Monroe City Schools
High School Registration Handbook 2016-2017
With the exception of courses that are a part of Carroll High School’s medical magnet program, the District shall strive to have all courses listed in this course catalog taught at each high school. However, if a course (other than a magnet program course) is ultimately not taught at a given school, students at that school who wish to take that course will be given the opportunity to take the course at another school in the District. The District will provide free transportation to the course, at the student’s request, and will adjust the student’s schedule and the scheduling and location of the course, as necessary, to facilitate the student’s attendance at the course.
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Monroe City Schools
Mission Statement – The Monroe City School District is committed to excellence in teaching and learning. We hold high expectations for all students, parents, and staff. We share, with our community, the responsibility for providing a safe, caring environment designed to help students become productive citizens. We pledge all available resources to help prepare students to live and work in a rapidly changing technological society.
School Board Members District 1 – Mrs. Victoria “Vickie” Dayton District 2 – Mrs. Jennifer Haneline District 3 – Mr. William “Bill” Willson, III District 4 – Mr. Daryll Berry District 5 – Bishop Rodney McFarland, Sr. – President District 6 – Mr. Brandon Johnson District 7 – Mrs. Brenda Shelling – Vice President
Central Office Personnel Dr. Brent Vidrine, Superintendent
Dr. Phedra Brantley, Human Resources Director Mr. Kirk Clark, Facilities and Warehouse Manager Mr. Mark Daff, MIS Director Mr. Micheal Felton, Transportation Mrs. Davona Howard, Chief Financial Officer Mrs. Jacqueline Matthews, Early Intervention Facilitator Mr. Charles Monroe, Maintenance Supervisor Dr. Cassie Owens, Director of Strategic Initiatives Mrs. Sallie Sutherland, Child Welfare and Attendance Director Mrs. Christie Taylor, Elementary Supervisor Dr. Tammye Turpin, Federal Programs Director
High Schools
Carroll High School Neville High School 2939 Renwick Street 600 Forsythe Avenue (318) 387-8441 (318) 323-2237 Principal – Mr. Patrick Taylor Principal – Ms. Whitney Martin
Sherrouse School Wossman High School 300 Sherrouse Avenue 1600 Arizona Avenue (318) 343-3258 (318) 387-2932 Principal – Mr. Bob Rash Principal – Mr. Sam Moore, III
Table of Contents
General Course List ...... 1 Graduation Requirements ...... 2 Testing Schedule ...... 4 Policies ...... 7 Diploma Endorsements ...... 7 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ...... 7 College Entrance Requirements ...... 7 Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) ...... 7 Advancement Policy ...... 8 Registration Policies ...... 8 Special Services ...... 8 Carroll High School Medical Magnet Program ...... 9 Course Offerings ...... 10 Course Descriptions by Department ...... 11 Academic Support ...... 11 Art ...... 12 Career and Technical Education ...... 13 English ...... 20 Foreign Language ...... 23 Health and Physical Education ...... 24 Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) ...... 25 Mathematics...... 25 Music ...... 28 Publications ...... 29 Science ...... 29 Social Studies ...... 32 Speech...... 34 Louisiana Delta Community College (LDCC) ...... 35 University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) ...... 36 Course Advancement Opportunities ...... 37
General Course List 9th grade 10th grade 11th grade 12th grade English English I English II English III English IV English I H/Pre-AP English II H/Pre-AP English III H/Pre-AP English IV H English I GT English II GT English III AP English IV AP/GT English III GT Senior Applications Math Algebra I 9th grade courses & 9th/10th gr. courses & 9th/10th/11th gr. courses Algebra I H/Pre-AP Algebra II Adv. Math – & Geometry H/Pre-AP Algebra II H/Pre-AP Functions Calculus AP Integrated Math I Geometry Adv. Math – Probability and Integrated Math II Pre-calculus Statistics Fin. Math/Literacy Math Essentials Pre-calculus H/Pre-AP Science Beginning Robotics 9th grade courses & 9th/10th gr. courses & Biology I Earth Science Anatomy and Physiology Biology I H/Pre-AP Chemistry I Biology II Biology I GT Chemistry I Biology II H H/Pre-AP Biology II AP Physical Science Chemistry II AP Phys. Sci. H/Pre-AP Environmental Science Environmental Science AP Physics H (12th grade) Social Studies World Geography Civics 9th/10th gr. courses & World Geography Civics H/Pre-AP Criminal Justice US History AP H/Pre-AP Civics GT Psychology US History H Sociology Western Civilization US Government AP World History US History Foreign French I 9th grade courses & 9th/10th gr. courses & 9th/10th/11th gr. courses Latin I H French II French III H & Language Spanish I Latin II H Latin III H French IV H Spanish I H Spanish II Spanish IV H Spanish II H Spanish III H Electives Advanced Band 9th grade courses & 9th/10th gr. courses & 9th/10th/11th gr. courses & Adv. Chorus – Men Accounting ACT Prep Art IV – Talented Adv. Chorus – Adult Responsibilities Administrative Debate IV Women Advanced Foods Support JROTC IV Adv. Orchestra Art II Occupations Media Arts IV Applied Music Art II – Talented Adv. Food & Nutrition PE IV Art I Basic Wood Tech Advanced Wood Tech Pharmacy Tech Art I – Talented Business Comm. Art III – Talented Publications II (Yrbk) Basic Technical Career Skills – Art History AP Speech IV Drafting Business Crafts II Studio Art Beginning Band Career Skills – Health Debate III Varsity Speech IV Beginning Choir Career Skills – DES – ACT Prep Beginning Debate Tech/NCCER Desktop Publishing Business Child Development Career Readiness Computer Apps Clothing & Textiles Computer Tech Lit Business Law Comp. Science I Customer Service Career Explorations Crafts I Entrepreneurship Family and Cons.Sci. I Debate II Fine Arts Survey Fine Art Survey Family and First Responder First Responder Consumer Sci. II JROTC III General Tech Ed Family Life Ed. Media Arts III Courses for which dual Health Food & Nutrition Nurse Assistant enrollment credit may Horticulture Intro to Health Outdoor Power be earned are listed in Intro. to Business Occupations Equipment italics. ACT, GPA, and Computer Apps JROTC II PE III JAG Media Arts II Publications I (Yrbk) college admissions JROTC I Medical Terminology Studio Art AP requirements apply for Media Arts I PE II Speech III dual enrollment. PE I Reading II Varsity Speech III Principles of Business Secondary Incentive Welding I Reading I Speech II Speech I Sports Medicine Varsity Speech I Varsity Speech II Web Page Design
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Graduation Requirements (Incoming Freshmen 2014-2015 and beyond)
Career Diploma Decide Your Diploma after 10th LA Core 4 Curriculum grade (TOPS aligned) English - 4 Units English - 4 Units •English I, English II, and two from English III, •English I, II, III, IV English IV, Business English, Technical Reading and Writing Math - 4 Units th •Algebra I or Integrated Math I Math - 4 Units 9 Grade •Geometry or Integrated Math II One of the following: Basic Prerequisite Curriculum •Algebra II or Integrated Math III •Algebra 1 or Integrated Math I •Remaining unit from the following: Math •The 3 remaining units come from the following: Essentials, Advanced Math/Pre-Calculus, Integrated Math II, Integrated Math III, Geometry Advanced Math-Functions and Statistics, Pre- Financial Literacy, Math Essentials, Algebra II, th Calculus, Calculus, Probability and Statistics, Advanced Math-Functions and Statistics, 10 Grade Discrete Math, or a local math elective approved Advanced Math-Pre-Calculus, Discrete by BESE Mathematics, or local course(s) approved by Basic Prerequisite Curriculum BESE Science - 4 Units •Biology Science - 2 Units •Chemistry •Biology •2 units of the following: Physical Science, •1 unit from the following: Physical Science , Integrated Science, Physics I, Physics of Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental Science Technology I, Aerospace Science, Biology II, JUMPSTART Chemistry II, Earth Science, Environmental Social Studies - 2 Units Science, Physics II, Physics of Technology II, •US History or AP US History Career Diploma Agriscience II, or a local science elective •1 unit from the following: approved by BESE* Civics or AP Government & Politics/Economics Social Studies - 4 Units P.E./Health – 2 Units • US History or AP US History Health - 1/2 Unit • Civics or AP American Government Physical Education -1 ½ •1 unit from the following: World History, World •JROTC I and II may be used to meet the Health Geography, Western Civilization, or AP European Education requirement provided the requirements History in Section 2347 of Bulletin 741 are met. •1 unit from the following: World History, World Geography, Western Civilization, AP European Career and Technical Education - 9 Units History, Civics (second semester - 1/2 credit), • Career Exploration 9 or Journey to Careers or Law Studies, or African-American Studies* JAG- Jobs for American Graduates JUMPSTART Course Sequences, Workplace P.E./Health – 2 Units Experiences, and Credentials OR Health - 1/2 Unit ------•JROTC I and II may be used to meet the Health Total - 23 Units Education requirement provided the requirements in Section 2347 of Bulletin 741 are met. Physical Education - 1 1/2 Units **Students must obtain an •Physical Education I and Physical Education II, or Adapted Physical Education for eligible special industry based certification education students. A maximum of 4 units of (approved statewide or Physical Education may be used toward graduation regional credential) in order to •NOTE: The substitution of JROTC is permissible graduate. Foreign Language - 2 Units Louisiana •2 units from the same foreign language or 2 units of speech Core Arts - 1 Unit •1 unit Fine Arts Survey or 1 unit of Art (§2333), 4 Dance (§2337), Music (§2355), Theatre Arts (§2333), or Applied Arts* Curriculum Electives - 3 Units
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Total - 24 Units
2 Graduation Requirements (Incoming Freshmen 2008-2009 through Class of 2017) Career Diploma Basic Core Curriculum LA Core 4/TOPS Curriculum English - 4 Units English - 4 Units English - 4 Units •English I, English II •English I, II, III, IV or Senior Applications in •English I, II, III, IV •The remaining unit shall come from the following: English ◦Technical Reading and Writing Math - 4 Units ◦Business English Math - 4 Units •Algebra I or Algebra I-Pt. 2 ◦Business Communications •Algebra I, Applied Algebra I or Algebra I-Pt. 1 and •Geometry ◦Using Research in Careers (1/2 credit) Algebra I-Pt. 2 (2 units) •Algebra II ◦American Literature (1/2 credit) •Geometry or Applied Geometry •Remaining unit from the following: Financial Math, ◦Film in America (1/2 credit) •Remaining unit from the following: Algebra II, Math Essentials, Advanced Math/Precalculus, ◦English III Financial Mathematics, Math Essentials, Advanced Advanced Math-Functions and Statistics, Pre-Calculus, ◦English IV Math—Pre-Calculus, Advanced Math—Functions Calculus, Probability and Statistics, Discrete Math, or a ◦Senior Applications in English and Statistics, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Probability and local math elective approved by BESE ◦A course developed by the LEA and approved by Statistics, Discrete Mathematics, or a local math BESE elective approved by BESE Science - 4 Units Math - 4 Units •Biology One of the following: Science - 3 Units •Chemistry •Algebra 1 (1 unit) or •Biology •2 units of the following: Physical Science, Integrated •Algebra 1-Part 1 and Algebra I-Part 2 (2 units) or •1 unit from the following Physical Science cluster: Science, Physics I, Physics of Technology I, Aerospace •Applied Algebra (1 unit) Physical Science, Integrated Science, Chemistry I, Science, Biology II, Chemistry II, Earth Science, •The remaining units come from the following: Physics I, Physics of Technology I Environmental Science, Physics II, Physics of Geometry or Applied Geometry, Technical Math, •1 unit from the following: Aerospace Science, Technology II, Agriscience II, Anatomy and Medical Math, Applications in Statistics and Biology II, Chemistry II, Earth Science, Physiology, or a local science elective approved by Probability, Financial Math, Math Essentials, Environmental Science, Physics II, Physics of BESE* Algebra II, Advanced Math-Pre-Calculus, Discrete Technology II, Agriscience II, Anatomy and Mathematics, or local course(s) approved by BESE Physiology, an additional course from the physical Social Studies - 4 Units science cluster, or a local science elective approved • American History Science - 3 Units by BESE • Civics or AP American Government •Biology ◦Students may not take both Integrated Science and •1 unit from the following: World History, World •1 unit from the following Physical Science cluster: Physical Science Geography, Western Civilization, or AP European Physical Science, Integrated Science, Chemistry I, ◦Agriscience I is a prerequisite for Agriscience II and History ChemCom, Physics I, or Physics of Technology I is an elective course •1 unit from the following: World History, World •The remaining unit shall come from the following: Geography, Western Civilization, AP European Food Science, Forensic Science, Allied Health Social Studies - 3 Units History, Civics (second semester - 1/2 credit), Law Science, Basic Body Structure and Function, Basic •American History, Civics or AP American Studies, Sociology, or African-American Studies* Physics with Applications, Aerospace Science, Government, and one of the following: World Earth Science, Agriscience II, Physics of History, World Geography, Western Civilization, or P.E./Health – 2 Units Technology II, Environmental Science, Anatomy AP European History Health - 1/2 Unit and Physiology, Animal Science, Biotechnology in •JROTC I and II may be used to meet the Health Agriculture, Environmental Studies in Agriculture, P.E./Health – 2 Units Education requirement provided the requirements in Health Science II, EMT-Basic, an additional course Health - 1/2 Unit Section 2347 of Bulletin 741 are met. from the Physical Science cluster, or local •JROTC I and II may be used to meet the Health Physical Education - 1 1/2 Units course(s) approved by BESE Education requirement provided the requirements in •Physical Education I and Physical Education II, or Section 2347 of Bulletin 741 are met. Adapted Physical Education for eligible special Social Studies - 3 Units Physical Education - 1 1/2 Units education students. A maximum of 4 units of Physical •American History •Physical Education I and Physical Education II, or Education may be used toward graduation •Civics Adapted Physical Education for eligible special •NOTE: The substitution of JROTC is permissible •1 unit from the following: Child Psychology and education students. A maximum of 4 units of Physical Parenthood Education, Law Studies, Psychology, Education may be used toward graduation Foreign Language - 2 Units Sociology, World History, World Geography, •NOTE: The substitution of JROTC is permissible •2 units from the same foreign language or 2 units of Western Civilization, Economics, American speech Government, African American Studies, or local Education for Careers or Journey to Careers* - 1 Unit course(s) approved by BESE Arts - 1 Unit Electives - 7 Units •1 unit Fine Arts Survey or 1 unit of Art (§2333), P.E./Health – 2 Units Shall include the minimum courses required to Dance (§2337), Music (§2355), Theatre Arts (§2333), Health - 1/2 Unit complete a Career Area of Concentration* or Applied Arts* •JROTC I and II may be used to meet the Health Education requirement provided the requirements *Take effect for incoming freshmen in 2010-2011 Electives - 3 Units in Section 2347 of Bulletin 741 are met. and beyond Physical Education - 1 1/2 Units ------•JROTC may be substituted. Total - 24 Units Total - 24 Units Career and Technical Education - 7 Units •Education for Careers or Journey to Careers* •6 credits required for a career Area of Concentration*
