3:45-6:45. Stuents must spen a minimum of 15 hours per week online an earn a minimum of 4 creits per semester. Stuents will be enrolle in two courses at a time; aitional courses will be ae upon completion of the others. The miterm an final exam must be taken uner the supervision of a RGA teacher in L104. Stuents must complete all moules an receive at least a 70% on all quizzes, posttests, an review tests to earn the course creit. Stuents who are intereste in this program nee to see their counselor an fill out paperwork for the program. SUMMER SCHOOL Summer school is offere for 4 weeks (20 ays) uring the month of June for two sessions: 8:00am-noon or 12:15pm-4:15pm. Online courses (no Honors or AP courses) are offere in both sessions an stuents may take up to 2 classes. Teacher taught classes are offere only in the morning session an inclue: Physical Eucation, Math an English Remeiation, an Government. Stuents shoul sign up for summer school with their counselors an are not officially enrolle until the course(s) have been pai in full. Stuents may not miss more than two ays of a summer school class or they will be withrawn.

13 Curriculum Guie 12 COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE SERVICES IMPORTANCE OF PROGRAM PLANNING In choosing courses an curriculum, careful planning is a necessity. Richmon High School offers a wie variety of classes, an stuents are encourage to take avantage of as many as possible. Each stuent s counselor is available to help the stuent choose classes an evelop a four-year curriculum plan. Scheuling of the stuents is an involve task; therefore stuents an parents shoul consier seriously each course selection to be mae. COLLEGE AND CAREER EDUCATION INFORMATION The counseling epartment maintains up-to-ate information on Iniana colleges an many out-of-state colleges. Counselors will assist stuents to locate the information, provie a phone number, web site, or the name of a contact person at the college being consiere. EASTERN INDIANA COLLEGE FAIR The Eastern Iniana College Fair is hel in the fall of each year. Over 50 colleges are invite to share information about their schools with our stuents an parents. We encourage freshmen through seniors to atten this event. It is hel on a rotating basis at the local colleges. FAFSA DAY A FAFSA DAY will be mae available for stuents an parents for assistance in completing the FAFSA. The FAFSA is require for feeral ai an for some scholarships. HONORS AND AWARDS PROGRAM Thanks to the generous contributions from local businesses, clubs an iniviuals, we have an Honors an Awars Program which awars a substantial amount of money to our grauating seniors. Seniors file an application in the Counseling Center uring the month of February of their senior year. Manatory interviews will take place in early March. PERSONAL COUNSELING Counselors are available to talk with stuents about personal problems that they may be encountering. The goal is to work with the stuent an explore alternatives that are available in orer to eal with the problem.

14 Curriculum Guie 13 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Core 40 Diploma Core 40 with Technical Honors Core 40 with Acaemic Honors English: 8 Creits English: 8 Creits English: 8 Creits Creits in lit., comp., an speech Creits in lit., comp., an speech Creits in lit., comp., an speech Math: 6 Creits Math: 6 Creits Math: 8 Creits (in graes 9-12) 2 creits: Algebra I 2 creits: Geometry 2 creits: Algebra II Stuents must take a math or quantitative reasoning course each year in high school (in graes 9-12) 2 creits: Algebra I 2 creits: Geometry 2 creits: Algebra II Stuents must take a math or quantitative reasoning course each year in high school (6 creits in graes 9-12) 2 creits: Algebra I 2 creits: Geometry 2 creits: Algebra II 2 Aitional creits in: Pre-Calculus or AP Calculus, AP Statistics Stuents must take a math or quantitative reasoning course each year in high school Science: 6 Creits Science: 6 Creits Science: 6 Creits 2 creits: Biology I 2 creits: Chemistry I; Physics I; or Integrate Chemistry/Physics 2 creits: any Core 40 science course 2 creits: Biology I 2 creits: Chemistry I; Physics I; or Integrate Chemistry/Physics 2 creits: any Core 40 science course 2 creits: Biology I 2 creits: Chemistry I; Physics I; or Integrate Chemistry/Physics 2 creits: any Core 40 science course Social Stuies: 6 Creits 2 creits: US History 1 creit: US Gov. 1 creit: Economics 2 creits: Worl History Social Stuies: 6 Creits 2 creits: US History 1 creit: US Gov. 1 creit: Economics 2 creits: Worl History Social Stuies: 6 Creits 2 creits: US History 1 creit: US Gov. 1 creit: Honors Econ. 2 creits: Worl History Physical Eucation: 2 Creits Physical Eucation: 2 Creits Physical Eucation: 2 Creits Health: 1 Creit Health: 1 Creit Health: 1 Creit Directe Electives: 5 Creits Worl Languages Fine Arts Career/Technical Career/Technical: 6 Creits State approve College an Career Pathway Worl Language: 6-8 Creits Fine Arts: 2 Creits Electives: 6 Creits Electives: 12 Creits Electives: 6-8 Creits TOTAL: 40 CREDITS TOTAL: 47 CREDITS TOTAL: 47 CREDITS Class of 2017 an Class of 2018: For all iplomas stuents must pass the English an Algebra ECA or successfully complete the waiver process Class of 2019 an beyon: For all iplomas stuents must pass the English & Math ISTEP or successfully complete the waiver process.

15 Curriculum Guie 14 FOR THE CORE 40 WITH ACADEMIC HONORS DIPLOMA: Complete all requirements for Core 40. Earn 2 aitional Core 40 math creits. Earn 6-8 Core 40 worl language creits (6 creits in one language or 4 creits each in two languages). Earn 2 Core 40 fine arts creits. Earn a grae of a C or better in courses that will count towar the iploma. Have a grae point average of a B or better. Complete one of the following: A. Earn 4 creits in 2 or more AP courses an take corresponing AP exams B. Earn 6 verifiable transcripte college creits in ual creit courses from priority course list C. Earn two of the following: 1. A minimum of 3 verifiable transcripte college creits from the priority course list, 2. 2 creits in AP courses an corresponing AP exams, 3. 2 creits in IB stanar level courses an corresponing IB exams. D. Earn a combine score of 1750 or higher on the SAT critical reaing, math, an writing sections an a minimum score of 530 on each E. Earn an ACT composite score of 26 or higher an complete written section FOR THE CORE 40 WITH TECHNICAL HONORS DIPLOMA: Complete all requirements for Core 40. Earn 6 creits in the college an career preparation courses in a stateapprove College & Career Pathway an one of the following: A. Pathway esignate inustry-base certification or creential, or B. Pathway ual creits from the lists of priority courses resulting in 6 transcripte college creits Earn a grae of C or better in courses that will count towar the iploma. Have a grae point average of a B or better. Complete one of the following, A. Any one of the options (A - E) of the Core 40 with Acaemic Honors B. Earn the following scores or higher on WorkKeys; Reaing for Information Level 6, Applie Mathematics Level 6, an Locating Information-Level 5. C. Earn the following minimum score(s) on Accuplacer: Writing 80, Reaing 90, Math 75. D. Earn the following minimum score(s) on Accuplacer; Algebra 6, Writing 70, Reaing 80. TO GRADUATE WITH LESS THAN CORE 40 (GENERAL DIPLOMA) The following formal opt-out process must be complete: The stuent, the stuent s parent/guarian, an the stuent s counselor meet to iscuss the stuent s progress. The stuent s career an course plan is reviewe. The stuent s parent/guarian etermines whether the stuent will achieve greater eucational benefits by completing the general curriculum or the Core 40 curriculum.

16 Curriculum Guie 15 If the ecision is mae to opt-out of Core 40, the stuent is require to complete the course an creit requirements as well as the career/acaemic sequence for a general iploma an the career/acaemic sequence the stuent will pursue is etermine. The principal gives final approval for stuents opting out of the Core 40 curriculum. General High School Diploma English: 8 Creits Creits in literature, Composition an speech Math: 4 Creits 2 creits: Algebra I 2 creits: aitional math creit Two math or quantitative reasoning creits must be earne uring junior or senior year in high school. Science: 4 Creits 2 creits: Biology 2 creits: aitional science creit Social Stuies: 4 Creits 2 creits: US History 1 creit: US Government 1 creit: In another Social Stuies course Physical Eucation: 2 Creits Health: 1 Creit Career Acaemic Sequence: 6 Creits Flex*: 5 Creits Electives: 6 Creits *Flex Creits: To earn 5 Flex Creits, a stuent must complete one of the following: Aitional courses to exten the career acaemic sequence Courses involving workplace learning, which may inclue the following courses: o Career exploration internship o Professional career internship o Business cooperative experiences o Cooperative family an consumer sciences o Inustrial cooperative eucation o Interisciplinary cooperative eucation o Marketing fiel experience High school/college ual creit courses Aitional courses in: o Language Arts o Social Stuies o Mathematics o Science o Worl Languages TOTAL: 40 CREDITS QUANTITATIVE REASONING COURSES Intro to Accounting A & B Avance Accounting A & B Computer Science A & B AP Computer Science A & B Personal Financial Services Principles of Engineering Engineering Design & Development Civil Architecture Engineering Machine Tool 2 & 3 Drafting 3 AP Bio Chemistry AP Chemistry AP Environment ICP A & B Physics AP Physics 1 & 2 Economics

17 BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Through our epartment we offer stuents a co-curricular youth organization calle Business Professionals of America. Stuents have the opportunity to compete in an array of skill event areas, their eneavors begin at the istrict level, avancing to the state, an the highest accomplishment is the national level. To learn more about this organization visit We prie ourselves on offering practical classes. Stuents wishing to major in Business at college level can experience a variety of class offerings in areas such as accounting, business technology an marketing. There are a variety of ual creit opportunities available through Ivy Tech Community College. INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING A Accounting A is a business course that introuces the language of business using GAAP (Generally Accepte Accounting Practices). The first semester class covers the beginning steps of the accounting cycle for a sole proprietorship business using the ouble-entry account metho. This inclues the analyzing an recoring of business transactions in both a manual an a computerize general journal. Account provies an excellent founation for any future business eneavor in eucation or the work place. It also offers an opportunity to become a member of co-curricular youth organization Business Professionals of America (BPA) an participate in accounting relate competitions. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING B Accounting B continues general journal recoring practices while introucing the remaining steps of the accounting cycle for a sole proprietorship, incluing the prouction of relevant financial statements. The computer is utilize more often as mini-practice sets an complete business simulations are use to replicate the actual work environment. Also introuce at this time are banking an cash control practices use by business as well as payroll accounting. BPA is once again available as a means to employ your accounting skills competitively. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Intro to Accounting A; Creit: 1 ADVANCED ACCOUNTING A Avance Accounting A provies instruction in finance an business funamentals as they relate to financial institutions, financial planning, business an personal financial services, investment an securities, risk management, an corporate finance. Stuents are provie opportunities to evelop attitues an apply skills an knowlege in the area of finance. BPA is once again available as a means to employ your accounting skills competitively. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Intro to Accounting B; Creit: 1

18 Curriculum Guie 17 ADVANCED ACCOUNTING B Avance Accounting B continues to provie instruction in avance concepts relate to finance an business funamentals as they relate to financial planning, business an personal financial services, investment an securities, risk management, an corporate finance. Stuents are provie opportunities to evelop attitues an apply skills an knowlege in the area of finance. BPA is once again available as means to employ your accounting skills competitively. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Avance Accounting A; Creit: 1 INTRO TO PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Intro to Principles of Business Management focuses on the roles an responsibilities of managers as well as opportunities an challenges of ethically managing a business in the free enterprise system. Stuents will attain an unerstaning of management, team builing, leaership, problem solving steps an process that contribute to the achievement of organizational goals. The management of human an financial resources is emphasize. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS Business Law an Ethics provies an overview of the legal system. Topics covere inclue: Basics of the Law, Contract Law, Employment Law, Personal Law an Property Law. Both criminal an civil law proceures are presente. Instructional strategies shoul inclue mock trials, case stuies, professional mentoring, job shaowing, fiel trips, guest speakers, an Internet projects. There is an opportunity for ual creit. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 BUSINESS MATH A Stuents will gain competence in mathematical skills incluing percentages, fractions, an ecimals while applying them to common business an personal finance situations. The first semester explores the math skills require to generate payroll information, perform banking practices, shop for an secure loans, buget finances, an purchase a home or car. Stuents may receive either a business eucation creit or a math creit (general iploma) upon completion of this class. Graes:10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 BUSINESS MATH B Stuents will gain competence in mathematical skills incluing percentages, fractions, an ecimals while applying them to common business an personal finance situations. The secon semester course explores the math skills require to shop for an purchase insurance an investments, shop for an purchase technology, become familiar with sales, marketing, management, an inventory, calculate business costs, an etermine business profits an losses. Stuents may receive either a business eucation creit or a math creit (general iploma) upon completion of this class. Graes:10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

