SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mission and Vision Statement ...... 2 Developing Your Educational Plan ...... 2 Course Availability ...... 2 Graduation Requirements for Advanced Studies Diploma ...... 3 Graduation Requirements for Standard Diploma ...... 4 Graduation Requirements for Standard Diploma with Credit Accommodations ...... 5 Graduation Requirements for Modified Standard Diploma ...... 6 Academic Recognition ...... 7 Graduation Seals ...... 7 Course Selection Information ...... 8 School Counseling Program and Services ...... 8 Library Services ...... 8 Academic Rigor and Course Selection ...... 8 Commonwealth Governor’s School ...... 8 Early College Scholars ...... 8 Advanced Placement Program ...... 8 Advanced Placement Capstone ...... 9 Virtual Advanced Placement School ...... 9 Virtual Learning Options...... 9 College Credit for Advanced Placement Classes ...... 9 CLEP - College-Level Examination Program ...... 9 IB Diploma Programme (DP)...... 9 College Credit through Dual Enrollment Courses ...... 9 Early College Pathway Through Germanna Community College ...... 10 Course Load ...... 10 Grades and Promotion ...... 10 High School Subjects taken in Middle School ...... 10 Schedule Adjustments ...... 10 Auditing a Course ...... 10 Transfer Credits ...... 11 Earning Credit for Courses Taken from Approved On-Line & Correspondence Programs ...... 11 From Accredited Schools and Homeschooling ...... 11 From Non-Accredited Schools and Non-Accredited Home Schooling ...... 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association Eligibility Requirements ...... 11 Grade Point Average (GPA) and Class Rank ...... 11 Services for Gifted Students ...... 12 Special Education Services ...... 12 Summer School ...... 12 COURSE OFFERINGS English ...... 12 Fine Arts ...... 12 World Language ...... 12 Health and Physical Education ...... 12 Mathematics ...... 12 Science ...... 13 History & Social Sciences ...... 13 Courses Offered .5 Credit ...... 13 CAREER AND TECHNICAL Agricultural Education ...... 13 Business and Information Technology ...... 13 Family and Consumer Sciences ...... 13

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Mission and Vision Statement ...... 2 Marketing Education ...... 13 Developing Your Educational Plan ...... 2 Technology Education ...... 13 Course Availability ...... 2 TRADE AND INDUSTRY PROGRAM COURSES Graduation Requirements for Advanced Studies Diploma ...... 3 Construction/Mechanical Trades ...... 13 Graduation Requirements for Standard Diploma ...... 4 Information Technology Courses ...... 13 Graduation Requirements for Standard Diploma with Credit Accommodations ...... 5 Mass Communication Courses ...... 13 Graduation Requirements for Modified Standard Diploma ...... 6 Transportation Courses ...... 13 Academic Recognition ...... 7 Personal Services Courses ...... 13 Graduation Seals ...... 7 Architectural/Mechanical Drafting, Design & CAD ...... 13 Course Selection Information ...... 8 Metal Trades ...... 13 School Counseling Program and Services ...... 8 Family & Consumer Sciences ...... 13 Library Services ...... 8 Health, Medical & Protective Services ...... 14 Academic Rigor and Course Selection ...... 8 Additional Opportunities ...... 14 Commonwealth Governor’s School ...... 8 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Early College Scholars ...... 8 English ...... 14 Advanced Placement Program ...... 8 Fine Arts ...... 17 Advanced Placement Capstone ...... 9 Art ...... 17 Virtual Advanced Placement School ...... 9 Theatre Arts ...... 18 Virtual Learning Options...... 9 Music ...... 19 College Credit for Advanced Placement Classes ...... 9 World Languages ...... 20 CLEP - College-Level Examination Program ...... 9 Health and Physical Education ...... 23 IB Diploma Programme (DP)...... 9 Mathematics...... 24 College Credit through Dual Enrollment Courses ...... 9 Science ...... 27 Early College Pathway Through Germanna Community College ...... 10 History and Social Science ...... 30 Course Load ...... 10 Careers and Technical Education ...... 32 Grades and Promotion ...... 10 Agricultural Education ...... 32 High School Subjects taken in Middle School ...... 10 Business and Information Technology ...... 33 Schedule Adjustments ...... 10 Family and Consumer ...... 34 Auditing a Course ...... 10 Marketing ...... 35 Transfer Credits ...... 11 Technology Education ...... 36 Earning Credit for Courses Taken from Approved On-Line & Correspondence Programs ...... 11 CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER PROGRAM From Accredited Schools and Homeschooling ...... 11 Trade and Industry Programs ...... 37 From Non-Accredited Schools and Non-Accredited Home Schooling ...... 11 Information Technologies Courses ...... 38 National Collegiate Athletic Association Eligibility Requirements ...... 11 Mass Communication Courses ...... 38 Grade Point Average (GPA) and Class Rank ...... 11 Transportation Courses ...... 39 Services for Gifted Students ...... 12 Personal Services Courses ...... 40 Special Education Services ...... 12 Architectural/Mechanical Drafting, Design & CAD ...... 40 Summer School ...... 12 Metal Trades ...... 40 COURSE OFFERINGS Family and Consumer Sciences Cluster ...... 40 English ...... 12 Health, Medical & Protective Services Cluster ...... 41 Fine Arts ...... 12 Additional Opportunities ...... 42 World Language ...... 12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Health and Physical Education ...... 12 Career Clusters ...... 47 Mathematics ...... 12 4 Year Course Plan - Program Planning Guide ...... 63 Science ...... 13 Directory Information ...... 64 History & Social Sciences ...... 13 NCAA Eligibility Center Quick Reference Guide ...... 65 Courses Offered .5 Credit ...... 13 CAREER AND TECHNICAL Agricultural Education ...... 13 Business and Information Technology ...... 13 Family and Consumer Sciences ...... 13

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INTRODUCTION

MISSION STATMENT

Together. we prepare our students for their future.

VISION STATEMENT

Spotsylvania County Schools is a leading school division that inspires and empowers all students to become creative thinkers, problem solvers and effective communicators by:  Ensuing an engaging and supportive learning environment  Providing a broad spectrum of innovative opportunities  Building lasting partnerships with the community to educate our students

CORE VALUES

 Student Centered  Leadership  Accountability  Cultural Proficiency  Excellence  Effective Communication  Teamwork  Citizenship

DEVELOPING YOUR EDUCATIONAL PLAN

A fundamental goal of the Spotsylvania County School District is to assist all students in developing their abilities, and interests. The educational program is comprehensive and offers preparation for students who plan to continue their formal education beyond high school and for those who plan to enter directly into the world of work. Among the most important decisions students make are those related to the programs they will pursue. These decisions should be made after careful assessment of students’ capabilities and interests and with the assistance of parents, school counselors, and teachers. By focusing on our mission, to prepare all students to excel in a dynamic global society, the district carefully plans for the future of each student. This planning begins in the elementary school, continues throughout middle school, and culminates in our students’ preparation for a successful life in our ever-changing world.

COURSE AVAILABILITY

All courses are available to students who have met the stated prerequisites. Occasionally, a particular course will not be available due to an insufficient number of students desiring the course or a scheduling conflict. If a student selects one or more of these courses, an alternate class must be chosen. While every effort is made to resolve conflicts, in certain situations, students may need to consider alternative choices. The school will attempt to contact students and parents when this becomes necessary.

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ADVANCED STUDIES DIPLOMA

Advanced Studies Diploma Course Requirements (8 VAC 20-131-50.C)

Standard Credits: Standard Credits: effective with Verified Credits - effective with effective with first-time ninth Discipline Area first-time ninth graders in 2011- ninth graders in 2000-2001 and graders in 2003-2004 through 2012 and beyond beyond 2010-2011 English 4 4 2

Mathematics 4 4 2

Laboratory Science 4 4 2 [Note 2] History & Social Sciences 4 4 2 [Note 3] Foreign Languages 3 3 [Note 4] Health & Physical Education (Note 6) 2 2

Fine Arts or Career & Technical Education 1 1

Economics and Personal Finance 1

Electives 2 3

Student Selected Test 1 [ Note 5] Total 24 26 9

NOTE 1

 For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall be at or above the level of algebra and shall include at least three different course selections from among: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or other mathematics courses above the level of Algebra II. The Board may approve additional courses to satisfy this requirement.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include at least three different course selections from among: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or other mathematics courses above the level of Algebra II. The Board shall approve courses to satisfy this requirement.

NOTE 2

 For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include course selections from at least three different science disciplines from among: earth sciences, biology, chemistry or physics or completion of the sequence of science courses required for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. The Board may approve additional courses to satisfy this requirement.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include course selections from at least three different science disciplines from among: earth sciences, biology, chemistry, or physics or completion of the sequence of science courses required for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. The Board shall approve courses to satisfy this requirement.

NOTE 3

 For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include U.S. and Virginia History, U.S. and Virginia Government, and two courses in either world history or geography or both. The Board may approve additional courses to satisfy this requirement.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include U.S. and Virginia History, U.S. and Virginia Government, and two courses in either world history or geography or both. The Board shall approve courses to satisfy this requirement.

NOTE 4

 Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include three years of one language or two years of two languages.

NOTE 5

 For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: A student may utilize additional tests for earning verified credit in computer science, technology, career or technical education or other areas as prescribed by the Board in 8 VAC 20-131-110.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: A student may utilize additional tests for earning verified credit in computer science, technology, career or technical education, economics or other areas as prescribed by the Board in 8 VAC 20-131-110.

NOTE 6

 For students entering 9th grade in 2016-17: A student will be required to be trained in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of automated external defibrillators, including hands-on practice of the skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Electives  Fine Arts and Career and Technical Education – The Standard, Advanced Studies, and Modified Standard Diplomas each contain a requirement for one standard unit of credit in Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education. The Standards of Accreditation do not require that courses used to satisfy the requirement of Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education be approved by the Board. Therefore, local school officials should use their own judgment in determining which courses students take to satisfy this requirement.  Foreign Language—The Advanced Studies Diploma contains a requirement for either three years of one foreign language or two years of two languages. In March 1998, the Board of Education approved the provision of three years of instruction in American Sign Language (ASL) for foreign language credit toward an Advanced Studies Diploma; other foreign languages will satisfy this requirement as well.

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR A STANDARD DIPLOMA

Standard Diploma Course Requirements (8 VAC 20-131-50.B)

Standard Credits: Standard Credits: Standard Credits: effective Verified Credits: effective effective with first-time ninth effective with first-time ninth Discipline Area with first-time ninth graders for first-time ninth graders graders in 2015-2016 and graders in 2003-2004 through in 2011-2012 and beyond in 2003-2004 and beyond beyond 2010-2011 English 4 4 4 2

Mathematics 3 3 3 1

Laboratory Science 3 3 3 1 [Notes 2 & 6] History & Social Sciences 3 4 4 1 [Notes 3 & 6] Health & Physical Education (Note 8) 2 2 2

Fine Arts or Career & Technical Education 1

Foreign Language, Fine Arts or Career & Technical 2 2 Education

Economics and Personal Finance 1 1

Electives 4 5 3 [Note 4] Student Selected Test 1 [ Note 5] Total 22 22 22 6

NOTE 1  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall be at or above the level of algebra and shall include at least two course selections from among: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or other mathematics courses above the level of algebra and geometry. The Board may approve additional courses to satisfy this requirement.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include at least two different course selections from among: Algebra I; Geometry; Algebra, Functions and Data Analysis; Algebra II, or other mathematics courses above the level of Algebra II. The Board shall approve courses to satisfy this re- quirement.

NOTE 2  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include course selections from at least two different science disciplines: earth sciences, biology, chemistry or physics. The Board may approve additional courses to satisfy this requirement.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include course selections from at least two different science disciplines: earth sciences, biology, chemistry or physics or completion of the sequence of science courses required for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. The Board shall approve courses to satisfy this requirement.

NOTE 3  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include U.S. and Virginia History, U.S. and Virginia Government, and one course in either world history or geography or both. The Board may approve additional courses to satisfy this requirement.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include U.S. and Virginia History, U.S. and Virginia Government, and one course in either world history or geography or both. The Board shall approve courses to satisfy this requirement.  Students who entered ninth grade in the 2016-2017 or 2015-2016 school year are only required to take three history courses (Geography or World History, US and Virginia History, and Virginia Government.

NOTE 4  Courses to satisfy this requirement shall include at least two sequential electives as required by the Standards of Quality.

NOTE 5  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2003-2004 through 2010-2011: A student may utilize additional tests for earning verified credit in computer science, technology, career and technical education or other areas as prescribed by the Board in 8 VAC 20-131-110.  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: A student may utilize additional tests for earning verified credit in computer science, technology, career and technical education, economics or other areas as prescribed by the Board in 8 VAC 20-131-110.

NOTE 6  Students who complete a career and technical education program sequence and pass an examination or occupational competency assessment in a career and technical education field that confers certification or an occupational competency credential from a recognized industry, or trade or professional association or acquires a professional license in a career and technical educa- tion field from the Commonwealth of Virginia may substitute the certification, competency credential or license for (1) the student selected verified credit and (2) either a science or history and social science verified credit when the certification, license or credential confers more than one verified credit. The examination or occupational competency assessment must be approved by the Board of Education as an additional test to verify student achievement.

NOTE 7  For students entering the ninth grade for the first time in 2011-2012 and beyond: Pursuant to Section 22.1-253.13:4, Code of Virginia, credits earned for this requirement shall include one credit in fine or performing arts or career and technical education.

NOTE 8  For students entering 9th grade in 2016-17: A student will be required to be trained in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of automated external defibrillators, including hands-on practice of the skills necessary to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Electives Sequential Electives – Effective with the graduating class of 2003, students who wish to receive a Standard or Modified Standard Diploma must successfully complete two sequential electives. Sequential electives may be in any discipline as long as the courses are not specifically required for graduation. Courses used to satisfy the one unit of credit in a fine arts or career and technical education course may be used to partially satisfy this requirement. An exploratory course followed by an introductory course may not be used to satisfy the requirement. An introductory course followed by another level of the same course of study may be used. Sequential electives do not have to be taken in consecutive years. Fine Arts and Career and Technical Education – The Standard and Advanced Studies, each contain a requirement for one standard unit of credit in Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education. The Standards of Accreditation do not require that courses used to satisfy the requirement of Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education be approved by the Board. Therefore, local school officials should use their own judgment in determining which courses students take to satisfy this requirement. 6

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR A STANDARD DIPLOMA CREDIT ACCOMMODATIONS

STANDARD DIPLOMA CREDIT ACCOMMODATIONS

The Board of Education has approved Guidelines for Standard Diploma Credit Accommodations for Students with Disabilities to provide alternatives for these students in meeting the requirements for a Standard Diploma.

Credit accommodations provide alternatives for students with disabilities in earning the standard and verified credits required to graduate with a Standard Diploma.

Credit accommodations for students with disabilities may include:  Alternative courses to meet the standard credit requirements  Modifications to the requirements for locally awarded verified credits  Additional tests approved by the Board of Education for earning verified credits  Adjusted cut scores on tests for earning verified credits  Allowance of work-based learning experiences through career and technical education (CTE) courses  While credit accommodations provide alternate pathways and flexibility, students receiving accommodations must earn the 22 standard credits and six verified credits required to graduate with a Standard Diploma. In contrast, only 20 standard credits and 0 verified credits are required for the Modified Standard Diploma.

Comparison of Credit Requirements: Standard Diploma vs. Modified Standard Diploma Modified Standard Diploma Standard Diploma Standard Verified Standard Verified Subject or Course Credits Credits Credits Credits English 4 2 4 0

Mathematics 3 1 3 0

Laboratory Science 3 1 2 0

History & Social Sciences 3/4* 1 2 0

Health & Physical Education 2 0 2 0

Foreign Language, Fine Arts or Career & Technical Education 2 0 1 0

Economics and Personal Finance 1 0 0 0

Electives 3 0 6 0

Student-Selected Test 0 1 0 0

TOTAL 22 6 20 0

Board-approved career or industry credential Required Not Required

Virtual course Required Not Required

Credit accommodations are not available for the Advanced Studies Diploma.

* Students who entered ninth grade in 2015-2016 or 2016-2017 are required to take 3 credits of history. All other grade levels are required to take 4.

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MODIFIED STANDARD DIPLOMA

MODIFIED STANDARD DIPLOMA

NOTE: The Modified Standard Diploma will not be an option for students with disabilities who enter the ninth grade for the first time beginning in 2013-2014. Credit accommodations allow students with disabilities who previously would have pursued a Modified Standard Diploma to earn a Standard Diploma.

Modified Standard Diploma Course Requirements (8 VAC 20-131-50.D)

Discipline Area Standard Credits

English 4

Mathematics 3

Laboratory Science 2 [Note 2] History & Social Sciences 2 [Note 3] Health & Physical Education 2

Fine Arts or Career & Technical Education 1

Electives 6 [Note 4] Total 20

NOTE 1: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include content from among applications of algebra, geometry, personal finance and statistics in courses that have been approved by the Board.

NOTE 2: Courses complete shall include content from at least two of the following: applications of earth science, biology, chemistry, or physics in courses approved by the Board.

NOTE 3: Courses completed to satisfy this requirement shall include one unit of credit in U.S. and Virginia History and one unit of credit in U.S. and Virginia Government in courses approved by the Board.

NOTE 4: Courses to satisfy this requirement shall include a least two sequential electives in the same manner required for the Standard Diploma.

Electives  Sequential Electives – Effective with the graduating class of 2003, students who wish to receive a Standard or Modified Standard Diploma must successfully complete two sequential electives. On February 5, 2002, the Board of Education approved Guidelines for Sequential Electives for the Standard and Modified Standard Diploma (PDF).

 Sequential electives may be in any discipline as long as the courses are not specifically required for graduation.  Courses used to satisfy the one unit of credit in a fine arts or career and technical education course may be used to partially satisfy this requirement.  For career and technical education electives, check with the Office of Career and Technical Education at (804) 225-2051.  An exploratory course followed by an introductory course may not be used to satisfy the requirement.  An introductory course followed by another level of the same course of study may be used.  Sequential electives do not have to be taken in consecutive years.

 Fine Arts and Career and Technical Education – The Standard, Advanced Studies, and Modified Standard Diplomas each contain a requirement for one standard unit of credit in Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education. The Standards of Accreditation do not require that courses used to satisfy the requirement of Fine Arts or Career and Technical Education be approved by the Board. Therefore, local school officials should use their own judgment in determining which courses students take to satisfy this requirement.

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ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

Recognition is provided in several ways for students of Spotsylvania County high schools who excel in their academic pursuits. To be on the Honor Roll, a student must have a final nine weeks grade of at least 80 in all subjects. To earn an Academic Letter, the student must earn at least 5 credits and a 3.50 or better grade-point average (without rounding) and no grade lower than a “C” for the school year.

Seniors who have a final grade point average of 3.20 - 3.89 are recognized as honor graduates at Commencement. Seniors with a final grade point average of 3.90 and above are recognized as graduating with special distinction at Commencement. The senior(s) who has the second highest final grade point average is recognized as the Salutatorian The senior(s) with the highest final grade point average is recognized as the Valedictorian.

GRADUATION SEALS

GOVERNOR’S SEAL Students who complete the requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma with an average grade of “B” or better (3.0 GPA or above) and successfully complete college-level coursework that will earn at least nine transferable college credits in Advanced Placement (AP) or dual enrollment courses shall receive the Governor’s Seal on the diploma. Students enrolled in AP classes must sit for appropriate exams to be eligible.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SEAL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES OR STANDARD DIPLOMA Students who complete the requirements for a Standard Diploma or Advanced Studies Diploma with an average grade of “A” (4.0 GPA or above) shall receive a Board of Education Seal on the diploma.

BOARD OF EDUCATION’S CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SEAL The Board of Education’s Career and Technical Education Seal will be awarded to students who earn a Standard or Advanced Studies Diploma and complete a prescribed sequence of courses in a career and technical education concentration or specialization that they choose and maintain a “B” (3.0 GPA or above) in those courses; or (a) pass an examination or an occupational competency assessment in a career and technical education concentration or specialization that confers certification or occupational competency credential from a recognized industry, trade or professional association or (b) acquire a professional license in that career and technical education field from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Board of Education shall approve all professional licenses and examination used to satisfy these requirements.

BOARD OF EDUCATION’S SEAL OF ADVANCED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY The Board of Education’s Seal of Advanced Mathematics and Technology will be awarded to students who earn a Standard or Advanced Studies Diploma and (a) satisfy all of the requirements for the Advanced Studies Diploma (four units of credit including Algebra II; two verified units of credit) with a “B” (3.0 GPA or above); and (b) either 1) pass an examination in a career and technical education field that confers certification from a recognized industry, or trade or professional association; 2) acquire a professional license in a career and technical education field from the Commonwealth of Virginia; or 3) pass an examination approved by the board that confers college-level credit in a technology or computer science area. The Board of Education shall approve all professional licenses and examinations used to satisfy these requirements.