*Take effect for incoming freshmen in 2010-2011 and beyond ------Total - 23 Units
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ACT and SAT testing is open to students in grades 9 to 12. It is recommended that students begin taking standardized tests as soon as possible. Colleges always consider the highest scores submitted by deadlines for admissions and scholarships so taking a test multiple times can only help students.
High School Codes: Carroll HS – 191815 Neville HS – 191825 Wossman HS - 191843
ACT Testing – Costs ACT Test (No Writing) $39.50 *There is no ACT Test with Writing $56.50 fee for the March 1st Late Registration $25.00 State ACT Test. Register online at www.act.org for tests other than March state testing. Fee waivers may be available. See your counselor for more information.
Test Date Registration Deadline Late Registration September 10, 2016 August 5, 2016 August 6-19, 2016 October 22, 2016 September 16, 2016 September 17-30, 2016 December 10, 2016 November 4, 2016 November 5-18, 2016 February 11, 2016 January 13, 2016 January 14-19, 2016 To Be Determined State Testing State Testing April 8, 2017 March 3, 2017 March 4-17, 2017 June 10, 2017 May 5, 2017 May 6-19, 2017
SAT Testing – Costs SAT with Essay (Oct. 2015 – Jan. 2016) $54.50 SAT (March 2016 – June, 2016) $43.00 SAT Subject Tests $26.00 for Basic Subject +$26.00 for Language with Listening +$18.00 for All other Subject Tests (per test) Register online at www.sat.collegeboard.org for all tests. Fee waivers may be available. See your counselor for more information.
Test Date Registration Deadline October 1, 2016 September 20, 2016 November 5, 2016 October 7, 2016 December 3, 2016 November 3, 2016 January 28, 2017 January 2, 2017 March 11, 2017 February 11, 2017 May 6, 2017 April 7, 2017 June 3, 2017 May 4, 2017
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PSAT Testing This practice SAT is offered in October and is open to juniors and seniors only. Test results for juniors can be used to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Participation is limited and pre-registration is required through the Guidance Office. The test costs $15.
ASVAB Testing The Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery can be helpful to virtually all students, whether they are planning on employment in civilian or military occupations, or further education at university, community college, or vocational institution. Testing is offered in the fall and the spring semesters. Registration is required through the Guidance Office. For more information, visit www.asvabprogram.com.
EOC Testing End of Course Tests are required for all students enrolled in Algebra I, Integrated Math II, Geometry, Integrated Math III, English II, English III, Biology I, and American History. The tests are administered online and count as 15% of the student’s grade for each course (5% for certain special services students). Fall retesting is in early December. Spring testing window for students currently enrolled in the indicated courses is April 24 – May 19, 2017. Retests may be taken during the summer testing window June 19-23, 2017.
WorkKeys – for 11th and 12th grade students – WorkKeys is an ACT job skills assessment system that helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce. This test is designed as an alternative to the ACT for students who may plan to attend a community college, enroll in a technical school, or enter the workforce after high school and measures foundation and soft skills. The test is administered online and consists of three parts— Reading for Information, Locating Information, and Applied Mathematics. Students who earn Silver certificates on each part of the test will earn the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). All tests must be completed by mid-May, 2017.
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CLEP – College Level Examination Program – for 11th and 12th grade students – CLEP exams test mastery of college-level material acquired through general academic instruction, significant independent study or extracurricular work. Students who pass any of the 33 CLEP tests may receive college credit. Students should check with the post-secondary institution of their choice to determine the CLEP policies of the college. Tests are completed online and all tests must be completed by mid-May 2017. For more information, see your guidance counselor or visit https://clep.collegeboard.org.
Subject area tests include: American Government French Language Natural Science American Literature Financial Accounting Precalculus Analyzing & Interpreting German Language Principles of Literature History of the US I Macroeconomics Biology History of the US II Principles of Management Calculus Human Growth and Principles of Marketing Chemistry Development Principles of College Algebra Humanities Microeconomics College Composition Information Systems Social Sciences and College Composition Intro to Ed Psychology History Modular Introductory Business Law Spanish Language College Mathematics Introductory Psychology Western Civilization I English Literature Introductory Sociology Western Civilization II
AP – Advanced Placement – for 11th and 12th grade students – AP exams are designed to measure how well students have mastered the content and skills of AP courses. Passing scores will earn college credit. Students should check with the post-secondary institution of their choice to determine the AP policies of the college. Paper-based tests are administered from May 1st to May 12th, 2017. Subject area tests include: Art History English Language and Studio Art – 2D Design Biology Composition US Government and Calculus AB English Literature and Politics Calculus BC Composition US History Chemistry Environmental Science
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In addition to a standard high COLLEGE ENTRANCE school diploma, BESE, the Board of REQUIREMENTS Regents, and each high school offers honorary awards. Details for these are as follows: All students planning to attend a four-year college or university in Louisiana must have successfully completed the TOPS/Core 4
Curriculum to be admissible. Additional BESE Academic Endorsement coursework may be required by the postsecondary institution. Students should Student must complete the academic area of verify specific requirements for all schools they concentration by completing the 17.5 credits of are interested in attending. the TOPS curriculum with a 2.5 GPA and an ACT score of 23. In addition, a student must Students earning the JumpStart/TOPS Tech pass all six EOCs with scores of at least Good. Diploma are eligible to attend a A student must also have earned a score of community/technical college upon graduation. three or above on an AP exam, completed a Students may transfer to a four-year college or detailed senior project, OR earned 3 hours university after the first year of post-secondary non-remedial, articulated college credit in a work at the community/technical college core area. program. However, the number of credits which will transfer to the four-year campus will BESE Career/Technical Endorsement depend on the courses and program pursued.
Student must complete the curriculum, GPA, WHAT IS “TOPS”? and ACT requirements for TOPS Opportunity or TOPS Tech award and complete four elective Louisiana’s Taylor Opportunity Program for credits in an area of concentration as Students (TOPS) is a comprehensive program designated by BESE. In addition, a student of state scholarships and one of the most must pass all six EOCs with scores of at least progressive student assistance programs in the Good. Finally, students must complete a nation. o qualify, you must have completed the minimum of 90 work hours of work-based specified core curriculum with 2.5 core GPA learning experience and achieve a BESE- and earned an appropriate ACT or SAT score. approved industry-based certification or earn 3 You must request that ACT and SAT report college hours in a career technical area that scores directly to the Louisiana Office of relates to their career path indicated on their Student Financial Aid by marking code 1595 as five year plan. one of the choices to send score reports. Students must have a permission to release Carroll, Neville, & Wossman Diplomas information on file for LOSFA to be considered for TOPS. See your counselor for information. Students must meet minimum GPA/ACT How and When to Apply for TOPS standards to qualify. Community service hours To apply for all TOPS awards you must submit may also apply. See the guidance office for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid specific guidelines by school site. (FAFSA) for the academic year following the year you graduate from high school. For example, if you will graduate from high school CORE UNITS REQUIRED FOR in the spring of 2017, submit the 2017-2018 NCAA CERTIFICATION version of the FAFSA. You must enter the name of a Louisiana post-secondary school on
the FAFSA for your application to be considered. The FAFSA may be filed after These are subject to change on a yearly basis. st th See the guidance department or check online January 1 and before April 15 for priority consideration and must be received by the at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net (use school st codes for ACT) for a list of approved courses state deadline of July 1 . A FAFSA may be offered at each high school campus and to obtained from the guidance office, by calling determine current requirements. the Office of Student Financial Assistance at (800) 433-3243, or at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
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ADVANCEMENT POLICY 5. Reading - Reading I and II are required of students who need additional instruction in
A student’s grade-level classification, according reading. Students are placed into Reading I to MCS’s Pupil Progression Plan, is determined and/or II based upon standardized test results by the number of Carnegie units earned in core and/or teacher recommendation. Reading courses (English, mathematics, science, and courses are in addition to the required English social studies), in addition to the overall Carnegie courses. units earned. In order to progress to 9th grade (freshman) – a student must complete 6. Math – An End of Course exam will be all 8th grade testing requirements, as well as required for all students taking Algebra I, Algebra satisfactorily complete 8th grade course I Pre-AP, Algebra I Part II, geometry, Integrated requirements; Math II, and Integrated Math III. EOC scores 10th grade (sophomore) - a student must earn count as 15% of the student’s final grade for the 6 credits (English I and 1 credit of required math; course (5% for certain special services students). 1 credit of science or social studies; 3 electives); 11th grade (junior) – a student must earn 12 7. Science – An End of Course exam will be credits (English I, English II, 2 required math required for all students taking Biology I. EOC credits, 2 required science credits, 2 required scores count as 15% of the student’s final grade social studies credits, and 4 electives); for the course (5% for certain special services 12th grade (senior) – a student must earn 17 students). credits (English I, English II, 2 required math, 2 required science, 2 required social studies, and 9 8. Social Studies – An End of Course exam will additional required credits or electives). be required for all students taking US History. EOC scores count as 15% of the student’s final grade for the course (5% for certain special REGISTRATION POLICIES services students). 1. During the first three years of high school, all students must enroll for a full school day. Only 9. Honors, Pre-AP, AP, and GT courses are seniors may opt for an internship, concurrent weighted on a 5 point scale for calculation of the enrollment, or early release. TOPS Core GPA and use a 10 point grading scale in the courses. 2. Early Release - Seniors must schedule a minimum of 4 classes. Any student who opts for 10. Students beginning study in a particular area early release must have a parent come in to which has a sequential development must begin meet with his/her counselor. In addition, early with the first course offered and must pass the release seniors should only be on campus during full year’s course before being able to progress to class periods for which they are scheduled. the next year’s level.