19 Curriculum Guie 18 TECHNICAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS Technical Business Communication is a business course that provies stuents with job relate communication an problem-solving skills. Stuents will begin by learning job search an interview skills, creating a resume, an what employers expect. All forms of communication use in employment are emphasize written, oral, an visual. Stuents prouce ocuments relate to employment using wor processing, presentation, an esktop publishing software. Instructional strategies inclue team projects, class or small group iscussion, case stuies, scenarios, an technology. Graes:10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 COMPUTER ILLUSTRATION AND GRAPHICS Computer Illustration an Graphics introuces stuents to the computers use in visual communication. The focus of the course is on basic computer terminology an use, mastering funamental skills, an eveloping efficient working styles. These skills are then evelope by creating work with imaging, rawing, interactive, an page layout software. The course inclues organize learning experiences that incorporate of variety of visual art techniques as they relate to the esign an execution of layouts an illustrations for avertising, isplays, promotional materials, an instructional manuals. Instruction also covers avertising theory an preparation of copying, lettering, posters, prouce vector illustrations, graphics an logos, an artwork in aition to incorporation of photographic images. Communication skills will be emphasize through the stuy of effective methos use to esign proucts that impart information an ieas. Instructional strategies may inclue/technology applications, teacher emonstrations, collaborative instruction, interisciplinary an or culminating projects, problem-solving an critical thinking activities, simulations an project base learning activities. Graes:10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Digital Apps an Responsibility A & B (or epartment approval); Creit: 1 COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science introuces the structure techniques necessary for efficient solution of business-relate computer programming logic problems an coing solutions into a high-level language. Topics inclue program flowcharting, pseuo coing an hierarchy charts as a means of solving problems. The funamental concepts of programming are provie through explanations an effects of commans an hans-on utilization of lab equipment to prouce correct an accurate outputs. Graes:9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Digital Apps an Responsibility A (or epartment approval); Creit: 1 AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A & B AP Computer Science is a business mathematics course that provies stuents with the content establishe by the College Boar. The course emphasizes object-oriente programming methoology with concentration on problem solving an algorithm evelopment, an it also inclues the stuy of ata

20 Curriculum Guie 19 structures, esign, an abstraction. The course provies stuents an alternative to taking pre-calculus or calculus to fulfill the four-year math requirement for grauation. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra II B; Creit: 1 per semester DIGITAL APPLICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY A Digital Applications an Responsibility A is a business course that provies instruction in software concepts using a Winows-base professional suite, which inclues wor processing, presentation applications an internet use. Instructional strategies inclue teacher emonstrations, collaborative instruction, problem-solving an critical thinking activities, an simulations. Inustry-recognize igital literacy certification is available. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 DIGITAL APPLICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY B Digital Applications an Responsibility B is a business course that integrates computer technology, ecision making an problem solving skills. Areas of instruction inclue avance applications an integration of a professional suite, inclues wor processing, spreasheet, atabase, graphics, an presentation applications, an the use of emerging technology. Stuents are also introuce to the basics of Web Design an have the opportunity to see business/inustry certification. Instructional strategies may inclue collaborative instruction, peer teaching, in-baskets, mini-baskets, an LAPs. Inustry-recognize igital literacy certification is available. There is an opportunity for ual creit. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Digital Apps an Responsibility A; Creit: 1 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW VENTURES Entrepreneurship an New Ventures is a specialize business course esigne to enable stuents to acquire the knowlege an evelop the skills neee to effectively organize, evelop, create, an manage their own business. Topics aresse inclue the assessment of entrepreneurial skills, the importance of business ethics, an the role of entrepreneurs in a free enterprise system. Stuents will evelop a written business plan for a business of their choice. Instructional strategies may inclue a school-base enterprise, computer/technology applications, real an/or simulate occupational experiences, an projects available through BPA programs of co-curricular activities. Opportunity for ual creit. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Principles of Marketing or Intro to Principles of Business; Creit: 1 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING Principles of Marketing is a marketing course that provies a basic introuction to the scope an importance of marketing in the global economy. Emphasis is place on oral an written communications, mathematic applications, problem solving, an critical thinking skills as they relate to

21 Curriculum Guie 20 avertising/promotion/selling, istribution, financing, marketing-information management, pricing an prouct/service management. Instructional strategies may inclue a school-base enterprise, computer/technology applications, real an/or simulate occupational experiences, an projects in the marketing functions such as those available through BPA. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Digital Apps an Responsibility A; Creit: 1 MARKETING RELATED (CLASSROOM) MARKETING WORK EXPERIENCE RE I A & B WE I A & B Marketing Fiel Experience is a marketing course that requires two components; relate classroom instruction an cooperative work experience with school release time available. Stuents participating in this course will follow class, school, State an Feeral guielines. Stuents will be pai in accorance with all State an Feeral laws pertaining to employment. The instruction shoul be planne an organize aroun the activities associate with specific objectives an career clusters. The classroom instruction for the relate instruction component may be a blen of both group an iniviual instruction. Instructional strategies may inclue a school-base enterprise, computer-technology applications, real an/or simulate occupational experiences, an projects in the marketing functions such as those available through BPA. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: flex SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING Sports an Entertainment Marketing is a specialize marketing course proviing stuents with the opportunity to apply marketing principles in the fiels of Sports, Recreation, an Entertainment. Stuents may prouce an market activities for athletic an entertainment programs at the high school. A plan to increase attenance an support for athletic an entertainment (music an theater) functions in the school may be evelope. The class may research an work with the private sector an community to help market recreation an entertainment programs. Instructional strategies may inclue computer/technology applications, event planning, real an/or simulate occupational experiences an projects in the marketing functions such as those available through BPA. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Digital Apps Responsibility A; Creit: 1 INTERACTIVE MEDIA WEB DESIGN Web Design is a business course that provies instruction in the principles of web esign using HTML/XHTML an current/emerging software programs. Areas of instruction inclue auience analysis, hierarchy layout an esign techniques, software integration, an publishing. Aitional components of instruction will inclue: igital auio, igital vieo an igital content. Other forms of interactive meia will be utilize. Instructional strategies shoul inclue peer teaching, collaborative instruction, project-base learning activities, an school an community projects. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Digital Apps an Responsibility A; Creit: 1

22 Curriculum Guie 21 INTERACTIVE MEDIA ADVANCED WEB DESIGN Avance Web Design will buil on the concepts covere in Interactive Meia Web Design. Areas of instruction inclue the avance integration of web esign software, graphics software, an computer animation software. Aitional components of instruction will inclue: igital auio, igital vieo an igital content. Stuents will create, publish, an maintain web sites. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Interactive Meia-Web Design; Creit: 1 MERCHANDISING Merchanising is a specialize marketing course esigne for stuents intereste in careers fashion an visual merchanising. Emphasis is place on apparel an accessories careers, prouct/service management, selling, pricing, istribution, sales promotion, merchanising, fashion cycles an fashion theories. Instructional strategies may inclue a school-base enterprise, computer/technology applications, real an/or simulate occupational experiences, an projects in the marketing functions such as those available through BPA co-curricular activities. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Digital Apps an Responsibility A; Creit: 1 PERSONAL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Personal Financial Responsibility aresses the ientification an management of personal financial resources to meet the financial nees an wants of iniviuals an families, consiering a broa range of economic, social, cultural, technological, environmental, an maintenance factors. This course helps stuents buil skills in financial responsibility an ecision making; analyze personal stanars, nees, wants, an goals; ientify sources of income, saving an investing; unerstan banking, bugeting, recor-keeping an managing risk, insurance an creit car ebt. A project base approach an applications through authentic settings such as wor base observations an service learning experiences are available. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 PROFESSIONAL CAREERS INTERNSHIP Career Planning Internships are on-site activities in which stuents engage in learning through practical an relevant experiences. This program is open to seniors only an acceptance into the program is through an application process an approval by the teacher. Internships are targete to the stuents meaningful future plans an allow stuents to explore careers that require postseconary egrees or certification. These experiences are unpai an the level of intensity an the creit hours earne vary epening on the course of stuy. Application into the program is require. If you are intereste in being part of the Internship program, contact the business epartment. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Application require; Creit: Flex

23 Curriculum Guie 22 CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION Stuents intereste in a career program may acquire an application from their counselor when registering for classes. PROJECT LEAD THE WAY - ENGINEERING INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN A & B This is an introuctory course that evelops stuent problem-solving skills with emphasis place on the evelopment of three-imensional soli moels. Stuents will work from sketching simple geometric shapes to applying a soli moeling computer software package. They will learn a problem-solving esign process an how it is use in inustry to manufacture a prouct. The Computer Aie Design system (CAD) will also be use to analyze an evaluate the prouct esign. The equipment use an the learning techniques are state-of-the art, an are currently being use by engineers throughout the Unite States. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Enrolle or Passe Algebra I; Creit: 1 per semester PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING (POE) A & B This course helps stuents unerstan the fiel of engineering/engineering technology. Exploring various technology systems an manufacturing processes help stuents learn how engineers an technicians use math, science an technology in an engineering problem solving process to benefit people. The course also inclues concerns about social an political consequences of technological change. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Intro to Eng B/ POE A; Creit: 1 per semester CIVIL-ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING A & B Civil-Architectural Engineering introuces stuents to the funamental esign an evelopment aspects of architectural an civil engineering activities. Application an esign principles will be use in conjunction with mathematical an scientific knowlege. Computer software programs will provie stuents with opportunities to esign, simulate, an evaluate the construction of builings an communities. During the planning an esign phases, instructional emphasis shoul be place on relate Transportation, Distribution an Logistics, water resource, an environmental issues. Activities shoul inclue the preparation of cost estimates as well as a review of regulatory proceures that woul affect the project esign. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: POE B/ Civil-Arch Eng A; Creit: 1 per semester

24 Curriculum Guie 23 BIOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING A & B This course introuces stuents to the funamental aspects of biotechnology an the engineering technologies relate to this emerging fiel. Instruction will emphasize the fusing of engineering an technology with life sciences to create new proucts. Application an esign principles will be use in conjunction with scientific knowlege to explore an investigate such areas as evelopment of biomeical evices, pharmaceutical an meical therapies, an agricultural research an evelopment. Ethical, social an regulatory issues of biotechnology applications will be aresse throughout the course. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: POE B or Biology & Chemistry (not ICP)/ Biotech A; Creit: 1 per semester ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (EDD) A & B This is an engineering research course in which stuents will work in teams to research, esign, test, an construct a solution to an open-ene engineering problem. The prouct evelopment life cycle an a esign process are use to guie an help the team to reach a solution to the problem. The team presents an efens their solution to a panel of outsie reviewers at the conclusion of the course. The EDD course allows stuents to apply all the skill an knowlege learne in previous Project Lea the Way courses. The use of 3D esign software helps stuents esign solutions to the problem their team has chosen. This course also engages stuents in time management an teamwork skills. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: 6 PTLW Engineering creits; Creit: 1 per semester PROJECT LEAD THE WAY BIOSCIENCE PTLW Biosciences courses count as science electives. PRINCIPLES OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (PBS) A & B Stuents investigate the human boy systems an various health conitions incluing heart isease, iabetes, sickle-cell isease, hypercholesterolemia, an infectious iseases. They etermine the factors that le to the eath of a fictional person, an investigate lifestyle choices an meical treatments that might have prolonge the person s life. The activities an projects introuce stuents to human physiology, meicine, research processes an bioinformatics. This course is esigne to provie an overview of all the courses in the Biomeical Sciences program an lay the scientific founation for subsequent courses. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Biology or enrolle Biology H; Creit: 1 per semester HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS A & B Stuents examine the interactions of boy systems as they explore ientity, communication, power, movement, protection, an homeostasis. Stuents esign experiments, investigate the structures an functions of the human boy, an use ata acquisition software to monitor boy functions such as

25 Curriculum Guie 24 muscle movement, reflex an voluntary actions, an respiration. Exploring science in action, stuents buil organs an tissues on a skeletal manikin, work through interesting real worl cases an often play the role of biomeical professionals to solve meical mysteries. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: PBS B/ Human Boy A; Creit: 1 per semester MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS A & B Stuents investigate the variety of interventions involve in the prevention, iagnosis an treatment of isease as they follow the lives of a fictitious family. The course is a How-To manual for maintaining overall health an homeostasis in the boy as stuents explore: how to prevent an fight infection; how to screen an evaluate the coe in human DNA; how to prevent, iagnose an treat cancer; an how to prevail when the organs of the boy being to fail. Through these scenarios, stuents are expose to the wie range of interventions relate to immunology, surgery, genetics, pharmacology, meical evices an iagnostics. Lifestyle choices an preventive measures are emphasize throughout the course as well as the important roles scientific thinking an engineering esign play in the evelopment of interventions of the future. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Human Boy B/ Meical Interventions A; Creit: 1 per semester BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS A & B Stuents esign innovative solutions for the health challenges of the 21 st century. They work through progressively challenging open-ene problems, aressing topics such as clinical meicine, physiology, biomeical engineering, an public health. They have the opportunity to work on an inepenent project with a mentor or avisor from a university, hospital, research institution, or the biomeical inustry. Throughout the course, stuents are expecte to present their work to an auience of STEM professionals. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Human Boy B/ Biomeical Innovations A Creit: 1 per semester AGRICULTURE SCIENCE AND BUSINESS Stuents travel to Northeastern Jr/Sr High School for this program. A variety of courses are offere in Agricultural Science an Business to help stuents gain a better unerstaning of the nation s largest inustry. Classes inclue Horticultural Science, Animal Science, Lanscape Management, Natural Resources Management, an even Avance Life Science: Animals which will count as Core 40 science creit an possibly ual creit. Many hans on experiences are use incluing raising fish an other small animals, working in a greenhouse, esigning lanscapes, an many others. The Agriculture program also allows stuents to get involve with FFA which is one of the largest stuent organizations in the worl. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Department Approval; Creit: flex