BOARD OF EDUCATION’S SEAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN CIVICS EDUCATION The Board of Education’s Seal for Excellence in Civics Education will be awarded to students who earn a Standard or Advanced Studies Diploma and: (a) complete Virginia and United States History and Virginia and United States Government courses with a grade of “B” (3.0 GPA or above); and (b) have good attendance and no disciplinary infractions as determined by local school board policies and (c) complete 50 hours of voluntary participation in community service or extracurricular activities. Activities that would satisfy the requirements of this subdivision include: 1) volunteering for a charitable or religious organization that provides services to the poor, sick or less fortunate; 2) participating in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, or similar youth organization; 3) participating in JROTC; 4) participating in political campaigns or government internships, or Boys State, Girls State, or Model General Assembly; or 5) participating in school-sponsored extracurricular activities that have a civics focus. Any student who enlists in the United States military prior to graduation will be deemed to have met this community service requirement.

BOARD OF EDUCATION’S SEAL OF BILITERACY The Board of Education’s Seal of Biliteracy certifies attainment of a high level of proficiency by a graduating high school student in one or more languages in addition to English, and certifies that the graduate meets the following criteria: 1) The Board of Education’s Seal of Biliteracy will be awarded to students who earn a Board of Education approved diploma and (i) pass all required End-of- Course Assessments in English, reading, and writing at the proficient or higher level; (ii) be proficient at the intermediate-mid level or higher in one or more languages other than English, as demonstrated through an assessment from a list to be approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. 2) For purposes of this article, “foreign language” means a language other than English, and includes American Sign Language.

SPOTSYLVANIA SEAL OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, Spotsylvania County is offering a Seal of Academic Excellence. Students may obtain this seal on their diploma by earning 26 credits. To earn the Seal of Academic Excellence, a student must meet the criteria for the advanced diploma, and: 1. Take four years of a world language (four years of one or two years each of two different languages). These courses may be begin in middle school. 2. One Fine Arts elective and one Practical Arts elective is required. 3. All English, mathematics, science, social studies and world language courses must be taken at the “advanced” or higher level where multiple levels are available (this requirement does not include AP and college level courses). 4. A total of at least three (3) AP or college level courses from the available offerings must be successfully completed. Contact your school counselor for a more specific definition of criteria.

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS COMMUNITY SERVICE SEAL Students may earn the Spotsylvania County Schools Community Service Seal on their diplomas by performing 144 hours of community service during their high school career. For specific information on what constitutes community service, pick up an information packet in your counseling office. 9

COURSE SELECTION INFORMATION

OURSE ELECTION are also available 24/7 through Destiny Social Studies C S Library Manager. Spotsylvania County Advanced Placement European History INFORMATION School Students login to Destiny through the (2399G) division web site by selecting their school Advanced Placement U.S. Government (2445G) SCHOOL COUNSELING and using their network login and password. In addition, librarians work with classroom Advanced Placement U.S. History PROGRAM AND SERVICES (2319G) —————————————————— teachers in all curriculum areas to support Students are alphabetically (based on the instruction and teach 21st century research Advanced Placement Human Geography (2211G) student’s last name) assigned to a school skills. Mathematics counselor for the duration of their high Honors Algebra II (3135G) school years. Together, the counselor, ACADEMIC RIGOR AND Honors Geometry with Trigonometry parents and student will build the relationship COURSE SELECTION (3143G) needed to better assist in academic planning, —————————————————— Honors Math Analysis with Discrete Students are encouraged to select rigorous and goal setting as well as provide support Topics (3162G) courses that will provide an intellectual through the college goals. Parents are Advanced Placement Calculus BC challenge and also will better prepare them encouraged to participate in the development (3178G) of the student’s program of studies that maps for future courses and educational and/or Advanced Placement Statistics (3192G) the route to the chosen diploma option and career pursuits beyond high school. In Science graduation. In addition to the annual considering students’ applications for Advanced Placement Environmental Science academic planning and course selection admission, colleges and universities look (4270G) sessions, counselors provide programs to all closely at the number and kind of advanced Advanced Placement Biology (4370G) students through classroom guidance, small courses students have taken. The academic DE Chemistry (4420G) group and/or individual sessions on topics rigor can be a significant factor in a student Advanced Placement Physics B (4570G) such as study skills, test-taking strategies, being accepted by the college of his/her choice. decision-making and time management EARLY COLLEGE SCHOLARS strategies. Counselors assist students and ——————————————– parents to address other issues that create THE COMMONWEALTH The Early College Scholars Program allows eligible high school seniors to complete their challenges to academic success. GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL —————————————————— high school diploma and concurrently earn at Each high school counseling program offers The Commonwealth Governor’s School least 15 hours of transferable credits toward a college degree, resulting in a more workshops for students and parents designed (CGS) is an academic year governor’s school that provides gifted and highly motivated productive senior year and reducing the to enhance orientation to academic success, amount of college tuition for families. awareness of the college admission process, high school students with a challenging, Eligibility: Students should have a “B” (3.0 scholarship and financial aid opportunities, differentiated, and inter-disciplinary program GPA or higher) average, be pursuing an and transitions after high school. Counselors in science, mathematics, social sciences, and Advanced Studies diploma, be completing or support the regional college night program. English. This half-day program utilizes real- have completed college level course work time interactive audio/visual technology, (Dual Enrollment and/or Advanced Check your school newsletter, school website field experiences, and team teaching to create Placement courses) that will earn at least and special announcements on the a regional community of learners from fifteen transferable college credits. Students can contract to become an Early College Spotsylvania School Division website and Stafford, King George, Spotsylvania, and Caroline counties. Scholar beginning in grade 9. See your educational broadcasting channel to learn counselor for a contract and more more about the programs at your high school. information. The CGS curriculum is problem-based, student-oriented, and designed to focus on School counselors may be contacted at each ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM of the schools by using the following community issues of environment, —————————————————— numbers: development, and service. High speed The Advanced Placement (AP) Program Internet access, desktop video conferencing, provides students with the opportunity to Chancellor High School ...... 786-2606 and e-mail enables students to reach pursue college-level studies while still in worldwide resources for special interest high school and to receive advanced Courtland High School ...... 898-4445 projects and in-depth research. Advanced placement credit when entering college. Placement and Dual Enrollment options are Academically oriented students are strongly Massaponax High School ...... 710-0419 available. Students participate in electives encouraged to participate in the Advanced and activities at their home-based high Placement Program offered in each high Riverbend High School ...... 548-4051 school. Visit the CGS website at school. www.cgs.k12.va.us. See your Gifted Spotsylvania High School ...... 582-3882 Coordinator for application information. Advanced Placement (AP) courses follow the suggested College Board course descriptions Spotsylvania Career and English and serve to prepare students for the AP Technical Center ...... 898-2655 Honors English 9 (1131G) examinations in May. In addition to Honors English 10 (1141G) preparing students for the AP exam, AP LIBRARY SERVICES Advanced Placement English Literature courses allow students to experience the pace —————————————————— and Composition (1196G) and intensity of college-level courses while The library is an integral part of the school Advanced Placement English Language still in high school. Some AP courses may program. Libraries circulate over 875,000 and Composition (1195G) explore opportunities for students to work in items annually. The library catalog, online teams on interdisciplinary themes or projects. databases, online encyclopedias and ebooks Such activities would be designed to provide 10

COURSE SELECTION INFORMATION students the opportunity to solve real-world Initiative. Spotsylvania County students may are considered acceptable by the colleges in problems across AP subject areas. The AP enroll if an AP class is not offered at their which they are interested should contact the courses are challenging and stimulating, school due to low student enrollment Director of Admissions of the college or require more work and more time than other requests. Information is available online and consult with their school counselor. The high school courses, but are ranked by from the school counselor. Advanced Placement Program in former AP students as the most valuable Spotsylvania County consists of the experience of the high school education. In VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTIONS following courses: late May, all students scheduled for AP —————————————————— courses will receive the required summer The E-Credit Recovery option is for a select AP English 11 AP Music Theory assignments and due date for completion. group of students who need course credit to AP English 12 AP French These assignments form the basis of class earn a Standard or Advanced Studies AP German AP Latin work in the first weeks of school and are diploma. To be eligible for enrollment in an AP Spanish AP Calculus AP Statistics AP Computer Science crucial for student participation. E-Credit Recovery course, a student must meet certain requirements. AP Biology AP World History AP Government AP U.S. History Prerequisites: The Advanced Placement examinations, AP Chemistry AP European History provided and graded by the College Board,  Previous completion of the course, yet AP Physics AP Studio Art are administered each year during the 1st earned a failing grade AP Psychology AP Human Geography and 2nd weeks of May. Usually three hours  has the ability to succeed in an online AP Environmental Science in length, each exam consists of a multiple course AP Seminar choice section and free-response section that  obtains teacher recommendation requires essay writing or problem solving. CLEP - COLLEGE-LEVEL  obtains administrator or designed approval Every examination receives an overall grade EXAMINATION PROGRAM for the following courses: from a team of carefully selected college —————————————————— English 9, 10, 11, 12 Developed by the College Board, the people professors and high school AP teachers on a Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II behind AP and SAT, the College-Level five-point scale: Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Examination Program (CLEP) has been the 5 (extremely well-qualified) Environmental Science most widely trusted credit-by-examination 4 (well-qualified) World Geography, Virginia & U.S. History, program for over 40 years, accepted by 2,900 3 (qualified) Virginia & U.S. Government, Economics, colleges and universities and administered in 2 (possibly qualified) Personal Finance over 1,800 test centers. 1 (no recommendation). Health & Physical Education bundle, An AP Grade Report is available online in Sociology July to each student, the high school, and if IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME (DP) Spanish I, Latin I & II —————————————————— the student requests it, to the college. All The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is a enrolled AP students are encouraged to take The Virtual Initial Credit option is for a rigorous, academically challenging and AP course examinations. Financial assistance select group of students who want to earn a balanced two-year programme of education for the cost of the AP exams may be credit that they may not have received designed to prepare students aged 16 to 19 available for students in need on a school by otherwise. Initial credit is for a NEW course for success at university and in life beyond. school basis. that the student has not previously taken. To The DP provides opportunities to develop

be enrolled in a Virtual Initial Credit course, both interdisciplinary knowledge and ADVANCED PLACEMENT CAPSTONE —————————————————— a student must meet the following understanding that meet rigorous standards. AP Capstone is a new diploma that is being requirements: IB encourages inquiry, caring, open- offered through the College Board. In order  meets the course prerequisites mindedness, intercultural understanding, and to earn this diploma, students take AP  demonstrates a need to take the course the attitudes necessary to respect and Seminar in the 10th or 11th grade, followed online evaluate a range of viewpoints. by AP Research. Students who earn scores of  has the ability to succeed in an online 3 or higher in AP Seminar, AP Research and course COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH on four additional AP Exams of their  obtains counselor recommendation DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES choosing will receive the AP Capstone —————————————————— Diploma. This signifies their outstanding  obtains administrator or designee approval Dual Enrollment is a unique enrichment academic achievement and attainment or program in which high school junior and college-level academic and research skills. COLLEGE CREDIT FOR senior students are given the opportunity to Alternatively, students who earn scores of 3 ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES take college courses in their own high school or higher on exam in AP Seminar and AP —————————————————— through Germanna Community College’s Research will receive the AP Seminar and Although each college determines what AP program. Students earn college credits while Research Certificate signifying their examination grades it will accept for credit completing their high school requirements. attainment of college-level academic and and/or advanced placement, the majority of Students must maintain both attendance and research skills. colleges accept grades of 4 or better and grade requirements set by Germanna in order award the student credit in the subject matter to receive credit. Credits transfer to Virginia tested. In some cases, no credit is given, but Community Colleges and most colleges and IRTUAL DVANCED V A the student begins the program of study at an universities. Courses are taught by high PLACEMENT SCHOOL advanced level. school instructors who have the —————————————————— Many colleges will grant sophomore This is an online, fee-based program qualifications to teach at the college level. standing to a student who presents acceptable Interested students should discuss dual developed in conjunction with former scores on three or more AP examinations. Governor Warner’s Early College Scholars enrollment options with their high school Students wanting to know what AP scores counselors. 11

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Prospective students will be required to required to complete an Early College included when calculating the student’s complete a Germanna Community College Orientation session on campus at GCC grade point average. Application for Admissions, provide prior to enrollment. The curriculum begins NOTE: Each parent has the opportunity qualifying SAT scores, or take a placement with on campus courses in the summer prior to request that the credit and grade be test administered at the high school. to junior year. removed for a high school course taken Qualifying students will register through the during the middle school years. The high school in spring and will pay the tuition Prospective Early College students are Request to Remove the Grade and Credit to the high school at the beginning of the strongly urged to acquaint themselves with form must be completed and returned on school year. For more information on dual the requirements of the college or university or before the stated deadline. enrollment, visit website to which transfer is contemplated and to http://www.germanna.edu consult with an advisor at the four-year SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS institution for further transfer assistance —————————————————— The Dual Enrollment Program in prior to entering the Early College Pathway. Students and parents are encouraged to make Spotsylvania County high schools consists of Each four-year college or university will all course request changes as soon as the the following courses which are described in make its own determination regarding the need for the change is apparent. Since the more detail in the subject listing by transfer status of Early College students. master schedule for each high school is department. These courses are offered created in late spring based on student requests and staff availability, changes after dependent upon availability of qualified staff COURSE LOAD and student demand for the course. —————————————————— the end of school may be more difficult to Students are to be full-time enrolled and obtain. Counselors review student requests English scheduled in classes that total at least five and make schedule adjustments prior to the Pre-calculus units of credit. Any exceptions must be opening of school when one or more of the Biology * approved by the Superintendent or his/her following circumstances occur: Chemistry * designee. High school principals will - student’s failure of a course which is a require that any senior whose parent or prerequisite for a scheduled course or *Offered at The Commonwealth Governor’s guardian requests early release must have graduation requirement School already passed all the SOL End-of-Course - clerical error Tests required for the chosen diploma - change in the student’s educational plan option before the principal will recommend - balancing of class sizes ARLY OLLEGE ATHWAY E C P early release. The principal will forward the - requested course has low enrollment and THROUGH GERMANNA parental request for early release to the will not be offered. COMMUNITY COLLEGE Assistant Superintendent for final decision. —————————————————— Students enrolled in Co-operative Education All requests for course changes must be The Early College Pathway is an academic classes such as marketing or business will be made in writing and signed by parent. advancement plan in which high school given early release to meet requirements students can earn a General Studies associated with the course. (School Board Dropping a Class: A student who withdraws Associate Degree (62 credits) or a General Policy IHD) from a class after the first nine weeks grading Education Certificate (33 credits) period will receive a “WF” (withdrew concurrently. The Early College curriculum failing) or a “WP” (withdrew passing) which includes a distribution of general education GRADES AND PROMOTION —————————————————— are treated as an “F” when calculating the courses which are usually required in the Grade level classification is based on the GPA. A student may not drop a required first two years of many baccalaureate total number of units of credit accumulated course at any time. programs. as follows:

AUDITING A COURSE Credit awarded for applicable dual Freshman ...... 0-4 units —————————————————— enrollment courses, joint enrollment college Sophomore...... 5 units A student may decide to audit a course to courses taken on campus, Advanced Junior ...... 10 units gain increased subject mastery or to improve Placement or IB courses with qualifying Senior ...... 15 units the course grade. A course can be taken as an exam scores of three or higher, or qualifying audit only if the student has completed the International Baccalaureate scores may be The Spotsylvania County Schools grading course, received a passing grade and earned a applied toward attainment of the scale for high school students is: credit. The student will not receive a credit aforementioned credentials. Early College A = 90-100 for the audited course; however, the grade students can take full advantage of B = 80-89 earned will be calculated into the student’s Germanna’s tutoring, library resources, C = 70-79 cumulative GPA. advising and other support services. D = 60-69 F = Below 60 Serious consideration must be given to the The Early College Pathway varies among decision to audit a course. Auditing a course school districts, depending on their Dual HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS is usually beneficial if the student earned a Enrollment/Advanced Placement/ low grade, passed the course but did not pass TAKEN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL International Baccalaureate offerings. —————————————————— the SOL or if the student took the course and Students interested in the pathway are If a middle school student successfully received credit in a different school system encouraged to speak with a school counselor completes a high school credit course, the where the curriculum did not align with at their high school or contact an academic credit earned is counted for the specified Spotsylvania County. The impact of an counselor at GCC for additional information. subject required for graduation, and for audited course on the cumulative GPA and Students must follow the Steps for meeting the total number of units required the student’s educational plan must be Admission for GCC’s Early College and are for graduation. The grades earned are evaluated. The parent must submit a written 12

COURSE OFFERINGS request to the school counselor for the course before graduation from high school may be office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. audit. After review of the educational plan, awarded course credit leading to high school Central Time, Monday through Friday, at the counselor will advance the request to the graduation if it is part of the student’s 877.262.1492. For more information, please school principal for final decision. educational plan. However, prior approval refer to pages 61 and 62. must be granted by the principal and the course must be given by the college for GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND TRANSFER CREDITS degree credit. CLASS RANK —————————————————— The GPA (Grade Point Average) is obtained EARNING CREDIT FOR COURSES FROM NON-ACCREDITED SCHOOLS by: TAKEN FROM APPROVED ON-LINE AND NON-ACCREDITED HOME 1. All high school courses and courses attempted prior to the ninth grade which & CORRESPONDENCE PROGRAMS SCHOOLING —————————————————— —————————————————— are considered to be high school courses A high school student and parent may apply Spotsylvania County reserves the right to (Algebra I, Spanish I, etc.) are included in in writing to the high school principal determine credit and appropriate grade level the GPA. requesting permission to enroll in an on-line placement of students transferring from non- 2. Each letter grade is assigned a number of or correspondence course for credit when it accredited private schools or non-accredited quality credit points: is appropriate for the completion of the home instruction programs. This student’s educational plan. Parents are determination will be based on available Non-Weighted 4.5 Scale responsible for any fees and expenses transcripts of past academic work, 98-100 = A = 4.50 charged by the course provider. The courses standardized test scores and tests 95-97 = A = 4.25 may be obtained from the Department of administered by Spotsylvania personnel. The 90-94 = A = 4.00 Education sponsored Virtual Advanced student will be required to take a Course 88-89 = B = 3.75 Placement Program, any other public school Mastery Examination for the subject. 86-87 = B = 3.50 division in Virginia which offers on-line Examinations will only be given in courses 84-85 = B = 3.25 credits, or any approved correspondence which the student can verify that he/she has 80-83 = B = 3.00 program. Parents are directed to contact the taken in private school or through home 78-79 = C = 2.75 school counselor in advance of making the instruction. For sequential courses such as 76-77 = C = 2.50 written request to determine approval status English and math, if the student cannot 74-75 = C = 2.25 of the online or correspondence program. successfully pass those examinations, he/she 70-73 = C = 2.00 Spotsylvania County students may NOT take will be required to take the examinations of 68-69 = D = 1.75 an on-line course for credit which requires an courses taken previously. 66-67 = D = 1.50 End-of-Course Test unless the student has 64-65 = D = 1.25 already passed the test and needs the course NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC 60-63 = D = 1.00 credit to complete the verified credit unit. ASSOCIATION ELIGIBILITY 59 or less = F = 0 REQUIREMENTS A transcript from the virtual or —————————————————— Weighted 5.5 Scale correspondence school must be supplied to ATTENTION: All prospective student- 98-100 = A = 5.50 the high school counseling office on or athletes first entering a collegiate institution 95-97 = A = 5.25 before June 1 of the year in which the student on or after August 1, 1996 who want to play 90-94 = A = 5.00 desires the credit to be included on his or her NCAA Division I and II intercollegiate 88-89 = B = 4.75 official transcript. The grade earned will be athletics. The NCAA has established a 86-87 = B = 4.50 recorded for GPA purposes according to central clearinghouse to certify athletic 84-85 = B = 4.25 county weighting requirements. eligibility to Division I and II institutions. 80-83 = B = 4.00 Students who intend to participate with or 78-79 = C = 3.75 FROM ACCREDITED SCHOOLS without a scholarship as a freshman in 76-77 = C = 3.50 college, must register with and be certified as AND HOMESCHOOLING 74-75 = C = 3.25 —————————————————— eligible by the NCAA Initial-Eligibility 70-73 = C = 3.00 Upon receipt of an official transcript from Center. Please note that initial-eligibility 68-69 = D = 2.75 the student’s previous school, the counselor certification pertains only to NCAA 66-67 = D = 2.50 will review the courses taken and accept requirements for participation in Division I 64-65 = D = 2.25 credits earned from accredited secondary or II athletics and has no bearing on student 60-63 = D = 2.00 schools in other school divisions. Courses admission to a particular Division I or II 59 or less = F = 0 accepted to meet Virginia graduation institution. Please note the following: It is requirements must be those recognized as best to register after the junior year grades The subjects listed below are designated as such by the Virginia Department of have appeared on the transcript in mid-June. “weighted courses”: Education. Course credit may be accepted as Registration materials may be obtained from  All Advanced Placement Classes elective credit instead of a required course the high school counselor.  IB courses (11th & 12th grade) when the course does not align with Information about NCAA eligibility can be - Dual Enrollment Classes Spotsylvania County courses. Course credits obtained by the student-athlete and parents *Weighted Courses transferred from other and grades are converted to reflect a fair in several ways: school divisions that do not correspond with comparison to the Spotsylvania County Website at www.eligibilitycenter.org this list will not receive weighted credit in grading scale. Only credits earned in AP Hotline to call for copy of “Guide for the Spotsylvania County. courses and Dual Enrollment will carry a College-Bound Student Athlete” at weighted quality credit value. Students who 800.638.3731 NCAA Eligibility Center wish to enroll in post-secondary programs