3. Physical Education - Students must start 11. Any student failing a core subject (English, P. E. in the ninth grade and take it until two mathematics, science, social studies, or foreign units have been completed. All students must language) for one semester must repeat the earn two credits in P. E. of which one semester subject the next year unless it is completed must be Health Education. Students may choose satisfactorily in summer school or through credit Physical Education as an elective thereafter. recovery. JROTC may be substituted for the PE credits. 12. A student may not schedule 2 sciences, 4. English - Students must pass English I before social studies, etc. during the same year unless enrolling in English II, English II before English he/she is classified as a senior. III, and English III before English IV. No two English courses may be taken at the same time, except as needed for graduation during the SPECIAL SERVICES senior year, and then only with the approval of the principal. An End of Course Exam will be required for all students taking English II, English Students are referred by a parent or teacher, II Pre-AP, and English II GT, English III, English then screened and evaluated by Pupil Appraisal. III Pre-AP, and English III GT. EOC scores count The student must meet the state Department of as 15% of the student’s final grade for the course Education guidelines for alternative/special (5% for certain special services students). education as outlined in Bulletin 1508.
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CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL MEDICAL MAGNET PROGRAM
The Carroll High School Medical Magnet program has produced a large number of students who have graduated and acquired jobs in local hospitals and nursing homes, with home health care, and in private sitting services. Many other CHS graduates have used the knowledge gained through this program to enroll in medical curricula at community and four-year colleges to further their education in the health field. The program, under the direction of Mrs. Shandria Newton, offers courses in Introduction to Health Occupations, Medical Terminology, First Responder, and Certified Nursing Assistant. Last year, there were students enrolled in Pharmacy Tech, and next year, the program hopes to implement Sports Medicine I (fall semester) and Sports Medicine II (spring semester).
Students earn their first aid, AED, and CPR cards through the First Responder and Certified Nursing Assistant courses, and some of them have used these credentials to obtain summer jobs as life guards or summer recreational assistants.
Students who participate in HOSA, the professional organization for health occupations students, have competed at the state and national levels and have garnered many accolades for their knowledge of all things medical.
The faculty within the department consists of the following members: Newton, Shandria --- Medical Magnet Program Coordinator Freeman, Nyoka --- Pharmacy Tech Johnson, Catherine --- Certified Nursing Assistant, First Responder, Medical Terminology Jones, Georgia --- Certified Nursing Assistant, Introduction to Health Occupations, and Medical Terminology
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STUDENTS IN THE MEDICAL MAGNET PROGRAM WORK TOWARD SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IN CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT (CNA) AND IN PHARMACY TECH. SEVERAL COURSES ARE DESIGNED FOR AND OFFERED ONLY TO MEDICAL MAGNET STUDENTS.
INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH OCCUPATIONS (Medical Magnet) Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This is an introductory course designed to provide the student with an exploratory experience that offers information on a variety of health care medical career fields. Education and responsibilities of various health careers will be explored, along with basic concepts common to all health careers. These concepts include medical terminology, safety and accident prevention, professionalism, legal aspects, computers in health care, and an introduction to anatomy and physiology. Appropriate work-based learning strategies for this course include service learning, job shadowing, and field trips to various health facilities. Opportunities for application of clinical and leadership skills are provided by participation in vocational student organizations suited to the student’s goal of learning the specifics of each role and that factors that affect professional performance.
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (Medical Magnet) Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
This course provides students with the ability to identify medical terms by analyzing their components. Emphasis is placed on defining medical prefixes, root words, suffixes, and abbreviations. The primary focus is on skill development, both oral and written, of the language utilized for communication in the health care professions.
NURSE ASSISTANT (Medical Magnet) Prerequisites: 17 years old Credit: 2 Grade Level: 11, 12
This two-hour blocked course is designed to prepare students to become Certified Nursing Assistants in the state of Louisiana. Students participate in lecture/laboratory experiences prior to completing 100 hours of clinical internships at local health care facilities.
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN (Medical Magnet) Prerequisites: Reliable transportation for spring observations Credit: 1 Grade Level: 12
Students will investigate the areas of the pharmacy tech career in order to prepare for the PTCB certification exam given by the state of Louisiana during the summer following graduation. Pharmacy calculations are learned using mathematical practice and laboratory instruction. In the spring semester, students will partner with area pharmacists to obtain observation hours needed for class.
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SECONDARY INCENTIVE – CREDIT RECOVERY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Prerequisites: Failure in a core content BY DEPARTMENT class and administrative placement Credit: 0 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 ACADEMIC SUPPORT This computer-based course is available as an opportunity for students to recover credit in a course that the student previously failed. THIS COURSE, HOWEVER, SHOULD NOT BE MISTAKEN FOR A STUDY HALL. Its purpose is to allow students to remain on track to graduate with the graduation cohort. ACT PREP Prerequisites: None SKILLS MASTERY I, II, III, IV Credit: 1 Prerequisites: Current evaluation by Pupil Grade Level: 11, 12 Appraisal Credit: 1 Students review skills tested on the ACT as Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 well as test-taking tips in general. Students also practice taking tests in the This course is available as an elective ACT format so that they will be credit for those students who qualify. A comfortable with the actual testing daily schedule provides individualized environment. It is recommended that activities that are short, achievable, and students take the ACT immediately after carefully selected to strengthen areas of completing this course. academic weakness while capitalizing on student strengths. Whenever possible, remediation and grade level modifications DES (DYNAMICS OF EFFECTIVE are correlated with the student’s textbooks STUDY) – ACT for other courses. THIS COURSE, Prerequisites: Prior ACT score HOWEVER, SHOULD NOT BE MISTAKEN Credit: ½ FOR A STUDY HALL. Its purpose is to Grade Level: 11, 12 continue to develop basic academic,
organizational and note-taking skills, to Students who are attempting to raise their provide tutorial assistance to facilitate the ACT score to qualify for scholarships student in improving self-concept and self- and/or the Scholars’ Banquet are taught confidence, and to help the student advanced ACT prep skills. function more effectively in the regular
classroom through modifications and
accommodations when needed. READING I & II
Prerequisites: Administrative placement STUDY SKILLS I, II, III, IV Credit: 1 Prerequisites: Current evaluation by Pupil Grade Level: 9, 10 Appraisal
Credit: 1 Students entering ninth grade who scored Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 at the Approaching Basic level or below on the 8th grade PARCC and/or below the 40th This course is available as elective credit to percentile in reading on the seventh grade be used to fulfill graduation requirements iLEAP are required to take Reading I. The for those students who qualify. A daily goal of these courses is to improve the schedule provides individualized activities student’s decoding and comprehension that are short, achievable, and carefully skills, to prepare students for the EOC and selected to strengthen areas of academic the rigors of high school content-area weakness while capitalizing on student reading, and to foster an interest in strengths. Whenever possible, remediation recreational reading. is correlated with the student’s textbooks
for other courses. THIS COURSE,
HOWEVER, SHOULD NOT BE MISTAKEN
FOR A STUDY HALL. Its purpose is to
continue to develop basic academic skills,
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to provide tutorial assistance to facilitate function in context, considering such issues the student in improving self-concept and as patronage, gender and the functions self-confidence, and to help the student and effects of works of art. function more adequately in the regular classroom. CRAFTS I Prerequisites: Art 1 Credit: 1 ART DEPARTMENT Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
This course is designed for students who have a need to create but do not desire a fine art approach. Minimal drawing skills are required. This course explores fine art crafts such as batik, stained glass, weaving and papier mache’. Students are given a ART I list of supplies as needed for different Prerequisites: None projects. Students may enter this course at Credit: 1 midterm provided that the prerequisite has Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 been met. Crafts I and II do not satisfy TOPS requirements. This course covers basic drawing with emphasis on the elements of design. CRAFTS II It is assumed that the student knows Prerequisites: Crafts I nothing about art, so everyone begins at Credit: 1 the same level. Students will be furnished Grade Level: 11, 12 with a list of supplies as needed for different projects. NOTE: Students may This course offers student the opportunities not enter this course at mid-term. to develop original, creative works. Minimal drawing skills are required. This course ART II explores batiks, stained glass and mixed Prerequisites: Art I media sculpting. Students are provided Credit: 1 with a list of supplies needed for different Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 projects. Students may enter this course at midterm provided that the prerequisite has This course is designed to develop greater been met. Crafts I and II do not satisfy skills in visual arts. Drawing is the TOPS requirements. foundation on which fine arts skills are built. The students explore various media FINE ARTS SURVEY such as pen and ink, and colored pencil. Prerequisites: None Emphasis is placed on the principles of Credit: 1 design. Students are given a list of Grade Level: 11, 12 supplies as needed for projects. Fine Arts Survey is an elective which fulfills ART HISTORY AP a requirement for the TOPS program. The Prerequisites: None course is designed to prepare students for Credit: 1 college work and the college experience, Grade Level: 11, 12 provide them with a cultural background through an historical study of Western art The AP Art History course engages and music, and provide opportunities for students at the same level as an creativity and self-expression. The course introductory college art history survey. combines a strong academic content with Such a course involves critical thinking and hands-on art activities. Students in this develops an understanding and knowledge course may be eligible to receive dual of diverse historical and cultural contexts enrollment credit through ULM. of architecture, sculpture, painting and other media. In the course, students STUDIO ART – AP examine and critically analyze major forms Prerequisites: None of artistic expression from the past and the Credit: 1 present from a variety of cultures. While Grade Level: 11, 12 visual analysis is a fundamental tool of the art historian, art history emphasizes The advanced independent studies student understanding how and why works of art explores concepts of advanced media 12