26 Curriculum Guie 25 CADET TEACHING CADET TEACHING A & B This course is available for Seniors who have an interest in teaching or working with chilren as a career. They will assist the classroom teacher in all phases of teaching activities. This class is a 3 perio block that will be hel at one of the RCS elementary schools or intermeiate schools. Graes an attenance must meet school stanars. Stuents must provie their own transportation. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Department Approval; Creit: 3 per semester COSMETOLOGY I A & B COSMETOLOGY II A & B COSMETOLOGY Cosmetology is a two-year program where stuents are require to obtain 1500 hours of training before completion. Stuents are teste at the completion of the program to obtain certification. Stuents must be 16 years ol. This twoyear course requires summer attenance after the stuents junior year. Stuents must pay kit an book fees prior to beginning the course an provie their own transportation. Graes: 11/ 12; Prerequisite: Department Approval/ prior course in the sequence; Creit: 1 AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONS Transportation Systems is a course that specializes in the stuy of the transportation systems use to support commerce an the logistics for the efficient movement of goos an people. Graes: 9, 10; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION A & B Introuction to Transportation is an introuctory course esigne to help stuents become familiar with funamental principles of automotive technology. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: None/ Intro Auto IA; Creit: 1 per semester AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES TECHNOLOGY II A & B Automotive Services Technology II is a one year course that encompasses the sub topics of the NATEF/ASE ientifie areas of Engine, Transmission, Steering an Suspension an Braking Systems. Aitional areas of manual transmissions an ifferentials, automatic transmissions, air conitioning, engine repair as time permits. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: preferre INTRO/ Auto Tech II A; Creit: 3 per semester

27 Curriculum Guie 26 AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES TECHNOLOGY III A & B Automotive Services Technology III is a one year course that encompasses the sub topics of the NATEF/ASE ientifie areas of Electrical Systems an Engine Performance. Aitional areas of manual transmissions an ifferentials, automatic transmissions, air conitioning, engine repair as time permits. During this final year of Automotive Technology, stuents will evelop an hone their skills in the area of rivability an iagnostics. Emphasis is now place on inepenent planning an iniviual work habits with the possibility of Co-op experience. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Auto Tech II B/ Auto Tech III A; Creit: 3 per semester CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATIONS CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Construction Systems- is a course that specializes in how people use moern construction systems an the management of resources to efficiently prouce a structure on a site. Stuents will explore the application of tools, materials, an energy in esigning, proucing, using, an assessing the construction of structures. Graes: 9, 10; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 INTRO CONSTRUCTION I A & B This course provies stuents with an introuction to the practices of the construction inustry, the environment, an life styles. This course is recommene for those stuents going on into Construction Technology program their junior an senior year. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: None/ Intro Construction IA; Creit: 1 per semester CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY II A The stuents will be introuce to construction materials, blueprints, costs, equipment an tool care operation an safety. This course is the builing founation for eveloping skills essential for continuance in the construction tech program. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: preferre INTRO; Creit: 3 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY II B The stuent will become more specialize in his/her area of interest. Basic skills will be evelopment for incorporation into basic operating funamental to a craft. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: Construction Tech IIA; Creit: 3

28 Curriculum Guie 27 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY III A & B Stuents will apply basic operations in their area of interest. Emphasis is place on construction planning an esign with leaership skills being evelope for basic project management. Avance applications of stuent skills to be use in avance job operations are taught. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Construction Tech IIB/ Construction Tech IIIA; Creit: 3 per semester DRAFTING FOUNDATIONS DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY Computers in Design an Prouction is a course that specializes in using moern technological processes an computers to esign proucts an structures through the use of automate prouction systems. Architectural rawing an print esign will be create using CAD software. Graes: 9, 10; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 INTRO DRAFTING I A & B This course is esigne to give stuents the basic knowlege neee in orer to progress to the vocational level. Stuents shoul be intereste in the engineering fiel, Architecture, or esign relate area. Stuents will be able to use AutoCAD, Inventor, an Revit computer programs upon completion of the course. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: None/ Intro Drafting IA; Creit: 1 per semester DRAFTING II A This class, suggeste for juniors, will give stuents an in-epth look into engineering an rafting as it exists in the worl toay. Stuents will be given a vast knowlege in the computer programs; AutoCAD, Inventor, an Revit. Areas of stuy will be fasteners, springs, cams, gears, an assembly rawings. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: preferre INTRO; Creit: 3 DRAFTING II B This class will spen more time in the lab eveloping the basic skills from Drafting IA, as well as eveloping intermeiate math skills. These classes will involve more computer lab time an project base assignments. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: Drafting IIA; Creit: 3 DRAFTING III A & B During this final year of Drafting, stuents will be able to work on projects involving Career Center classes to complete projects an assignments. Emphasis is now place on inepenent planning an iniviual work habits with the possibility of COOP or internship experience at a local business. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Drafting IIB/ Drafting IIIA; Creit: 3 per semester

29 Curriculum Guie 28 MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY MACHINE TOOL FOUNDATIONS Introuction to Avance Manufacturing an Logistics is a course that specializes in how people use moern manufacturing systems with an introuction to avance manufacturing an logistics an their relationship to society, iniviuals, an the environment. Graes: 9, 10; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 INTRO MACHINE TOOL I A & B This course is esigne to give stuents the basic knowlege neee in orer to progress to the vocational level. Specific units of stuy will inclue safety, mathematics for machining, sketching, rawing techniques, layout, han tools, rills an rilling machines. Offhan grining, saw an cut off machines, lathe, mill, an metal fastening. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: None/ Intro Machine IA; Creit: 1 per semester MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY II A This class will cover the basics of applie math, materials an processes, blueprint reaing, mechanics an safety in machine tool operations. Emphasis will be place on mastering these basic skills. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: preferre INTRO; Creit: 3 MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY II B This class will spen more time in the lab eveloping the basic skills from Machine Tool Technology IIA, as well as eveloping intermeiate math skills. Projects for this class will require etaile planning an set up. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: Machine Tool IIA; Creit: 3 MACHINE TOOL TECHNOLOGY III A & B During this final year of Machine Tool Technology, stuents will evelop an hone their skills in the area of precision machine operation. Emphasis is now place on inepenent planning an iniviual work habits with the possibility of Co-op experience. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Machine Tool IIB/ Machine Tool IIIA; Creit: 3 per semester INTRO RADIO/TV I A RADIO an TV This course will introuce the stuent to the history meia an communications, as well as other igital meia elivery methos. They will stuy vocabulary use in the inustry, meia literacy. Stuents will work in groups as well as iniviually to prouce raio shows an other communication projects. They will also econstruct various types of meia such as avertisements, TV shows, print avertisements an more. Graes: 10, 11; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

30 Curriculum Guie 29 INTRO RADIO/TV I B Stuents will learn script writing for television, camera skills, computer vieo eiting, graphics prouction for both print an electronic meia, an how to various meia messages for elivery in broacast an on the internet. Stuents will also explore various careers in the meia an communications. Stuents will utilize several ifferent pieces of software such as Photoshop, Final Cut Express, an public service announcements an DVDs. They will also learn the basics of stuio television prouction. Graes: 10, 11; Prerequisite: Raio IA; Creit: 1 RADIO/TV II A & B In this program, stuents will prouce On the Air, a aily television news program that provies vieo announcements for RHS. Stuents will be responsible for all elements of prouction such as camerawork, news reporting, eiting, stuio prouction an more. Emphasis will be put on learning each role in a aily news prouction such as Proucer, Director, News Anchor, Technical Director, vieographer, reporter, etc. This course will require aitional time outsie of the normal school ay Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: preferre INTRO/ Raio IIA; Creit: 3 per semester RADIO/TV III A & B The secon year of the Raio TV program, this course will instruct stuents in the elements of Film Style prouction. Stuents will learn how to shoot in the film style, create special effects uring vieotaping, irecting for film, an further their knowlege of the eiting process. Stuents will learn more about the business of film an how to arrange for locations, prouction planning an legal issues relate to making a film. Each stuent will prouce several short films for the class. Some of these films will be entere into film festivals an other competitions. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Raio IIB/ Raio IIIA; Creit: 3 per semester FIRE AND RESCUE I A & B FIRE AND RESCUE Fire an Rescue offers stuents the opportunity to explore the areas of fire service an emergency meicine. Stuents experience hans-on training with firefighting, emergency meical services, an tactical rescue operations. The program will be instructe by the Richmon Fire Department an will utilize the Fire Department s training as an extene classroom. Stuents will be provie the opportunity to test for certifications in several ifferent areas. Note: Classes will be hel at the Richmon Fire Department/RHS an secon year stuents shoul enroll in the Emergency Meical Services program. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Department Approval/ Fire & Rescue IA; Creit: 3 per semester

31 Curriculum Guie 30 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES I A & B Emergency Meical Services prepares stuents for a state certification which coul lea to a career in Emergency Meical Services such as an Emergency Meical Technician or a Parameic. This course is esigne for persons esiring to perform emergency meical care. Stuents will learn to recognize the seriousness of the patient s conition, use the appropriate emergency care techniques an equipment to stabilize the patient, an transport them to the hospital. Note: Classes will be hel at the Richmon Fire Department/RHS or Richmon Fire Department training facility. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Department Approval/ EMS IA; Creit: 3 per semester RHS & IVY TECH Richmon High School will work cooperatively with IVY Tech to accommoate stuents who will be taking classes at RHS an IVY Tech on semesters. This will allow for flexible scheuling for stuents. RHS an IVY TECH NURSING ASSISTANT & HEATLH SCIENCE ED II This one-semester program for juniors an seniors is esigne to provie for career exploration in a selecte health care fiel. Completion of this course an the State Boar of Health requirements an exam will enable participants to become certifie as a nursing assistant. This program woul be valuable to those seeking initial employment as: nursing assistants, to those who aspire to become nurses (either LPNs or RNs) an pre-me stuents, emergency meical assistants, physical an occupational therapists, social workers, octor s office personnel, an others who work in the home health, hospital or nursing home inustries. The stuent is require to have a uniform an shoes. Hans-on clinical experience is provie at a local long-term care facility. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Department Approval; Creit: 3 HEALTH SERVICES RHS an IVY TECH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY & HEATLH SCIENCE ED I Stuents will learn the basic terminology require of the allie health professional an acquire a basic knowlege of anatomy an physiology, pathology, special proceures, laboratory proceures an pharmacology. Emphasis is on forming a founation for a meical vocabulary incluing meaning, spelling, an pronunciation. Meical abbreviations, signs an symbols are inclue. Stuents will explore a variety of health occupations an stuy those that interest them. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Department Approval & Accuplacer Test; Creit: 3

32 Curriculum Guie 31 ENGLISH ENGLISH 9 A & B These two courses inclue the stuy of literature, composition, grammar, an speech. Stuents will improve their reaing comprehension skills by stuying a variety of stories, novels, nonfiction, poetry, an rama. Through writing assignments, stuents will master sentence structure, paragraph evelopment, an the writing process, as well as improve grammar, punctuation, an vocabulary skills. Stuents will improve self-awareness an critical thinking skills by making real-worl connections an supporting verbal an written expression with evience. Graes: 9; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester HONORS ENGLISH 9 A & B This course is for stuents who wish to stuy literature, composition, an language arts more in epth, with an emphasis on literary elements an analysis. The pace will be more accelerate than the regular acaemic course. Stuents will rea classic literature an challenge themselves with inepenent reaing programs. Stuents will write a variety of compositions, incluing those neee for further honors an avance placement classes. Graes: 9; Prerequisite: Teacher Recommenation/ English 9A H; Creit: 1 per semester ENGLISH 10 A & B This course buils upon reaing an writing skills achieve in English 9. Reaing a variety of literature, stuents will have opportunities for improving their composition skills an exploring ieas. Writing assignments will focus on using the writing process to evelop complete, clear essay. In aition, stuents will participate in class iscussions an speech assignments. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester HONORS ENGLISH 10 A & B Stuents will encounter an accelerate pace an epth in the stuy of literature. The exploration of ieas an complex writing will provie stuents with the opportunities for expaning their reaing comprehension an improving their composition skills. There will also be vocabulary stuy, builing a founation for vocabulary evelopment. Each stuent will work on clear, concise essay-writing an also will be require to evelop a formal research paper base on intensive research. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: English 9B H or English 9B grae of A/B an Teacher Recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester