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3. The points obtained for the final grade in SUMMER SCHOOL Theatre Arts I each course are added and then divided by —————————————————— Theatre Arts II A summer school program is offered each the total number of credits attempted to Theatre Arts III year in Spotsylvania County. Students who arrive at the cumulative GPA. Theatre Arts IV have failed a course during the regular year 4. Audited Courses (courses repeated in Technical Theatre may repeat that course in summer school, if which credit has been previously earned) IB Theatre Arts the course is offered. A few new credit do not grant credit but the quality points Band Class classes are offered which are based on are included in the GPA calculation. Percussion Class student enrollment requests. Unlike the 5. When a course is failed and subsequently Concert Performance Band I/II regular school year, a tuition fee is charged repeated, both grades are counted towards Symphonic Performance Band I/II for all students in summer school. To qualify the GPA. Performance Jazz Band I/II for attendance in a repeat course, a student 6. GPA is calculated for each student at the Concert Performance String Orchestra I/II may have missed no more than 15 days in the end of each school year. For seniors, an Symphonic Performance String Orchestra I/II course during the regular school year or additional GPA calculation is made at the Women’s Chorus/Men’s Chorus I/II needs to have earned at least a 50% for the end of the first semester. Concert Chorus I/II year. Individual cases not meeting this 7. Rank in class: After calculation of the Select Women’s Chorus/Men’s Chorus I/II criteria will be reviewed by the building GPA for all students, students are ranked Vocal Ensemble I/II principal. Specific information about courses within their class according to that figure. Music Theory/Appreciation and location of the summer school program Advanced Placement Music Theory is announced and available in the school DROPPING COURSES IB Music counseling offices and on the website in the —————————————————— There will be no record made on the spring of each year. WORLD LANGUAGES permanent record form of courses French I dropped during the first fourteen (14) COURSE OFFERINGS French II —————————————————— weeks of a full year course and during French III NGLISH the first seven (7) weeks for a semester E French IV course. After this period, withdrawal English 9 Literature and Language IB French from a course with a passing grade will English Grade 9 Advanced Placement French Advanced English Grade 9 German I be considered a WP and will not be English Grade 10 calculated into the grade point average; German II Advanced English Grade 10 German III withdrawal with a failing grade will be English Grade 11 considered as a WF and a failure (F) German IV Advanced English Grade 11 IB German figured into the grade point average. Advanced Placement English Language Advanced Placement German and Composition 11 Exceptions to this procedure may be Latin I made by the principal in the case of English Grade 12 Latin II hardship on the part of the student. Advanced English Grade 12 Latin III Advanced Placement English Literature Latin IV and Composition 12 SERVICES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS Advanced Placement Latin —————————————————— Advanced Placement Seminar Spanish I In the ninth through the twelfth grades, gifted Advanced Placement Research students in each county high school are Spanish II Dual Enrollment College Composition Spanish III offered services through an academic year (ENG 111-112) governor’s school, advanced classes, Spanish IV IB English Language and Literature IB Spanish Advanced Placement classes, Dual IB Theory of Knowledge Enrollment, college/university classes, inter- Advanced Placement Spanish Journalism I IB Classical Languages disciplinary classes, independent study, Journalism II American Sign Language (Elective) appropriate seminars/internships and Journalism III/IV counseling services. A member of the staff at English for Speakers of Other Languages Yearbook Production 20,21,22,23 each high school coordinates services for Photojournalism gifted students. Creative Writing I HEALTH AND PHYSICAL Creative Writing II EDUCATION SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES Humanities Health and Physical Education Grade 9 —————————————————— Reading Across the Curriculum Physical Education and Driver’s Ed Grade 10 Special education classes are offered for Recreation and Wellness I students with special needs who have been Intensive Reading Across the Content Areas Recreation and Wellness II evaluated and identified as having a Sports Medicine disability and in need of special education. FINE ARTS Coursework and accommodations are Art I designed to meet the emotional, academic, Art II MATHEMATICS and/or physical needs of students with Art III Algebra I, Part 1 disabilities. All coursework is then adapted Art IV Algebra I, Part 2 according to the unique needs of each Art Seminar Algebra I individual child and in accordance with his/ Advanced Placement Studio Art I/II Geometry, Part 1 her Individualized Education Program (IEP). IB Visual Arts Geometry, Part 2 Geometry 14

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Marketing Management Algebra Functions and Data Analysis COURSES OFFERED .5 CREDIT Sports, Entertainment, and Recreation Algebra II African American History Marketing Advanced Algebra II Criminal Justice

Applied Mathematics: Modeling and Debate Functions Economics TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Mathematical Analysis Equine Management Foundations of Technology Dual Enrollment Calculus I & II Geology Engineering Exploration I (MTH 163-164) Personal Finance Manufacturing Technology Computer Mathematics (Visual BASIC) Marine Science Construction Technology Computer Mathematics (C++) CTC Mentorship Program Technical Drawing and Design Advanced Placement Statistics Mentor Apprenticeship Program Engineering Drawing and Design Advanced Placement Calculus AB Music Theory/Appreciation Engineering Studies Advanced Placement Calculus BC Oceanography IB Design and Technology Advanced Placement Computer Science Psychology AP Computer Science Principles Recreation and Wellness I/II IB Mathematics SAT Preparation TRADE & INDUSTRY IB Math Studies Sociology PROGRAM COURSES SOL Preparation —————————————————— SCIENCE Earth Science CAREER AND TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION/MECHANICAL Advanced Earth Science —————————————————— TRADES Earth Science II Construction & Mechanical Trades Career AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Biology Pathways Intro to Plant, Animal & Mechanics Advanced Biology Carpentry I Technology Biology II - Seminar Carpentry II Intro to Plant Science & Technology Human Anatomy and Physiology Electricity I (Residential Wiring) Intro to Animal Science & Technology Advanced Placement Biology Electricity II (Residential Wiring) Agri-Science & Technology II IB Biology Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Agri-Science & Technology III Chemistry & Refrigeration (HVAC/R) I Agri-Science & Technology IV Advanced Chemistry Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Advanced Agri-Science & Technology Chemistry II & Refrigeration (HVAC/R) II Companion Animal Care Advanced Placement Chemistry Bricklaying/Masonry I Equine Science IB Chemistry Bricklaying/Masonry II Greenhouse, Landscaping & Turf Mgmt Physics Advanced Physics Veterinary Science Advanced Placement Physics 1 Horticulture Science INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Environmental Science COURSES Advanced Placement Environmental Science BUSINESS AND INFORMATION Information Technologies & Engineering Career Marine Science TECHNOLOGY Electronic Systems Installation & IB Design and Technology Information Technology Fundamentals Maintenance I Companion Animal Care Accounting Robotics Technology I Advanced Accounting Robotics Technology II HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCES Computer Information Systems

World Geography Advanced Computer Information Systems Advanced Placement Human Geography Design, Multimedia and Web Technologies MASS COMMUNICATION COURSES World History Advanced Design, Multimedia and Web Graphic Arts/Video Production Career 1500 AD (C.E.) to Present Technologies Pathways Advanced Placement World History Cooperative Office Education (COE) Intro to Graphic Imaging Technology Virginia and United States History Business Management Adv. Graphic Imaging Technology Advanced Placement United States History Personal Finance Advertising Design Virginia and United States Government Computer Application for Seniors Introduction to Video Production Advanced Placement United States IB Business Advanced Video Production Government Advanced Placement European History FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES TRANSPORTATION COURSES IB History Individual Development/Independent Living Auto Collision Repair I Economics Life Planning Auto Collision Repair II Advanced Placement Psychology Nutrition and Wellness Automotive Service Technology I Psychology Family Relations and Parenting Automotive Service Technology II Sociology African American History MARKETING EDUCATION PERSONAL SERVICES COURSES Debate Introduction to Marketing Cosmetology I Criminal Justice Marketing Cosmetology II

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Fashion Marketing

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ARCHITECTURAL/MECHANICAL ENGLISH GRADE 9 ENGLISH DRAFTING, DESIGN & CAD Course No.: 1130B Credit: 1 Unit Drafting, Design and CAD I NOTE REGARDING COURSE SELECTION Drafting, Design and CAD II Mechanical Recommended: Grade 9 English courses are designed to strengthen Drafting, Design and CAD II Architectural Prerequisites: None and extend the ability to communicate. At This course is designed for both career- and each grade level, the study of literature and college-bound students. A variety of METAL TRADES composition are complemented by activities th literature will be discussed and analyzed to Metal Trades I (9 Grade) in reading both fiction and nonfiction, in include works of various classic and Metal Trades II (10th Grade) academic and technical writing, and in contemporary authors. Knowledge of literary speaking and listening. English courses in grades nine through twelve are required for terms and genres will be applied in the FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES student’s own writing and in the analysis of Culinary Arts I graduation and must be completed sequentially. Some elective courses are literature. Writing will encompass narrative, Culinary Arts II expository, and persuasive forms for a Early Childhood Education I sequential; others are non-sequential. The English 9, 10, 11 and 12 classes are variety of purposes and audiences. Students Early Childhood Education II designed to provide a challenging program will expand their knowledge of vocabulary,

by developing the language skills necessary grammar, oral presentations, research skills, HEALTH, MEDICAL & PROTECTIVE for continuing educational, professional, and technology use, and media literacy. SERVICES personal progress beyond high school. Introduction to Health and Medical Curriculum focuses on the areas of critical ADVANCED ENGLISH GRADE 9 Pathways thinking; speaking and writing of English; Course No.: 1130A Dental I collecting, evaluating, and presenting Credit: 1 Unit Dental II information from a variety of sources; and Recommended: Grade 9 close reading of texts chosen for personal Medical Assistant I Prerequisites: Must pass Grade 8 Reading relevance as well as for cultural and Medical Assistant II & Writing SOL before taking Advanced Practical Nursing I historical importance. The Advanced English 9, 10, 11 and 12 English Practical Nursing DE classes are designed for students who have This course is designed for students who demonstrated the capability and motivation demonstrate the capacity and motivation to ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES to perform accelerated work beyond the complete accelerated work beyond the CTC Mentorship Program expected level for the grade. Close study and expected level for the grade. Writing focuses Independent Study evaluation of texts and writing of critical on drafting and revising descriptive, Mentor Apprenticeship Program essays are integral parts of advanced narrative, expository, persuasive, and SAT Preparation Class courses. Additional attention is given to analytical essays. Literature study explores SOL Preparation English literary theory, rhetoric, and style. themes of various classic and contemporary SOL Preparation Mathematics authors. Students learn to analyze fiction SOL Preparation Social Studies ENGLISH 9 beyond the literal level, to search for abstract meaning, and to apply the ideas studied to SOL Preparation Science LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE their own lives. The course further exposes Teachers for Tomorrow Course No.: 1130C students to multiple modes of JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers’ Training) Credit: 1 Unit communication. I, II, III, and IV Recommended: Grade 9

Prerequisites: Teacher/Staff recommendation ENGLISH GRADE 10 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS This course fulfills the Virginia Standards of Course No.: 1140B Learning requirement at the ninth grade level Credit: 1 Unit Standards of Learning Objectives (SOLs) are the and features instruction in reading, writing, Recommended: Grade 10 foundation for the curriculum in all courses for and oral communication strategies. A variety Prerequisites: English Grade 9 which the State Department of Education has of literature will be discussed and analyzed This course is designed for both career- and developed SOLs. Locally developed objectives including fiction, non-fiction, classics, college-bound students. They will read and in curriculum guides reflect, amplify or go drama, and modern literary works. Students analyze literary texts from a variety of eras beyond the objectives developed by the State. will develop narrative, expository, and and cultures. Attention will be given to the The term “recommended grade” in this catalog is persuasive writing for a variety of purposes analysis of nonfictions texts. The the designation of when a course is normally and audiences. They will expand their development of expository, persuasive, taken. Eligibility for enrollment is to be knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, research narrative, and descriptive writings will be determined by meeting course prerequisites. skills, technology use, and media literacy. included, although emphasis will be placed This course is designed for students whose on expository writing. Students will continue English 8 grade, benchmarks, or SOL scores to expand development of vocabulary, generate a recommendation by the English research and presentation skills, and 8 teacher or school counselor. grammar knowledge. They will also examine, analyze, and produce media messages.

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ADVANCED ENGLISH GRADE 10 ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH elements. Additionally, students will analyze and synthesize nonfiction texts to solve Course No.: 1140A LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION 11 problems. Students will demonstrate Credit: 1 Unit Course No.: 1196 advanced knowledge of grammatical Recommended: Grade 10 Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with conventions through writing, editing, and Prerequisites: English Grade 9 appropriate score on AP exam) This course is designed for students who Recommended: Grade 11 speaking. Students will plan and deliver oral demonstrate the capacity and motivation to Prerequisites: English Grade 10 presentations as well as choose appropriate complete accelerated work beyond the Examination: Reading SOL, Writing SOL, tone and language for the audience. They expected level for the grade. Through the and Advanced Placement Exam will extend their knowledge of vocabulary, study of literature and use of critical thinking In this course, students will write about a research skills, technology use, and media skills, students will recognize the universality variety of subjects, with emphasis on literacy. Informational, expository, and of literary themes and heighten their expository, analytical, narrative, and persuasive/argumentative writing will be appreciation of well-written works. Students argumentative forms. Additionally, through included in this course. Students will also are exposed to a wider variety of writing than careful reading and critical analysis, students produce a well-documented major research in English 10. They will also expand their will examine the rhetorical strategies and product by following ethical and legal knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, research stylistic choices made by writers. Students guidelines. skills, technology use, and media literacy. will learn to read sources carefully, The majority of writing assignments synthesize material from texts in their own ADVANCED ENGLISH GRADE 12 complement the study of literature. compositions, and cite sources. Students Course No.: 1160A participating in Advanced Placement classes Credit: 1 Unit ENGLISH GRADE 11 are expected to take the College Board Recommended: Grade 12 Course No.: 1150B Exam, in addition to fulfilling all the Prerequisites: English Grade 11 Credit: 1 Unit requirements of the course. Summer This course is designed for students who Recommended: Grade 11 assignments may be required. demonstrated the capacity and motivation to Prerequisites: English Grade 10 complete accelerated work beyond the Examination: Reading SOL, Writing SOL ADVANCED PLACEMENT RESEARCH expected level of their grade. Significant This course is designed for both career- and Course No.: 1518 time is devoted to the creation, development, college-bound students. Students will study Credit: 1 Unit and analysis of literary research writing. and identify the prevalent themes which are Recommended: Grade 10-11 Literature selections include classics of reflective of history, culture, and Prerequisites: None, but 10th graders British and world literature. Works studied characterizations present in American should be enrolled in Advanced English 10 are representative of major periods, authors, literature. Students will draw conclusions and and AP World. 11th graders AP Language styles, genres, themes, or structural elements. make inferences citing textual support. They & Composition and AP US History Class discussion emphasizes the develop informative and persuasive writings In AP Seminar, students investigate real- development of abstract reasoning which is by locating, evaluating, and synthesizing world issues from multiple perspectives, required for analysis and interpretation of information. They will continue to expand gathering and analyzing information from text. Opportunity is provided for the their knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, various sources in order to develop credible organization and presentation of group and oral presentations, research skills, technology and valid evidence-based arguments. In AP individual assignments. Students will also use, and media literacy. Research, students cultivate the skills and produce a well-documented major research discipline necessary to conduct independent product by following ethical and legal guidelines. ADVANCED ENGLISH GRADE 11 research in order to produce and defend a

Course No.: 1150A scholarly academic paper. Students who earn Credit: 1 Unit scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH Recommended: Grade 11 Research and on four additional AP Exams LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION 12 Prerequisites: English Grade 10 of their choosing will receive the AP Course No.: 1195 Examination: Reading SOL, Writing SOL Capstone Diploma. Students who earn scores Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with This course is designed for students who of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP appropriate score on AP exam) demonstrate the capacity and motivation to Research but not four additional AP Exams Recommended: Grade 12 complete accelerated work beyond the will receive the AP Seminar and Research Prerequisites: English 11 expected level for their grade. Emphasis is Certificate. AP Seminar may also be taken as Examination: Advanced Placement Test placed on the development of critical a stand-alone option. This course involves the study, analysis, and thinking skills, the use and evaluation of (This is a pilot program available only to practice of both literature and composition. research materials, and the study of literature MHS and RHS students.) The study of literature focuses on as an art and component of a culture. The challenging works of recognized literary Advanced English 11 student will write in ENGLISH GRADE 12 merit from multiple genres and periods. In- various forms and modes, speak expressively Course No.: 1160B depth expository, analytical, and and articulately before a group, and continue Credit: 1 Unit argumentative essays are required. Students to develop an extensive and versatile Recommended: Grade 12 are expected to take the AP College Board vocabulary. Literature read will represent Prerequisites: English Grade 11 Exam, in addition to fulfilling all the major American authors, genres, movements, The purpose of this course is to meet the requirements of the course. Summer or stylistic devices. needs of both career- and college-bound assignments may be required. students. Students will analyze British literature and literature of other cultures by recognizing major literary forms and their

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IB ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND DUAL ENROLLMENT COLLEGE Students enrolled in Journalism II must be prepared to participate in after-school LITERATURE (HL) COMPOSITION (ENG 111-112) publication activities. Course No.: IB1150 & IB1160 Course No.: 1177

Credit: 4 Unit Credit: 1 Unit (also transferable college credit Recommended: Grade 11-12 hours (6) with a grade of 70 or better each JOURNALISM III/IV Prerequisites: Advanced English 9 & 10; semester) Course No.: 1211/1212 admittance to IB program Recommended: Grade 12 Credit: 1 Unit Examination: Reading/Writing SOL (end of Prerequisites: English Grade 11 + Germanna Recommended: Grades 11-12 11 grade); IB English Language and entrance requirements Prerequisites: Journalism II Literature exam Note: Fee required In this course, students are responsible to This course is a requirement for the IB Dual enrollment college composition (ENG take a leadership role for planning Diploma Programme. In this 2-year course, 111-112) is a Germanna Community College publications, editing work, and formatting students will be challenged to think critically (GCC) course taught in high school. GCC layouts. Students will continue to improve about the role of language and interactions entrance and tuition requirements must be their journalistic style in concentrating on between text, context, audience, and purpose. met. Dual Enrollment is designed to develop written communication for various They can expect to develop college-level the student’s writing ability for further study publications. Students enrolled in Journalism writing skill. In addition, students will or the workplace. This course emphasizes III/IV must be prepared to participate in after engage in analysis of literacy works such as critical thinking and the fundamentals of -school publication activities. short stories, poetry, plays, non-fiction, and academic writing as well as the study of novels. In 11th grade, students focus on British literature. Through the writing YEARBOOK PRODUCTION language in mass media and analysis of process, students refine topics; develop and Course No.: 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223 poetry, memoir, and plays. In the 12th grade, support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and Credit: 1 Unit students focus on language in cultural incorporate appropriate resources; edit for Recommended: Grades 10-12 context, as well as a critical and comparative effective style and usage; and determine Prerequisites: Staff approval study of the novel as a literacy genre. appropriate approaches for a variety of In this course, students learn the publication Students who take this course should be contexts, audiences, and purposes. In process while assisting in the production of prepared to think critically and take an active accordance with GCC requirements, 80% of the high school yearbook. Computer-assisted role in class discussions. Required IB the student’s grade will come from writing layout and writing are integral parts of the assessments include oral activities, written assignments. Credits normally transfer to all program. Students are responsible for the tasks, an oral commentary, and course-end Virginia Community Colleges and most development of the yearbook from planning exams that call upon the student to analyze colleges. Summer assignments may be to distribution of the completed publication. and compare previously unseen texts as well required. Students must be prepared to participate in as literacy works that have been read during after-school publication activities. the course. The course provides the JOURNALISM I possibility of college credit. Course No.: 1200 PHOTOJOURNALISM Credit: 1 Unit Course No.: 1215 IB THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Recommended: Grades 9-12 Credit: 1 Unit Course No.: IB1197 & IB1198 Prerequisites: None Recommended: Grades 10-12 Credit: 4 Unit This course is a study of the newspaper and Prerequisites: None Recommended: Grade 11-12 other forms of technical writing and media. This course is designed for students who Prerequisites: Admittance to IB program Styles and types of writing are studied in wish to study photography and layout as well Examination: Theory of Knowledge exam detail with emphasis upon clarity, as the accompanying styles of technical This course is a requirement for the IB conciseness, and accuracy in communication. writing. Students learn basic camera handling Diploma Programme. In this 2-year course Through frequent writing assignments during as well as shooting and developing required for IB Diploma Candidates. It the school year, students will develop procedures to take correctly exposed and includes embedded methodology and guided proficiency in gathering information, composed photographs. Digital photography, practice regarding the other two elements of journalistic writing, and editing. The study of computer print processes, and programs will the IB Core--Extended Essay (EE) and the mechanics and technicalities of be utilized as well. Students should be Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS). This assembling and producing publications are prepared to provide some supplies, including course is designed to foster in students a also course components. film, and pay fees for darkroom materials. habit of mind that reflects on human ways Students must have access to a 35 mm SLR and limits of knowing as well as on the JOURNALISM II camera or digital camera that is fully human ability to communicate these ways of Course No.: 1210 adjustable (some cameras may be available). knowing. Students will explore fundamental Credit: 1 Unit Students should contact the school’s questions of epistemology by reflecting upon Recommended: Grades 10-12 photojournalism teacher for specific and questioning the basis of knowledge and Prerequisites: Journalism I requirements prior to purchasing a camera. experience, examining cultural and This course continues the study of ideological bias, and by formulating rational publications and various writing styles. CREATIVE WRITING I arguments and value judgements of their Students participate in an in-depth study of Course No.: 1171 own. Academic disciplines examined include layout and design. Emphasis is placed on the Credit: 1 Unit language, history, logic, science, development of clear and concise written Recommended: Grades 10-12 mathematics, ethics and aesthetics. The communication through analysis of Prerequisites: None course includes an externally assessed paper information, selection of facts and opinions, The course is designed for students who and internally assessed oral presentation. and techniques of editing and revision. enjoy writing imaginatively and have