technique and composition in a guided This course is designed to increase the art setting in order to create artwork that is of students’ ability to render human anatomy, advanced quality, professional presented. and to also examine perceptions of the Students are granted latitude to develop world around them. The students individual style while building a portfolio. A experiment with Giacometti, planar studies minimum number of completed works are and other techniques while concentrating assigned according to individual criteria in black and white media for the first and educational needs. Participation in a semester. The student then begins color collective or individual show, which is held work, which may include portraits, at some time during the school year, is landscapes, figure studies rendered in oil required. pastels/bar, dry pastels, watercolor, acrylic, or oils. Experimental media are TALENTED ART I considered. Students begin to build a Prerequisites: Current evaluation by Pupil portfolio for graduation and competitions. Appraisal Credit: 1 TALENTED ART IV Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Talented Art III Credit: 1 Drawing is considered the basis of a Grade Level: 12 successful artwork. These classes spend the year exploring a variety of drawing The advanced Art IV student should have media and techniques. First semester knowledge of and experiences with a wide classes are centered on black and white variety of media and methods. Each media, such as pencil, charcoal, brush and student explores a previously untried ink, pen and ink, and printmaking. approach/surface/media. Much of this Emphasis is placed on the art elements: involves problem solving as well as an line, space, shape/form, value, and texture investigative approach to drawing. The and how to combine them for a successful student’s personal style emerges from this composition. type of activity. Second semester, Second semester, students concentrate students pursue drawing and painting with on color media and technique using prisma the students’ individual interests being the color, soft pastel, and watercolor. driving force behind the selection of Emphasis is placed on the art element- artwork produced. The plan of study is a color as a means of learning color theory collaborative effort between student and and expressing creative ideas. The student teacher. The serious, career-oriented also learns the Four Steps of Art Criticism. student completes a portfolio, an This helps them learn to appreciate their impressive body of work which is indicative fellow student’s artwork as well as of the breadth of his experimentation in contemporary and old master’s works. Talented Art. At the completion of the course, students are expected to have completed at least four works in black-and-white media and CAREER AND TECHNICAL two works in a color media. EDUCATION TALENTED ART II Prerequisites: Talented Art I Credit: 1 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
This course is designed to develop creative, original ideas and art work from students. Drawing techniques incorporate charcoal, and pastels. Sculpture and printmaking also are explored as well as other fine art areas. Students are furnished with a list of supplies as needed for different projects. All courses in the business department TALENTED ART III are designed with the computer age in Prerequisites: Talented Art II mind--several are taught in their Credit: 1 entirety on computers. The main Grade Level: 11, 12 objective is the development of skills 13
needed for careers in all areas of ADVANCED CLOTHING AND TEXTILES business. A student who is planning a Prerequisites: Clothing and Textiles career in the business world after Credit: ½ graduation can learn basic skills Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 needed for entry-level employment and beyond. This course is follow-up to Clothing and Some courses in the Career/Tech Ed Textiles for the student interested in department offer dual enrollment mastering problem fabrics which require credit for juniors and seniors through special handling. Students will construct Louisiana Delta Community College. garments or projects decided upon jointly Teachers will provide information by the teacher and student. The suggested relating applicable college credit fabrics include plaids, stripes, checks, available at the beginning of each stretch knits, napped fabrics and one-way semester. designs. Students will develop good buying habits in the selection of suitable fabrics, sewing notions and equipment. In addition, ACCOUNTING I they will examine career opportunities Prerequisites: Intro to BCA related to textiles and clothing Credit: 1 construction. Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 ADVANCED FOOD AND NUTRITION Accounting I is designed to introduce Prerequisites: Food and Nutrition students to basic accounting theory and Credit: ½ procedures along with current applications Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 of computer technology in accounting. Emphasis is placed on mastery of basic This course builds on concepts learned in accounting concepts and procedures. Food and Nutrition. Students will continue Mathematical, critical thinking, problem- to develop skills in preparing foods and solving, decision-making, technology and managing the food budget. team-building skills are reinforced in this course. ADVANCED WOOD TECH Prerequisites: Basic Woodworking ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Credit: 1 OCCUPATIONS Grade Level: 11, 12 Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 This course is designed to expose students Grade Level: 11, 12 to the building materials, tools, safe work practices, and methods of construction. Administrative Support Occupations is Students will be exposed to project layout designed to provide students with the and development, interpretation of working procedures and skills necessary for the drawings, framing, roofing, and door and operation of a modern office. This course window installation, to also include interior includes typical tasks in a modern office. and exterior finishing. In this class building Students must have a minimum 3.0 basics will be emphasized, along with basic cumulative GPA to apply. skills to ensure positive work attitudes and working relationships with others. Successful completion of this course should ADULT RESPONSIBILITIES enable the student to engage and perform Prerequisites: None many light construction projects. Credit: ½ Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 BASIC TECHNICAL DRAFTING Prerequisites: None This course covers the influence of society, Credit: 1 economic conditions, personal values, and Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 goals. Family management, decision- making, and financial resource This course is an introductory course for management skills are introduced. the student interested in engineering, architecture, or industrial design, using instruments for drawing, with some freehand or technical sketching.
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BASIC WOOD TECH BUSINESS LAW Prerequisites: General Tech. Ed. Prerequisites: Intro to BCA Credit: 1 Credit: ½ Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This course is designed to provide the This course is designed to teach students student opportunities to develop and learn to apply business law principles to personal through hands-on experiences with hand and business settings. Emphasis is placed and power tools in building and shaping on skills in critical thinking that are articles of wood and wood-related material. reinforced in this course along with oral Student activities may be directed toward and written communications. the repair and reconstruction of existing wood-based items as well as developing CAREER EXPLORATIONS 9 new designs. It is also designed for Prerequisites: None students desiring a broad general industrial Credit: 1 and technical background in woodwork. Grade Level: 9
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS This course is designed to assist students Prerequisites: Intro to BCA with exploring careers and developing skills Credit: 1 necessary to make meaningful decisions Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 about their career choice. Topics include factors to consider before choosing a This course is designed to use the skills suitable career, assessment of personal learned in English to compose memoranda, strengths and weaknesses as they relate to letters, reports, email, and other written career decisions, and strategies to make and oral communications. Emphasis is an effective transition from school to work. place on proper grammar, spelling, and The student will develop skills in this punctuation, as well as the legality, ethics course that are generic to all occupations, and psychological approaches to preparing such as properly preparing career oral and written communications. Business documents needed to obtain employment. application projects, critical thinking, Students will have opportunities to meet problem solving, technology, decision career practitioners, visit worksites, making, and interpersonal skills are conduct career research, and participate in reinforced in this course as students career shadowing and/or other short-term format, compose, and present their oral career experiences. and written communications. CAREER READINESS BUSINESS COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: Intro. to BCA Credit: 1 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 This course is designed to assist students This course is designed to acquaint with exploring careers and developing skills students with the advanced principles necessary to make meaningful decisions associated with information processing. about their career choice. During the year Students study advanced computer long course, student may become certified concepts, software applications, and in Customer Service by the National Retail computer systems. Emphasis is placed on Federation (NRF). Students will receive a skill development in using technology to digital badge that can be included on job perform advanced information processing. applications. Students may also earn a Topics of study include computer concepts, National Career Readiness Certificate word processing, spreadsheets, database (NCRC) by earning Silver level on all three and presentation software applications. required WorkKeys tests: Locating Course topics increase in difficulty in the Information, Reading for Information, and second semester. Applied Mathematics.
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CAREER SKILLS – BUSINESS preschool child; child care; observation (PERSONAL FINANCE) techniques; and related careers. Prerequisites: None Credit: ½ CLOTHING AND TEXTILES Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: None Credit: ½ This course will inform students how Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 individual choices directly influence occupational goals and future earnings This course will provide the student with potential. Real world topics covered will the opportunity to master clothing include income, money management, construction techniques through clothing spending and credit, as well as saving and labs. The student’s knowledge of textiles investing. Students will design personal and the selection and construction of and household budgets utilizing checking garments with regard to good design and and saving accounts, gain knowledge in quality will be increased. Investigation of finance, debt and credit management, and career opportunities in the fields of fashion, evaluate and understand insurance and clothing and textiles will be conducted. taxes. This course will provide a foundational understanding for making COMPUTER SCIENCE I informed personal financial decisions Prerequisites: Algebra I or equivalent leading to financial independence. Credit: 1 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 CAREER SKILLS – HEALTH/SAFETY Prerequisites: None Computer Science I is a full year elective Credit: ½ course designed for students interested in Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 studying the structure and power of programming languages. Emphasis will be This course is an introduction to broad placed on development of algorithms and standards that serve as a foundation for logical solution structure including the use health care occupations and functions of visual organizers in the design process. across health services. Units included are Eligible students may pursue this academic in health care communications course for dual enrollment credit systems, legal responsibilities, ethics, through ULM. teamwork, First Aid, CPR/AED and safety practices. Students enrolled in this course COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY LITERACY should earn certifications in CPR/AED and Prerequisites: Intro to BCA OSHA 10. Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 CAREER SKILLS – TECH (NCCER CORE) Computer Technology Literacy is a basic Prerequisites: None course introducing students to basic Credit: ½ computer skills providing students with the Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 opportunity to raise their knowledge level, confidence and skills in: 1) basic concepts The NCCER Core curriculum is a of using the computer (including history), prerequisite to all other Level 1 craft 2) word processing, 3) spreadsheets, 4) curriculum. Its modules cover topics such databases, 5) presentations and 6) email as Basic Safety, Communication Skills, and and living online. Through hands-on Introduction to Construction Drawings. technology, the student will become more Completing this curriculum gives the efficient with marketable skills for today’s trainee the basic skills needed to continue economy. The student will learn to select education in any craft area he or she the appropriate application to complete a chooses. task thus gaining confidence and security in being part of the “digital world.” The CHILD DEVELOPMENT student will also develop a working Prerequisites: None knowledge of an operating system, and the Credit: ½ Internet. Computer technology Grade Level: 11, 12 information will be presented that could lead to the student’s ability to obtain Students study the growth and national IC3 certification in basic computer development of the infant, toddler, and knowledge.