33 Curriculum Guie 32 ENGLISH 11 A & B This class enhances the 11 th grae stuy of U.S. History. Throughout these two semesters, stuents will stuy a variety of literature by American writers, from colonial to moern times. The reaing assignments inclue some literary masterpieces, important ieas, an ifferent genres of writing. Stuents will also work on using an improving their own writing skills in a variety of composition assignments. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester ENGLISH 12 A & B English 12, an integrate English course base on Iniana s Acaemic Stanars for English/Language Arts for Grae 12, is a stuy of language, literature, composition, an oral communication focusing on an exploration of point of view or perspective across a wie variety of genres. Stuents use literary interpretation, analysis, comparisons, an evaluation to rea an respon to representative works of historical or cultural significance for Grae 12 in classic an contemporary literature balance with nonfiction. Stuents write fictional narratives, short stories, responses to literature, reflective compositions, historical investigation reports, resumes an technical ocuments incorporating visual information in the form of pictures, graphs, an tables. Stuents write an eliver grae-appropriate multimeia presentations an access, analyze, an evaluate online information. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION A & B The AP course in English Language an Composition engages stuents in becoming skille reaers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts, an in becoming skille writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing an their reaing shoul make stuents aware of the interactions among a writer s purposes, auience expectations, an subjects as well as the way generic conventions an the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. Summer reaing preceing the fall semester. Contact the instructor. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in English 10B H or ual creit class/ AP Lang A; Creit: 1 per semester AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION A & B During this course, the AP stuents have the opportunity to stuy literature an composition with others who actively share their interest. They will rea classic, challenging works of literature from many eras an styles, eveloping their skills in literary analysis an essay writing. Summer reaing preceing the fall semester. Contact the instructor. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in English 10B H or ual creit class/ AP Lit A; Creit: 1 per semester

34 Curriculum Guie 33 ACP W131/ADVANCED COMPOSITION ACP W131/Avance Composition is a ual creit college level composition course offere through the Avance College Project at Iniana University, Bloomington. The course prepares stuents for writing in a variety of college courses. The focus of the course is on writing from multiple sources to analyze an issue an argue a position. Skills inclue evaluating sources of information, summarizing sources, aopting a thoughtful position avancing a clear thesis, an supporting one s views with evience. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in English 10B H or ual creit class an a GPA of 3.0 on the Acaemic Honors Diploma; Creit: 1 ACP P155/PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATION ACP P155/ Public Oral Communications is a ual creit college level communication course offere through the Avance College Project at Iniana University, Bloomington. This course is for the stuent who wishes to have a eeper unerstaning of how communication impacts our unerstaning of the worl. Stuents will analyze auiences an rhetoric an present a variety of speeches, as well as view vieo lectures from professors at IU. Stuent speeches will emphasize auience analysis an the use of ieographs as a means to create a common unerstaning of the worl. P155 is on the CTL an will be accepte at many colleges an universities if the course is taken for ual creit. Juniors an seniors may choose to take this course for IU creit. See the instructions for Postseconary Creit in this curriculum guie. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in English 10B H or ual creit class an a GPA of 3.0 on the Acaemic Honors Diploma; Creit: 1 IVY TECH ENGLISH A & B This Avance English 12 course allows stuents to rea a variety of literature an nonfiction. Stuents will have opportunities for improving their composition skills an exploring ieas in writing. Writing assignments will focus on using the writing process to evelop complete, clear essays at the college level. Stuents receive creit through Ivy Tech for ENGL 111. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in English 10B H or ual creit class; Creit: 1 per semester JOURNALISM Journalism courses count as elective creit. JOURNALISM This course is recommene for intereste an motivate freshmen, sophomores, an juniors who plan to work on the staff of the school newspaper or yearbook. In this course, stuents will write news, features, an opinion stories. This course also teaches stuents how to write in a concise way for writing use in everyay life. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

35 Curriculum Guie 34 JOURNALISM I A & B Stuent Publications (Newspaper) This course is for stuents who are staff members of the school newspaper, the Register. Stuents will stuy an practice gathering an analyzing information for the purpose of publishing the school newspaper. Stuents are involve in every aspect of the newspaper from selling as, to writing stories, taking photos an proofing pages. Stuents are encourage to sign up for both semesters. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Journalism or Teacher Approval; Creit: 1 per semester JOURNALISM II A & B Stuent Publications (Newspaper) This course is for stuents who are staff members of the school newspaper, the Register. Stuents will take a major leaership role as page eitors. They will be involve in all aspects of publishing the newspaper an will also help teach the new staff members. Stuents will be selecte by the future top eitors an the instructor. Stuents are encourage to sign up for both semesters. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Journalism or Teacher Approval; Creit: 1 per semester JOURNALISM III A & B Stuent Publications (Newspaper) This course is for stuents who are staff members of the school newspaper, the Register. Stuents will be the top eitors an be responsible for the entire publication of the newspaper. They will be involve in all aspects of publishing the yearbook, will work with page eitors, an will also help teach the new staff members. Stuents for this class will be selecte by the instructor. Stuents are encourage to sign up for both semesters. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Journalism an Teacher Approval; Creit: 1 per semester JOURNALISM I A & B Stuent Publications (Yearbook) This course is for stuents who are staff members of the school yearbook, the Pierian. Stuents will stuy an practice gathering an analyzing information for the purpose of publishing the school yearbook. Stuents are involve in every aspect of the yearbook from selling as, to esigning pages, writing copy, taking photos an proofing pages. Stuents are encourage to sign up for all three trimesters. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Journalism or Teacher Approval; Creit: 1 per semester JOURNALISM II A & B Stuent Publications (Yearbook) This course is for stuents who are staff members of the school yearbook, the Pierian. Stuents will take a major leaership role as a section eitor. They will be involve in all aspects of publishing the yearbook an will also help teach the new staff members. Stuents will be selecte by the future top eitors an the instructor. Stuents are encourage to sign up for both semesters. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Journalism or Teacher Approval; Creit: 1 per semester

36 Curriculum Guie 35 JOURNALISM III A & B Stuent Publications (Yearbook) This course is for stuents who are staff members of the school yearbook, the Pierian. Stuents will be the top eitors an be responsible for the entire publication of the yearbook. They will be involve in all aspects of publishing the yearbook, will work with section eitors, an will also help teach the new staff members. Stuents for this class will be selecte by the instructor. Stuents are encourage to sign up for both semesters. PHOTOGRAPHY Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Journalism an Teacher Approval; Creit: 1 per semester Photography is a course base on the Iniana Acaemic Stanars for Visual Art. Stuents in photography engage in sequential learning experiences that encompass art history, art criticism, aesthetics, an prouction an lea to the creation of portfolio quality works, creating photographs, films, an vieo utilizing a variety of igital tools an ark room processes. They reflect upon an refine their work; explore cultural an historical connections; analyze, interpret, theorize, an make informe jugments about artwork an the nature of art; relate art to other isciplines an iscover opportunities for integration; an incorporate literacy an presentational skills. Stuents utilize the resources of art museums, galleries, an stuios, an ientify art-relate careers. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Intro to 2 Dimensional Art; Creit: 1

37 Curriculum Guie 36 FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES (FACS) Stuents may choose three of the following FACS courses to fulfill the require Health an Safety creit: Chil Development an Parenting, Human Development an Family Wellness, Interpersonal Relations, Nutrition an Wellness. All classes meet Core 40 requirements an qualify as an Acaemic Honors Diploma elective. NUTRITION AND WELLNESS This course is recommene for all stuents, regarless of their career path. This course provies stuents an unerstaning of nutrition an wellness by focusing on the promotion of a healthy lifestyle an nutrition choices. This course is esigne to provie a strong founation of knowlege, skills, attitues, an behaviors on which to buil positive nutrition an wellness practices that will last a lifetime. Stuents must be willing to sample their proucts that are prepare in class. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 ADVANCED NUTRITION AND FOODS This course is a sequential course that aresses more complex concepts in nutrition an foos, with emphasis on contemporary economic, social, psychological, cultural, an global issues. Topics inclue nutrition an wellness for iniviuals an families across the life span: community an worl foo concerns, incluing hunger; impacts of technology on nutrition, goos, an relate tools an equipment; management of foo-relate resources; acquiring, organizing, an evaluating information about foos an nutrition; an exploration of careers in all aspects of the foo inustry. Laboratory experiences which emphasize avance applications are require. This course is recommene for any stuent for enrichment an as a founation for stuents with interest in any career or profession relate to nutrition an foos. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Nutrition & Wellness; Creit: 1 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING This course aresses the knowlege, skills, attitues an behaviors associate with supporting an promoting optimal growth an evelopment of infants an chilren. A project-base approach that utilizes higher orer thinking, communication, leaership, an management processes is recommene in orer to integrate suggeste topics into the stuy of iniviual an family issues. The focus is on research-base nurturing an parenting practices an skills that support positive evelopment of chilren. Topics inclue consieration of the roles, responsibilities an challenges of parenthoo; human sexuality; aolescent pregnancy; parental evelopment; preparation for birth; the birth process; meeting the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, moral, an cultural growth an evelopmental nees of infants an chilren; impacts of hereity, environment, an family an societal crisis on evelopment of the chil; meeting chilren s nees for foo, clothing, shelter, an care giving; caring for chilren with special nees; parental resources, services, an agencies; an career awareness. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

38 Curriculum Guie 37 ADVANCED CHILD DEVELOPMENT This course is recommene for any stuent intereste in teaching, nursing, early chilhoo eucation, peiatrics, social work, or any profession in which iniviuals will be working with chilren or aolescents. This course is a sequential course that aresses more complex issues of chil evelopment an early chilhoo eucation with emphasis on guiing physical, social, emotional, intellectual, moral, an cultural evelopment throughout chilhoo, incluing school age chilren. Topics inclue positive parenting an nurturing across ages an stages; practices that promote long-term well-being of chilren an their families; evelopmentally appropriate guiance an intervention strategies with iniviuals an groups of chilren. Stuents will access, evaluate, an utilize information, incluing brain/learning research an other research results to meet nees of chilren, incluing chilren with a variety of isavantaging conitions. Stuents will explore all aspects of the inustry for selecte chil-relate careers. Service learning experiences are highly recommene. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Chil Development & Parenting; Creit: 1 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY WELLNESS This course aresses evelopment an wellness of iniviuals an families throughout the life cycle. A project-base approach that utilizes higher orer thinking, communication, leaership, an management processes is recommene in orer to integrate suggeste topics into the stuy of iniviual an family issues. Topics inclue human evelopment an wellness theories, principles, an practices; roles, responsibilities, an functions of families an family members throughout the life cycle; iniviual an family wellness planning; prevention an management of illnesses an isease; impacts of iverse perspectives, nees, an characteristics on human evelopment an family wellness; gerontology an intergenerational aspects, incluing ault care giving; contemporary family issues, incluing ethics, human worth an ignity, change, stress, an family crisis-abuse-violence; physical, mental, an emotional health issues, incluing substance use/abuse an eating isorers; managing the family s health-relate resources; community services, agencies, an resources; an exploration of human an family services careers. Applications through authentic settings such as volunteer experiences, internships, an service learning are encourage. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

39 Curriculum Guie 38 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS This course aresses the knowlege, skills, attitues an behaviors all stuents nee to participate in positive, caring, an respectful relationships in the family an with iniviuals at school, in the community, an in the workplace. A project-base approach that utilizes higher orer thinking, communication, leaership, an management processes is recommene in orer to integrate suggeste topics into the stuy of iniviual an family issues. Topics inclue components of healthy relationship, roles an responsibilities in relationships; functions an expectations of various relationships; ethics in relationships; factors that impact relationships (e.g. power, conflicting interests, peer pressure, life events); establishing an maintaining relationships; builing self-esteem an self-image through healthy relationships; communications styles; techniques for effective communication, leaership an teamwork; iniviual an group goal setting an ecision making; preventing an managing stress an conflict; aressing violence an abuse; an relate resources, services an agencies. Applications through authentic settings such as volunteer experiences, internships, an service learning are encourage. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