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COURSE OFFERINGS demonstrated competence as writers. INTENSIVE READING ACROSS THE research question. In the AP Research Imaginative writing is explored to help CONTENT AREAS course, students further their skills acquired develop an original voice and style. Students Course No.: 9840 in the AP Seminar course by understanding learn and practice strategies to create, revise, Credit: 1 Unit research methodology; employing ethical polish, and adjust their writing to their needs Recommended: Grades 9-12 and the requirements of various audiences. research practices; and accessing, analyzing, Prerequisites: Teacher/Staff Recommendation This is not a literature course; literature is and synthesizing information as they address This course is designed to specifically used only as an instructional model to a research question. Students explore their improve writing skills. improve decoding, reading comprehension, skill development, document their processes, vocabulary, and writing skills. Students will and curate the artifacts of the development of CREATIVE WRITING II receive explicit instruction on strategic their scholarly work in a portfolio. The Course No.: 1172 reading of fiction and nonfiction. Strategies course culminates in an academic paper of Credit: 1 Unit that will receive attention include: predicting, approximately 4000 -5000 words Recommended: Grades 11-12 monitoring understanding, inquiry and (accompanied by a performance or exhibition Prerequisites: Creative Writing I reasoning, inferencing, visualizing, This course provides students an opportunity of product where applicable) and a connecting, summarizing, and reflecting. to extend their interests and capabilities as presentation with an oral defense. imaginative writers. Using the concepts and techniques learned in Creative Writing I, ADVANCED PLACEMENT SEMINAR students continue to develop and practice Course No.: 1516 FINE ARTS advanced strategies for composing and Credit: 1 Unit revising, to experiment with sophisticated Recommended: Grades 10-11 The Fine Arts curriculum includes the areas of genres and literary techniques, and to Prerequisites: enrolled in Advance English 10 develop their own unique voice and style of art, theater arts and music. The Fine Arts classes and AP World in 10th grade. AP Languages are for students with either a special ability in a writing. and Composition and AP US History in 11th particular area or a high level of interest in any grade. one of these areas. HUMANITIES AP Seminar is a foundational course that

Course No.: 1515 engages students in cross-curricular Credit: 1 Unit conversations that explore the complexities Recommended: Grades 11-12 of academic and real-world topics and issues ART Prerequisites: None This course involves students critically and by analyzing divergent perspectives. Using creatively thinking about, discussing, an inquiry framework, students practice ART I Course No.: 9120 responding, and connecting to the ideas of reading and analyzing articles, research authors, historians, artists, filmmakers, and Credit: 1 Unit studies, and foundational, literacy, and Recommended: Grades 9-12 philosophers from various eras and cultures. philosophical texts; listening to and viewing Students develop strategies for expressing Prerequisites: None speeches, broadcasts and personal accounts; themselves effectively in writing, creative Note: Lab fee required projects, and presentations. and experiencing artistic works and Art I introduces the creation and appreciation of performances. Students learn to synthesize art. Emphasis is placed on learning to draw, on information from multiple sources, develop understanding art as a visual language, and on READING ACROSS THE recognizing the relationship of art to other fields. their own perspectives in research-based CURRICULUM Students are expected to provide some of their written essays, and design and deliver oral Course No.: 9828 own supplies (such as drawing pencils, erasers, and visual presentations, both individually Credit: 1 Unit sharpener, art pads, and colored pencils) for Recommended: Grades 9-12 and as part of a team. Ultimately, the course completing homework assignments. Prerequisites: Teacher/Staff Recommendation aims to equip students with the power to This course is designed to improve reading analyze and evaluate information with ART II comprehension, vocabulary, and writing accuracy and precision in order to craft and Course No.: 9130 Credit: 1 Unit skills across the content areas. Students will communicate evidence-based arguments. Recommended: Grades 10-12 (This is a pilot program available only to receive explicit instruction on strategic Prerequisites: Art I reading of fiction and nonfiction. Strategies MHS and RHS students.) Note: Lab fee required that will receive attention include: predicting, Art II provides in-depth experiences in drawing, monitoring understanding, inquiry and ADVANCED PLACEMENT RESEARCH painting, graphics, sculpture and crafts. The aim reasoning, inferencing, visualizing, Course No.: 1518 of this class is the development of each individual’s ideas and the skills needed to express connecting, summarizing, and reflecting. Credit: 1 Unit them. Continued exposure to various artists and Instruction will also include study skills and Recommended: Grades 10-11 their contributions to the history of art are Prerequisites: None strategies for enhancing student writing in a examined. Students are expected to provide some AP Research allows students to deeply variety of genres. of their own supplies (such as drawing pencils, explore an academic topic, or issue of erasers, sharpener, art pads, and colored pencils) individual interest. Through this exploration, for completing homework assignments. students design, plan, and conduct a year-

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ART III should do so with the understanding that they investigate dramatic literature, theatrical styles, Course No.: 9140 plan to participate in Advanced Placement and historical periods. Students will study and Credit: 1 Unit evaluation. Students are expected to provide respond to a variety of theatre experiences that Recommended: Grades 11-12 some of their own supplies (such as drawing will refine their communicative, collaborative, Prerequisites: Art II, portfolio audition, pencils, erasers, sharpener, art pads, and colored analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving teacher recommendation pencils) for completing homework assignments. skills. Students will expand their artistic abilities Note: Lab fee required and appreciation of the theatrical arts. Art III is an intensive inquiry into and discussion IB VISUAL ARTS (SL) of the various art techniques. Art III classes also Course No.: IB9194 & IB9195 THEATRE ARTS III: INTERMEDIATE investigate the history of art to gain a perspective Credit: 4 Unit ACTING AND PLAYWRITING of the student’s own work. Students are expected Recommended: Grade 11-12 Course No.: 1423 to provide some of their own supplies (such as Prerequisites: Art I & II, admittance to IB Credit: 1 Unit drawing pencils, erasers, sharpener, art pads, and program Recommended: Grades 11-12 colored pencils) for completing homework Examination: IB Visual Arts exam Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation and/ assignments. This two year course is intended for highly or audition motivated students committed to serious study This course integrates and builds upon concepts Art IV of art. The aim is to provide opportunities to and skills from Theatre Arts II. Students will be Course No.: 9145 develop the aesthetic, imaginative, and creative scheduled upon receipt of the Theatre Arts Credit: 1 Unit faculties as well as to train visual, perceptual, Teacher’s recommendation on the “Audition Recommended: Grade 12 and critical awareness of arts of various Request Form.” Through various modes of Prerequisites: Art III, portfolio audition, cultures. Students will compare and analyze expression and performance, students investigate teacher recommendation artwork and artists, create a portfolio which acting styles and the process of playwriting, Note: Lab fee required demonstrates intensive concentration in studio which includes character development, research, Art IV is an in-depth study of art techniques work and/or research in preparation for their dramatic structure, conflict and resolution, and specifically designed for the student. The exhibition, external assessment. A selection will develop artistic criteria that will be applied to emphasis is on the students developing their own from the exhibition which demonstrates performance and directing. Students will study style, as well as experimentation with different technical skill and personal voice through visual and respond to a variety of theatre experiences materials and methods. Students are expected to communication along with a written curatorial that will refine their collaborative, analytical, provide some of their own supplies (such as rational will be submitted. This culminating IB interpretive, and problem-solving skills. Students drawing pencils, erasers, sharpener, art pads, and assessment provides the possibility of college will deepen their artistic abilities and appreciation colored pencils) for completing homework credit. of the theatrical arts. assignments.

THEATRE ARTS IV: ART SEMINAR THEATRE ARTS ADVANCED ACTING AND DIRECTING Course No.: 9196 Course No.: 1426 Credit: 1 Unit THEATRE ARTS I: Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grades 11-12 Recommended: Grade 12 INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE Prerequisites: Enrollment in Art III or IV Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation and/ Course No.: 1410 and teacher recommendation or audition Note: Lab fee required Credit: 1 Unit This course is designed to help students refine Art Seminar is intended to allow a motivated art Recommended: Grades 9-12 the concepts and skills from Theatre Arts III. student to pursue in-depth art experiences under Prerequisites: None Students will be scheduled upon receipt of the This course is designed to provide students with a the supervision of the teacher. Serious art Theatre Arts Teacher’s recommendation on the survey of theatre arts, allowing students students will further complete their portfolio and “Audition Request Form.” Through research, opportunities to experience and appreciate prepare for post high school art studies. Students performance and evaluation, students will dramatic literature and participate in the creative are expected to provide some of their own develop artistic criteria that will be applied to processes of performance and production. The supplies (such as drawing pencils, erasers, performance and directing. Students will study course emphasizes skill development and sharpener, art pads, and colored pencils) for and respond to a variety of theatre experiences provides theatrical opportunities that enable completing homework assignments. showcasing their collaborative, analytical, students to determine personal areas of interest. interpretive, and problem-solving skills.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDIO ART HEATRE RTS RAMATIC Course No.: 9149 2-D Design, T A II: D TECHNICAL THEATRE 9150 Drawing Portfolio LITERATURE & THEATRE HISTORY Course No.: 1435 Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with Course No.: 1420 Credit: 1 Unit appropriate score on AP Exam) Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grade 9-12 Recommended: Grade 12 Recommended: Grades 10-12 Prerequisites: Intro to Theatre Arts and/or Prerequisites: Art III, teacher Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation and/ teacher approval recommendation, and portfolio evaluation or audition Technical Theatre helps students apply and Examination: Advanced Placement Test This course will integrate and build upon expand their knowledge of theatre design, Note: Lab fee and portfolio evaluation fee concepts and skills from Theatre Arts I. Students production, and management. Students develop required will be scheduled upon receipt of the Theatre problem-solving, communication, Advanced Placement Studio Art is a rigorous Arts Teacher’s recommendation on the organizational, and management skills. college-level course which requires the “Audition Request Form.” Through various Drawing on fine arts and other disciplines, they production of an extensive portfolio. Students modes of expression and performance, students work individually and collaboratively to explore who enroll in Advanced Placement Studio Art 20

COURSE OFFERINGS the interrelated components of design, CONCERT PERFORMANCE BAND I/II CONCERT PERFORMANCE production, and management. Students practice Course No.: 9233, 9234 STRING ORCHESTRA I/II safe operating procedures, including the care, Credit: 1 Unit Course No.: 9237, 9243 maintenance, and storage of tools, materials, (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) Credit: 1 Unit and equipment. Recommended: Grades 9-12 (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) Prerequisites: Middle School Band or Recommended: Grades 9-12 IB THEATRE ARTS (SL) Director’s Recommendation Prerequisites: Middle School String Orchestra Course No.: IB1432 & IB1433 The enrollment in this class is limited based on a or Director’s Recommendation Credit: 4 Unit selected instrumentation, which is determined by The enrollment in this class is limited based on a Recommended: Grade 11-12 the total band enrollment in the high school. All selected instrumentation, which is determined by Prerequisites: Theatre I & II, admittance to IB students who elect this class are required to play the total strings enrollment in the high school. program all music and participate in all concerts. Grades Students must furnish own violin, viola, cello Examination: IB Theatre Arts exam are awarded on the basis of class and concert or bass, with larger instruments (cello and This two year course aims to help students performance. bass) provided for in-school use. Grades are understand the nature of the theatre; to awarded on the basis of class and concert understand it by studying it. Students will also SYMPHONIC PERFORMANCE performance. Thirty minutes of daily practice is learn the major developments and techniques in BAND I/II expected. the theatrical history of other cultures. Course No.: 9241, 9242 Becoming a better performer in front of an Credit: 1 Unit SYMPHONIC PERFORMANCE audience and the ability to interpret and (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) TRING RCHESTRA illuminate play scripts and other theatrical texts S O I/II Recommended: Grades 9-12 Course No.: 9238, 9239 analytically and imaginatively is also an Prerequisites: Audition required important part of this course. Research and the Credit: 1 Unit The enrollment in this class is limited based on a (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) acquisition of sufficient technical skill are selected instrumentation, which is determined by Recommended: Grades 9-12 included. Oral presentations, performing in a the total band enrollment in the high school. Prerequisites: Audition required theatre production, and written work including a Students will be scheduled into the non- The enrollment in this class is limited based on a portfolio are internally and externally assessed. auditioned Concert Band or Percussion Class selected instrumentation, which is determined by This course culminates with an IB external until the audition process is completed. the total strings enrollment in the high school. assessment that provides the possibility of Counselors will update student course requests Students will be scheduled into the non- college credit. upon receipt of the music director’s auditioned Concert Performance String Orchestra

recommendation on the “Audition Request until the audition process is completed. Form”. Students who elect this class are required Counselors will update student course requests USIC to play all music and participate in all concerts. upon receipt of the music director’s M Grades will be awarded on the basis of class and recommendation on the “Audition Request concert performance. Form”. This is a music performance class for AND LASS B C more experienced players. Wind players and Course No.: 9232 PERFORMANCE JAZZ BAND I/II pianists may be admitted based on director Credit: 1 Unit Course No.: 9298/9228 recommendation and instrumentation need. Recommended: Grades 9-12 Credit: 1 Unit Students must furnish own instrument, with Prerequisites: None (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) larger instruments (cello and bass) available The student must provide his/her own traditional Recommended: Grades 9-12 for in-school use. Grades are awarded on the concert band instrument and method books. This Prerequisites: Audition required basis of class and concert performance. class offers individualized and small group The enrollment in this class is based on selected instruction on any instrument, except percussion, instrumentation which is, in part, determined by WOMEN’S CHORUS/ at the student’s ability level. No concerts or the total band enrollment in the high school, EN S HORUS events are required of students enrolled in this musical expertise of the students, and at the M ’ C I/II class. discretion of the music director. Students will be Course No.: Women’s 9260/9262, Men’s 9261/9263 scheduled into the non-auditioned Concert Band Credit: 1 Unit (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) PERCUSSION CLASS or Percussion Class until the audition process is Recommended: Grades 9-12 Course No.: 9297 completed. Counselors will update student course Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Unit requests upon receipt of the music director’s This is a performance-based class. Emphasis is Recommended: Grades 9-12 recommendation on the “Audition Request placed on basic vocal techniques, ear training, Prerequisites: Middle school band or Form”. Each student must furnish his or her and note learning. Choral balance, diction and director’s recommendation own instrument. Students who select this class phrasing are considered in all work. Choral The student must provide his/her own snare are required to play all music and participate in students are introduced to various styles of drum, bell kit, and mallets for performing on all concerts. Grade will be awarded on the basis chorus music from madrigals to rock. Movement timpani and mallet instruments, and method of class and concert performance. in music is introduced at this level. Students are books. This class offers individualized and small required to provide prescribed concert attire and group instruction on all traditional percussion are required to participate in school and public instruments. Public performances are at the concerts. discretion of the director.

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CONCERT CHORUS I/II VOCAL ENSEMBLE I/II provide their own workbook. Students who Course No.: 9285/9286 Course No.: 9289/9290 enroll in Advanced Placement Music Theory do Credit: 1 Unit Credit: 1 Unit so with the understanding that they plan to (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) participate in Advanced Placement evaluation. Recommended: Grades 9-12 Recommended: Grades 9-12 Prerequisites: Audition required Prerequisites: Audition required IB MUSIC (SL) Concert Chorus is a performance-based class. Vocal Ensemble is a performance-based class. Course No.: IB9294, IB9295 The enrollment in this class is limited based on The enrollment in this class is limited based on Credit: 4 Unit a balanced ensemble, and in part determined by a balanced ensemble, and in part determined by Recommended: Grade 11-12 the total choral enrollment in the high school. the total choral enrollment in the high school. Prerequisites: enrollment in a music course Students will be scheduled into the non- Students will be scheduled into the non- throughout the IB program auditioned Women’s Chorus or Men’s Chorus auditioned Women’s Chorus or Men’s Chorus Examination: IB Music exam until the audition process is completed. until the audition process is completed. Students must be concurrently enrolled in a Counselors will update student course requests Counselors will update student course requests performance class. This two year course upon receipt of the music director’s upon receipt of the music director’s includes the study of all music, including recommendation on the “Audition Request recommendation on the “Audition Request western and world music, and covers the Form”. Emphasis is placed on vocal techniques, Form”. Emphasis is placed on vocal techniques, material needed in an entry-level college music ear training, and note learning. Choral balance, ear training, and note learning. Choral balance, theory, appreciation and history course. diction and phrasing are considered in all work. diction and phrasing are considered in all work. Students will be provided with examples of Choral students are introduced to various styles Choral students are introduced to various styles representative scores from each period. of chorus music from madrigals to rock. of chorus music written for the smaller, more Students will write musical compositions with Movement in music is integrated into the select choral ensemble. Movement in music is the Sibelius or Finale Software Program to curriculum at this level. Students are required integrated into the curriculum at this level. clarify musical concepts taught. (Part of the to provide prescribed concert attire and are Students are required to provide prescribed requirement for the course is a solo or group required to participate in school and public concert attire and are required to participate performance recording, in a variety of concerts. in school and public concerts. ensembles.) This course prepares students for the IB Music Exam, which includes listening, SELECT WOMEN’S CHORUS/ MUSIC THEORY/APPRECIATION written, and performance components. MEN’S CHORUS I/II Course No.: 9222 Course No.: Women’s 9296/9265, Credit: .5 Unit Elective Course Men’s 9299/9267 Recommended: Grades 9-12 Credit: 1 Unit Prerequisites: None WORLD LANGUAGE (one unit of credit is earned each year course is taken) Music Theory/Appreciation will expose Recommended: Grades 9-12 students to the fundamentals of music theory Students who elect to study a world language Prerequisites: Audition required and appreciation. This includes a study of should demonstrate reliable work habits and These choirs are performance-based classes. intervals, scales, keys, triads, and chords and be prepared to participate actively in a The enrollment in this class is limited based on their working relation to one another. A survey variety of classroom activities. In acquiring a balanced ensemble, and in part determined by of music history is incorporated so that a better proficient skills in listening, speaking, the total choral enrollment in the high school. understanding and increased reference reading and writing, students will have Students will be scheduled into the non- knowledge may be applied to newly developed regular homework assignments, frequent auditioned Women’s Chorus or Men’s Chorus skills. formative and summative assessments and until the audition process is completed. complete a portfolio, an authentic assessment Counselors will update student course requests ADVANCED PLACEMENT in which the student’s progress is measured over a period of time in language learning upon receipt of the music director’s MUSIC THEORY recommendation on the “Audition Request context. Course No.: 9226 Form”. Emphasis is placed on vocal techniques, Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with ear training, and note learning. Choral balance, appropriate score on AP exam) FRENCH I diction and phrasing are considered in all work. Recommended: Grade 11-12 Course No.: 5110 Choral students are introduced to various styles Prerequisites: Music Theory/Appreciation or Credit: 1 Unit of chorus music written specifically for the Teacher recommendation Recommended: Grades 9-12 soprano/alto range in Women’s Chorus, and for Examination: Advanced Placement Test Prerequisites: None tenor/bass range in Men’s Chorus. Movement In Advanced Placement Music Theory, a An introduction to the language of French- in music is integrated into the curriculum at this student develops the ability to recognize, speaking people, French I concentrates on the level. Students are required to provide understand, and describe the basic materials and acquisition of basic vocabulary and grammatical prescribed concert attire and are required to processes of music that are heard or presented skills to enable a student to be able to converse in participate in school and public concerts. in a score. The student studies fundamental simplest terms in a manner to be understood by a aural, analytical, and compositional skills using native speaker. Vocabulary reflects aspects of both listening and written exercises. Building daily life and of the cultures of French-speaking on this foundation, the course progresses to people. The course emphasizes listening and more creative tasks, such as the harmonization speaking throughout; reading and writing skills of a melody by selecting appropriate chords, receive attention as students’ vocabulary and composing a musical bass line to provide two- grammatical skills develop. voice counterpoint, and the realization of figured-bass notation. Students are expected to

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FRENCH II and proficiency in both oral and written world GERMAN IV Course No.: 5120 languages to prepare students for the end of Course No.: 5240 Credit: 1 Unit course IB Exams. Internally assessed oral exams Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grades 9-12 are a required part of the course. The aim is for Recommended: Grades 11-12 Prerequisites: French I students to be able to speak the language with Prerequisites: German III French II begins with a brief review of basic sufficient accuracy and fluency to participate in German IV is designed to further develop French I material to ensure maximum formal and informal conversations with ease. proficiency in the language and to increase the competency before beginning more advanced Students will work toward appreciating, students’ understanding and appreciation of vocabulary and grammatical concepts. The class discussing, and commenting both orally and in German culture. Through intensive studies of the is designed to increase the students’ proficiency writing, on various literacy forms. This course grammar and vocabulary as they pertain to in listening, speaking, reading and writing. includes an in-depth study of literacy works and comprehension and communication, students are Students also continue the study of aspects of contemporary articles. Written essays will be on able to function in the German language with French culture. literacy and issue-oriented themes. Through oral increased competence. Students are expected to presentations, individual and group projects, and read and write in German with added writing assignments, self-expression will be FRENCH III proficiency. encouraged. This course provides the possibility Course No.: 5130 of college credit. Credit: 1 Unit ADVANCED PLACEMENT GERMAN