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CUSTOMER SERVICE development; and family relations, Prerequisites: None childhood development, and parenthood Credit: 1 information. Lab experiences are required. Grade Level: 11, 12 FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE II Customer Service is designed to prepare Prerequisites: FCS I participants specifically for entry-level Credit: 1 retail sales positions while helping them Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 progress from learning about themselves to learning how to relate to their This course, a continuation of Family & classmates as their internal customers. Consumer Sciences I., allows students to This course includes classroom instruction expand their study of family living, as well as on-the-job internships. This is a wellness, nutrition and foods, financial Dual Enrollment class through LTC. management, living environments, Students may also receive an industry appropriate child development practices, based certification in customer service. and transferring school skills to life and work. DESKTOP PUBLISHING Prerequisites: Word Processing or BCA FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION Credit: ½ Prerequisites: None Grade Level: 11, 12 Credit: ½ (S1) Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 The course is culminating course, designed to utilize the knowledge and skills learned Topics include the nature, function, and in word processing with the concepts, significance of human relationships within procedures, and applications of desktop the family unit; interpersonal skills; publishing. Emphasis is placed on the preparation for marriage; development of continued skill development in efficient positive self-concept and responsibility in operation of word processing programs as family members; and the importance of it is applied to desktop publishing. Critical nutrition, emotional health, and physical thinking and communication skills are health to the well-being of the family. reinforced in this course as students format, create, and proofread brochures, FIRST RESPONDER programs, newsletter, web pages, Prerequisites: None PowerPoint presentations and manuscripts. Credit: 1 Other opportunities for application include Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 simulations, projects, teamwork and portfolios. This course is designed to fill the gap between basic first aid training and the ENTREPRENEURSHIP training of medical professionals. It will Prerequisites: Intro to BCA introduce the student to the professional Credit: ½ practice of an emergency medical Grade Level: 11, 12 responder in a variety of occupational settings. Entrepreneurship is designed to explore the personal characteristics and resources FOOD AND NUTRITION needed in business ownership. Instruction Prerequisites: None is also designed to explore the process of Credit: ½ planning, organizing, financing, and Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 managing a business in a capitalistic economy. In this course, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE I fundamentals of nutrition through the Prerequisites: None study of the Food Pyramid, food nutrients, Credit: 1 label reading, menu planning, marketing, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 and preparing and serving meals. Career speakers are used to provide information This is a comprehensive course for high in the areas of job opportunities available school students. Topics include foods and in the food industry. nutrition; consumer education; clothing selection, care, and repair; housing and resource management; personal 17
GENERAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH Prerequisites: None OCCUPATIONS (Medical Magnet) Credit: 1 Prerequisites: None Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 This is an introductory course designed to prepare students for later Industrial Arts This introductory course is designed to lab courses. The course consists of provide the student with an exploratory instruction in how to make and read experience that offers information on construction plans, but major emphasis is health care medical career fields. Education placed on safety and hands-on experience and responsibilities of various health in the function and use of tools and careers will be explored, along with basic equipment. concepts common to all health careers. Projects are selected and designed to These concepts include medical take into consideration the different terminology, safety and accident abilities of each individual student. prevention, professionalism, legal aspects, computers in health care, and an HORTICULTURE introduction to anatomy and physiology. Prerequisites: None Appropriate work-based learning strategies Credit: 1 include service learning, job shadowing, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 and field trips to health facilities. Opportunities for application of clinical and This course includes an introduction to leadership skills are provided by student taxonomy, botany, plant growth organizations suited to the student’s goal requirements, soils, pest management, turf of learning the specifics of each role and management, vegetable garden cultivation, that factors that affect professional nursery management, and landscape performance. contracting. JOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS (JAG) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: Keyboarding skills Credit: 1 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 This is a multi-year program for which the This course is the first of two courses graduates will complete the core and non- designed to provide students with basic core competencies depending upon the computer application skills. Emphasis is number of years they receive services. The placed on basic computer concepts both competencies include: Career Development hardware and software, word processing, Competencies, Job Attainment and spreadsheet applications. Computer Competencies, Job Survival Competencies, technology will be presented that could Basic Competencies, Leadership and Self- lead to the student’s ability to obtain Development Competencies, Personal Skills certification in basic computer technology Competency among others. such as IC3 certification. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (Medical HEALTH CAREERS Magnet) Prerequisites: Career Skills – Health Prerequisites: None Credit: ½ Credit: 1 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
This course is an introduction to broad This course provides students with the standards that serve as a foundation and ability to identify medical terms by functions across health services. Units analyzing their components. Emphasis is included are academics in health care, placed on defining medical prefixes, root communication systems, legal words, suffixes, and abbreviations. The responsibilities, ethics, teamwork, primary focus is on skill development, both admission processes, and core oral and written, of the language utilized competencies in First Aid, CPR and safety for communication in the health care practices. Attention is focused on the role professions. of the professional nurse and nursing concepts. 18
NURSE ASSISTANT (Medical Magnet) Students will investigate the areas of the Prerequisites: 17 years old pharmacy tech career in order to prepare Credit: 2 for the PTCB certification exam given by Grade Level: 11, 12 the state of Louisiana during the summer following graduation. Pharmacy This two-hour blocked course is designed calculations are learned using to prepare students to become Certified mathematical practice and laboratory Nursing Assistants in the state of instruction. In the spring semester, Louisiana. Students participate in students will partner with area pharmacists lecture/laboratory experiences prior to to obtain observation hours needed for completing 100 hours of clinical internships class. at local health care facilities. PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: Career Skills - Tech Credit: 1 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 This course is to provide a clear This course prepares students for a career understanding of the characteristics, in operating, maintaining, and repairing organization, operations, and management small gasoline engines. This course of business. The text is aimed at students introduces students to both four-cycle and who want a sound foundation of the two-cycle engines commonly used in business world as they prepare for outdoor power equipment. Emphasis is business or other careers. placed on the development of an understanding of principles SPORTS MEDICINE I/II and theories of small gasoline operations. (GIRLS’ AND BOYS’) Special emphasis is placed on Prerequisites: None troubleshooting and repair including Credit: ½ per semester rebuilding of small gasoline engines. Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Mathematical, critical thinking, problem- solving, and resource access utilization- These courses are designed for students skills are reinforced in this course. Work- who have an interest in a medical field. based learning strategies appropriate for They will provide class work and practical this course include service learning, hands-on application in the following internships, apprenticeships, and areas: prevention, treatment and cooperative education. Completion of the rehabilitation of sports injuries; taping and one semester course prepares students for wrapping of injuries; first aid and CPR; the Equipment and Engine Training Council emergency procedures; nutrition; sports (EETC) exam in four-stroke technician. psychology; anatomy and physiology; and fitness/conditioning/strength procedures. PARENTHOOD EDUCATION Students are required to complete 20 Prerequisites: None hours of clinical experience each semester. Credit: ½ Grade Level: 11, 12 SPORTS MEDICINE III Prerequisites: Sports Medicine I and II Topics include decisions about parenthood, with C or higher pregnancy and childbirth; the Credit: 1 developmental stages of children in regard Grade Level: 12 to physical, mental, and social growth; the challenges of parenthood; selecting This course is designed to provide a adequate child care; and parenting knowledge base on the management theories. techniques of athletic injuries and illnesses used by professional healthcare providers. PHARMACY TECHNICIAN (Medical It also allows students the opportunity to Magnet) select their own sports medicine topics for Prerequisites: Reliable transportation for further study. spring observations Credit: 1 Grade Level: 12
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WEB PAGE DESIGN ENGLISH I Prerequisites: Successful completion of Prerequisites: None computer course beyond Intro to BCA Credit: 1 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 English I provides an integrated approach Concepts of web communication will be to grammar, composition, and literature. studied and explored. Students will Grammar units emphasize parts of speech, design, develop, and maintain web pages sentence elements, and sentence using appropriate current editors and /or structure. Composition units emphasize tagging languages. Students will writing for a variety of purposes and demonstrate technical knowledge of the audiences using standard English equipment and an ability to use a variety grammar, usage, sentence structure, and of input devices, file formats, and transfer mechanics. Vocabulary development and methods. Students will gain proficiency in critical thinking skills are enhanced through the use of various browsers used to exposure to a variety of literature navigate the web and will study selections. Students are required to connectivity issues as needed. Security and complete outside reading each semester. privacy issues, copyright infringement, trademarks and other legal issues relating ENGLISH I GT to use of the web will be studied. Career Prerequisites: Current evaluation by Pupil possibilities related to the internet and web Appraisal design will be explored. The students will Credit: 1 plan, design, and maintain a web site. Grade Level: 9
WELDING I The course covers the study of grammar Prerequisites: Career Skills – Tech while emphasizing vocabulary, Credit: 1 composition, literature, and the Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 development of research skills. SAT/ACT
preparation is a daily language activity. This course provides the students skills Students are also given pre- and post- necessary for a career with a basic entry- practice tests. Composition stresses level position in welding. The course will literary/critical analysis and exposition. introduce the students to the areas of shielded arc welding, oxy-fuel cutting, welding safety, blueprint reading, welding ENGLISH I HONORS/PRE-AP terminology, and agricultural Prerequisites: None manufacturing. The emphasis for this Credit: 1 course will be developing the student’s Grade Level: 9 skills and understanding of the welding field. Topics of study include welding The English I Honors/Pre-AP course leads safety, tool identification and care, oxy-fuel to a mastery of grammatical concepts, cutting, shielded arc welding, welding increases vocabulary, develops writing joints, welding positions, and special skills with a variety of writing, enhances applications of welding. reading and critical thinking skills through
the study of literature, and develops
research skills. Literary emphasis is on the
short story, novel, poetry, drama, non- ENGLISH DEPARTMENT fiction, and fiction. Outside reading is an integral part of the course.
ENGLISH II Prerequisites: English I Credit: 1 Grade Level: 10
Students in English II sample world literature with emphasis on awareness of literary genres and terms. Grammar units focus on parts of speech, sentence elements, recognition of correct 20
grammatical sentence structure, and with journals and research papers. proper usage of standard English. Vocabulary development is ongoing. A Composition units emphasize the statewide End of Course exam will be development of basic writing skills to administered for all English III students. enable students to compose effective paragraphs, culminating in the writing of ENGLISH III AP (Language and the five -paragraph essay for successful Composition) performance on the EOC. Vocabulary Prerequisites: English II study is on-going. Students take the PLAN Credit: 1 (practice ACT) in the spring. A statewide Grade Level: 11 End of Course exam will be administered for all English II students. An AP course in English Language and Composition engages students in becoming ENGLISH II GT skilled readers of prose written in a variety Prerequisites: English I and current of rhetorical contexts, and in becoming evaluation by Pupil Appraisal skilled writers who compose for a variety of Credit: 1 purposes. Both their writing and their Grade Level: 10 reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, Emphasis is on application of grammar and audience expectations, and subjects, as usage skills to each student’s writing with well as the way genre conventions and the the focus on grammar covered on the ACT. resources of language contribute to An accelerated study of vocabulary is effectiveness in writing. A statewide End of designed as preparation for the SAT/ACT. Course exam will be administered for all Various works of world literature are used English III students. as the focus for vocabulary development, reading comprehension, writing, and ENGLISH III GT research skills. Students complete Prerequisites: English II and current numerous independent and group projects. evaluation by Pupil Appraisal Students take the PLAN (practice ACT) in Credit: 1 the spring. A statewide End of Course Grade Level: 11 exam will be administered for all English II students. English III GT is a course designed to meet the state requirements of a course in ENGLISH II HONORS/PRE-AP American literature as well as to meet each Prerequisites: English I student's individual needs in mastering the Credit: 1 skills of the English curriculum. The Grade Level: 10 emphases will be on expository composition, vocabulary, and literary The course includes a grammar review with analysis. Students are expected to engage an emphasis on daily language activities, in extensive reading and independent vocabulary, and literature. Literature research. A portion of the course will focus includes the study of the short story, on preparation for the SAT and ACT which novel, drama, and poetry. Composition students are expected to take this year. A stresses exposition in preparation for the statewide End of Course exam will be EOC and literary/critical analysis. ACT and administered for all English III students. SAT preparation is also included. Students take the PLAN (practice ACT) in the spring. ENGLISH III HONORS/PRE-AP A statewide End of Course exam will be Prerequisites: English II administered for all English II students. Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11 ENGLISH III Prerequisites: English II English III includes a chronological survey Credit: 1 of American literature. Students will read Grade Level: 11 and analyze literary selections both in and out of class with interpretive class English III includes a chronological survey discussions. Four to six American novels of American literature. Several American are assigned as outside reading. Grammar novels are assigned as outside reading. focuses on proofreading as well as Grammar focuses on proofreading as well mechanics, usage, and sentence structure. as mechanics, usage, and sentence Composition deals primarily with journals, structure. Composition deals primarily essay contests, and research papers. 21
Vocabulary development is college SENIOR APPLICATIONS IN ENGLISH preparatory. Students in this section are Prerequisites: English I, II, III expected to perform at a level of greater Credit: 1 difficulty on tests and written Grade Level: 12 compositions. A statewide End of Course exam will be administered for all English This course is used to satisfy the III students. requirement for the fourth English for the Basic Core and Career Diploma. Topics ENGLISH IV include the following: practicing good Prerequisites: English III habits, exploring your identity, focusing on Credit: 1 survival, learning life lessons, practicing Grade Level: 12 citizenship, living in community, becoming an adult, and finding connection. English IV surveys British literature from Literature studied will include The Seven the time of the Anglo-Saxons to the Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean twentieth century. This course utilizes Covey and other works selected by proofreading and revision as methods of thematic connection. studying usage, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure. Students are required to prepare a research paper under step - by - step instruction and supervision by the teacher. Vocabulary enhancement is on- FOREIGN LANGUAGE going, and outside reading of novels by DEPARTMENT British authors is required.