40 Curriculum Guie 39 FINE ARTS ART HISTORY ART Emphasis on this course is on Art History an not stuio artwork. This is a semester course an is esigne for 9 th through 12 th grae stuents intereste an engage in sequential learning of art perios an artists. Experiences inclue art history, art criticism, aesthetics an some art prouction, not grae from a stuio quality level only informational. Instruction will be focuse on the elements an principles of art an how they relate to various art perios an artists of those perios. Stuents will sharpen their skills on unerstaning an appreciating art from pre-historic art in Western Europe to art in the present. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 DIMENSIONAL ART Stuents will engage in sequential learning experiences base on the Principles an Elements of esign that encompass art history, art criticism, an aesthetics. The prouction of art will lea to the creation of quality stuent works. Stuents will receive in epth instruction in two-imensional meia incluing experimentation an practice with selecte meiums, processes, an techniques, Iniviual an group experiences shoul promote problem solving, creative thinking an personal expression. Stuents will also visit the art museum an use other community art resources. (Offere both semesters) Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 ADVANCED 2 DIMENSIONAL ART Stuents will buil on the sequential learning experiences of Intro to 2 Dimensional Art that encompasses art history, art criticism, aesthetics, an prouction an lea to the creation of quality works. Stuents will be expecte to begin to experiment in creating their own personal artist style. Self motivation is the key factor to creativity in this class. Stuents will be encourage to avance their creativity, style an to capitalize on selfexpression through ifferent meiums. (Offere both semesters) Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Intro to 2 Dimensional Art; Creit: 1 INTRODUCTION TO 3 DIMENSIONAL ART Stuents will buil/fabricate from their rawings, creating finishe art in the following meiums: clay, paper-mache/carboar, woo, an metal. Stuents will reflect on, revise an refine their art. They will learn problem solving techniques an critical thinking skills through sequential learning experiences that encompass art history, art criticism, aesthetics an art prouction. This will lea to the creation of a portfolio focuse on 3 imensional art. Stuents will stuy an evelop using the elements an principles of esign in their art work. Stuents are to examine, analyze, interpret an juge traitional an contemporary works of art in their art history lesson an apply those lessons to their own creations. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

41 Curriculum Guie 40 ADVANCED 3 DIMENSIONAL ART Stuents will buil/fabricate from their rawings creating finishe art in the following meiums: clay, paper-mache/carboar, woo, an metal. Stuents will avance their art creation from their earlier works in 3 Dimensional Art class. They will reflect on, revise, an refine their art. They will learn problem solving techniques an critical thinking skills. There will be sequential learning experiences that encompass art history, art criticism, aesthetics, an art prouction, which will lea to creation of portfolio quality works. The art prouction will be focuse on Avance 3 Dimensional Art. Stuents will stuy an evelop using the elements an principles of esign in their art work. They will examine, analyze, interpret an juge traitional an contemporary works of art in their art history lessons an apply those lessons to their own creations. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Intro to 3 Dimensional Art; Creit: 1 JEWELRY Stuents will learn how to form, fabricate, shape, an silver soler semiprecious metals. They will create their own esigns. Stuents reflect on, revise an refine their esigns of penants an rings. Tiny sculptures can also be prouce from these same materials an processes. Basic knowlege an unerstaning of technical tools an equipment as well as proceures in jewelry making will be stresse. They will also learn about the elements an principles of esign, an how to incorporate them into their own jewelry. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: 3 Dimensional Art; Creit: 1 SCULPTURE/ CERAMICS I, II, & III After the first 3 weeks of introuction, the stuents will ecie what stuy they will pursue, Sculpture or Ceramics. The art create by stuents will be use for portfolio quality work. Stuents choosing sculpture will esign an complete a sculpture in the following basic materials: woo, stone, metal an plastic. Stuents reflect on, revise an refine their own esigns in the above materials using problem solving techniques an critical thinking skills. They will stuy an evelop using the elements an principles of esign. Sculpture stuents will learn an use the following processes: aitive, subtractive, sculpture in the roun along with bass relief an high relief techniques. Ceramic stuents will create han built clay art proucts using coil an slab techniques. Stuents will also learn to throw on the wheel. All stuents will be expose to an recognize significant works of western an non-western art an unerstan how art evelops over time. They will examine, analyze, interpret, an juge traitional an contemporary works of art in their art history lessons an apply those lessons to their own creations. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: 3 Dimensional Art; Creit: 1 per semester

42 Curriculum Guie 41 DRAWING This course is esigne to introuce stuents to basic rawing skills, meia, tools an materials, along with an unerstaning of, the Elements an Principles of esign, as they relate to rawing. Stuents will engage in sequential learning experiences that encompass art history, art criticism, aesthetics, an prouction an leas to the creation of quality works. Stuents will also be provie with sequential experiences rawing realistic an abstract compositions. (Offere both semesters) Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Avance 2 Dimensional Art; Creit: 1 PAINTING I, II, III, IV Stuents taking painting engage in sequential learning experiences that encompass art history, art criticism, aesthetics an prouction that leas to the creation of portfolio quality work. Stuents will be given the opportunity to create their own style of painting as well as explore styles of ol masters. The key to this class is self-motivation an willingness to experiment with many techniques, along with interacting well with others. We will spen a lot of time critiquing an learning from their peers as well as professional artist. Stuents will learn how to iscuss ientify an comprehen traitional an contemporary paintings an learn to iscriminate between professional jugment an personal preference. Painting will cover the appreciation, techniques an application of watercolors an acrylic paint in a variety of subject matter an materials. Stuents will learn to use power tools such as saws an rills. Stuents will esign an create their own canvases. (Offere both semesters) Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Drawing; Creit: 1 per semester CONCERT BAND (L) MUSIC Ensemble an solo activities are esigne to evelop elements of musicianship incluing, but not limite to: (1) tone prouction, (2) technical skills, (3) intonation, (4) musical reaing skills, (5) listening skills, (6) analyzing music, an (7) stuying historically significant styles of literature. The ban prepares two formal concerts per year an participates in a concert ban contest in the spring. Stuents will also be ivie into Re Spirit an White Spirit bans. The two Spirit Bans will then take turns performing at basketball games. Percussion accepte only through Director approval. Stuents enrolle in ban will play at home football games. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Minimum of 2 years in mile school ban or Director Approval; Creit: 1 per semester

43 Curriculum Guie 42 RICHMOND SYMPHONIC BAND Ensemble an solo activities are esigne to evelop elements of musicianship incluing, but not limite to: (1) tone prouction, (2) technical skills, (3) intonation, (4) musical reaing skills, (5) listening skills, (6) analyzing music, an (7) stuying historically significant styles of literature. Mastery of avance win ban technique must be evient. Areas of refinement consist of avance techniques incluing, but not limite to: (1) intonation, (2) balance an blen, (3) breathing, (4) tone prouction (5) tone quality, (6) technique, (7) rhythm, (8) sight-reaing, an (9) critical listening skills. Intereste stuents, after auitioning, will be place in the appropriate ban by the Directors. Stuents will also be ivie into Re Spirit an White Spirit bans. The two Spirit Bans will then take turns performing at basketball games. Stuents enrolle in ban will perform at home football games. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Successful Auition; Creit: 1 per semester PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE The focus of this class will be to become technically soun with the various percussive instruments while also learning an supplying the music for the Win Symphony/Symphonic Ban, Spirit Ban for the Basketball games an marching percussion for the football games. There will also be manatory rehearsals out of the school ay necessary for our percussion to be integrate into the concert music. Specific ays an times will be provie after the beginning of school. All percussion graes 9, 10, 11, 12 will take Instrumental Ensemble. Win players accepte ONLY through Director/Chair approval. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Minimum of 2 years in mile school percussion or Director Approval; Creit: 1 per semester ORCHESTRA ADVANCED Amission into the avance orchestra may only be attaine through successful participation in at least two years of intermeiate orchestra an/or an auition with the irector. Stuents will continue their sequential evelopment through avance string techniques, as well as stanar an contemporary literature. Stuents will also focus an be instructe in: (1) tone prouction (2) technical skills (3) intonation (4) musical reaing skills (5) listening skills, an (6) analyzing music. The ensemble prepares three (3) or more concerts per year, participates in ISSMA Organizational an ISSMA Solo & Ensemble. Evening or extra rehearsals may be require as the orchestra prepares for concerts, contest, trips, or festival competitions. Trips an/or festivals are not require of the class, but are esire. It is an expectation that stuents will remain in this ensemble both semesters, unless approve by the irector. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Minimum of 2 years in mile school orchestra or Director Approval; Creit: 1 per semester

44 Curriculum Guie 43 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The symphony orchestra will stuy an perform from the vast repertoire of stanar an contemporary orchestral literature which utilizes all families of the orchestra strings, woowins, brass, an percussion. Membership for woowin, brass, an percussion stuents requires an auition an supporting irector recommenations. Avance Orchestra members make-up the string section for this orchestra. Stuents must be current members of a ban relate performing ensemble. Aitional rehearsals or sectionals may occur before or after school. Creit will not be given to stuents until the 2 n semester, an only if all attenance an performance requirements are met. This ensemble performs at least two (2) times a year. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Enrolle in a Performing Ensemble; Creit: ½ per year INTERMEDIATE CHORUS (L) RHS SINGERS Activities create the evelopment of quality repertoire in the iverse styles of choral literature, which is appropriate in ifficulty an range for the stuents. Instruction is esigne so that stuents are enable to connect, examine, imagine, efine, try, exten, refine, an integrate music stuy into other subject areas. Stuents are selecte on the basis of past experience in singing choral music an musical ability. Three an four-part music is performe. The stuents prepare for one choral concert an choir contest in the spring. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Successful Auition; Creit: 1 per semester INTERMEDIATE CHORUS (L) CONCERT CHOIR Activities create the evelopment of quality repertoire in the iverse styles of choral literature which is appropriate in ifficulty an range for the stuents. Instruction is esigne so that stuents are enable to connect, examine, imagine, efine, try, exten, refine, an integrate music stuy into other subject areas. Amission by successful auition. Stuents are selecte on the basis of past experience in singing choral music an musical ability. Avance choral literature is performe. The stuents prepare for one choral concert an choir contest in the spring. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Successful Auition; Creit: 1 per semester ADVANCED CHORUS (L) SYMPHONIC CHOIR Instruction is esigne so that stuents are enable to connect, examine, imagine, efine, try, exten, refine, an integrate music stuy into other subject areas. Chorus classes provie instruction in creating, performing, conucting, listening to, an analyzing, in aition to focusing on the specific subject matter. Stuents are selecte on the basis of past experience in singing choral music an musical ability. Avance choral literature is performe. This choir has several community performances. This choir performs at two choral concerts an a choir contest in the spring. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Successful Auition; Creit: 1 per semester

45 Curriculum Guie 44 CHORAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (L) Chamber ensemble classes provie instruction in creating, performing, conucting, listening to, an analyzing, in aition to focusing on the specific subject matter. Chamber Ensemble singers must also retain membership in the Symphonic Choir. The class meets aily. Many community performances are given by the group. The choir performs at two choir concerts an several choir contests in the spring. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Successful Auition; Creit: 1 per semester DANCE PERFORMANCE (L) Stuents learn various ance an flag routines through iniviual an group instruction. Dance technique, ance vocabulary, peer teaching an group choreography is also utilize. The class is require of Devilettes an is open to other intereste stuents. The Devilettes participate with the marching ban at football games an civic paraes. They also present basketball pre-game an half-time shows. Being a Devilette is achieve through a tryout proceure before a selection committee. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester MUSIC HISTORY APPRECIATION This is a non-performance, one Semester class. Stuents taking this course receive instruction esigne to explore music an major musical style perios through unerstaning music in relation to both Western an Non-Western history an culture. Activities inclue but are not limite to: (1) listening to, analyzing, an escribing music; (2) evaluating music an music performances; an (3) unerstaning relationships between music an the other arts, as well as isciplines outsie of the arts. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 STEEL DRUM ENSEMBLE This high energy ensemble is esigne for current musicians looking to perform with a fun upbeat group. Members will learn to play the ifferent instruments of the steel rum ensemble as well as the traitional Caribbean Musical Style. The ensemble will perform several times throughout the year an members must be willing to atten these out-of-school performances. Due to the limite amount of instruments, the class size will not excee 24 stuents. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester

46 Curriculum Guie 45 MATHEMATICS ALGEBRA I A & B Algebra I inclues stuying the language of Algebra in the real number system. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: Real numbers an expressions, Functions, Linear equations, inequalities, an functions, Systems of equations an inequalities, Quaratic an exponential equations an functions, ata analysis an statistics, an mathematical processes. Problem solving will be stresse throughout the course. Graphing as a visual picture will be inclue. Algebra 1A & 1B course creits are require for grauation. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester ALGEBRA II A & B Algebra II is a course beginning with a comprehensive review of previously stuie algebraic concepts. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: relations an functions; linear an absolute value functions an inequalities; quaratic equations; polynomials; algebraic fractions; logarithmic an exponential functions; an number theory. Problem solving will be stresse throughout the course. Stuents are require to have one of the following calculators: TI-83, TI-83Plus, TI-84, or TI-84Plus. Stuents may buy their own or rent one from the math epartment. Only with teacher recommenation may Geometry an Algebra II be taken concurrently. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Geometry B/ Algebra IIA; Creit: 1 per semester HONORS ALGEBRA II A & B Honors Algebra II buils on reasoning an algebraic skills reviewe in Honors Geometry (A & B). Topics will inclue but not be limite to: relations an functions; linear an absolute value functions an inequalities; quaratic equations; conics; polynomials; algebraic fractions; logarithmic an exponential functions; rational functions; systems of equations an inequalities; an introuction to trigonometry; an number theory an probability. Problem solving will be stresse throughout the course. Stuents are require to have one of the following calculators: TI-83, TI-83Plus, TI-84 or TI-84Plus. Stuents may buy their own or rent one from the math epartment. Honors Algebra II stuents will o more complex problems an manipulation than acaemic Algebra II stuents. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in Geometry B H an Teacher Recommenation/ Algebra IIA H grae of C- or better; Creit: 1 per semester