Recommended: Grades 10-12 Course No.: 5270 Prerequisites: French II GERMAN I Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with appropriate French III begins with a brief review of French II Course No.: 5210 score on the AP exam) material. Students continue to develop skills on a Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grade 12 more advanced level in listening, speaking, Recommended: Grades 9-12 Prerequisites: German III / Equivalency reading and writing French. The study of aspects Prerequisites: None Examination: Advanced Placement Test of the cultures of French-speaking people is an An introduction to the language of German- This course is designed to develop proficiency in important part of the course. speaking people, German I concentrates on German for highly motivated language students. the acquisition of basic vocabulary and The course seeks to develop all skills grammatical skills to enable a student to be able FRENCH IV emphasizing language for communication using to converse in simplest terms in a manner to be Course No.: 5140 authentic materials in preparation for the understood by a native speaker. Vocabulary Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with appropriate advanced placement language exam. Students score on the AP Exam) reflects aspects of daily life and of the cultures of participating in Advanced Placement German are Recommended: Grades 11-12 German-speaking people. The course expected, in addition to the requirements of the Prerequisites: French III emphasizes listening and speaking throughout; course, to take the exam provided by the College Students in French IV study the history of France reading and writing skills receive attention as Board. and read literary selections in addition to students’ vocabulary and grammatical skills increasing proficiencies in listening, speaking, develop. IB GERMAN reading, and writing skills. Course No.: IB5242 & IB5252 GERMAN II Credit: 4 Unit ADVANCED PLACEMENT FRENCH Course No.: 5220 Recommended: Grade 11-12 Course No.: 5170 Credit: 1 Unit Prerequisites: German I, II, III, admittance to Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with Recommended: Grades 9-12 the IB program appropriate score on the AP Exam) Prerequisites: German I Examination: IB German exam Recommended: Grade 12 German II begins with a brief review of basic This is an advanced-level two-year language Prerequisites: French III / Equivalency German I material to ensure maximum acquisition course designed to strengthen fluency Examination: Advanced Placement Test competency before beginning more advanced and proficiency in both oral and written world This course is designed to develop proficiency in vocabulary and grammatical concepts. The class languages to prepare students for the end of French for highly motivated language students. is designed to increase the students’ proficiency course IB Exams. Internally assessed oral exams The course seeks to develop all skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. are a required part of the course. The aim is for emphasizing language for communication Students also continue the study of aspects of students to be able to speak the language with using authentic materials in preparation for German culture. sufficient accuracy and fluency to participate in the advanced placement language exam. formal and informal conversations with ease. Students participating in Advanced GERMAN III Students will work toward appreciating, Placement French are expected, in addition Course No.: 5230 discussing, and commenting both orally and in to the requirements of the course, to take the Credit: 1 Unit writing, on various literacy forms. This course exam provided by the College Board. Recommended: Grades 10-12 includes an in-depth study of literacy works and Prerequisites: German II contemporary articles. Written essays will be on literacy and issue-oriented themes. Through oral IB FRENCH (SL) German III begins with a brief review of German presentations, individual and group projects, and Course No.: IB5142 & IB5152 II material. Students continue to develop skills on writing assignments, self-expression will be Credit: 4 Unit a more advanced level in listening, speaking, encouraged. This course provides the possibility Recommended: Grade 11-12 reading and writing German. The study of of college credit. Prerequisites: French I, II, III, admittance to aspects of the cultures of German-speaking

the IB program people is an important part of the course.

Examination: IB French exam

This is an advanced-level two-year language acquisition course designed to strengthen fluency

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LATIN I major topics of consideration in developing people. The course emphasizes listening and Course No.: 5310 student appreciation for and response to Latin speaking throughout; reading and writing skills Credit: 1 Unit literature. Concurrent acquisition of Latin receive attention as students’ vocabulary and Recommended: Grades 9-12 vocabulary and study of English derivatives grammatical skills develop Prerequisites: None remain integral parts of the course. Latin I is designed to give the students a working SPANISH II knowledge of basic Latin vocabulary and ADVANCED PLACEMENT LATIN Course No.: 5520 grammatical structures to enable them to Course No.: 5370 Vergil Credit: 1 Unit comprehend connected Latin passages. Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with appropriate Recommended: Grades 9-12 Simultaneous study of English derivatives from score on the AP exam) Prerequisites: Spanish I Latin words and Latin roots in use in English Recommended: Grade 12 Spanish II begins with a brief review of basic gives students a powerful tool in increasing their Prerequisites: Latin III/Latin IV/Equivalency Spanish I material to ensure maximum English vocabulary as well. In addition, aspects Examination: Advanced Placement Test competency before beginning more advanced of Roman life and culture are explored to The Advanced Placement Latin course vocabulary and grammatical concepts. The broaden the students’ awareness of the ancient examines selections from Julius Caesar’s De class is designed to increase the students’ world and its contributions to their own culture. Bello Gallico and Vergil’s Aeneid, and proficiency in listening, speaking, reading emphasizes progress in the reading, and writing. Students also continue the study LATIN II understanding, analysis, and interpretation of of aspects of Spanish culture. Course No.: 5320 Latin prose and poetry. These works are Credit: 1 Unit among the most frequently studied in SPANISH III Recommended: Grades 9-12 comparable college courses with a focus on Course No.: 5530 Prerequisites: Latin I developing the ability to translate accurately Credit: 1 Unit Latin II introduces more complicated from Latin into English the passages under Recommended: Grades 10-12 grammatical structures within the context of consideration. In addition to fostering an Prerequisites: Spanish II Latin readings and continues to emphasize understanding of the literary techniques of Spanish III begins with a brief review of acquisition of Latin vocabulary within the same Latin writers and of poetic meter, stylistic Spanish II. Students continue to acquire functional framework. Much attention is given to analysis is an integral of the advanced work vocabulary in specific contexts as they concurrent study of Latin roots and English in this course. The Advanced Placement develop stronger skills in listening, speaking, derivatives to help students to increase their Latin course also includes study of the reading and writing. The study of the cultures English vocabulary as well. Aspects of Roman cultural, social, and political context of the of Spanish-speaking people is an important life and culture are explored to broaden students’ literature. Students are expected to take the part of the course. awareness of the contributions of the Greco- exam provided by the College Board. Roman world to Western civilization. Spanish IV IB CLASSICAL LANGUAGES (HL/SL) Course No.: 5540 LATIN III Course No.: IB5330 & IB5340 Credit: 1 Unit Course No.: 5330 Credit: 4 Unit Recommended: Grades 11-12 Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grade 11-12 Prerequisites: Spanish III Recommended: Grades 10-12 Prerequisites: Latin I, II, III, admittance to the Students in Spanish IV read literary Prerequisites: Latin II IB program selections in addition to increasing Latin III completes the student’s introduction to Examination: IB Classical Languages exam proficiencies in listening, speaking, reading the essential grammatical structures of the In this two-year course, students will translate, and writing skills. Students continue to study language in the context of more sophisticated and analyze, and interpret selected passages from the cultures of Spanish-speaking people. authentic literature. In-depth study of Roman prescribed authors and topics in Latin. Written assessments will include externally assessed history from the founding of Rome through the ADVANCED PLACEMENT SPANISH translations of particular passages demonstrating Republic serves to illuminate the background of Course No.: 5570 an understanding of the author’s intent and style, the literature read. Students will develop Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with increased facility in interpreting Latin with as well as student-chosen topics that reflect an appropriate score on the AP exam) attention focused on analysis of syntax and awareness of context and connections within and Recommended: Grade 12 literary devices. Continued acquisition of Latin with other literature and cultures. This course Prerequisites: Spanish III/Equivalency vocabulary and concurrent study of English culminates in IB examinations and provides the Examination: Advanced Placement Test derivatives are stressed. possibility of college credit. This course is designed to develop proficiency in Spanish for highly motivated LATIN IV SPANISH I language students. The course seeks to Course No.: 5340 Course No.: 5510 develop all skills emphasizing language for Credit: 1 Unit Credit: 1 Unit communication using authentic materials in Recommended: Grades 11-12 Recommended: Grades 9-12 preparation for the advanced placement Prerequisites: Latin III Prerequisites: None language exam. Students participating in Students in Latin IV will focus on the literature of An introduction to the language of Spanish- Advanced Placement Spanish are expected, the late Republic and early Empire with special speaking people, Spanish I concentrates on the in addition to the requirements of the course, emphasis on the history of the principate of acquisition of basic vocabulary and grammatical to take the exam provided by the College Augustus. Grammar and syntax will be reviewed skills to enable a student to be able to converse in Board. in context as students read authentic texts of simplest terms in a manner to be understood by a prose and poetry. Analysis of poetic meter native speaker. Vocabulary reflects aspects of (where applicable), literary devices, and genre are daily life and of the cultures of Spanish-speaking

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IB SPANISH ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS Reading, writing, listening, and speaking is emphasized through the skills and knowledge Course No.: IB5541 & IB5552 OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) I necessary for content courses. Students Credit: 4 Unit Course No.: 5710 expand their ability to analyze and interpret Recommended: Grade 11-12 Credit: 1 Unit complex texts and refine use of complex Prerequisites: Spanish I, II, III, admittance to Recommended: Grades 9-12 language structures. Students read a variety the IB program Prerequisites: WIDA ACCESS score or of texts and compose written responses for a Examination: IB Spanish exam W-APT screening range purposes. This course is for ELLs at This is an advanced-level two-year language This course is designed for students with Levels IV and/or V. acquisition course designed to strengthen fluency very little to no prior knowledge of English. and proficiency in both oral and written world Listening, speaking, reading, and writing languages to prepare students for the end of skills are developed. Academic vocabulary, course IB Exams. Internally assessed oral exams grammar, and language structures are studied HEALTH & PHYSICAL are a required part of the course. The aim is for through the integration of concepts from students to be able to speak the language with social studies, math, and science. Students at EDUCATION sufficient accuracy and fluency to participate in the beginner level normally enroll in an formal and informal conversations with ease. ESOL preparatory course for science and Two units of health and physical education Students will work toward appreciating, social studies. ESOL I is recommended for are required for graduation. The two units are discussing, and commenting both orally and in ELLs at proficiency Levels I. usually taken in grades nine and ten with at writing, on various literacy forms. This course least 40% of instructional time being devoted includes an in-depth study of literacy works and ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS to health in ninth grade and Driver Education contemporary articles. Written essays will be on in tenth grade. literacy and issue-oriented themes. Through oral OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) II Course No.: 5720 presentations, individual and group projects, and writing assignments, self-expression will be Credit: 1 Unit EALTH AND HYSICAL encouraged. This course provides the possibility Recommended: Grades 9-12 H P of college credit. Prerequisites: WIDA ACCESS score or EDUCATION GRADE 9 W-APT screening Course No.: 7300 This course is designed for students with AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE Credit: 1 Unit emerging English skills. Students use Recommended: Grade 9 Course No.: 5990 reading, writing, listening and speaking in Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 unit – Elective Credit English to focus on literacy and the Students in ninth grade Physical Education Recommended: Grades 9-12 knowledge and skills needed for their will complete the transition from modified Prerequisites: None academic courses. Students expand academic versions of movement to more fundamental This course introduces the fundamentals of vocabulary and their ability to read and movements, as it relates to lifetime fitness. American Sign Language (ASL) used by the respond in English. ESOL II is recommended Through these activities students will be deaf community. It includes basic to for ELLs at proficiency Levels I and/or II. assessed on process based skills, while advanced vocabulary, syntax, linguistic demonstrating strategy and content aspects, finger spelling, conversational knowledge. Students will also focus on competence, and grammatical knowledge. ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS personal wellness through goal setting and ASL focuses on communicative competence, OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) III fitness plans. Fitness plans and goals are culture and literature. Course No.: 5730 based upon the five elements of fitness: Credit: 1 Unit cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS Recommended: Grades 9-12 Prerequisites: WIDA ACCESS score or strength, muscular endurance, flexibility and OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) W-APT screening body composition. In Health, students will Course No.: 5710, 5720, 5730, 5731 Students continue to develop listening, cover and be assessed on a variety of topics Credit: 1 Unit speaking, reading, and writing with relating to wellness, fitness, health Recommended: Grades 9-12 alignment to the knowledge and skills organizations, nutrition, CPR, disease, Prerequisites: English Language necessary for their academic courses. alcohol, tobacco, drugs and family life. Evaluation Students develop the ability to analyze and English for Speakers of Other Languages is interpret increasingly complex texts and PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND designed for students whose home language learn to utlize complex language structures. RIVER S DUCATON RADE is one other than English and who have D ’ E G 10 Students read a variety of texts and compose limited English proficiency. The ESOL Course No.: 7405 written responses for a range purposes. This program will provide the English Language Credit: 1 Unit course is for ELLs at Level II and/or III. Learner (ELL) student with the language Recommended: Grade 10 skills necessary for academic success and to Prerequisites: Health and Physical participate fully in the total school program. ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS Education Grade 9 Students in tenth grade Physical Education The courses emphasize application of the OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) IV will become proficient in all fundamental WIDA English Language Development Course No.: 5731 movements as it relates to lifetime fitness. Standards to content knowledge and skills. A Credit: 1 Unit Students will be assessed on process based student may earn credit in World Language Recommended: Grades 9-12 skills, while demonstrating strategy and for ESOL courses. Prerequisites: WIDA ACCESS score or content knowledge. Through these activities W-APT screening and fitness goals, students become prepared This course provides for the expansion and to lead a physically active lifestyle. Fitness refinement of all English language skills. plans and goals are based upon the five

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COURSE OFFERINGS elements of fitness: cardiorespiratory choices. Students will learn about professions To receive an Advanced Studies Diploma, a endurance, muscular strength, muscular related to sports medicine, anatomy of the student must earn 4 math credits to include at endurance, flexibility and body composition. body, athletic injuries, emergency treatment least three different course selections from In Driver’s Education, students will cover of injuries, first aid and how to properly among: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or and be assessed on mental health, family life train, condition, and heal the body. other mathematics courses above the level of and material related to the operation of a Algebra II. Algebra II is the key for the motor vehicle. Advanced Studies Diploma. ATHEMATICS If there are any questions, please contact your RECREATION AND WELLNESS I M school counselor.

Course No.: 7650 The mathematics curricular choices provide Credit: .5 Unit ALGEBRA I, PART 1 sequential and non-sequential offerings Recommended: Grades 11-12 Course No.: 3131DB designed to meet a variety of student Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Unit. Students entering as requirements. Thus, the course choices must be This elective course is designed for eleventh Freshmen 2010 – 1 Unit Elective made in accordance with individual student or twelfth grade students. In this class, Recommended: Grades 9-10 needs, abilities and level of maturity, as well as students participate in a variety of lifetime Prerequisites: None course prerequisites. Many of the non- activities preparing them to lead a physically This course is the first part of a two-part sequential choices provide enrichment for the active lifestyle. Students are assessed based Algebra I course that will be taught every day student enrolled in sequential mathematics upon their activity level, process based skill for one semester. It begins with a review of offerings. Such choices expand student and content knowledge. Recommendation mathematical vocabulary, equations, and knowledge in practical matters, as well as in from a Physical Education teacher is highly inequalities. Students will explore rational mathematical topics. encouraged. numbers by solving and graphing linear equations. Statistics will be integrated EXPLANATION OF MATH CREDITS RECREATION AND WELLNESS II throughout this course to include a graphing calculator. Course No.: 7651 To receive a Standard Diploma, students must

Credit: .5 Unit earn 3 credits of Mathematics. For students in Recommended: Grades 11-12 high school who enrolled in ninth grade during ALGEBRA I, PART 2 Prerequisites: Recreation &Wellness I 2010-2011 or later only one unit of credit each Course No.: 3132DB Students will continue to work with their may be used to satisfy the mathematics Credit: 1 Unit personalized fitness/wellness plan, which graduation requirements by completing Algebra Recommended: Grades 9-10 they began to implement in Recreation and I or Geometry. Algebra I Part 1 and Geometry Prerequisites: Successful completion of Wellness I. Each student will reevaluate the Part 1 will be an elective credit with credit Algebra I, Part 1 fitness goals that were previously set and earned upon completion of Algebra I Part 2 and Examination: SOL continue to work on improving their fitness Geometry Part 2. This course will be taught every day for one level in many areas (strength, flexibility, For students in high school enrolled in ninth semester. It will complete the Algebra two- muscular endurance and cardiovascular grade prior to 2010-2011 who earned a year series by reviewing Part I concepts and fitness). An emphasis will be placed on mathematics unit of credit for Algebra I Part 1 then exploring polynomials and factoring studying current health and fitness issues prior to the 2010-2011 academic year may methods. Students will solve and investigate such as: American obesity in youth and complete the Algebra I graduation requirements quadratic equations and continue with adults and the health problems this causes, by completing Algebra I or an Algebra I Part 2 statistics. Students will use appropriate dietary supplements, diet plans, fitness Course. Students who earn a mathematics unit technology throughout this course to include programs, and equipment on the market of credit for Geometry Part 1 prior to entering a graphing calculator. today. The students will also work on the ninth grade in the 2010-2011 academic year various methods of fitness monitoring such may complete the Geometry graduation ALGEBRA I as body fat, heart rate, lung capacity and requirement by completing a Geometry or Course No.: 3130 anaerobic and aerobic fitness tests. They will Geometry Part 2 course. Only one part 1 course Credit: 1 Unit continue to participate in a variety of may count as a math credit. If a student takes Recommended: Grades 7-12 activities throughout the semester which will both part 1 courses, then one counts as a math Prerequisites: Successful completion of Math employ aerobic and anaerobic fitness. credit, while the other one counts as an elective 8 SOL and “C” or better in Algebra Topics 8 Students will self-select areas of credit. A student MUST complete Algebra I Algebra I is a study of the real number system concentration to study such as aerobics, and Geometry to earn a Standard Diploma. and its properties. Students study the solution of dance, weight training, self-defense, as well linear and quadratic equations, linear inequalities, as both individual and team sports. To receive a Modified Standard Diploma, a systems of equations, polynomials, graphing, and student must be identified as having a disability data analysis. Tables and graphs are used to SPORTS MEDICINE and eligible for an IEP. If students are working interpret algebraic expressions, equations, and Course No.: 7630 on this diploma, they must have 3 math credits. inequalities and to analyze functions. Credit: 1 Unit Students taking a course that requires an End-of Appropriate technology is used as a tool to assist Recommended: Grades 11-12 -Course Test must take the test; however, the in problem solving. Prerequisites: None student is not required to earn a passing score to Sports Medicine is an elective course in qualify for the Modified Standard Diploma. which students who have an interest in Students may take Personal Living and Finance pursuing a career in any medical or sports to count as a math credit toward graduation. If related career will be able to develop a students are not on a Modified Standard knowledge base that will help them make an Diploma, this course is only an elective credit. informed decision on potential career 26

