Academics
Course Description
Tech communications is a survey course in the basic principles of oral communication. This includes the study of the use of the body, voice, speaker/listener relationships, and verbal and nonverbal communications. Students will be taught how to present themselves professionally and confidently while delivering a variety of speeches.
Grade Level Offerings
Course Length
Credits
This course is designed to examine major news and issues of the day. The course will focus on local, national, and international events making headlines, and will utilize a variety of media to obtain different perspectives on those topics. The course is intended to teach students awareness of how news stories may directly or indirectly affect their lives, and to encourage them to become more informed young citizens as they prepare to take on the responsibilities of adulthood.
This course is designed to give students an introduction to the basic fundamentals of personal finance. The content of this course will consist of basic concepts such as balancing a checkbook and preparing a personal budget. The course will provide students with a first hand look at money management and personal investment techniques on a daily, monthly and annual basis. Students will keep a weekly journal and will work on several individual and group projects; in addition, they use a textbook/workbook but will also incorporate other outside business periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal.
Education Practicum is a practical course where students will help other students who may need additional help to access the curriculum. Students, known as Peer Mentors, will be assigned to a teacher at St. Pius X High School and they will help the students in that class in various ways. Peer Mentors may help out in the class by helping students take notes, get organized, complete assignments, and remain on task, as well as any other ways that the teacher sees fit.
