Academics
Course Description
Students perform activities with microcomputers, printers, basic operating systems, smart phones and local area networks. Students will learn diagnostics and installation, security analysis, service and preventative maintenance and system configuration. Student may earn CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certifications.
Students in this course will acquire the algebraic skills necessary for success in future math courses. Topics covered include: solving and graphing (one and two variable) linear equations and inequalities, problem solving, factoring, solving systems of linear equations, simplifying rational expressions, simplifying radicals, fractional exponents, imaginary numbers, and an introduction to linear and quadratic functions. This course provides the foundation for further mathematical understanding and success.
This course is designed for advanced and artistic students to further their personal interests. The curriculum is individualized to meet the needs for advanced and self-motivated students. The student and teacher will draw up an individual student contract. Strong artistic ability and self-motivation are qualities deemed necessary to complete this course. Students will be able to use work from Extended Studio for the AP Studio Art course. The purpose of this course is to provide the opportunity for students to expand their skills and techniques in a desired medium. Students are able to select from a wide variety of different media, including ceramics, sculpture, photography, drawing or painting. Artwork will be centered on a specific theme or conceptual idea and multiple solutions to challenging problems will be a natural outcome of the course curriculum.
This course surveys the history of the United States from colonial times through the modern period. Students will examine the economic, political, and cultural development of early America. The course continues with the events that lead America into the Civil War and our recovery and modernization after the war. The final part of this course emphasizes the emergence of the United States as a world power and the crises faced as a modern nation both at home and abroad.