47 Curriculum Guie 46 GEOMETRY A & B Geometry is the stuy of congruence an similarity in the geometric plane. Algebraic concepts an properties will be use to prove geometric conjectures an construct mathematical reasoning. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: the relationship between geometric ieas an their representation in the coorinate plane; the stuy of triangles, lines, points, angles, an planes; quarilaterals an other polygons; circles; polyhera an other solis; area an volume; an basic trigonometry. Problem solving, which inclues methos of proof, will be stresse throughout the course. Stuents will perioically practice using a TI-84Plus graphing calculator in class, but are not require to purchase their own. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra IB/ Geometry A; Creit: 1 per semester HONORS GEOMETRY A & B Honors Geometry introuces mathematical justification through proof an algebraic reasoning. Topics will inclue but are not limite to: Pythagorean Theorem; relationships between geometric ieas an their representation in the coorinate plane; properties of angles, lines, points, an planes; spatial visualization, figure issection, figure construction, congruence, an transformations; logical arguments an various styles of proof; basic trigonometry; the stuy of triangles; quarilaterals, an other polygons; circles; an polyhera an other solis. Stuents will learn to justify, prove, an manipulate mathematics through extensive problem solving in this course. Stuents will perioically practice using a TI-84Plus graphing calculator in class, but are not require to purchase their own. Honors Geometry stuents will o more complex problems an manipulations than acaemic Geometry stuents. Graes: 9; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in Alg IB, NWEA score an Teacher Recommenation/ Geom A H grae of C- or better; Creit: 1 per semester PRE-CALCULUS A & B Pre-Calculus buils on algebraic skills covere in Algebra II. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: matrices; applications of polynomial, exponential, an logarithmic functions; complex numbers; trigonometric an circular functions (incluing applications); an polar coorinates. Problem solving will be stresse throughout the course. Stuents are require to have one of the following calculators: TI-83, TI-83Plus, TI-84 or TI-84Plus. Stuents may buy their own or rent one from the math epartment. Pre-Calculus A & B are available for ual creit through Ivy Tech. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra IIB/ Pre-Calc A; Creit: 1 per semester

48 Curriculum Guie 47 HONORS PRE-CALCULUS A & B Honors Pre-Calculus buils on algebraic skills covere in Honors Algebra II. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: circular an trigonometric functions; exponential an logarithmic functions; matrices; number theory; binomial theorem; polar coorinates; mathematical inuction; line of best fit an moeling; erivatives; an ata analysis. Problem solving will be stresse throughout the course. Stuents will be expecte to complete projects to expan their unerstaning of topics covere. Stuents are require to have one of the following calculators: TI-83, TI-83Plus, TI84 or TI-84Plus. Stuents may buy their own or rent one from the math epartment. There is an expectation that Honors Pre-Calculus stuents will o more complex problems an manipulations than acaemic Pre-Calculus stuents. Honors Pre-Calculus A & B are available for ual creit through IU. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in Alg IIB H an Teacher Recommenation/ Pre-Calc IA H grae of C- or better; Creit: 1 per semester AP CALCULUS A & B AP Calculus is a year-long course for the very capable mathematics stuent. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: limits an continuity; ifferential calculus; applications of erivatives; integral calculus; application of integration; mathematical reasoning, an problem solving. Stuents are require to have one of the following calculators: TI-83, TI-83Plus, TI-84, or TI-84Plus. Stuents may buy their own or rent one from the math epartment. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Pre-Calc B/ AP Calc A; Creit: 1 per semester ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS A & B Statistics, Avance Placement is a year- long course base on content establishe by the College Boar. The purpose of the AP course in statistics is to introuce stuents to the major concepts an tools for collecting, analyzing, an rawing conclusions from ata. Topics inclue (1) exploring ata: escribing patterns an epartures from patterns (2) sampling an experimentations: planning an conucting a stuy, (3) anticipating patterns: exploring ranom phenomena using probability an simulation, an (4) statistical inference: estimating population parameters an testing hypotheses. Stuents are require to have one of the following calculators: TI-83, TI-83Plus, TI-84, or TI-84Plus. Stuents may buy their own or rent one from the math epartment. AP Statistics stuents shoul possess strong reaing an writing skills. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra IIB/ AP Stat A; Creit: 1 per semester

49 Curriculum Guie 48 AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A & B AP Computer Science A is a business mathematics course that provies stuents with the content establishe by the College Boar. The course emphasizes object-oriente programming methoology with concentration on problem solving an algorithm evelopment, an it also inclues the stuy of ata structures, esign, an abstraction. The course provies stuents an alternative to taking pre-calculus or calculus to fulfill the four-year math requirement for grauation. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra IIB/ AP CompSci A; Creit: 1 per semester BSD Math 9 A & B BSD Math 9 is esigne to help stuents increase their basic math skills an skills relate to Algebra topics. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: Real numbers an expressions, Functions, Linear equations, inequalities, an functions, Systems of equations an inequalities, Quaratic an exponential equations an functions, ata analysis an statistics, an mathematical processes. Various instructional techniques will be utilize such as but not limite to: flexible grouping, computer applications, an whole group stuy. This course oes not count as a math creit, but as an elective creit. Graes: 9; Prerequisite: Teacher Recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester BSD Math 10 A & B BSD Math 10 is esigne to help stuents increase their basic math skills, skills relate to Algebra topics, skills relate to Geometry topics, an improve skills relate to the ISTEP+. Topics will inclue but not be limite to: Number sense, expressions, an computation, Geometry an Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics an Probability, Linear Equations, Inequalities, an Functions, Systems of Equations an Inequalities, Quaratic an Exponential Equations an Functions, an Mathematical Processes. Various instructional techniques will be utilize such as but not limite to: flexible grouping, computer applications, an whole group stuy. This course oes not count as a math creit, but as an elective creit. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: Teacher Recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester MATH LAB I, II, III, IV Math Lab 1 is esigne to help stuents increase their basic math skills as well as improve skills relate to ECA topics. Iniviualization will be a key component. Various instructional techniques will be utilize such as but not limite to: flexible grouping, computer applications, an whole group stuy. This course oes not count as a math creit, but as an elective creit. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Teacher Recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester

50 Curriculum Guie 49 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COURSES SERVICE LEARNING Service Learning is a metho by which schools provie youth with an eucation connecte to real worl experiences by incorporating community service into their philosophy an/or curriculum. Service Learning creit is available to juniors an seniors for a maximum of two creits. Stuents must be enrolle in the Service Learning course by the beginning of the semester an no later than 2 weeks into the semester in orer to earn a creit in the course. Stuents must work with a counselor to sign up for the course. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Application & Teacher Selection; Creit: 1 CLERICAL PRACTICE Requirements: 95% or better attenance rate an 2.0 grae point average. This consists of routine work experiences in the school offices an in the Meia Center. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Application & Counselor Approval; Creit: 0 Critical Thinking (EC) EARLY COLLEGE Critical Thinking challenges stuents in the Early College program to think critically, analytically, an philosophically. Stuents learn to formulate thoughtful questions, connect ieas, an challenge concepts. Active class participation is essential, an inclues questioning, rational iscussion, an reasone argumentation. Graes: 10; Prerequisite: English 9B, Early College Program; Creit: 1 College Entrance Prep (EC) College-Entrance Preparation utilizes iniviual stuent score reports to prepare stuents for college reainess assessments. The course will also encompass test taking strategies to prepare stuents for success on these assessments. College selection an application are also inclue, to better prepare stuents for overall college-reainess. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: English 10B, Early College Program; Creit: 1 Senior Seminar (EC) This course, for Early College Seniors, will facilitate enrollment with Ivy Tech's "Take a Course On Us" program in a supporte environment. Stuents will enroll an work online through Ivy Tech, while receiving mentoring an feeback for college amissions. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Early College Program; Creit: 1

51 Curriculum Guie 50 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Stuents may earn one PE creit by participating in a sport an ening the season in goo staning. PHYSICAL EDUCATION I (L) Seconary Physical Eucation I emphasizes health-relate fitness components while eveloping the skills necessary for a lifetime of activity. During this course stuents will be taking the Fitness-gram fitness tests which inclue cariovascular enurance, flexibility, muscular strength, muscular enurance, an boy composition. This course also inclues skill evelopment, application of rules an strategies for the following activities; softball, tennis (weather permitting), soccer, team hanball, volleyball, golf (weather permitting) an pickleball. Also inclue are recreational activities such as mat ball, kickball, ultimate Frisbee, whiffle ball, flag football. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 PHYSICAL EDUCATION II (L) Seconary Physical Eucation II continues to emphasize an test healthrelate fitness components such as cariovascular enurance, flexibility, muscular strength, an muscular enurance. This course also inclues skill evelopment, application of rules an strategies for the following activities: table tennis, baminton, racquetball, hanball, pickleball, basketball, tennis (weather permitting), golf (weather permitting). Also inclue are recreational activities such as mat ball, kickball, ultimate Frisbee, whiffle ball, flag football. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 ELECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION - SPORTS AND FITNESS Specialize physical eucation is esigne to help stuents make wise choices in the selection of lasting life time sport activities through iniviual instruction, group instruction. Stuents will continue to be teste over health relate fitness components. Activities inclue tennis, volleyball, hanball, baminton, team hanball, softball, an pickleball. Also inclue are recreational activities such as mat ball, kickball, ultimate Frisbee, whiffle ball. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: PE I & II; Creit: 1 ELECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION - CONDITIONING LEVEL I Conitioning is a course esigne to introuce weight training an explosive spee evelopment skills. Emphasis will be place on proper lifting technique, spotting technique, all-aroun weight room safety. The program is esigne for both females an males an is highly energetic. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: PE I & II; Creit: 1

52 Curriculum Guie 51 ELECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION - CONDITIONING LEVEL II-VI The purpose of avance conitioning is to take what was learne in conitioning one step further. Emphasis is place on strength gains, explosive power flexibility, an muscular enurance. The program is esigne for the stuent to achieve maximum performance in physical activities an athletic events. The components of the program are intense weight training, intense flexibility routines, explosive an plyometric rills. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: PE I & II, Spec PE Conitioning; Creit: 1 HEALTH EDUCATION Health eucation is a one-semester course which focuses on self-esteem, choices an human growth an evelopment. The program promotes wellness as a life-long process. It encompasses the physical, social, spiritual, mental, emotional an environmental health of the iniviual. Particular attention will encourage stuents to abstain from rugs an alcohol, tobacco use an risky behaviors. The class emphasizes goal-setting, ecision making an builing positive relationships. This course is require for grauation. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

53 Curriculum Guie 52 SCIENCE EARTH/SPACE SCIENCE A & B (L) Earth an Space Science is a laboratory course which covers the concepts an theories of geology, astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, paleontology, an natural resources. Stuents connect the concepts of energy, matter, conservation, an gravitation to the Earth, solar system, an universe. Stuents utilize knowlege of the materials an processes of the Earth, planets, an stars in the context of scales of time an size. Stuents gain unerstaning of how the scientific enterprise operates through examples of historical events. Not open to stuents who have taken Geology or Astronomy. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester BIOLOGY A & B (L) Biology I provies, through regular laboratory an fiel investigations, a stuy of the structures an functions of living organisms an their interactions with their environment. At a minimum, this stuy explores the functions an processes of cells, tissues, organs, an systems within various species of living organisms an the roles an interepenencies of organisms within populations, communities, ecosystems, an the biosphere. Stuents have opportunities to: (1) gain an unerstaning of the history of the evelopment of biological knowlege; (2) explore the uses of biology in various careers, an (3) investigate biological questions an problems relate to personal nees an social issues. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester HONORS BIOLOGY A & B (L) This course meets all Iniana Acaemic Stanars for Biology I an prepares stuents for the acaemic requirements of Avance Placement (AP) Biology. Stuents will: (1) o pre AP laboratory investigations an activities; (2) refine the methos of scientific inquiry an problem resolution; an (3) conuct a major long-term project each semester. Graes: 9; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in 8 th Grae Science an Teacher Recommenation/ Bio A H; Creit: 1 per semester AP BIOLOGY A & B Biology, Avance Placement is a course base on the content establishe by the College Boar. The major themes of the course inclue: The process of evolution rives the iversity an unity of life, Biological systems utilize free energy an molecular builing blocks to grow, to reprouce an to maintain ynamic homeostasis, Living systems store, retrieve, transmit an respon to information essential to life processes, Biological systems interact, an these systems an their interactions possess complex properties. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Bio B H an enrolle or complete Chemistry; Creit: 1 per semester