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world contents and applied settings. This course GEOMETRY, PART 1 and data analysis, students will study functions and their behaviors, systems of inequalities, is designed for students who are interested in Course No.: 3144 statistics and discrete mathematics, but do not Credit: 1 Unit. Students entering as probability, experimental design and implementation, and analysis of data. Data will wish to take an AP statistics class at this time. Freshmen 2010 – 1 Unit Elective Recommended: Grades 10-12 be generated by practical applications arising Prerequisites: Successful completion of from science, business, and finance. Students will MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS Algebra I solve problems that require the formulation of Course No.: 3162 This course is the first part of a two-part linear, quadratic, or exponential equations or a Credit: 1 Unit Geometry course. It begins with a review of system of equations. The infusion of technology Recommended: Grades 10-12 basic geometry and builds on working with in the course will assist in modeling and Prerequisites: “B” or better in Advanced the coordinate plane. Students will investigating functions and data analysis. Algebra II , Applied Mathematics, or investigate undefined terms, definitions, recommendation postulates, theorems, and deductive ALGEBRA II The content of Mathematical Analysis will serve reasoning. The Pythagorean Theorem will be Course No.: 3135 as appropriate preparation for a calculus course. explored along with various dimensional Credit: 1 Unit It is an in-depth study of functions and their figures. Constructions will be emphasized. Recommended: Grades 10-12 characteristics. The study will include, but not be Appropriate technology will be utilized. Prerequisites: Algebra I and Geometry limited to, polynomial, rational, radical, Algebra II is an advanced study of the exponential, and piece-wise-defined functions. A following topics within the framework of the thorough treatment of trigonometry is provided GEOMETRY, PART 2 through the study of trigonometric definitions, Course No.: 3145 real number system: exponents and radicals, polynomial and rational functions, linear and applications, graphing, and solving trigonometric Credit: 1 Unit equations. Emphasis is placed on using Recommended: Grades 10-12 quadratic functions and relations, exponential and logarithmic functions, and systems. connections between right triangle ratios, Prerequisites: Geometry Part 1 trigonometric functions, and circular functions. Examination: SOL Complex numbers are also introduced. Graphing utilities will be used. This course will complete the geometry two- year series by reviewing Part 1 concepts and ADVANCED ALGEBRA II then using algebra skills to identify similarity Course No.: 3136 DUAL ENROLLMENT PRE-CALCULUS and proportionality. Additional concepts Credit: 1 Unit I & II involving right triangles and trigonometry Recommended: Grades 9-12 Course No.: (MTH 163-164) 3161 will use the Pythagorean Theorem. Students Prerequisites: “B” or better in Algebra I and Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit (6 hours) with a will analyze plane figures and investigate Geometry or recommendation grade of 70 or better each semester) surface area and volume. Coordinate and Examination: SOL Recommended: Grade 12 transformational geometry will also be Advanced Algebra II is the prerequisite for Prerequisites: Advanced Algebra II; staff studied. Appropriate technology will be Mathematical Analysis and Calculus. Advanced recommendation, Germanna entrance requirement Students should not have previously taken utilized. Algebra II is a more theoretical approach to the Mathematical Analysis or higher level courses. study of the following topics within the Pre-Calculus (MTH 163-164) is a Germanna GEOMETRY framework of the real number system: exponents Community College course that is taught at the Course No.: 3143 and radicals, polynomial and rational functions, high school and presents the concepts and Credit: 1 Unit linear and quadratic functions and relations, methods necessary for the study of calculus, Recommended: Grades 8-12 exponential and logarithmic functions, systems, including algebra, analytic geometry, and the Prerequisites: Algebra I and successful matrices, sequences and series. Complex study of algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and completion of SOL test and “C” or better in numbers and analytic geometry are also trigonometric functions. Dual Enrollment Pre- Algebra I introduced. Graphing utilities will be used. Calculus is designed for seniors who are Examination: SOL interested in continuing their study of Geometry is offered to students who have APPLIED MATHEMATICS: mathematics beyond Advanced Algebra II. The successfully completed the standards for Algebra MODELING & FUNCTIONS course allows seniors to earn high school credit I. In this course, students will study angle Course No.: 3160 and college credit simultaneously and is taught at relationships, parallel lines, polygons, symmetry, Credit: 1 Unit the high school. Dual enrollment Pre-Calculus is circles, and constructions. Formulas for surface Recommended: Grades 11-12 comparable to Math Analysis. Credits transfer to area and volume will be used to solve practical Prerequisites: Algebra II all Virginia Community Colleges and most problems. Proofs are approached intuitively and This course is designed to help eleventh and colleges and universities. Tuition is required for then formally as the student is prepared to twelfth grade students prepare for college or the this class, and the fee is based on Germanna analyze, to synthesize, and to reach conclusions. workplace by enhancing skills in number and Community College’s.

quantity, functions and algebra, geometry, ALGEBRA, FUNCTIONS, AND DATA statistics and probability; and simultaneously DUAL ENROLLMENT CALCULUS ANALYSIS reinforcing readiness skills and dispositions in Course No.: (MTH 173) 3230 Course No.: 3134 adaptability and flexibility, creativity and Credit: 1 Unit Credit: 1 Unit innovation, leadership, team work, collaboration Recommended: Grade 12 Recommended: Grades 11-12 and work ethic. Students will research, collect, Prerequisites: MTH-163-164, staff Prerequisite: Algebra I and Geometry and analyze data; develop and support ideas and recommendation. Germanna entrance Course must be taken before Algebra II. May conjectures; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate requirement be applied toward an advanced diploma if appropriate resources; and determines Presents analytic geometry and the followed by Algebra II. appropriate problem-solving approaches and calculus of algebraic and transcendental Within the context of mathematical modeling decision making algorithms in a variety of real- functions including the study of limits, 27

COURSE OFFERINGS derivatives, differentials, and Advanced Placement Statistics is a college- participating in Advanced Placement introduction to integration along with level, non-calculus based course in Calculus BC are expected, in addition to the their applications. Designed for introductory statistics. The course will requirements of the course, to take the exam mathematical, physical, and engineering include observing patterns and departures as provided by the College Board. from patterns in exploring data, planning science programs. This weighted course what or how to measure in a study, ADVANCED PLACEMENT carries one (1) weighted high school anticipating patterns in advance, an COMPUTER SCIENCE – JAVA credit and five (5) semester hours of introduction to probability and simulation, Course No.: 3185 college credit. Payment will be required. and statistical inference. There will be Dual Enrollment Calculus is designed for seniors Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with several special problem investigations that appropriate score on the AP exam) who are interested in continuing their study of culminate in a written report like a short term Recommended: Grades 11-12 mathematics beyond Pre-Calculus. The course paper. The Texas Instruments TI-83+ Prerequisites: Algebra II and Computer allows seniors to earn high school credit and graphing calculator and a computer will be Math (C++) college credit simultaneously and is taught at the used as tools for learning in this course. Examination: Advanced Placement Test high school. Dual Enrollment Calculus is Students participating in Advanced Advanced Placement Computer Science comparable to AP Calculus. Credits transfer to all Placement Statistics are expected, in addition involves students in programming Virginia Community Colleges and most colleges to the requirements of the course, to take the methodology, algorithms, and data types and and universities. Tuition is required for this class, exam as provided by the College Board. structure. The course includes applications and the fee is based on Germanna Community of computing and the development of College’s. ADVANCED PLACEMENT computing techniques. Java is the

CALCULUS AB programming language used in this course. COMPUTER MATHEMATICS Course No.: 3177 The course follows an outline proposed by Course No.: (Visual BASIC) 3184 Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with the Advanced Placement Board and is Credit: 1 Unit appropriate score on the AP exam) presented at a college level. Students Recommended: only for seniors who need Recommended: Grades 11-12 participating in Advanced Placement credit to graduate Prerequisites: “B” or better in Computer Science are expected, in addition Prerequisites: Algebra I, Parts 1 & 2 and Mathematical Analysis or to requirements of the course, to take the Geometry, Part 1 recommendation exam as provided by the College Board. Taking advantage of BASIC’s user-friendly Examination: Advanced Placement Test development environment, this course presents Advanced Placement Calculus is intended for ADVANCED PLACEMENT structured programming principles - such as students who have a thorough knowledge of COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES problem solving, top-down modular program college preparatory mathematics, including – Course No.: 3202 design and programming style - in a format that algebra, axiomatic geometry, trigonometry, Credit: 1 Unit is ideal for students with no prior programming and analytic geometry (rectangular and polar Recommended: Grades 9-12 concepts in general, and to familiarize the coordinates, equations and graphs, lines and Prerequisites: Algebra I students with the elements of BASIC. Students conics). This course covers both theory and Examination: Advanced Placement Test will learn to write readable, reliable and well- applications of integral and differential Advanced Placement Computer Science documented programs. calculus. The course follows an outline Principals will introduce students to proposed by the Advanced Placement Board programming and also give them an OMPUTER ATHEMATICS and is presented at a college level. Graphing C M understanding of the fundamental concepts calculators are used extensively. Students Course No.: (C++) 3199 of computing, its breadth of application and participating in Advanced Placement Credit: 1 Unit its potential for transforming the world we lie Calculus are expected, in addition to Recommended: Grades 9-12 in. It will be rigorous engaging and requirements of the course, to take the exam Prerequisites: Geometry accessible. as provided by the College Board. (Recommend grade of “C” or better) The major focus of this course is to provide IB MATHEMATICS (SL) experience in using the computer to solve ADVANCED PLACEMENT problems set up using mathematical models. Course No.: IB3162 & IB3198 CALCULUS BC Programming is a major emphasis of the Credit: 4 Unit Course No.: 3178 entire course ranging from simple programs Recommended: Grades 11-12 Credit: 1 Unit to the more complex programs written in the Prerequisites: Math Analysis or teacher Recommended: Grade 12 C++ language. Students are encouraged to recommendation Prerequisites: Successful completion of AP take Computer Math in addition to Algebra Examination: IB Math SL exam Calculus AB II, Advanced Algebra II, Discrete This two year course is designed for strong BC Calculus addresses the theory and Mathematics, Mathematical Analysis, or math students who are preparing for studies practice of differential and integral calculus Calculus. in subjects such as science, engineering, of a function of one variable. Topics include economics, psychology, and architecture. functional analysis, limits, continuity, the The goal of this course is to provide students DVANCED LACEMENT A P derivative and applications, and solving with a solid foundation of vectors, matrices, STATISTICS problems that deal with the rate of change. In statistics and probability, with expansion in Course No.: 3192 addition, students in calculus BC will apply the second year to concepts, techniques, and Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with calculus techniques to polar curves, applications of calculus. Students enrolled in appropriate score on the AP exam) parametric equations, vector function this course are also prepared to take the AP Recommended: Grades 10-12 sequences and series, and slope fields. The Calculus AB exam in addition to the IB Math Prerequisites: Algebra II content of this course is equivalent to two SL exam. An important aim of this course is Examination: Advanced Placement Test semesters of college calculus. Students to enable students to appreciate the 28

COURSE OFFERINGS multiplicity of cultural and historical the Commonwealth of Virginia and the methodologies required to understand the perspectives of mathematics. This includes National Science Education Standards. interrelationships of the natural world, to the internal dimensions of mathematics. identify and analyze environmental problems Students will complete two portfolio projects EARTH SCIENCE both natural and human-made, to evaluate as part of the internal and external Course No.: 4210B the relative risks associated with these assessment for this course and completion of Credit: 1 Unit problems, and to examine alternative this two year course will fulfill the Recommended: Grade 9 solutions for resolving and/or preventing requirement for group 5 (mathematics) for Prerequisites: None them. The course is intended to enable the IB Diploma. The course culminates with Examination: SOL students to undertake, as first-year college an IB external assessment that provides the Earth Science presents a broad overview of students, a more advanced study of topics in possibility of college credit. four areas: geology, the study of the earth’s environmental science. Students participating processes; astronomy, the study of space; in Advanced Placement Environmental IB MATH STUDIES (SL) meteorology, the study of weather; and, Science are expected to take the College Course No.: IB3195 & IB3196 oceanography, the study of oceans. Through Board exam, as well as the Earth Science Credit: 4 Unit the use of lectures, labs, class activities, and End-of-Course Test, if not previously taken. Recommended: Grades 11-12 audio-visual materials, the students develop a Prerequisites: Successful completion of practical knowledge and appreciation of the BIOLOGY Algebra II forces which shape the earth and affect our Course No.: 4310B Examination: IB Math Studies exam lives. This course is recommended for Credit: 1 Unit This two year course is intended to provide a students who have scheduled Algebra I, Part Recommended: Grade 10 realistic mathematical course for students 1 or Algebra I, Part II for their freshman Prerequisites: None with varied backgrounds and abilities. The year. Examination: SOL skills needed to cope with the mathematical The general Biology course is designed to demands of a technological society are ADVANCED EARTH SCIENCE help students develop an understanding and developed but no greater technical expertise Course No.: 4210A appreciation of the biological processes that is required. This course builds confidence Credit: 1 Unit relate to all organisms. Major topics covered and encourages an appreciation of Recommended: Grade 9 in the course include: cells, genetics, mathematics in students who do not Prerequisites: None ecology, evolution, and the anatomy/ anticipate a need for mathematics in their Examination: SOL physiology of organisms. Laboratory future studies. Students who are likely to In Advanced Earth Science, students explore investigations are conducted which reinforce need to use mathematics in pursuit of a the four areas of geology, meteorology, principles taught in the classroom. science or mathematics career are advised to astronomy and oceanography. They are consider IB Mathematics SL. An important required to learn the latest concepts ADVANCED BIOLOGY aim of this course is to enable students to developed in explaining the complex natural Course No.: 4310A appreciate the multiplicity of cultural and forces controlling the earth in terms of our Credit: 1 Unit historical perspectives of mathematics. weather, the oceans, crustal processes, and Recommended: Grade10 Topics include Numbers and Algebra; Sets, space exploration. Emphasis is placed on the Prerequisites: None Logic, and Probability; Functions; Geometry students’ inductive reasoning powers to lead Examination: SOL and Trigonometry; Statistics; Introductory them to a more thorough understanding of The Advanced Biology course is designed to Differential Calculus; and Financial the earth sciences. Labs, lab reports, use of provide students with the scientific mathematics. A substantial mathematical graphs, or projects also challenge the background and rigor necessary to prepare investigation in the form of a project is students and enrich their pursuit of them for advanced high school courses and requires as part of an internal and external knowledge of our dynamic earth. college. Major topics covered in the course assessment in this course and completion of include: cells, genetics, ecology, evolution this two year course will fulfill the ADVANCED PLACEMENT and the anatomy/physiology of organisms. requirement for group 5 (mathematics) for Laboratory investigations are conducted ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE the IB Diploma. The course culminates with which reinforce principles taught in the Course No.: 4270 an IB external assessment that provides the classroom. Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with possibility of college credit. appropriate score on the AP exam) BIOLOGY II - SEMINAR Recommended: Grades 9-12 Prerequisites: Successful completion of Course No.: 4320 SCIENCE Algebra I, and pass advanced on the 8th Credit: 1 Unit grade Physical Science SOL, for 9th grade Recommended: Grades 11-12 The high school science program in students enrolling Prerequisites: Successful completion or Spotsylvania County is experientially based Examination: Advanced Placement Test and simultaneous enrollment in Chemistry and offers courses in the areas of biology, Earth Science SOL Biology II Seminar is an advanced elective chemistry, physics and Geosystems. The Advanced Placement Environmental Science that emphasizes research, laboratory integration of technology throughout high is designed to be the equivalent of a one- activities, data analysis, and class discussion. school science courses allows students to semester, introductory college course. The curriculum focuses on specific topics for collect, organize, analyze, and interpret real- Scientific principles and analysis are stressed each 9 week quarter and include: time data; conduct research; design science and a laboratory component is included. entomology, vertebrate anatomy, experiments; and explore science concepts Advanced Placement Environmental Science bacteriology, genetics, and botany. Each through simulation and application software. is designed to provide students with the quarter typically includes completion of Our Programs of Study are based on the scientific principles, concepts, and large, long-term projects such as creating an Standards of Learning for Public Schools in insect collection, conducting several 29

COURSE OFFERINGS dissections, analyzing bacteria cultures, and SOL Chemistry II is strongly recommended for all creating a plant collection. To be successful, IB Biology is a two year course that provides students who are college bound and who may students must be able to work independently an overview of the major principles and have an interest in a career in chemistry or as well as cooperatively with classmates, and processes in the areas of molecular and any related fields such as biology, students must be able to manage their time cellular biology, genetics, ecology, and engineering or medicine. This course is effectively. organisms. Laboratory work is an integral designed to provide in-depth and state-of-the part of this course and students are required -art studies for the academically talented HUMAN ANATOMY AND to submit written laboratory reports. Key student. Units of study include biochemistry, points of the first year are structure and chromatography, nuclear chemistry, PHYSIOLOGY function, universality versus diversity, and qualitative and quantitative analysis, Course No.: 4330 equilibrium within systems. Students will oxidation reduction, equilibrium, gas laws, Credit: 1 Unit design and implement their own laboratory and stoichiometry. Recommended: Grades 11-12 investigations and participate in the Prerequisites: Successful completion of interdisciplinary Group 4 science research Biology and completion or concurrent ADVANCED PLACEMENT project. The second year provides an enrollment in Chemistry CHEMISTRY introduction to advanced anatomy and Human Anatomy and Physiology provides Course No.: 4470 physiology and plant biology. Laboratory college-bound students with an in-depth Credit: 1 Unit; (also college credit with work continues to be an integral part of the understanding and working knowledge of the appropriate score on the AP exam) course and students are required to submit structure and function of the human body. It Recommended: Grade 11-12 written laboratory reports that will be covers the eleven systems of the human body Prerequisites: Successful Completion of internally assessed by the classroom teacher with emphasis on the mechanisms that Algebra II. as well as externally assessed by trained IB maintain homeostasis. Laboratory and Examination: Advanced Placement Test & SOL examiners. The course culminates in IB clinical case studies are used to illustrate Note: May be doubled blocked examinations that provide the possibility of anatomical and physiological concepts. The Advanced Placement Chemistry course college credit. Careers in the medical sciences are explored. is the equivalent of a college introductory general chemistry course. It is designed to HEMISTRY ADVANCED PLACEMENT BIOLOGY C enable students to attain a depth of Course No.: 4410B Course No.: 4370 understanding of the fundamentals of Credit: 1 Unit Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with chemistry and a reasonable competence in appropriate score on the AP exam) Recommended: Grades 11-12 dealing with chemical problems. Upon Recommended: Grades 10-12 Prerequisites: Completion of Algebra I successful completion of the course, students Prerequisites: Successful completion of and simultaneous enrollment in or will be able to comprehend the development Biology and completion or concurrent completion of Algebra II recommended of principles and concepts, to demonstrate enrollment in Chemistry Examination: SOL application of principles, to relate fact to Examination: Advanced Placement Test and General Chemistry is a math intensive course theory and properties to structure, and to SOL designed to provide a broad, general understand systematic nomenclature. The The Advanced Placement Biology Course is understanding of the fundamental principles course will emphasize chemical calculations designed to be the equivalent of a college of chemistry. Laboratory investigations are and mathematical formulation of principles. introductory biology course. Topics conducted which reinforce principles taught It will focus upon the following areas: discussed in depth include: biochemistry, in the classroom. structure of matter, states of matter, reactions cell energetics, cell composition, molecular and descriptive chemistry. Laboratory genetics, and the systematics, physiology, ADVANCED CHEMISTRY experiences will emphasize experimental and ecology of organisms including humans. Course No.: 4410A procedures, observations of chemical The course is also designed to promote an Credit: 1 Unit substances and reactions, recording of data, understanding and appreciation of scientific Recommended: Grade 11- 12 and calculation and interpretation of results research. Course topics are reinforced with Prerequisites: Completion of Algebra I based on quantitative data. The course required laboratory activities. The course and simultaneous enrollment in or follows an outline proposed by the Advanced proceeds at a rapid pace following an outline completion of Algebra II recommended Placement Board. Students participating in proposed by the Advanced Placement Board Examination: SOL Advanced Placement Chemistry are expected as well as the Biology End-of-Course Test, if The Advanced Chemistry course is designed to take the College Board exam in addition to not previously taken. In addition to to delve more deeply into the fundamental fulfilling all the requirements of the course, completing the requirements of the course, principles of chemistry than the general as well as the chemistry end-of-course test if students participating in Advanced course. It is recommended for students who not previously taken. Placement Biology are expected to take the plan to take college chemistry or major in a Advanced Placement exam as provided by scientific area or a related field. Recommend IB CHEMISTRY (HL) the College Board. completion of Algebra II prior to class. Course No.: IB4480& IB4490 Credit: 4 Unit IB BIOLOGY (HL) CHEMISTRY II Recommended: Grades 11-12 Course No.: IB4380 & IB4390 Course No.: 4420 Prerequisites: Advanced Biology, Credit: 4 Unit Credit: 1 Unit Advanced Chemistry, admittance to IB Recommended: Grades 11-12 Recommended: Grades 11-12 program Prerequisites: Advanced Biology, Prerequisites: Successful completion Examination: IB Chemistry exam, Advanced Chemistry, admittance to IB of Algebra II and Chemistry or Advanced Chemistry SOL program Chemistry IB Chemistry HL is a two year course that Examination: IB Biology exam, Biology provides a survey of the major principles of 30

COURSE OFFERINGS chemistry including the structure of matter, ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS I necessary attitudes for environmental kinetic theory of gases, chemical Course No.: 4573 stewardship. equilibrium, chemical kinetics, Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with thermodynamics, acid-base theory, and appropriate score on the AP exam) EARTH SCIENCE II organic chemistry. The first year emphasizes Recommended: Grades 11-12 Course No.: 4220 problem solving, proficiency in mathematical Prerequisites: Successful completion of Credit: 1 Unit usage, and improvement and expansion of Geometry and concurrent enrollment in Recommended: Grades 11-12 laboratory techniques as related to Algebra II or an equivalent course Prerequisites: Earth Science contemporary chemistry to include Examination: Advanced Placement Test Earth Science II is designed to be an in-depth experimental design. Students will Advanced Placement Physics 1 is an algebra- study of the topics of Astronomy and participate in the interdisciplinary Group 4 based, introductory college-level physics Meteorology introduced in Earth Science. science research project. The second year course that explores topics such as Students collect and analyze weather data to emphasizes research techniques, advanced Newtonian mechanics (including rotational forecast the weather. Storms and other laboratory techniques, advanced problem motion); work, energy and power; related weather phenomena are studied. solving and synthesis of prior knowledge to mechanical waves and sound; and Students investigate thermal, electrical, investigate IB option topics. During both introductory, simple circuits. Through optical, and other properties of the years of this course, laboratory work is inquiry-based learning, students will develop atmosphere. Astronomy topics include integral and students are required to submit scientific critical thinking and reasoning methods and tools used to investigate the written laboratory reports. Students will skills. Students participating in Advanced universe, universal laws, galaxies, stellar design and implement their own laboratory Placement Physics I are expected to take the evolution, the solar system, planetary motion, investigations that will be both internally College Board exam in addition to fulfilling and the exploration of space. Students who assessed by the classroom teacher as well as all the requirements of the course. complete Earth Science II may not enroll in externally assessed by trained IB examiners. the ½ unit courses Astronomy or The end of course IB examinations provide ADVANCED PLACEMENT Meteorology. the possibility of college credit. PHYSICS II