ENGLISH IV AP (Literature and Composition) Prerequisites: English III Credit: 1 Grade Level: 12
Advanced Placement English IV is designed FRENCH I to provide students with the skills of Prerequisites: None literary analysis and composition equal to Credit: 1 those of a student completing freshman Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 English in college. Students may earn college credit through the AP exam in May, French I introduces the basic grammatical through college placement, or CLEP exams. structures of the language. Listening, This course requires extensive reading. The speaking, reading and writing skills are emphasis in composition is on literary developed within a cultural framework. analysis, so students must have strong Activities using computers, compact discs, expository composition skills, including and videos are designed to improve mechanics. Students may pursue this proficiency. course for Dual Enrollment credit through ULM. FRENCH II Prerequisites: French I ENGLISH IV HONORS Credit: 1 Prerequisites: English III Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 12 French II continues the development of all four skills introduced in French I and is Honors English IV is a survey of British strongly recommended for those students literature from the Anglo-Saxons to who plan to attend college. modern times. Students may earn college credit through college placement or CLEP FRENCH III HONORS exams. This course requires extensive Prerequisites: French II reading. The emphasis in composition is on Credit: 1 literary analysis, so students must have Grade Level: 11, 12 strong expository composition skills, including mechanics. Students may French III utilizes the skills acquired in the pursue this course for Dual Enrollment previous courses and is recommended for credit through ULM. those students who wish to obtain college 22
credit by examination. Emphasis is placed SPANISH I on everyday oral communication. Eligible Prerequisites: None students may pursue this course for Credit: 1 Dual Enrollment credit through ULM. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Spanish I introduces the basic grammatical FRENCH IV HONORS structures of the language. Listening, Prerequisites: French III speaking, reading and writing skills are Credit: 1 developed within a cultural framework. Grade Level: 12 Activities using computers and videos are designed to improve proficiency. French IV offers an intensive study of grammar, history, and literature designed to prepare students to earn college credit SPANISH I HONORS through by examination. Emphasis is Prerequisites: None placed on everyday oral communication. Credit: 1 Eligible students may pursue this Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 course for Dual Enrollment credit through ULM. Spanish I H introduces the basic vocabulary and grammatical structures of the language. Listening, speaking, reading LATIN I HONORS and writing skills are developed within a Prerequisites: None cultural framework. Activities using Credit: 1 computers and videos are designed to Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 improve proficiency.
Latin I is an introductory course in Latin. Since classical Latin is not a spoken SPANISH II language, emphasis is placed on reading Prerequisites: Spanish I and writing. The culture and values of Credit: 1 ancient Roman civilization are also Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 highlighted. Upperclassmen may pursue this course for Dual Enrollment Spanish II continues the development of all credit through ULM. four skills introduced in Spanish I and is recommended for those students who plan to attend college. LATIN II HONORS Prerequisites: Latin I Credit: 1 SPANISH II-HONORS Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Spanish I Credit: 1 Latin II continues the study of classical Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Latin and includes readings on Roman mythology and history. Eligible students Spanish II-Honors continues, at an may pursue this course for Dual advanced level, the development of all four Enrollment credit through ULM. skills introduced in Spanish I and is recommended for those students who plan to attend college. LATIN III-HONORS Prerequisites: Latin II Credit: 1 SPANISH III HONORS Grade Level: 11, 12 Prerequisites: Spanish II Credit: 1 In Latin III, the emphasis moves from Grade Level: 11, 12 Latin grammar to studies in Roman literature. Classical mythology and history Spanish III builds on the skills acquired in are read and discussed in detail. Eligible the previous courses and is recommended students may pursue this course for for those students who wish to earn college Dual Enrollment credit through ULM. credit by examination.
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SPANISH IV HONORS Prerequisites: Spanish III Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 JUNIOR ROTC
Spanish IV builds on the skills acquired in DEPARTMENT the previous courses and is recommended for those students who wish to further develop their Spanish language skills.
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL JROTC I, II, III, IV EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Prerequisites: Successful completion of the previous level course Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
This course consists of Leadership Education, Military Science, & Wellness. Leadership Education introduces students to the meaning of citizenship, elements of HEALTH EDUCATION leadership, and the importance of (GIRLS’ AND BOYS’) scholarship in attaining goals. It exposes Prerequisites: None students to the heritage and traditions of Credit: ½ the United States Armed Forces. Grade Level; 9, 10, 11, 12 Wellness is an official part of the JROTC program. It is an exercise This course is designed to excite students’ program focused upon individual baseline interest in health issues and enable them improvements with the goal of achieving a to see relationships between behavior and national standard as calculated with age health. It helps students develop a and gender. It is instrumental in heightened sense of personal and social developing citizens of character dedicated responsibility for health decision-making to serving our nation and communities. and provides them with the skills The program is provided as a tool to help necessary to make wise choices. The develop individualized training programs course focuses on seven priority health for cadets (including team sports). The issues: Strengthening Relationships with Wellness program is a 36-week program Family and Friends; Living with Feelings modifiable to meet individual goals. It is and Stress; Protecting Oneself and Others; comprised of nineteen (19) exercises which Tobacco, Alcohol, Other Drugs; Violence can be conducted with minimal space and Prevention; First Aid & CPR; and Nutrition. minimal climate dependency. The exercises develop all muscle groups and PHYSICAL EDUCATION I, II, III, IV provide sufficient anaerobic and aerobic (GIRLS’ AND BOYS’) intensity. They require no equipment and Prerequisites: Successful completion of the use only body weight and common objects previous level course (ie. Chairs). The overall program consists Credit: ½ per semester of aerobic conditioning (including running), Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 competitive athletics, and a physical fitness test. Cadets are asked to complete and This course includes basic fundamentals have parents/guardians sign an AFJROTC and play for both individual and team physical health screening form in order to sports. The course offers opportunities for participate in wellness training activities. participation in track, basketball, softball, Wellness grades are “participation” and badminton, volleyball, and pickle ball. We “effort” grades. Cadets get credit for will work to improve the student’s fitness participating and giving their best effort. by participating in the Five for Life fitness Cadets who are sick or injured are program. The program includes circuit expected to have a note from stations and weight training in which parent/guardian or health care provider students perform exercises designed to exempting them from wellness improve their fitness level. participation. Failure to do so will result in 24
a grade of “zero” (0). The instructors strive historical development and significance. to develop in each cadet a growing sense Students learn from lectures and research of pride in the team, as well as in himself. both individually and in groups. Eligible This course is offered every year. students may pursue this course for Dual Enrollment credit through ULM.
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT ALGEBRA I Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11
This comprehensive course prepares students to use algebraic skills and concepts in mathematics and related disciplines, and in real-world situations. The mathematics departments strive Emphasis is placed on number sense, real to uphold the standards set forth by numbers, and operations; patterns, National Council of Teachers of relations, and functions; equations and Mathematics. The faculty realizes the inequalities; polynomials; geometry; and importance of mathematics in probability and statistics. An End of everyone’s life but also appreciates Course exam is required for all students the beauty of mathematics as we try completing Algebra I. to convey its splendor to our students.
ADVANCED MATH – FUNCTIONS ALGEBRA I HONORS/PRE-AP Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10
This course is designed to continue the This course consists of the topics covered study of topics from geometry and Algebra in Algebra I and incorporates an increased II. Topics include triangle trigonometry, as focus on applying skills learned to a well as polynomial, rational, exponential broader variety of situations. An End of and logarithmic functions, as well as an Course exam is required for all students introduction to basic univariate and completing Algebra I H. bivariate statistics. The course does not qualify for dual enrollment credit through ULM or LDCC. ALGEBRA II Prerequisites: Algebra I or Int. Math II Credit: 1 ADVANCED MATH - PRE-CALCULUS Grade: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II Credit: 1 This course provides experiences that Grade Level: 11, 12 increase students’ understanding of the structure of algebra. Students perform This course is divided into semesters: multiple operations on real numbers and trigonometry first, calculus preparation algebraic expressions, acquire skills in second. Students demonstrate knowledge finding solution sets of linear and quadratic of circular and trigonometric functions and equations and inequalities, perform their inverses by graphing equations, multiple operations on complex numbers, simplifying expressions, and proving demonstrate a basic understanding of conic identities. Special emphasis is placed on sections given sufficient data, acquire skills application of trigonometry to “real-world” in performing operations on polynomials, situations. Students undertake an solve problems that involve exponential extensive review of high school algebra and logarithmic functions, and develop a topics that continues into sequences and basic understanding of functions and series, mathematical induction, binomial inverse relations. Emphasis is placed on expansion, and monotonicity. The basis of applying mathematical knowledge to calculus is laid with a comprehensive study everyday life. Technology and of limits and continuity and an overview of manipulatives are used, as appropriate. differential and integral calculus and its 25
ALGEBRA II HONORS/PRE-AP This course provides experiences that Prerequisites: Algebra I and Geometry increase students’ understanding of Credit: 1 geometric figures and their properties. It Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 provides students the opportunity to visualize and work with shapes in order to This course consists of the topics covered develop skills fundamental to everyday life in Algebra II with emphasis placed on and to many careers. Calculators, applying familiar intellectual tools to computer technology, manipulatives, and unfamiliar intellectual tasks. An videotapes will be used when appropriate appreciation for mathematical beauty is throughout the course. An End of Course one of the goals of the course. Students exam is required for all students learn from lectures and research both completing geometry. individually and in groups. Technology and manipulatives are used, as appropriate. GEOMETRY HONORS/PRE-AP Prerequisites: Algebra I CALCULUS - AP Credit: 1 Prerequisites: Pre-Calculus Grade Level: 9, 10, 11 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 12 This course consists of the topics covered in geometry while incorporating an This course provides experiences that increased focus on formal proofs and increase students’ understanding of the special enrichment topics. An End of structure of calculus. Students first review Course exam is required for all students pre-calculus topics, then undertake an completing geometry. exhaustive study of limits of functions considering their kinds, definitions, INTEGRATED MATH I existences, evaluations, and proofs. The Prerequisites: None remainder of the course deals with Credit: 1 differentiation and integration—definitions, Grade Level: 9, 10 techniques, and applications. Emphasis is two-fold: an appreciation of the art of This course is the first of three courses in a calculus, including its historical series that uses a more integrated significance, and an appreciation of the approach to cover the same algebra and power of calculus in its application to geometry concepts and skills that are science, business, etc. Students learn less included in the traditional three course from lectures and more from research, series. The problem situations, models, both as individuals and in cooperative and technology used will foster connections groups. Students may earn college credit among the various strands of mathematics through the AP exam in May, through and develop concepts from multiple college placement or CLEP exams, or perspectives. This course provides students through dual enrollment with ULM. with the opportunity to develop fundamental skills of algebra. Topics FINANCIAL LITERACY include using calculators, converting Prerequisites: Algebra I or Int. Math II among decimals, fractions, and percent, Credit: 1 developing problem-solving skills, using Grade Level: 11, 12 measurement systems, and collecting, presenting, and interpreting data. This course is designed to help students become knowledgeable consumers and INTEGRATED MATH II business persons. Topics include Prerequisites: Integrated Math I automobile and housing expenses, wages, Credit: 1 taxes, personal finance, credit, Grade level: 10, 11 investments, and insurance. This course meets graduation requirements for This course is the second of three courses mathematics. in a series that uses a more integrated approach to cover the same algebra and GEOMETRY geometry concepts and skills that are Prerequisites: Algebra I or Int. Math II included in the traditional three course Credit: 1 series. The problem situations, models, Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 and technology used will foster connections among the various strands of mathematics and develop concepts from multiple 26