54 Curriculum Guie 53 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Stuents investigate, through laboratory an fielwork, the concepts of environmental systems, populations, natural resources, an environmental hazars. Stuents have opportunities to: (1) gain unerstaning of how the scientific enterprise operates through examples of historical events; (2) investigate how populations an ecosystems change over time; (3) stuy how humans interact with the natural environment; (4) explore current environmental problems an take positions on possible solutions. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Biology B & any physical science B Creit: 1 AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE A & B (L) Environmental Science, Avance Placement is a course base on content establishe by the College Boar. Stuents enrolle in AP Environmental Science investigate the scientific principles, concepts, an methoologies require to unerstan the interrelationships of the natural worl, to ientify an analyze environmental problems both natural an human-mae, to evaluate the relative risks associate with these problems, an to examine alternative solutions for resolving an/or preventing them. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: enrolle or complete Bio H & Chemistry/ AP EnvSci A; Creit: 1 per semester CHEMISTRY A & B (L) Chemistry allows stuents to synthesize useful moels of the structure of matter an the mechanisms of its interactions through laboratory investigations of matter an chemical reactions. Stuents have opportunities to: (1) gain an unerstaning of the history of chemistry; (2) explore the uses of chemistry in various careers; (3) investigate chemical questions an problems relate to personal nees an social issues; an (4) learn an practice laboratory safety. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: enrolle or complete Geometry/ Chem A; Creit: 1 per semester HONORS CHEMISTRY A & B (L) This course allows stuents to synthesize moels of the structure of matter an the mechanisms of its interactions through laboratory investigations of matter an chemical reactions. In aition to the opportunities provie in Chemistry I, stuents in this course will: (1) o 50% laboratory investigations an activities; (2) stuy the aitional topics of quantum mechanics, kinetic mechanisms, chemical equilibria, an organic chemistry; (3) synthesize ata an observations into theoretical moels, an (4) conuct a major, long-term project. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: enrolle or complete Algebra II/ Chem A H; Creit: 1 per semester

55 Curriculum Guie 54 AP CHEMISTRY A & B (L) Avance Placement Chemistry is a yearlong course which follows College Boar entrance examination guielines for avance placement chemistry. A college text use with the course an laboratory work will be an important part of the stuent s experience. Stuents will gain knowlege of the structure of matter, kinetic theory of gases, chemical equilibria, chemical kinetics an the basic concepts of thermoynamics Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra IIB an Chem B H/ AP Chem A; Creit: 1 per semester INTEGRATED CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS (ICP) A & B This course introuces the funamental concepts of scientific inquiry, the structure of matter, chemical reactions, forces, motion, an the interactions between energy an matter. This course will serve stuents as a laboratorybase introuction to possible future course work in chemistry or physics while ensuring a mastery of the basics of each iscipline. The ultimate goal of the course is to prouce scientifically literate citizens capable of using their knowlege of physical science to solve real-worl problems an to make personal, social an ethical ecisions that have consequences beyon the classroom walls. Not open to stuents who have two (2) creits in Physics an/or Chemistry. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra I recommene; Creit: 1 per semester PHYSICS A & B (L) Physics I ais stuents in synthesizing the funamental concepts an principles concerning matter an energy through the laboratory stuy of mechanics, wave motion, heat, light, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, an atomic an nuclear physics. Stuents have opportunities to: (1) acquire an awareness of the history of physics an its role in the birth of technology; (2) explore the uses of its moels, theories, an laws in various careers, an (3) investigate physics questions an problems relate to personal nees an social issues. (Algebra II is recommene) Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: enrolle or complete Algebra II/ Physics A; Creit: 1 per semester AP PHYSICS I A & B AP Physics I is a year-long course which follows the College Boar Entrance Examination guielines for the avance placement Physics 1 course. This is a first year physics course equivalent to a first-semester college course in algebra-base physics. A college text is use an laboratory work will be an important part of the stuent s experience. The course covers Newtonian mechanics (incluing rotational ynamics an angular momentum); work, energy, an power; mechanical waves an soun. It will also introuce electric circuits. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra IIB/ AP Physics I A; Creit: 1 per semester

56 Curriculum Guie 55 AP PHYSICS II A & B AP Physics II is a year-long course which follows the College Boar Entrance Examination guielines for the avance placement physics II course. This is a secon year physics course equivalent to a secon-semester college course in algebra base physics. A college text is use an laboratory work will be an important part of the stuent s experience. The course covers flui mechanics; thermoynamics; electricity an magnetism; optics; atomic an nuclear physics. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: enrolle or complete Pre-Calc an AP Physics IB or teacher approval; Creit: 1 per semester ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY (L) This course will focus on human anatomy an physiology, from the cellular level to the organ system level. The following units will be explore; basic anatomical an physiological terminology, cells, histology (tissues), nervous system, special senses, integumentary, skeletal, cariovascular, respiratory an igestive systems. Laboratory experience, projects an issection will be important components of the course. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Biology A & B an Algebra IB; Creit: 1 ASTRONOMY (L) Astronomy is a laboratory class for stuents consiering college. Stuents will be expecte to work with scientific notation, solve simple equations, an work with graphs. Earth an Space Science, Astronomy provies for an in-epth investigation of astronomy. This class will inclue morning an aytime observations. Stuents will gain knowlege of the history of astronomy, telescopes, the solar system, an others. This class is esigne to improve stuy habits an note-taking skills. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra I recommene, enrolle in Physics or ICP; Creit: 1 FORENSIC SCIENCE (L) This course is an integrate science that involves the isciplines of biology, chemistry, anthropology, criminal justice, physics, law, meicine an professional writing. This course is a hans-on course that will allow stuent s to improve their critical reaing, critical thinking, ata collecting, an problem solving skills. Focus will on the following: collection an evaluation of evience; analysis techniques; microscopic evaluation of evience: analysis of hair, fiber, serology, entomology, DNA evience, an fingerprint analysis. Criminal case stuies as well as issues of a sensitive nature will be iscusse as part of the coursework. This course is recommene for stuents consiering careers in the following: meicine, law, law enforcement, an forensics. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: Algebra I, Biology A & B, an any one physical science creit; Creit: 1

57 Curriculum Guie 56 SOCIAL STUDIES WORLD HISTORY A & B Each part of the course will be ivie into five major areas of stuy that have significantly influence the evelopment of Western Civilization. In semester A these areas are: Early Civilization, Pre-history 256 B.C.E., Empires of the Ancient Worl, 600 B.C.E., Regional Civilizations, 500 C.E C.E., an Early Moern Times 1300 C.E C.E. In semester B, the class stuies: Enlightenment an revolution C.E., Inustrialization an the New Global Age C.E., worl Wars an Revolution C.E., an The Worl Toay 1945-present. Graes: 9; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester HONORS WORLD HISTORY A & B This course is esigne as a survey of worl history from ancient times to the present ay with emphasis on the evelopment of western civilization. Political, social, an economic systems will be analyze as well as challenges to these systems. Stuents will be expecte to complete extensive reaing an complete work to expan critical thinking an writing abilities while broaening their knowlege base of the subject. Graes: 9; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in 8 th grae US History an teacher recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester US HISTORY A & B This course buils upon concepts evelope in previous stuies of American History an emphasizes national evelopment from the late nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. After a review of funamental themes in the early evelopment of the nation, stuents stuy the key events, people, groups an movements in the late nineteenth, twentieth, an early twenty-first centuries, as they relate to life in present-ay Unite States. US History IA will review the funamental concepts of American History, as outline in stanar one of the Iniana Acaemic Stanars, an culminate with a stuy of the causes an effects of the Great Depression. US History IB will start with Worl War II an culminate with a stuy of the most recent events of the twenty-first century. Graes: 11; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester AP US HISTORY A & B This is a year-long course esigne to prepare stuents for the College Boar examination in US History. Stuents are expecte to evote substantial time to outsie reaings. In aition, stuents will be require to complete extensive writings that call for interpretation, synthesis an application of historical concepts. The course will start with the Colonial perio an culminate in a stuy of pertinent twenty-first century events. Graes: 10, 11; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B in Worl History B an teacher recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester

58 Curriculum Guie 57 GOVERNMENT This course provies a framework for unerstaning the purposes, principals an practices of American government as establishe by the Unite States Constitution. Stuents are expecte to unerstan their rights an responsibilities as citizens an how to exercise these rights an responsibilities in local, state, an national government. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 AP GOVERNMENT A & B The course involves the stuy of general concepts use to interpret American politics an also requires familiarity with the various institutions, groups, beliefs an ieas that make up the political reality of American governmental systems. The class will require extensive outsie reaing an writings in orer to prepare for the Avance Placement Examination. The AP Government class can be taken to meet the state require government class. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester ECONOMICS This course examines the allocation of scarce resources an the economic reasoning use by people as consumers, proucers, savers, investors, workers, voters, an as government agencies. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 HONORS ECONOMICS This course examines the theory behin economic activity. Key elements inclue the stuy of scarcity, supply an eman, market structures, the role of government, national income etermination, money an the role of financial institutions, economic stabilization, an trae. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 SOCIOLOGY Sociology is a one semester course an is the science of human social behavior incluing how the groups of their origins an the iniviual s impact on the group socialize iniviuals. Major areas of emphasis are the family, chilhoo, aolescent an ault socialization. Also inclue is an examination of the social effects of elinquency, crime, marriage, ivorce, sex, race, work an eucation. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

59 Curriculum Guie 58 TOPICS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS This course seeks an provies opportunities to stuy an appreciate the major religions of the worl, incluing Hinuism, Buhism, Juaism, Christianity, an Islam. The stuents will spen time on each religion s history, icons, rites, an ceremonies. Stuents will be aske to fin religion-relate current events an to compare/contrast ieas in many ifferent religions. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 CRIMINAL JUSTICE This course will examine the basics of the US legal system, focusing on iniviual rights versus public orer; multiculturalism an iversity in America an the application of Constitutional guarantees. Stuents will also analyze the American criminal justice system an how it works. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 CURRENT ISSUES AND EVENTS Current Issues an Events provies opportunities to apply techniques of investigation an inquiry to the stuy of significant problems or issues. Stuents evelop competence in: 1) recognizing cause an effect relationships, (2) synthesizing knowlege into useful patterns, (3) stating an testing hypotheses, an (4) generalizing base on evience. Problems or issues selecte shoul have contemporary historical significance an shoul be stuie from the viewpoint of the social science isciplines. Community service programs, such as internships or other service experiences within community, might be inclue. Stuent subscription to a national perioical will be require. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1

60 Curriculum Guie 59 SPECIAL EDUCATION Special eucation refers to specially esigne instruction to meet a stuent s unique nees. Eligibility for special eucation is etermine by case conference committee base on criteria specifie in both feeral an state law. Stuents foun eligible for special eucation services may receive those services uner a variety of special options, ranging from full-time general eucation courses to full-time special eucational services. The unerlying principle of the placement recommenation is to place the stuents in the least restrictive environment require to meet the goals containe in the stuent s iniviual eucational program (IEP). Special eucation stuents must meet state requirements, incluing successful completion of the Grauation Qualifying exam or en of course exams for the class of 2012 an beyon, to receive a high school iploma. Stuents receiving a certificate of completion woul enroll in the certificate/creit Work Relate course of stuy. PRE-VOCATIONAL This course is esigne for stuents who nee very structure work environments an will most likely require close supervision by a job coach or supervisor to complete a job task. This course will prepare stuents for the fiel of work by improving the spee an accuracy of various job tasks, i.e. sorting, light assembly, etc. Stuents will improve their ability to work to completion without prompts an maintain appropriate work place behavior. All work experience will be complete in the school setting. Graes: 9, 10; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: 1 VOCATIONAL I This course is esigne to provie for career exploration in a variety of fiels. The stuents will be job shaowing aults at several locations. Same time is spent in the classroom improving skills that aress transferring personal information to applications, completing resumes, participating in mock interviews, improving personal hygiene an receiving basic introuction to a variety of careers. Amount of job coaching or supervision will be etermine at a case conference. Work experience coul be complete in the community or in the school setting iniviually or working in small groups. Graes: 10, 11; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: 2 VOCATIONAL II This course is esigne to increase the Vocational I experience. Stuents will gain hans on work experience without the pressure of a pai position. Stuents will be given the opportunity to evelop skills that will increase their inepenence in aulthoo. Stuents will learn how to complete work tasks at a more inepenent level. Amount of job coaching or supervision will be etermine at a case conference. Work experience will be complete in the community. Stuents will atten class one ay a week where they continue working on the skills neee to obtain an retain competitive employment. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: IEP an Vocational I; Creit: 2