Course No.: 4574 MARINE SCIENCE PHYSICS Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with Course No.: 4620 Course No.: 4510B appropriate score on the AP exam) Credit: .5 Unit Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grades 11-12 Recommended: Grades 10-12 Recommended: Grades 11-12 Prerequisites: Students should have had Prerequisites: Successful completion of Prerequisites: Completion of Algebra I AP Physics I and taken or be concurrently Earth Science and Biology and Geometry. Current enrollment in taking Pre-Calculus or an equivalent Marine Science is a survey course that focuses Algebra II or equivalent. course. on the ecology, anatomy, and physiology of Physics is designed to explore physical Advanced Placement Physics II is an algebra ocean dwelling organisms and the ocean’s phenomena observed in our everyday world. -based, introductory college-level physics chemistry and physiology. Saltwater aquaria Emphasis is placed on the study of motion, course that explores topics such as fluid are maintained as a part of the classroom forces, energy, optics, and electricity and statics and synamics; thermodynamics with instruction. magnetism. Laboratory work with proper kinetic theory; PV diagrams and probability; collection and analysis of data is stressed. electrostatics; electrical circuits with GEOLOGY Physics is recommended for students who are capacitors; magnetic fields; Course No. 4240 interested in math, engineering, technology electromagnetism; physical and geometric Credit: .5 Unit or science. An understanding of basic optics; and quantum, atomic, and nuclear Recommended: Grades 10-12 mathematical concepts is an integral part of physics. Through inquiry-based learning, Prerequisites: Successful completion of this class. students will develop scientific critical Earth Science

thinking and reasoning skills. Students This course is designed to be an in-depth ADVANCED PHYSICS participating in Advanced Placement Physics treatment of geology concepts presented in Course No.: 4510A II are expected to take the College Board Earth Science. Geology explores the origins Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with exam in addition to fulfilling the and the connections between the physical, appropriate score on the AP exam) requirements of the course. chemical, and biological processes that Recommended: Grades 11-12 govern the Earth system. Topics will include Prerequisites: Completion of Algebra I ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE minerals, maps and mapping, igneous rocks and Geometry. Current enrollment in Course No.: 4340 and processes, volcanoes and volcanism, Algebra II or equivalent. Credit: 1 Unit weathering and soils, sedimentation and Advanced Physics is designed to examine the Recommended: Grades 11-12 sedimentary rocks, metamorphism and fundamental laws that are basic to all Prerequisites: Successful completion of metamorphic rocks, geologic time, glaciers, sciences. Major emphasis is given to the Earth Science and Biology structural geology, earthquakes, plate quantitative applications of classical Environmental Science places emphasis on tectonics, and the geology of Virginia and the mechanics and conservation laws. Advanced the concepts of communities and ecosystems. Chesapeake Bay. Physics is recommended for students who are Using lecture, lab studies, and various interested in science, mathematics, computer student activities, the cycles and science, technology or engineering. Because interrelationships of living and non-living of the emphasis on quantitative analysis, components of our environment are studied. students must have a strong foundation in Particular focus is upon man’s influence on advanced level mathematics. these systems and the development of

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OCEANOGRAPHY understanding, use, and alteration of the earth’s VIRGINIA AND UNITED STATES surface. Students employ spatial concepts and Course No.: 4250 HISTORY landscape analysis to examine human social Credit: .5 Unit Course No.: 2360 organization and its environmental Recommended: Grades 10-12 Credit: 1 Unit consequences. They also learn about the Prerequisites: Successful completion of Recommended: Grade 11 methods and tools geographers use in their Earth Science and Algebra Prerequisites: None science and practice. The course is presented at This course is designed to be an in-depth Examination: SOL the college level and follows an outline treatment of oceanography concepts Virginia and United States History chronicle proposed by the Advanced Placement College presented in Earth Science. Students will the history of the United States from the first Board. Students should be prepared for a study the physical properties of sea water, European colonization of the Americas to the rigorous workload above that of standard marine chemistry, salinity, density, present. Individuals and groups that contributed advanced classes. All students enrolled in this circulation within the oceans, waves, to the unique evolution of the United States are class are expected to take the exam provided by currents, tides, and oceanographic studied. Both domestic and foreign policies are the College Board, as well as the World instruments and research. Emphasis will be examined at various points in time as the United Geography End-of-Course Test, if not placed on the major skills of practicing States developed into a democratic world previously taken and passed. oceanographers and scientists. power. While focusing on political and economic history, this course includes a study WORLD HISTORY: of the American culture. Students are expected, 1500 AD (C.E.) TO PRESENT in addition to the requirements of the course, to HISTORY & SOCIAL Course No.: 2221 take the Virginia and United States History End Credit: 1 Unit -of-Course Test, if not previously taken and SCIENCE Recommended: Grade 10 passed. Prerequisites: None Examination: SOL ORLD EOGRAPHY ADVANCED PLACEMENT W G World History and Geography: 1500AD (C.E.) UNITED STATES HISTORY Course No.: 2210 to the Present explores the diversity of culture Course No.: 2319 Credit: 1 Unit and the evolution of human history from the Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with appropriate Recommended: Grade 9 Renaissance to the present. Students examine Prerequisites: None score on the AP exam) the development of the world’s major political, Recommended: Grade 11 Examination: SOL economic, and legal systems; artistic and World Geography examines the Prerequisites: None literary movements; technological changes; environmental and cultural patterns of the Examination: Advanced Placement Test & trade patterns; religions; and the influential major world regions. Critical thinking skills SOL people of history. Students are expected, in are developed and applied as students Advanced Placement United States History is addition to the requirements of the course, to examine demographic and economic data designed to provide students with the analytic take the World History and Geography: 1500 and investigate the causes, effects, and skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal AD (C.E.) to the Present SOL Test, if not possible solutions to current international critically with issues and problems in United previously taken and passed. conflicts, problems, and environmental States history. This course includes an in-depth concerns. Map skills are extended as students analysis of major developments and use an atlas and varied types of maps in ADVANCED PLACEMENT assessments of historical materials, evidence, regional studies, build spatial perceptions, WORLD HISTORY and interpretations. Students learn to assess and develop a mental map of the world. Course No.: 2380 historical materials, develop the skills necessary Democratic values and citizenship are Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with appropriate to arrive at conclusions on the basis of an reinforced as students develop an score on the AP exam) informed judgment, and to present reasons and appreciation of the cultural diversity of the Recommended: Grades 10-12 evidence clearly and persuasively in essay world, learn to work cooperatively with Prerequisites: None format. The course is presented at the college classmates, and build an appreciation and Examination: Advanced Placement Test level and follows an outline proposed by the concern for the environment. Students are & World History SOL Advanced Placement College Board. Students expected, in addition to the requirements of Note: It is recommended that students take are expected, in addition to the requirements of the course, to take the World Geography End Advanced English with this course. the course, to take the exam provided by the -of-Course Test, if not previously taken and Advanced Placement World History provides a College Board, as well as, the Virginia and passed. rigorous, thematic survey of global history from United States History End-of-Course Test, if 8,000 BCE to the present. Students examine not previously taken and passed. and analyze the broad themes of cross-cultural ADVANCED PLACEMENT interaction that have shaped human history. VIRGINIA AND UNITED STATES HUMAN GEOGRAPHY The course is presented at the college level and GOVERNMENT Course No.: 2212 follows an outline proposed by the Advanced Course No.: 2440 Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with Placement College Board. Students are Credit: 1 Unit appropriate score on the AP exam) expected, in addition to the requirements of the Recommended: Grade 12 Recommended: Grades 9-12 course, to take the exam provided by the Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None College Board, as well as the World History Examination: None Examination: Advanced Placement Test & and Geography: 1500 AD to the Present End- Virginia and United States Government SOLS of-Course Test, if not previously taken and This Advanced Placement class introduces examine the structure and functions of our passed. students to the systematic study of patterns and federal form of government. The decision- processes that have shaped human making processes at the local, state, and 32

COURSE OFFERINGS national levels are emphasized. The foundations IB HISTORY (HL) ADVANCED PLACEMENT of American government, the politics of Course No.: IB2360 & IB2361 PSYCHOLOGY American democracy, and constitutional rights Credit: 4 Unit Course No.: 2902 and responsibilities are explored in depth. Recommended: Grades 11-12 Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with United States political and economic systems Prerequisites: AP Human Geography, AP appropriate score on the AP exam) are compared to those of other nations, with Government, admittance to IB program Recommended: Grades 10-12 emphasis on the relationships between Examination: VA US History SOL (11th Prerequisites: None economic and political freedoms. Economic grade), IB History exam (12th grade) Examination: Advanced Placement Test content includes the United States market This is a two year course of study. During the Advanced Placement Psychology introduces system, supply and demand, and the role of the first year, students will study “History of the students to the systematic and scientific study government in the economy. Democratic values Americas, “ a survey of U.S., Canadian, and of the behavior and mental processes of and citizen participation are stressed throughout Latin American history from early European human beings and other animals. Students the course. contacts with American Indians and the are exposed to the psychological facts,

people of the First Nations through the 20th principles and phenomena associated with ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED Century including analysis of independence each of the major subfields within STATES GOVERNMENT movements, the U.S. Civil War, psychology. They also learn about the Course No.: 2445 industrialization, expansion, and the Latin methods psychologists use in their science Credit: 1 Unit American dictatorships. The first year and practice. The course covers such topics Recommended: Grade 12 focuses on the American region’s historical as: biological bases of behavior; sensation Prerequisites: None experience, as well as political, economic, and perception; states of consciousness; Examination: Advanced Placement Test and social systems. Students will learning cognition; motivation and emotion; Advanced Placement United States demonstrate historical analysis by discussion, developmental psychology; personality; Government gives students an analytical presentation, and written work including and testing and individual differences; abnormal perspective on government and politics in the internally assessed research paper. During psychology; treatment of psychological United States. Students learn basic facts, the second year, students study “Twentieth disorders and social psychology. The course concepts and theories pertaining to United Century Topics” of World History with a is presented at the college level and follows States government and politics, understand document based emphasis on the Rights and an outline proposed by the Advanced typical patterns of political processes and Protests Movements including the Civil Placement College Board. Students behavior and their consequences, and analyze Rights Movement in the United States and participating in Advanced Placement and interpret basic data. The course is Apartheid in South Africa. Students will also Psychology are expected, in addition to the presented at the college level and follows an evaluate the impact of the formation and requirements of the course, to take the exam outline proposed by the Advanced Placement emergence of Democratic States in the provided by the College Board. College Board. Students are expected, in twentieth century with a focus on India, Poland, and Argentina. The study of addition to the requirements of the course, to PSYCHOLOGY Authoritarian States and dictatorships will take the exam provided by the College Course No.: 2900 also be covered in world history topics. Board. Credit: .5 Unit Elective Course Students will examine the rule of Saddam Recommended: Grades 10-12 Hussein (Iraq), Fidel Castro (Cuba), and Mao Prerequisites: None ADVANCED PLACEMENT Zedong (China). The second year continues Psychology introduces students to the study EUROPEAN HISTORY to stress political, economic, and social of individual human behavior. Students are Course No.: 2399 systems as well as requiring students to given the opportunity to explore subjects Credit: 1 Unit (also college credit with further develop their skills of interpretation studied by behavioral scientists and apply appropriate score on the AP exam) and analysis through historiography. The psychological concepts to everyday human Recommended: Grades 10-12 course culminates in a series of external problems and life. Prerequisites: None assessments that include document-based Examination: Advanced Placement Test questions, short essay response and an Advanced Placement European History internally assessed research paper which SOCIOLOGY surveys the major events, movements, and provide the possibility of college credit. Course No.: 2500 personalities in European History from the Credit: .5 Unit Elective Course late Middle Ages to the present. Students will Recommended: Grades 10-12 ECONOMICS develop an understanding of the principle Prerequisites: None themes in modern and historical Course No. 6120A Sociology is focused upon the causes and interpretation, and an ability to express Credit: .5 Unit consequences of the various human historical understanding in writing. The Recommended: Grades 10-12 relationships. It is designed to promote an course is presented at the college level and Prerequisites: None awareness of basic human needs and the follows an outline proposed by the Advanced Note: Economics and Personal Finance development of skills and attitudes that Placement College Board. Students are must be taken together enable individuals to contribute positively Economics introduces students to the basic expected, in addition to requirements of the toward improved human relations in the theory of scarcity, different economic course, to take the exam provided by the family, school, and community. structures used by world societies, the roles College Board. of individuals and government in the

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FCCLA, HOSA, DECA, TSA and AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY single block course which emphasizes SkillsUSA. Organizational dues are required. developing business concepts related to Course No.: 2371 Credit: .5 Unit mechanics, technology, and plant or animal NOTE: Some of the programs require the science with advanced projects. Students will Recommended: Grades 9-12 purchase of workbooks, specified Prerequisites: None use on site laboratories to further enhance equipment or materials and/or charge a practical knowledge in the agricultural African American History examines the role lab fee. African Americans have played in American industry. Emphasis is place on leadership development through participation in the co- history and promotes cultural awareness. Critical thinking, through the lens of power, curricular student organization, the National politics, economics, and geography, is AGRICULTURAL FFA Organization. Students who meet the developed. Students trace the trials, early release requirements may participate in tribulations, and triumphs of race relations in EDUCATION the agricultural cooperative education the United States. program. INTRODUCTION TO PLANT SCIENCE DEBATE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED AGRI–SCIENCE AND Course No.: 2996 Course No.: 8007 TECHNOLOGY Credit: .5 Unit Credit: 1 Unit Course No.: 8024 Recommended: Grades 9-12 Recommended: Grades 9-12 Credit: 1 Unit Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Recommended: Grade 11-12 Students learn the fundamentals of debating. Introduction to Plant Science and Prerequisites: Successful completion of Topics include researching a subject in order Technology is a one year, single block course Agri-Science and Technology to debate the pros and cons of the subject, as in developing agricultural career skills Advanced Agri-Science and Technology is a one well as, preparing a presentation that is pertaining to plant systems. Career skills year, single block course which enhances timely and includes poise, articulation, include growing and reproduction of plants, agricultural business opportunities from the complex vocabulary and other desirable floral and landscaping design, along with perspective of the owner/operator. Classroom public speaking characteristics. Students greenhouse management. On site laboratories activities stimulate entrepreneurial activities. In engage in debates within class and with other provide students with plant and shop skills this course, the student is able to apply theories county schools. including welding, woodworking, electricity, and competencies learned in prior agricultural CRIMINAL JUSTICE plumbing and small engines. Emphasis is courses as related to plant, animal or mechanical Course No.: 2420 placed on leadership development through sciences and technology. Emphasis is placed on Credit: .5 Unit participation in the co-curricular student leadership development through participation in Recommended: Grades 11-12 organization, the National FFA Organization. the co-curricular student organization, the Prerequisites: None National FFA Organization. Students who meet Students study the problem of crime in INTRODUCTION TO the early release requirements may participate in the agricultural cooperative education program. America and the legislative and judicial ANIMAL SCIENCE AND responses to it. Topics include crime ECHNOLOGY statistics, law enforcement procedures, the T AGRICULTURE COOPERATIVE judicial process, and appropriate legislation. Course No. 8008 Credit: 1 Unit EDUCATION Course No.: 8023, 8025, 8089 Recommended: Grades 9-12 Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Unit (Supervised on-the-job training) CAREER & TECHNICAL Introduction to Animal Science and Recommended: Grade 11-12 Technology is a one year, single block course Prerequisites: Agri-Science & Technology EDUCATION in developing agricultural career skills or Advanced Agri-Science & Technology pertaining to animal science and technology. The Agriculture Cooperative Education Program is a one year, one credit course which is to be The career and technical curriculum provides Career skills include breeding, nutrition, taken in addition to a higher level agriculture classes with a wide variety of interests and health and management of large animals. On- course. This program links classroom instruction talents. There are both sequential courses site laboratories provide students with animal to real life, supervised on the job training. The (i.e., the two-year block programs) and non- and shop skills including welding, teacher-coordinator works directly with the on- sequential courses contained in the course woodworking, electricity, plumbing, and site supervisor to develop individual training offerings. Particular attention should be small engines. Emphasis is placed on plans that are compatible with the students career given to the prerequisites and length of time leadership development through participation focus. for completion of programs in the career and in the co-curricular student organization, the technical curriculum. The student should National FFA Organization. COMPANION ANIMAL CARE carefully consider his/her skills, physical Course No.: 8083 stamina and interest before enrolling in a two AGRI-SCIENCE AND Credit: 1 Unit -year program. Recommended: Grades 9-12 TECHNOLOGY Students who complete a CTE Program are Prerequisites: None Course No.: 8022 eligible to take and Industry Certification or Companion Animal Care is a one year, single Credit: 1 Unit Credentialing Exam. block course which introduces the student to Recommended: Grades 11-12 common small animals which directly Prerequisites: Successful completion of Co-curricular Organizations - Students are influence our everyday life. Focus is on the Veterinary Science or Greenhouse, expected to participate in the co-curricular extensive development of entry-level skills Landscaping and Turf Management organizations for each career and technical related to the pet care industry. Students will Agri-Science and Technology is a one year, area. The organizations are: FFA, FBLA, take a lab based approach to pet handling, feeding and habitat maintenance. Emphasis is 34

COURSE OFFERINGS placed on leadership development through COMPUTER INFORMATION participation in the co-curricular student Business & Information SYSTEMS organization, the National FFA Organization. Technology Course No.: 6612

Credit: 1 Unit VETERINARY SCIENCE The business program offerings are designed Recommended: Grades 10-12 Course No.: 8088 to meet two widely recognized goals: Prerequisites: Information Technology Credit: 1 Unit 1. Attainment of business skills and Fundamentals Recommended: Grades 11-12 knowledge, including career Note: Lab fee required Prerequisites: Successful completion of exploration for all. Students refine and develop skills learned in Intro to Animal Science & Technology, 2. Preparation for entering business Keyboarding and or Computer Applications. Biology, and Companion Animal Care occupations and for pursuing Students apply problem-solving skills to real Veterinary Science is a one year, single block additional education. life situations through database, spreadsheet, course which provides students with the The completion of Information Technology and word processing software. This course employability and technical skills needed to Fundamentals plus one or more other also includes an introduction to the Internet succeed in a post-secondary education and a occupational courses results in becoming a and telecommunications. career in veterinary medicine or related program completer. occupation. This course integrates ADVANCED COMPUTER academics, real life career skills and UNDAMENTALS laboratory based instruction within the I.T. F INFORMATION SYSTEMS veterinary industry. Emphasis is placed on Course No.: 6670 Course No.: 6613 leadership development through participation Credit: 1 Unit Credit: 1 Unit in the co-curricular student organization, the Recommended: Grades 9-10 *Cooperative Office Education 1 Credit National FFA Organization. Students who Prerequisites: None Available meet the early release requirements may Note: Lab fee required Recommended: Grades 11-12 This course introduces students to a wide participate in the Agricultural Cooperative Prerequisites: Computer Information range of basic computer topics including: Education Program. Systems learning or improving upon touch typing Note: Lab fee required skills, an introduction to the Microsoft Office Students develop advanced skills in word REENHOUSE LANDSCAPING AND G , , package (MS Word, Access, PowerPoint and processing, database management, and TURF MANAGEMENT Excel), computer networking, maintenance spreadsheets. Networking, integrated Course No.: 8034 and troubleshooting, computer hardware, software, and multimedia applications are Credit: 1 Unit internet research (including usage and also covered. Use of the Internet is an Recommended: Grades 10 -12 safety), basic web page creation (html integral part of the course, to include Web Prerequisites: Successful completion of programming), fundamental technology page development. This course will prepare Introduction to Plant Science & Technology skills, and exploration of career opportunities students for Microsoft Office User Specialist Greenhouse, Landscaping, and Turf within the Information Technology field. (MOS) certification. Seniors taking this Management is a one year, single block This course is a prerequisite for all business course may participate in the Cooperative course that advances agricultural career skills occupational courses. Office Education Program. This course will in plant science. It is recommended that ACCOUNTING prepare a student for Microsoft Office students take introduction to Plant Science Course No.: 6320 Specialist (MOS) certification. *Seniors and Technology prior to this course. Students Credit: 1 Unit taking this class may participate in the will receive extensive development in crop Recommended: Grades 10-12 Cooperative Office Education program for an production through the use of on-site Prerequisites: None additional credit. laboratories. General focuses for the course Note: Lab fee required is placed on floral and landscaping design, Students study the basic principles, concepts, DESIGN, MULTIMEDIA greenhouse management and introduction to and practices of the accounting cycle. AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES the turf-grass industry. Emphasis is placed on Students learn fundamental accounting leadership development through participation Course No.: 6630 procedures using a manual and an automated Credit: 1 Unit in the co-curricular student organization, the system. This course does require the National FFA Organization. Students who *Cooperative Office Education 1 Credit purchase of a workbook. Available meet the early release requirements may participate in the agricultural cooperative Recommended: Grades 10-12 DVANCED CCOUNTING education program. A A Prerequisites: IT Fundamentals with Course No.: 6321 teacher recommendation Credit: 1 Unit Note: Lab fee required Recommended: Grades 11-12 This is a course in which students develop Prerequisites: Accounting proficiency in using desktop publishing Note: Lab fee required software to create a variety of printed and Students gain in-depth knowledge of electronic publications. Students will accounting procedures and techniques incorporate journalistic principles in design utilized in solving business problems and and layout of publications. Students will use making financial decisions. Specialized sophisticated hardware and software to accounting software is used to analyze and develop web sites and multimedia interpret business applications. presentations. The complexity and rapidly