perspectives. An End Of Course exam is technology is extensive. Students may required of all students completing earn college credit through college Integrated Math II. placement or CLEP exams or through Dual Enrollment with ULM. INTEGRATED MATH III Prerequisites: Integrated Math II PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Credit: 1 Prerequisites: Advanced Math Grade Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 12 This course is the third of three courses in a series that uses a more integrated This course is designed for the college- approach to cover the same algebra and bound student who has completed geometry concepts and skills that are Advanced Math. The course introduces included in the traditional three course students to the fundamentals of descriptive series. The problem situations, models, and inferential statistics. Major topics and technology used will foster connections include methods for analyzing sets of data, among the various strands of mathematics probability, probability distributions, and develop concepts from multiple estimation, confidence intervals, perspectives. An End Of Course exam is hypotheses testing, simple linear required of all students completing regression, correlation and non-parametric Integrated Math III. statistics. The course may be taken for Math 1016 credit through ULM, but only by MATH ESSENTIALS those students who have credit in college Prerequisites: Geometry or Int. Math II Algebra. Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12
This course consists of topics such as ratio MUSIC DEPARTMENT and proportion, probability, statistics, topics in geometry, exploring linear functions, exploring step, piecewise, and absolute value functions, exploring quadratic functions, and exploring other math topics. This course can be used to satisfy the fourth math requirement for graduation. ADVANCED BAND Prerequisites: None PRE-CALCULUS HONORS/PRE-AP Credit: 1 Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 This course consists of instruction in instrument care and maintenance, music This course is divided into semesters: theory, introduction to music history and trigonometry first, calculus preparation exploration of various music genres. Class second. Students demonstrate knowledge instruction includes performance, of circular and trigonometric functions and instrumental technique, intonation, and their inverses by graphing equations, development of the instrument’s simplifying expressions, and proving characteristic sound. This class may be identities. Special emphasis is placed on repeated for credit. application of trigonometry to “real-world” situations. Then students undertake an ADVANCED CHORUS extensive review of a litany of high school Prerequisites: None algebra topics that continues into Credit: 1 sequences and series, mathematical Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 induction, binomial expansion, and monotonicity. Finally, the basis of calculus Advanced Chorus is a mixed ensemble of is laid with a comprehensive study of limits advanced singers. Membership is by and continuity and an overview of interview/audition. Students are placed in differential and integral calculus and its concert choir based on the student’s historical development and significance. singing ability, music reading ability and Students learn from lectures and research music comprehension. Concert choir is both individually and in groups. Use of performance based with after school 27
participation required. This class may be BEGINNING CHOIR repeated for credit. Travel and Prerequisites: None performance are based on teacher Credit: 1 approval. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
ADVANCED CHORUS-WOMEN Any student may participate in Beginning Prerequisites: None Choir. The class consists of vocal, rhythm Credit 1 and harmony techniques using percussion Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 and melodic instruments. Performances are not required. Advanced Chorus-Women is composed of intermediate and advanced female voices. FINE ARTS SURVEY Membership is by interview/audition and Prerequisites: None based on the student’s singing ability, Credit: 1 music reading skills and music Grade Level: 11, 12 comprehension. Women’s Chorale is performance based and after school This class is intended to give the student participation is required. This class may be an intensive study of the five eras from the repeated for credit. Travel and 15th – 21st century. The class will include performance are based on teacher music, drama, visual arts and dance from approval. the five eras. Dance and recorder will be included in this course. ADVANCED ORCHESTRA Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 PUBLICATIONS
Orchestra is a course and performance ensemble designed to provide the student opportunities to learn and perform stringed instruments on an advanced level through class rehearsal, sectional practice, individual assignments, and orchestra performance. It will be offered to students enrolled in Jr. High orchestra class or with teacher audition. This course may be MEDIA ARTS I, II, III, IV repeated for credit. Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 APPLIED MUSIC Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Students learn and apply techniques of Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 journalism through writing news releases and articles for news media, desktop This course allows students the opportunity publishing, photography, public relations, to study and practice the piano. Class size and production of a newspaper in a news is limited to 3-4 students per semester. room setting. Students are scheduled based on first come, first serve or availability of space. PUBLICATIONS I, II (YEARBOOK) Prerequisites: None BEGINNING BAND Credit: 1 Prerequisites: None Grades: 11, 12 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10 ONLY Students in Publications I assist in the writing and compilation of the school Any student with less than one year of yearbook. All students work in Adobe music instruction may sign up for Pagemaker and become acquainted with beginning band. Beginning Band includes layout and design. All students get an a solid foundation in music theory, introduction to photography and application and history. Photoshop. Students in Publications II plan, design, layout, and prepare the student yearbook for publication.
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biology. Lab is an important part of the SCIENCE program. The material covered is applicable for students entering college or DEPARTMENT for those ending formal education upon graduation. An End of Course exam is required for all students in Biology I.
BIOLOGY I GT Prerequisites: Current evaluation by Pupil ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY Appraisal Prerequisites: Chemistry Credit: 1 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 11, 12 Gifted Biology I is a laboratory-based course designed to provide a concentrated Human Anatomy and Physiology is a study of biology for academically capable biology course for students interested in and self-disciplined students. Topics learning more about how the body works. include cell biology, genetics, molecular This course is an introduction to the biology, evolution, classification, terminology, anatomy, and physiology of taxonomy, and anatomy and physiology. the human body as it applies to everyday Students are required to design and life. This course is designed to introduce conduct individual and group laboratory students to the structures and functions of activities and projects. Teaching strategies the human body, and to provide a basis for encourage students to relate modern understanding how changes in structure biological techniques to real life situations and function can lead to injury and and career opportunities. An End of Course disease. Exam is required for all students completing Biology I. BEGINNING ROBOTICS Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 BIOLOGY I HONORS/PRE-AP Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: none Credit: 1 This course is designed to introduce Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 students to the basics of electronics and robotics. The class utilizes the Parallax Boe This course consists of the topics and labs Bot platform as it teaches science, covered in Biology I with the addition of technology, engineering, and mathematics written and oral reports, tri-hybrid crosses, (STEM). After students cover basic pedigree analyses, construction of electricity and electronics, students will dichotomous keys, application of the learn how to use feedback from sensors, Hardy-Weinberg principle, participation in applied mathematics and measurement to debates on current issues and extended program their robot to navigate in its lab units. An End of Course exam is environment. Students will have the required for students completing Biology I. opportunity to complete multiple challenges involving guided research, problem solving, working in teams, and BIOLOGY II design documentation. This course has a Prerequisites: Algebra I, Biology I and strong lab component. Chemistry I Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 BIOLOGY I Prerequisites: None This course is designed for students who Credit: 1 have an adequate background in biology Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 but want to know more. Topics include
cellular biology, biochemistry, A general course in biology is required of biotechnology, genetics, microbiology, all students. The course places emphasis evolution, behavior and ecology, and on origin, structure, function, and anatomy and physiology. It emphasizes dynamics of life. Units taught consist of laboratory-centered activities, research cytology and genetics, botany, and advanced laboratory techniques. invertebrates, vertebrates, and human
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BIOLOGY II AP for this course with approval of chemistry Prerequisites: A or B in Biology I teacher. Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 CHEMISTRY II AP Prerequisites: Chemistry I and Algebra II In addition to the basic labs and topics Credit: 1 covered in Biology II, students are required Grade Level: 11, 12 to prepare a research project which they may present at the regional science fair. This course goes beyond the mere basic Students will also be required to read both concepts and calculations of Chemistry I. classic and current experiments in biology It will be challenging and requires student and read and discuss current research interest and motivation. A prescribed found in scientific journals. Students in number of laboratory exercises must be this course are expected to take the AP completed and documented in a formal exam in May. laboratory report. Students are expected to take the AP Chemistry exam in May. BIOLOGY II H DUAL ENROLLMENT Students that pass the AP exam with a Prerequisites: Algebra I, Biology I and 3 or higher are eligible to receive up to Chemistry I, ULM Admission 6 hours of college credit depending Credit: 1 upon the university attending. Grade Level: 11, 12 EARTH SCIENCE Dual Enrollment Biology II is a college- Prerequisites: None level introductory biology survey course Credit: 1 taken by non-science majors. This course Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 includes a survey of cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, evolution, classification, This course is designed to give students an taxonomy, and anatomy and physiology. understanding of the earth, its processes, This course has a strong laboratory history, and place in the universe. The component. Eligible students may pursue course will cover meteorology, astronomy, this course for Dual Enrollment credit and geology. Man’s influence on his (Biology 1001- Lecture Full Year; 1009 - environment, locally and globally will be Lab Spring Semester) through ULM. explored. Emphasis will be placed on energy in the earth system, geochemical CHEMISTRY I cycles, the origin and evolution of the Prerequisites: Physical Science and earth system and universe, interpretation Algebra I; current enrollment in of data and problem solving. Algebra II Credit: 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Grade Level: 11, 12 Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Chemistry uses a conceptual approach to Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 deal with the composition and properties of matter and with the reactions by which Environmental Science consists of general substances are produced or changed into and human ecology, using resources other substances. The course requires wisely, major and alternate sources of numerous mathematical calculations (word energy, pollution and environmental problems) as well as laboratory exercises. health. This course is designed to use scientific principles to study processes and CHEMISTRY I HONORS/PRE-AP to examine changes within the Prerequisites: Physical Science and environment and to identify both natural Algebra I; current enrollment in and man-made activities that impact the Algebra II environment. Credit: 1 Grade Level: 11, 12 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AP Prerequisites: Biology and Chemistry This course addresses a more in-depth Credit: 1 study of basic concepts taught in chemistry Grade Level: 11, 12 with emphasis on more independent study. Special projects are required. Problem The goal of the AP Environmental Science solving will be more rigorous than in course is to provide students with the regular Chemistry I. Juniors may register scientific principles, concepts, and 30
methodologies required to understand the Work & Mechanics, Waves & Sound, Light interrelationships of the natural world, to & Optics, and Thermal Fluids. By using a identify and analyze environmental project-driven approach, students become problems both natural and human-made, engaged early and maintain a high degree to evaluate the relative risks associated of interest and curiosity throughout the with these problems, and to examine course. alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE Prerequisites: None SOCIAL STUDIES Credit: 1 Grade Level: 10, 11 DEPARTMENT
Physical Science emphasizes the physical aspects of science. The course will cover the physical and chemical structure and characteristics of atoms and matter; motion, including mass, weight, force, and acceleration; use and conservation of energy; behavior of waves, characteristics of sound waves, speed of sound waves; light, color, reflection and refraction of light CIVICS waves; electricity, magnetism, and heat. Prerequisites: None Lab is required. Credit: 1 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 PHYSICAL SCIENCE HONORS Prerequisites: None Civics is the study of the duties, rights, and Credit: 1 privileges of citizenship. Emphasis is Grade Level: 10 placed on the operation of federal, state, and local governments, and the role of the This enriched course emphasizes the citizen with regard to individual duties in a physical aspects of science and is intended democracy. Contemporary problems to prepare students for chemistry and/or involving the United States are discussed. physics. The course will cover the physical and chemical structure and characteristics of atoms and matter; motion, including CIVICS GT mass, weight, force, and acceleration; use Prerequisites: Current evaluation by Pupil and conservation of energy; behavior of Appraisal waves, characteristics of sound waves, Credit: 1 speed of sound waves; light, color, Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 reflection and refraction of light waves; electricity, magnetism and heat. Lab is Civics is the study of the duties, rights, and required. privileges of citizenship. Emphasis is placed on the operation of federal, state, PHYSICS HONORS and local governments, and the role of the Prerequisites: Chemistry I, Geometry, and citizen with regard to individual duties in a Algebra II, and current enrollment democracy. This course is taught at an in Pre-calculus or Advanced Math is accelerated pace and includes in-depth recommended analysis and discussion of important Credit: 1 national and state concerns. Grade Level: 12