61 Curriculum Guie 60 VOCATIONAL III This course is esigne to increase the Vocational II experience. Stuents will increase their skills in preparing for a pai work experience. When stuents are able to gain pai employment supervision an guiance is provie as they work in their pai position. The supervisor works with the stuent an employer to eal with any problems or concerns. Stuents will evelop skills on how to access transportation to their job an home. Transitioning to ault service agencies will begin. Stuents will atten class one ay a week. Graes: 12, ault; Prerequisite: IEP an Vocational II; Creit: 2 HEALTH WR This course is esigne to introuce stuents to the basic concepts of health. Topics inclue nutrition an exercise, hygiene an isease prevention, safety, boy systems an reprouction, mental an emotional health, family living an relationships. It is only offere one semester. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: 1 SCIENCE WR This course is esigne to introuce stuents to the basic concepts of biology. Topics inclue; The Plant Kingom, The Animal Kingom, The Human Boy, an Living Together on Earth. It is only offere one semester. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: 1 SOCIAL STUDIES WR This course is esigne to give the stuent an overview of government, economics, the legal system as well as US history. The aim of the course is to give an unerstaning of our country an their responsibilities to contribute as ault citizens. It is only offere one semester. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: 1 INDEPENDENT LIVING WR This course is esigne for stuents that nee to increase their inepenent living skills as state in their iniviualize eucational plan (IEP). Stuents will learn how to take care of their own clothing, o simple househol repairs, house cleaning an meal preparation. They will also increase skills in hanling money, learning how to purchase items an bugeting. Stuents enrolle in this course will also participate in community training so as to evelop inepenence in the community. Stuents will learn about community activities an community resources an how to access them. Stuents will also o a variety of physical eucation an leisure activities to broaen an evelop physical an social skills. This course is also esigne to help assist the stuents, so that they will be able to express their nees an esires an respon appropriately to successes an failures. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: flex

62 Curriculum Guie 61 APPLIED ACADEMICS WR This course is esigne to increase stuent s communication an mathematical skills neee for work an everyay living. Iniviualize eucational plans (IEP) are written for each stuent to progress at their own rate. Emphasis will be on increasing reaing, writing, speaking, listening, fining information an following irections in English. The emphasis in math will be on basic math computation, money, telling time, use of a calenar, measurement an use of a calculator. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: 1 PERSONAL SOCIAL WR This course is esigne to help assist stuents with their social skills an increase their inepenence. Stuents will increase skills neee to atten to the environment to express nees an esires an how to respon appropriately to failures an successes. Stuents will increase skills neee to follow irections, knowlege of personal information, personal hygiene, ressing, an how to care for themselves when ill. Graes: 9, 10, 11; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: 1 ADULT LIFE SKILLS TRANSITION This class is esigne for those stuents who have earne a Certificate of Completion, yet woul still like to continue to work on transition life skills. The program focuses on activities that teach stuents the skills they nee to live, work, an recreate in the community. The young aults participating in this program are encourage to participate in as many work an community activities as the scheule will allow. The stuents are also working towar permanent job placement to transition in from school. A major focus will be on connecting an transitioning with ault service proviers that will allow for continue support after high school. Graes: ault; Prerequisite: IEP; Creit: flex BSD English Founation Class In this course, stuents, who rea below grae level, work to increase their literacy. The course is esigne aroun reaing exercises, vocabulary exercises, an writing exercises. Reaing exercises involve reaing selections base on the stuent s reaing level. Vocabulary exercises are utilize to increase the vocabulary pool that the stuent may raw upon when working on reaing an writing assignments. Finally, journaling an short stories are use to allow the stuent opportunities to practice or emonstrate their ability to compose paragraphs an write with clarity. The class is offere to stuents in 9 th, 10 th, 11 th, an 12 th grae. The course is offere every semester. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None; Creit: 1 per semester

63 Curriculum Guie 62 WORLD LANGUAGE CHINESE I A & B CHINESE Chinese I introuces stuents to effective strategies for beginning Chinese language learning, an to various aspects of Chinese-speaking culture. This course encourages interpersonal communication through speaking an writing, proviing opportunities to make an respon to basic requests an questions, unerstan an use appropriate greetings an forms of aress, participate in brief guie conversations on familiar topics, an write simple sentences using characters. This course also emphasizes the evelopment of reaing an listening comprehension skills, such as recognizing letters an souns of familiar wors an comprehening brief oral irections. Stuents will examine the practices, proucts an perspectives of Chinese-speaking culture; recognize basic routine practices of the target culture; an recognize an use situation-appropriate non-verbal communication. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None/ Chinese I A; Creit: 1 per semester CHINESE II A & B Chinese II buils upon effective strategies for Chinese language learning by encouraging the use of the language an cultural unerstaning for selfirecte purposes. This course encourages interpersonal communication through speaking an writing, proviing opportunities to make an respon to requests an questions in expane contexts, participate inepenently in brief conversations on familiar topics, an write sentences an escriptions using characters. Reaing an listening comprehension skills, such as using contextual clues an recognizing wors an characters through stroke orer an stroke count, are evelope. Stuents present prepare material on a variety of topics, as well as rea alou to practice appropriate pronunciation. Stuents will escribe the practices, proucts an perspectives of Chinesespeaking culture; report on basic family an social practices of the target culture; an escribe contributions from the target culture. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Chinese I B/ Chinese II A; Creit: 1 per semester CHINESE III A & B This course buils on language skills evelope in Chinese I an II. The course will complete an review basic grammar an key sentence patterns of Chinese, provie practice in the appropriate use of iiomatic expressions, an further evelop skill in reaing an writing Hanzi (Chinese characters). It will also buil vocabulary, expan reaing comprehension, an encourage extensive conversation in Chinese. It will cover aitional aspects about Chinese culture an history. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Chinese II B/ Chinese III A; Creit: 1 per semester

64 Curriculum Guie 63 FRENCH FRENCH I A & B At the completion of French I, stuents shoul be able to: ask an answer simple questions, rea isolate wors an phrases, comprehen brief written irections an information, rea short narrative texts on simple topics, an write familiar wors an phrases in appropriate contexts. The stuents are introuce to French life an geography. Short supplementary reaings are presente in French IB. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None/ French I A; Creit: 1 per semester FRENCH II A & B At the completion of French II, stuents shoul be able to: participate in conversations on a variety of topics, unerstan main ieas an facts from simple texts, rea alou with appropriate intonation an pronunciation, write briefly in response to given situations. The reaing material in the text an supplementary reaings eal with life, customs, an geography of French speaking countries. Vocabulary is rapily expane. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: French I B/ French II A; Creit: 1 per semester FRENCH III A & B At the completion of French III, stuents shoul be able to: rea for comprehension from a variety of authentic materials, rea short literary selections of poetry, plays an short stories, write paraphrases an summaries an escribe ifferent aspects of the culture. Stuents shoul also be able to respon to factual an interpretive questions an interact in a variety of social situations, such as expressing regrets, conolences, an complaints, an using more than rote memory formula phrases. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: French II B/ French III A; Creit: 1 per semester FRENCH IV A & B Stuents taking French IV will be able to respon to factual an interpretive questions, interact in complex social situations, an express opinions an make jugments; give presentations on cultural topics incluing: (1) traitions, (2) historical an contemporary events, an (3) major historical an artistic figures. Stuents will be able to rea for comprehension from a variety of longer authentic materials, such as newspapers an magazine articles, novels, an essays, an make jugments about what is rea. A stuent who has complete French IIB may avance to French IV with teacher approval; however, creit will not be given for French III. Graes: 11, 12; Prerequisite: French III B/ French IV A; Creit: 1 per semester

65 Curriculum Guie 64 SPANISH SPANISH I A & B At the completion of Spanish I, stuents shoul be able to ask an answer simple questions, rea wors an phrases, comprehen brief written irections an information, rea short narrative texts on simple topics, an write familiar wors an phrases in appropriate contexts. Acquire skills will inclue: reaing, writing listening, an speaking. Aitional aspects of Hispanic culture are stuie throughout the course. It is strongly recommene that a stuent has earne a minimum grae of C in English. Occasionally a stuent may avance to Spanish IIIA with teacher recommenation. However, creit for Spanish IIA & B will not be given. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: None/ Span I A; Creit: 1 per semester SPANISH II A & B At the completion of Spanish II, stuents shoul be able to: participate in conversations on a variety of topics, unerstan main ieas an facts from simple texts, rea alou with appropriate intonation an pronunciation, write briefly in response to given situations. New vocabulary, grammar, an verb tenses will be stuie. Stuents will continue to acquire skills in reaing, writing, listening, an speaking. Different aspects of Hispanic culture will be stuie incluing geography, lifestyles, an customs. Graes: 9, 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Span I B/ Span II A; Creit: 1 per semester SPANISH III A & B At the completion of Spanish III, stuents will be reay to face the rigor of AP Spanish an will be able to: Rea for comprehension from a variety of authentic materials an respon to factual an interpretive questions. Stuents will be able to rea literacy works an write summaries an escribe ifferent aspects of Hispanic culture. New vocabulary, grammar an verb tenses will be stuie. Stuents will use more than rote memory formula phrases by the en of the course. A stuy of Hispanic culture an literary figures of the Hispanic worl will be a primary focus uring Spanish IIIB. Graes: 10, 11, 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B/C+ in Span II or teacher recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester AP SPANISH A & B Stuents in AP Spanish will be able to initiate an speak about current or past events that are significant in Hispanic cultures; propose solutions to issues an problems to all cultures; write stories an poems, short plays, projects, an skits base on themes, ieas, an perspectives from Hispanic cultures. Stuents shoul be able to rea various selections from Hispanic literature; listen to current Hispanic music; an learn about history, literature, an past civilizations. They will gain a general knowlege of Hispanic art, artists an the perios in which they painte. Spanish will be spoken exclusively in the class. A stuent who complete Spanish IIIB may avance to AP Spanish with teacher approval; however, no creit will be given for Spanish IV. Graes: 12; Prerequisite: Grae of A/B/C in Spanish III or teacher recommenation; Creit: 1 per semester

66 Curriculum Guie 65 APPENDIX NCAA GUIDELINES Any stuent who plans to participate in Division I or Division II college athletics must tell his/her counselor of those plans so that the counselor can help the stuent with necessary course selections an assist with registration for the NCAA Clearinghouse. In orer to be registere with the NCAA Clearinghouse, the stuent must complete the registration process foun at (also available at Full NCAA eligibility requirements are foun at the NCAA Eligibility Center. DIVISION I For initial full-time collegiate enrollment on or after August 1, 2016, sixteen (16) core courses are require for full Division I eligibility (see chart below for subject-area requirements). Ten (10) core courses complete before the seventh semester: seven (7) of the 10 must be in English, math or natural /physical science. These courses/graes are locke in at the start of the seventh semester; seven of these courses must be in English, math, or science. Earn a core-course GPA of at least Earn a combine SAT or ACT score that matches your core-course GPA on the sliing scale. Stuents who o not meet core-course progression requirements may still be eligible to receive athletics ai an practice in the initial year of enrollment by meeting acaemic reshirt requirements. DIVISION II Division II requirements are changing in Currently, athletes must complete 16 core courses with a minimum core-course GPA of 2.0. There is no sliing scale for test scores. The minimum SAT is 820 or ACT sum of 68. After August of 2018, the minimum GPA increases to an test scores are etermine by the Division II sliing scale for GPA an test scores. NCAA core-course GPA an Test Score Sliing Scale Division I Division II Core GPA SAT (r & m) ACT sum Core GPA SAT (r & m) ACT sum The sliing scale for GPA an test scores has over 60 increments. The list above shows a sample of those increments. NOTE: The SAT score oes not inclue the writing score.

67 Curriculum Guie 66 INDEX ACADEMIC HONORS DIPLOMA, 14 ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP), 9 ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, 10 ASSESSMENTS, 7 ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY, 6 BUSINESS, 16 CAREER & TECHNICAL, 22 CLASS CHANGES DROP/ADD, 4 CLASS RANK, 6 CLERICAL, 49 COLLEGE CREDIT, 8 COLLEGE FAIR, 12 COUNSELING, 12 CREDIT RECOVERY, 9 DIPLOMA TYPES, 14 EARLY COLLEGE, 10 ENGLISH, 231 FAFSA, 12 FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES, 36 FINE ARTS, 39 FRENCH, 63 GRADING SCALE, 5 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, 13 HONORS AND AWARDS, 12 INDEPENDENT STUDY, 10 MATHEMATICS, 45 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COURSES, 49 NCAA, 65 PHYSICAL EDUCATION, 50 PROJECT LEAD THE WAY, 22 & 23 QUANTITATIVE REASONING, 15 RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI), 10 RETAKING A COURSE, 6 RICHMOND GRADUATION ACADEMY (RGA), 11 SCHEDULING PROCEDURE, 4 SCIENCE, 52 SOCIAL STUDIES, 56 SPANISH, 64 SPECIAL EDUCATION, 59 SUMMER SCHOOL, 11 TECHNICAL HONORS DIPLOMA, 14 VALEDICTORIAN, 6 WEIGHTED GRADES, 5 WORK PERMIT, 6 WORLD LANGUAGE, 62

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