Academics
Course Description
This course focuses on leadership, communication skills and networking in the local community. In addition to regular class meetings, students will be expected to visit local Northland Catholic Schools, participating in a variety of activities, lessons and interactions with students and staff, while positively representing St. Pius X High School. Areas of study in the course include personality development, leadership and professionalism, networking, classroom culture and learning styles.
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The Health/SPX 101 curriculum plans, sequential and targeted lessons to establish an individual basis for wellness; including the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social health dimensions. Raising awareness of healthy behaviors and risks is a critical step in motivating a positive change in teen health behaviors.
This course entails the study of concepts of web site design and maintenance using HTML and software such as Dreamweaver, or Frontpage. This course also covers text styles, images, Web-based database access concepts using MySQL or other relational databases. Students encounter an introduction to PHP, Javascript, and relational database concepts.
This course aims to improve the student’s ability to speak, read, and write in Spanish. Also, the course strives to review grammar previously studied, to master new concepts in Spanish, and enhance the student’s knowledge of the cultural diversity of the Spanish-speaking world. There will be considerable emphasis on the improvement of oral skills, and students will be encouraged to speak in Spanish on a variety of topics. Course materials are designed to stimulate conversation, striving to imitate the native speaker’s pronunciation accent and rhythm. 85-90% of the class will occur in Spanish.