This physics course provides students with CIVICS HONORS/PRE-AP a rigorous program that showcases a Prerequisites: None systems-level understanding of Credit: 1 mathematics, science, and engineering Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 that STEM-professionals use every day. The course uses a microcontroller platform, Civics is the study of the duties, rights, and along with various other hands-on privileges of citizenship. Emphasis is activities, that drive physics fundamentals placed on the operation of federal, state, in the five units - Electricity & Magnetism, and local governments, and the role of the 31
citizen with regard to individual duties in a college courses by making demands upon democracy. This course includes in-depth them equivalent to those made by full-year analysis and discussion of important introductory college survey courses. national and state concerns. Students learn to interpret and evaluate the relative significance of primary and PSYCHOLOGY secondary source material and to present Prerequisites: None their evidence and conclusions clearly and Credit: 1 persuasively in an essay format. Students Grade Level: 11, 12 in this course are expected to take the AP test in May. This course is a study of the mental and emotional make-up of the human being. It US HISTORY HONORS is an introductory course that covers such Prerequisites: None behaviors as motivation, personality, Credit: 1 emotions, mental health and mental Grade Level: 11 illness, sensation, perception, social behavior, and growth and development. American History is the study of our nation’s history emphasizing the period US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS - AP 1877 to the present. The students work Prerequisites: None with primary and secondary sources as Credit: 1 well as maps, graphs, and charts. Class Grade: 11, 12 discussions of historical issues are emphasized and individual and group The Advanced Placement U. S. projects may be assigned. Government and Politics course is a one semester course and is equivalent to an WORLD GEOGRAPHY introductory college-level course. Students Prerequisites: None explore the operations and structure of the Credit: 1 U.S. government and the behavior of the Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 electorate and politicians. Students gain the analytical perspective necessary to The study of geography aims to develop evaluate political data, hypotheses, students who see, understand, and concepts, opinions, and processes and appreciate the connections among people, learn how to gather data about political places, and environments. With a strong behavior and develop their own theoretical grasp of geography, students are prepared analysis of American politics. Students in to understand issues and solve problems in this course are expected to take the AP the contemporary world. test in May. WORLD GEOGRAPHY HONORS US HISTORY Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 11 This course is designed to provide students United States History is the study of our with an overview of concepts and themes nation’s history emphasizing the period of geography. Emphasis is placed on the 1877 to the present. The students work connections that exist among regions, with primary and secondary sources as cultures, and environments. Current well as maps, graphs, and charts. events are discussed with respect to physical and cultural geography. US HISTORY AP Prerequisites: None WORLD HISTORY Credit: 1 Prerequisites: None Grade: 11 Credit: 1 Grade Level: 12 The Advanced Placement program in United States History is designed to This course will cover the following topics: provide students with the analytical skills Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific and factual knowledge necessary to deal Revolution, and Age of Enlightenment critically with the problems and materials (1350–1770 A.D.), Exploration and of U.S. History. The course prepares Expansion (1450–1770), Political students for intermediate and advanced Revolutions (1750-1899), Agricultural, 32
Commercial, and Industrial Revolutions, while creating critical analyses of selected Nations and Empires (1750–1914), material and by producing a weekly radio Totalitarianism and Global Conflict (1900– show on 101.9 FM known as “Tiger Beat!” 1945), Changing World of Superpowers Enrollment in this traveling competitive- (1945–Present), and Contemporary World team class is based on sponsor’s approval. Trends and Issues (1945–Present). SPEECH I, II, III, IV (Theater History/Acting/Communications/Public Speaking/Public Forums) Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 SPEECH DEPARTMENT Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Students learn to appreciate the aesthetics of the theatrical world while engaging in the study of drama history and various acting assignments. Participating in formal group discussions in front of an invited audience affords students the opportunity
to become articulate, informed citizens. SPEECH –THEATER – DEBATE Research, writing, and speaking skills are
enhanced with library time and multiple SPEECH I, II, III, IV (Debate) oral assignments presented before the Prerequisites: None class. Units of acting, stage movement, Credit: 1 stage areas, prose-poetry, parliamentary Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 procedure, job applications, interviewing,
Student Congress, and TV-Radio Students who exhibit strong vocal, announcing are rotated annually to provide research and analytical skills and who a customized curriculum that offers variety express an interest in competitive from year to year. argumentation are entered into this debate theory and prep class. The national debate topics are researched and evidence for and against the resolutions are catalogued to be used in competitions against opposing LOUISIANA DELTA Louisiana Speech League teams from other member schools. Debate theory includes COMMUNITY studying the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court decisions, and Congressional COLLEGE OFFERINGS records. Enrollment in this traveling competitive-team class is based on sponsor’s approval.
SPEECH I, II, III, IV (Varsity Speech) Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Delta courses are taught by college Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12 teachers. Students enrolled in these courses must qualify for admission to Members of the Varsity Speech Squad fine Delta and may be required to pay tune their skills in interscholastic contest tuition or buy textbooks for the among Louisiana Speech League Member courses. Schools. Students practice perfecting performances in original oratory, extemporaneous speaking, prose/poetry, ENGLISH IV HD/ENGLISH 099 humorous/dramatic interpretations, duo Prerequisites: LDCC admission interpretation, duet acting, declamation, Credit: 1 and other related speaking events. Grade Level: 12 Additional instruction is given in character building, organizing group meetings using English IV HD is designed to provide parliamentary procedure and other areas students with the skills of literary analysis related to responsible citizenship in an and composition equal to those of a articulate society. Students learn to polish student completing developmental English their research, writing, and speaking skills in college This course requires extensive 33
reading. The emphasis in composition is on PROCESS TECHNOLOGY 203 – SAFETY literary analysis, so students must have HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT strong expository composition skills, Prerequisites: LDCC admission including mechanics. This course is offered Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits through Dual Enrollment with Delta Grade Level: 12 Community College. Introduces various types of plant hazards, HISTORY 101 (WESTERN safety, and environmental systems and CIVILIZATION TO 1650 A.D.) equipment, and regulations under which Prerequisites: LDCC admission industry is governed. Prerequisites: Must Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits be eligible for MATH 099 or higher level Grade Level: 11, 12 Math.
This course is a survey of civilization of the PSYCHOLOGY 201-INTRODUCTION TO world to 1650. PSYCHOLOGY Prerequisites: LDCC admission HISTORY 102 (WESTERN Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits CIVILIZATION SINCE 1650 A.D.) Grade Level: 11, 12 Prerequisites: LDCC admission Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits This course is a broad overview of the field Grade Level: 11, 12 of psychology designed to expose students to major theories, research methods and This course is a survey of civilization of the applied areas of psychology. world from 1650 to the present. PROCESS TECHNOLOGY 101 - INTRO SOCIOLOGY 201 – INTRODUCTION TO Prerequisites: LDCC admission SOCIOLOGY Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits Prerequisites: LDCC admission Grade Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits Grade Level: 11, 12 This course introduces students to the field of process operations within the process As an introduction to the discipline of industry. It reviews the roles and sociology, this course surveys and provides responsibilities of process technicians, the students with an understanding of human environment in which they work, and the society and social life. It introduces equipment and systems which they students to the major subject areas of operate. Prerequisites: Must be eligible for sociology, including the major theoretical MATH 099 and ENGL 099. perspectives and theorists; logic and techniques of research; social organization, PROCESS TECHNOLOGY 131 – institutions, and inequality and social INSTRUMENTATION change. Prerequisites: LDCC admission Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits Grade Level: 11, 12 ULM COURSE
This course involves the study of the OFFERINGS instruments and instrument systems used in the chemical processing industry including terminology, primary variables, symbology, control loops, and basic troubleshooting.
PROCESS TECHNOLOGY 161 – ULM courses are taught by college EQUIPMENT teachers. Students enrolled in these Prerequisites: PTEC 101 and 131, LDCC courses must qualify for admission to admission the university and pay tuition. Credit: 1 HS credit; 3 college credits Grade Level: 12 IN ADDITION TO THE CLASSES HELD
ON CAMPUS, STUDENTS MAY ENROLL This course introduces equipment used in IN ONLINE COURSES THROUGH ULM. the process industry. It also studies many SPECIFIC COURSE OFFERINGS VARY process industry-related equipment SEMESTER TO SEMESTER. AT THE concepts including purpose, components, BEGINNING OF EACH SEMESTER, and operation. 34
LISTEN FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS 1945), Changing World of Superpowers REGARDING COURSE OFFERINGS OR (1945–Present), and Contemporary World CHECK WITH YOUR GUIDANCE Trends and Issues (1945–Present) COUNSELOR. Students may earn college credit through college placement or CLEP exams or ADVANCED MATH HD/MATH 1011, through Dual Enrollment with ULM. 1016 Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II, PRE-CALCULUS H/MATH 1011, 1012 ULM admission Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II, Credit: 1 HS credit; 3/6 college credits ULM admission Grade Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1 HS credit; 3/6 college credits Grade Level: 11, 12 This course is divided into semesters with in-depth treatment of solving equations This course is divided into semesters: and inequalities; function properties and trigonometry first, calculus preparation graphs; inverse functions; linear, second. Students demonstrate knowledge quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential of circular and trigonometric functions and and logarithmic functions with applications; their inverses by graphing equations, systems of equations. In simplifying expressions, and proving 1016, the following topics with be covered: identities. Special emphasis is placed on an introduction to descriptive statistics, application of trigonometry to “real-world” probability, discrete and continuous situations. Then students undertake an distributions, confidence intervals, extensive review of a litany of high school hypothesis testing, correlation and algebra topics that continues into regression. Students may earn college sequences and series, mathematical credit through college placement, CLEP induction, binomial expansion, and exams, or through Dual Enrollment with monotonicity. Finally, the basis of calculus ULM. is laid with a comprehensive study of limits and continuity and an overview of ENGLISH IV H /1001, 1002 differential and integral calculus and its Prerequisites: English III, ULM admission historical development and significance. Credit: 1 HS credit; 3/6 college credits Students learn from lectures and research Grade Level: 12 both individually and in groups. Use of technology is extensive. Students may English 1001, 1002 is designed to provide earn college credit through college students with the skills of literary analysis placement, CLEP exams, or through Dual and composition equal to those of a Enrollment with ULM. student completing freshman English in college. Students may earn college credit through college placement or CLEP exams, COURSE or through Dual Enrollment with ULM. This course requires extensive reading. The ADVANCEMENT emphasis in composition is on literary OFFERINGS analysis, so students must have strong expository composition skills, including Students in Monroe City Schools are mechanics. offered the opportunity for credit advancement via several avenues. HISTORY 1011/1012/ Correspondence courses are available WORLD HISTORY HD through LSU Prerequisites: ULM admission (https://is.lsu.edu/HSParents.asp) and Credit: 1 HS credit; 3/6 college credits BYU (http://is.byu.edu/site/) independent Grade Level: 12 study correspondence courses. Each course has a minimal charge. Check with This course will cover the following topics: the counselors for more information. Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Students are also offered the Revolution, and Age of Enlightenment opportunity to receive credit through MCS (1350–1770 A.D.), Exploration and Virtual School while attending other Expansion (1450–1770), Political Monroe City Schools high schools or other Revolutions (1750-1899), Agricultural, alternative settings. Students are also Commercial, and Industrial Revolutions, offered the opportunity for credit Nations and Empires (1750–1914), advancement through Advanced Placement Totalitarianism and Global Conflict (1900– courses/tests and the CLEP tests. 35