High School Course Description
English I and II /Honors
This rigorous World Literature course is enriching in experience, analytical and critical in reading, composition and thought, and probing in self-awareness. The course involves the study of a wide
High School Course Description
English I and II /Honors
This rigorous World Literature course is enriching in experience, analytical and critical in reading, composition and thought, and probing in self-awareness. The course involves the study of a wide range of literary themes, genres, mediums, and methods.
CP English III/Honors
American Literature, from Colonial to the present, is the focus of this course from which writing assignments emanate. Interpretive and critical thinking skills are emphasized, and essay writings are primarily analytical or persuasive. Activities that hone reading comprehension, grammar, mechanics, and usage reinforce student skills.
CP English IV/Honors and Dual Enrollment Available
British Literature covers the major periods of Great Britain’s literature from the Anglo-Saxon and Medieval periods, into the Elizabethan era, then to the Victorians and ending with the modern era. Students will develop and improve their reading, writing, and thinking skills through close reading and written literary analysis.
The focus of this course is the study of the historical development of people, places, and patterns of life from ancient times until modern times. Students will use skills of historical and geographical analysis to explore the history of the world.
U.S. History/ Dual Enrollment Available during the 11th and 12th Grades*
The focus of this course is the study of the historical development of American ideas and institutions from the Age of Exploration to the present. Students will learn fundamental concepts in civics, economics, and geography. They will obtain a basic knowledge of American culture through a chronological survey of major issues, movements, people, and events in United States history.
CP Government/ Dual Enrollment Available during the 11th and 12th Grades
This course will provide students with knowledge of the United States Government that will enable them to participate effectively in civic life in America. Students will examine fundamental constitutional principles; the organization of government at the federal, state, and local level; the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; the policy-making process; political parties and elections; comparative government and foreign policy; and the American economic system.
This course emphasizes the analysis of the American economic system as it relates to the individual and other economic systems. Specific units will cover microeconomic issues such as the law of supply and demand, factors of production, and the business cycle. Macroeconomic issues will include money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, international trade and comparative economic systems.
This course highlights the function of the earth’s system. Emphasis is placed on the human interactions with the Earth’s geologic and environmental systems, predictability of a dynamic Earth, origin and evolution of the Earth system and universe, geochemical cycles and energy in the Earth system.
CP Biology/ Dual Enrollment Available during the 11th and 12th Grades
This course is laboratory-based science class in which students will study the cell, the molecular basis of heredity, biological evolution, interdependence of organisms, matter and energy, and organization in living systems and the behavior of organisms.
CP Anatomy/ Dual Enrollment Available during the 11th and 12th Grades
This course focuses on the structure and function of the human body. The students will study all major organ systems including anatomical terminology, basic biochemistry, cells and tissues, and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. The course also introduces common human disease processes.
CP Chemistry/ Dual Enrollment Available during the 11th and 12th Grades
This course is a laboratory-based science class in which students will study the structure and properties of matter as they explore chemical reactions, the structure of atoms, conservation and interactions of energy and matter.
The course emphasizes the importance of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to personal health and wellness. It is a course designed to expose students to a broad range of issues and information relating to the various aspects of personal health, which include the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and environmental aspects. Topics of exploration include, but are not limited to: nutrition, physical fitness, schools against violence in education, child abuse and neglect recognition and reporting, stress, weight management.
Students learn how to navigate the financial decisions they must face and to make informed decisions related to career exploration, budgeting, banking, credit, insurance, spending, taxes, saving, investing, buying/leasing a vehicle, living independently, and inheritance.
Computer Technology/ Dual Enrollment Available during the 11th and 12th Grades
Computer Technology is a computer laboratory course. Students will use the computer for a variety of software applications and operation, additional computer information, computer trends, careers, and further educational opportunities. Students will select, combine, and apply appropriate software needed to function effectively in our rapidly changing technological, global society. Students will focus on advanced technology skills vital to business and industry, use technology to analyze and manage information and integrate software applications.
This course introduces students to the history, theory, and genres of music. The course explores the history of music, from the surviving examples of rudimentary musical forms through to contemporary pieces from around the world.
This foundational drawing course is an introduction to the structure and articulation of forms. Some or all of the media used that may be introduced are charcoal, pencil, crayon