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COURSE OFFERINGS the course very important for students business management theories. Students COMPUTER APPLICATION planning to pursue business or further learn to analyze, discuss, and evaluate FOR SENIORS education opportunities. This course will business activities at local, national, and Course No.: 6614 prepare a student for Microsoft Office international levels. The course covers a Credit: 1 Unit Specialist (MOS) certification. range of organizations from all sectors. In Recommended: Grade 12 addition, students will explore the socio- Prerequisites: None cultural and economic contexts in which ADVANCED DESIGN, MULTIMEDIA, Note: Lab fee required those organizations operate. The course AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES This course is designed to meet the needs of covers the key characteristics of business and Course No.: 6633 seniors who have not taken computer courses environment and the business functions of Credit: 1 Unit in the business program. Students begin by human resource management, finance and Recommended: Grades 11-12 refreshing their keyboarding skills and then accounting, marketing, and operations Prerequisites: Design, Multimedia and Web move to word processing, database, management. Links among the topics are Technologies spreadsheets, desktop publishing, computer central to the course. Through the Note: Lab fee required presentations and web design. Students exploration of six underpinning concepts Students develop advanced skills in creating become proficient in the use of computer (change, culture, ethics, globalization, interactive media, web sites, and publications for applications needed for the workplace and/or innovation and strategy), the course allows print and electronic distribution. Students work the college classroom. students to develop a holistic understanding with sophisticated hardware and software, of today’s complex and dynamic business applying skills learned to real-world projects. environment. The conceptual learning is Completion of this course may prepare students firmly anchored in business management for industry certifications. This course will FAMILY & CONSUMER theories, tools, and techniques and placed in prepare a student for Microsoft Office Specialist the context of real world examples and case (MOS) certification. *Seniors taking this course INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT/ studies. The course encourages the may participate in the Cooperative Office appreciation of ethical concerns at both a INDEPENDENT LIVING Education program for an additional credit. local and global level. It aims to develop Course No.: 8210

such relevant and transferable skills as: Credit: 1 Unit COOPERATIVE OFFICE EDUCATION critical thinking; making ethically sound and Recommended: Grades 9-12 Course No.: 6799 well-informed decisions; appreciating the Prerequisites: None Credit: 1 Unit (Supervised on-the-job training) pace, nature, and significance of change; Individual Development / Independent Living is Recommended: Grade 12 thinking strategically; and undertaking long a single period, one year elective course. Units Prerequisites: Seniors must be enrolled in term planning, analysis and evaluation. are based on individual interests, and the needs Design/MM, Adv. Design/MM, Adv. and concerns of students. The course focuses on Accounting, Adv CIS the practical problems faced by adolescents at ERSONAL INANCE Cooperative Office Education combines P F this critical stage of their development. classroom instruction with supervised on-the-job Courses No.: 6120B Emphasis is placed on enhancing personal training during the school year in a business Credit: .5 Unit development and self-esteem, managing stress, office. The teach-coordinator develops with the Recommended: Grades 10-12 achieving career goals, enhancing family and on-the-job training sponsor and the student an Prerequisites: None peer relationships, and managing conflict. In individualized training plan identifying learning Note: Economics and Personal Finance addition, the course focuses on the practical experiences that are compatible with the must be taken together. Personal Finance problems related to managing human and student’s occupational objective. does not fulfill a math requirement. material resources, making consumer Students learn how to navigate the financial decisions related to clothing and housing the decisions they must face and to make family. The course also offers laboratory BUSINESS MANAGEMENT informed decisions related to career experiences in preparing healthy foods for Course No.: 6135 exploration, budgeting, banking, credit, the family. Credit: 1 Unit insurance, spending, taxes, saving, investing,

Recommended: Grades 10-12 buying/leasing a vehicle, living Prerequisites: None independently, and inheritance. Development LIFE PLANNING In Business Management, students study of financial literacy skills and an Course No.: 8227 basic management concepts and leadership understanding of economic principles will Credit: 1 Unit styles as they explore business ownership, provide the basis for responsible citizenship. Recommended: Grades 10-12 planning, economics, international business, Economics introduces students to the basic Prerequisites: Individual Development and human relations issues such as employee theory of scarcity, different economic Life Planning is a single period, one year motivation and conflict resolution. structures used by world societies, the roles elective course which expands the of individuals and government in the knowledge and skills acquired in Individual IB BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (SL) operation of markets and the interconnection Development. The course focuses on using Course No.: IB6135 & IB6136 of the global economy. practical problem solving to set goals Credit: 4 Unit regarding life choices in the areas of career, Recommended: Grades 11-12 personal and family relationships, wellness Prerequisites: Business Management, and use of resources. In addition, students admittance to IB program explore ways of building and maintaining Examination: IB Business Management strong, functional families and cooking exam nutritious meals in the lab. This two year course is designed to develop students’ knowledge and understanding of 36

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NUTRITION AND WELLNESS MARKETING and how the basic marketing functions of Course No.: 8229 Course No.: 8120 planning, pricing, promoting and distributing Credit: 1 Unit Credit: 2 Units work in the fashion industry. Students also Recommended: Grades 11-12 (Meets 1 block plus supervised on-the-job learn basic human relations, math and Prerequisites: None training) economics skills as they apply to this fast- Nutrition and Wellness is a single period, one Recommended: Grades 11-12 paced industry. year elective course based on an in-depth Prerequisites: Introduction to Marketing study of good nutrition and physical and (waived with staff approval) MARKETING MANAGEMENT mental wellness. The course focuses on three Marketing provides students with competencies Course No.: 8132 practical problems: What should I do that enable them to obtain and succeed in their Credit: 1 Unit regarding ensuring wellness? What should I chosen marketing occupation. Students develop Recommended: Grade 12 do regarding food choices? What should I do skills in selling, communications, product Prerequisites: None regarding preparing food? Laboratory development, promotion, interviewing and Note: College credit with an appropriate experiences, an essential component of the human relations. Skills learned in this course score on the CLEP Exam. course, are centered around those three can be applied to a wide range of career options. Marketing Management is a specialized questions. Content includes: promoting course for seniors with a career interest in wellness and good health, relating food MARKETING marketing, management or business who choices to wellness, planning food choices, Course No.: 8121 plan to attend college. It is also obtaining and storing food, preparing and Credit: 1 Units recommended for students majoring in serving food, and selecting and using Recommended: Grades 11-12 medicine, law, engineering or other fields equipment. Prerequisites: Introduction to Marketing who will be responsible for the operation of a (waived with staff approval) practice or business. The course is designed Marketing provides students with competencies FAMILY RELATIONS AND to provide students with an understanding of that enable them to obtain and succeed in their planning, implementing and controlling PARENTING chosen marketing occupation. Students develop marketing activities. These activities include Course No.: 8225 skills in selling, communications, product designing products/services to meet customer Credit: 1 Unit development, promotion, interviewing, and needs, designing pricing strategies to achieve Recommended: Grades 11-12 human relations. Skills learned in this course profitable use of resources, implementing Prerequisites: None can be applied to a wide range of career options. distribution procedures, and evaluating Family Relations and Parenting is a single personal selling and sales promotion period, one year elective course. The course DVANCED ARKETING activities to assure users have sound basis for focuses on two questions: What should I do A M their buying choices. Upon successful to build a strong family? What should I do Course No.: 8130 completion of this course, students will be about parenting? The problems are posed Credit: 2 Units (meets 1 period plus supervised on-the-job eligible to take the College Level through case studies and shared experiences, training) Examination Program (CLEP) which can be and examined using critical questions that Recommended: Grade 12 recognized for college credit. will lead to ethical decisions and reasoned Prerequisites: Marketing action. The significance of families, Advanced Marketing is designed to provide SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT, nurturing human development, building students with in-depth knowledge of the healthy family relationships, managing work marketing functions and prepare them for AND RECREATION MARKETING and family roles are examined. Also included employment in supervisory and / or Course No.: 8175 is content related to parenting skills, meeting management positions. Competencies Credit: 1 Unit development needs of children throughout learned include supervision, human resource Recommended: Grades 10-12 the life cycle, and building positive parent- development, purchasing and inventory Prerequisites: None child relationships. control, distribution, market planning and Students develop skills in the areas of sales promotion. Students combine marketing analysis, event marketing, classroom instruction with supervised on-the- communication, and human relations, along MARKETING job training in a local marketing business – with a thorough understanding of the sports, an average of 11 hours per week for 36 entertainment, and recreation industry and

weeks. career options available. Academic skills INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING (mathematics, science, English, and history/ Course No.: 8110 social science) related to the content are a FASHION MARKETING Credit: 1 Unit part of this course. Computer and technology Course No.: 8140 Recommended: Grades 9-11 applications supporting this course are (preference given to 10th graders) Credit: 1 Unit studied. Recommended: Grades 10-12 Prerequisites: None Fundamentals of Marketing provides students Prerequisites: None Fashion Marketing provides students with a with the competencies needed for successful basic knowledge of the apparel and entry-level employment in marketing accessories industry and the skills necessary occupations. Students learn social, economic, for successful entry-level employment in and marketing skills necessary for employment fashion marketing careers. Students learn in marketing occupations including retail, how apparel and accessories are designed, wholesale, and service businesses. Specific manufactured, distributed, and promoted. skills learned include interviewing, resume- Students learn how trends develop, how writing, selling, marketing, math and business buyers select merchandise for retail stores, communications. 37

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TECHNOLOGY IB DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (SL) ENGINEERING STUDIES Course No.: IB4585 & IB4586 Course No.: 8491 EDUCATION Credit: 4 Unit Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grades 11-12 Recommended: Grades 10-12 The goal of the technology program is to Prerequisites: Technical Drawing & Prerequisites: C or better in Engineering assist students with the application of Design Explorations I advances in science and math in solving Examination: IB Design Tech Exam Designed for students who intend to pursue everyday problems in the fields of This two year course requires the use of the engineering studies in college. Engineering engineering, construction, drafting, design cycle as a tool, which provides the Studies prepares students by emphasizing communication, environmental studies, and methodology used to structure the inquiry integration of mathematics, science, and manufacturing. Electronic advances in the and analysis of problems, the development of English concepts and skills into engineering fields of computers, CD-ROMS, videodiscs, feasible solutions, and the testing and problems in a curriculum demanding and video enable students to explore options evaluation of the solution can be defined as a rigorous study habits and other college-level previously not available in the classroom. model, prototype, product or system that skills. Students are encouraged to become These same electronic advances enable students have developed independently. DP routinely inquisitive through brainstorming students to experiment with robotics and Design Technology achieves a high level of and prototyping. Students practice basic computer-controlled machinery. design literacy by enabling students to engineering skills and communication of develop critical thinking and design skills, technical information while applying the which they can apply in a practical context. engineering design process to complete an MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY While designing may take various forms, it engineering project. Course No.: 8425 will involve the selective application of Credit: 1 Unit knowledge within an ethical framework. Recommended: Grades 9-12 Students will complete a design project and Prerequisites: None two external assessments at the conclusion of CAREER & TECHNICAL Students organize and operate a the course. manufacturing company to explore careers CENTER PROGRAMS and work habits typical of the American industry’s free enterprise system. Students ENGINEERING DRAWING Courses listed in this section are taught at make projects or products in the “company” AND DESIGN the Spotsylvania Career & Technical which can be sold. Students experience the Course No.: 8436 Center. Programs are divided into three work of planners, designers, engineers, Credit: 1 Unit areas: a) Trade and Industry, b) Family and machine operators, personnel managers, and Recommended: Grades 9-12 Consumer Science, and c) Health and a variety of other manufacturing careers. Recommended Prerequisites: C or better in Medical/Protective Services. Students ride a Technical Drawing and Design bus to the Center and back to their home CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Engineering Drawing and Design is an school for these classes. Course No.: 8431 advanced drawing and design course which Credit: 1 Unit enables students to use a graphic language There is an application process in place Recommended: Grades 10-12 for product design, technical illustration and for admittance to many of these classes. Prerequisites: None assembly. Students use computers, Students should see their school counselor Students design, build and test scale model calculators, and descriptive geometry and for application materials. Career Pathways structures and work with projects that help adhere to established standards to solve classes are offered to students in grades 10, them to understand the jobs of architects, design problems. 11 and 12. Preference for enrollment to the carpenters, electricians, plumbers, surveyors, Career Pathways classes will be given to contractors, masons, design engineers and a ENGINEERING EXPLORATIONS I Grade 10 students. It is recommended that variety of other construction careers. Course No.: 8450 classes, which are offered in a two-year Recommend taking Manufacturing Credit: 1 Unit sequence, begin in Grade 11. Preference for st nd Technology prior to Construction Recommended: Grades 9-12 enrollment to classes that have a 1 and 2 Technology. Recommended Prerequisites: Technical year which lead to a program completion Drawing & Design certificate will be given to Grade 11 students. Seniors are allowed to enroll in first year TECHNICAL DRAWING AND DESIGN In Engineering Explorations I, students courses or Career Pathways courses only on Course No.: 8435 examine technology and engineering a space available basis. Metal Trades is Credit: 1 Unit fundamentals in relation to solving real- offered to Grade 9 and Grade 10 students Recommended: Grades 9-12 world problems. Students investigate only (refer to the Metal Trades descriptions Prerequisites: None engineering history, including major for prerequisites). Nursing is offered to Technical Drawing and Design is a engineering achievements, and they examine seniors only (refer to the Practical Nursing foundation course for students to experience the principle engineering specialty fields and descriptions for prerequisites). the basic language of industry and their related careers. Students practice Each course is a two or four-period block. technology. Students design, sketch, and engineering fundamentals, using Seniors can participate in various work-based make technical drawings. The course is mathematical and scientific concepts, and learning opportunities. Students who select especially recommended for future they apply the engineering design process these courses should understand that engineering and architecture students. through participation in hands-on participation in co-curricular student engineering projects. Students communicate organizations is strongly encouraged. project-related information through team- Students also participate in local, state, and based presentations, proposals, and technical reports. national skills competitions. All Career and Technical Center students are expected to 38

COURSE OFFERINGS join and participate in their trade-related CARPENTRY II entering the HVAC/R field. Instruction student organizations. Course No.: 8602 includes lab and trade safety, hand tool Credit: 2 Units usage, principles of thermodynamics, Students who complete a LTE Program are Recommended: Grade 12 refrigeration cycle, compressors, piping and eligible to take an Industry Certification or Prerequisites: Carpentry I tubing instruction, soldering and brazing, Credentialing Exam In Carpentry II, the installation of windows mathematics for HVAC/R, electrical and doors, exterior finishing, insulation, fundamentals and customer relation skills. RADE NDUSTRY interior finishing, and trim are covered. Students will learn EPA laws and regulations T & I Students are introduced to stair construction, pertaining to proper refrigeration handling. ROGRAM OURSES cabinet making, and installation of Students will have the opportunity to receive P C Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) insulation, drywall, and trim. Other forms of optional construction are also covered. Certification for refrigerant recovery. ONSTRUCTION ECHANICAL C /M Classroom instruction is supplemented with a TRADES variety of laboratory projects. Occasionally, HEATING, VENTILATION, Carpentry II students go outside of school to AIR CONDITIONING AND CONSTRUCTION AND MECHANICAL work on small local construction jobs. A REFRIGERATION (HVAC/R) II TRADES CAREER PATHWAYS senior work experience program is available Course No.: 8504 Course No.: 9070 to qualified students. Credit: 2 Units Credit: 2 Units Recommended: Grade 12 Recommended: Grades 10-12 ELECTRICITY I Prerequisites: Air Conditioning and (preference for enrollment will be given (RESIDENTIAL WIRING) Refrigeration I to10th graders) Course No.: 8533 Provides students with opportunities to Prerequisites: None Credit: 4 Units further their knowledge and skills in the field Students will be exposed to four areas of Recommended: Grade 11 of HVAC/R. Instruction includes home construction via nine-week Prerequisites: None troubleshooting electrical circuits, residential exploratory classes in Masonry, Carpentry, In Electricity I, students are taught different and commercial systems, heat pumps, and Electricity and Heating, Ventilation, and types of circuits along with the basics of gas and oil furnaces. Coverage specific to Air-conditioning (HVAC). During the residential and commercial wiring. Students refrigeration in the food service industry is course of the year, students will learn use a variety of hands-on classroom activities emphasized, with practical applications and appropriate safety procedures, tool usage, to master wiring concepts and test electrical lab activities. Emphasis will continue on construction and mechanical theory. appliances. The cause and effect of EPA laws and regulations pertaining to Students will have opportunities to perform electricity and electronics are studied. A proper refrigeration handling. Students will hands-on procedures in each area of the good background in mathematics, basic have the opportunity to receive construction trades. A combination of labs, technical drawing, and physical science is Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shop work, projects and tests will be used very helpful. Certification for refrigerant recovery and to evaluate student performance. This is a additional credentials. great introductory course for any student ELECTRICITY II who is interested in an overview of the building trades industry or who may want (RESIDENTIAL WIRING) BRICKLAYING/MASONRY I to specialize in a particular construction or Course No.: 8534 Course No.: 8512 mechanical area. Credit: 2 Units Credit: 4 Units Recommended: Grade 12 Recommended: Grade 11 Prerequisites: Electricity I Prerequisites: None CARPENTRY I Students in Electricity II study basic Students develop the basic skills to use both Course No.: 8601 electronics, electrical procedures for hand and power tools, as well as machinery Credit: 4 Units maintenance, and the service and repair of and equipment, related to brick and block Recommended: Grade 11 AC and DC electric motors. Students learn masonry construction. Students focus on Prerequisites: None the theory of electricity and electronics, problem-solving and employability skills In Carpentry I, students learn about a mathematics as it applies to electricity and while performing entry-level brick masonry variety of building materials, proper use of wiring, along with the reading of schematics tasks. Projects highlights include: kitchen tools, leveling and layout. The class covers and other scientific principles. Class work and bathroom tile techniques; exposure to building plans, reading building includes a variety of wiring projects both in stone/granite and dry scarping such as specifications, codes, and footings of the classroom and occasionally outside the cobblestone drives, and stone techniques for foundations, forms and roofing. Students classroom. exterior fireplaces and pool surrounds. Safety learn about shop safety and OSHA is emphasized and students will have the standards on the job. House construction is HEATING, VENTILATION, opportunity to earn the 10 hour OSHA card. the main line of study with commercial Additionally, students are encouraged to join AIR CONDITIONING AND building construction mixed in. A the student co-curricular organization, background in technical drawing, math, and REFRIGERATION (HVAC/R) I SkillsUSA and participate in student general shop procedures is recommended. Course No.: 8503 competitions at the district, state and national Credit: 4 Units levels. Recommended: Grade 11 Prerequisites: None This class provides the student with a solid foundation in basic knowledge and skills for 39

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BRICKLAYING/MASONRY II COMPUTER SYSTEMS ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY I Course No.: 8513 TECHNOLOGY Course No.: 8557 Credit: 2 Units Course No.: 8622/8623 Credit: 2 Units Recommended: Grade 12 Credit: 2 Units Recommended: Grade 11 Prerequisites: Masonry I Recommended: Grades 11-12 Prerequisite: Recommended completed or Students further refine and expand their skills Prerequisites: None enrolled in Algebra II in the use of hand and power tools, as well as (Preference for enrollment will be given to This course provides an introduction to robotics machinery and equipment, to construct 10th graders) operation and the various technologies that are masonry wall systems typical of the 21st This program follows the Cisco IT integrated into robot design. Students will learn century. Students may have the opportunity Essentials: PC Hardware and Software basic computer programming, electronics, to experience work-based learning. Students motor control, and feedback systems used in will learn to read plans and blueprints, and curriculum. This course is a foundation robotics. In addition, students learn how to estimate material costs/needs. Additionally, course for students who are interested in design and assemble basic robots and learn how students will be constructing more advanced Computer Networking with advanced to program a microcontroller for robotic projects such as fireplace, steps, stoops, rigor and pacing. Students learn to manipulation. They will learn to take backsplashes, and shower enclosures. construct, troubleshoot, service, and schematics, technical drawings, and Additionally, students will be given the repair computer systems, related specification sheets to design and build robots opportunity to join the student co-curricular components, operating systems and that will accomplish various tasks. Students will organization, SkillsUSA and participate in applications and maintain local area learn to analyze, design, breadboard, and student competitions at the district, state and networks (LAN’s). Students will explore troubleshoot simple electronic circuits, as well national levels. as, use of common electronic test equipment. contemporary Information Technology Student will also learn to assemble basic issues such as virus, worm, bomb, and NFORMATION electronic circuits including soldering I Trojan horse identification and removal; components and assembling electrical TECHNOLOGIES COURSES issues of computer-related business connectors. Particular emphasis is placed on ethics; copyright ownership and industrial robotic systems. IT & ENGINEERING CAREER infringement and computerrelated PATHWAYS privacy; functions of firewalls; network ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY II Course No.: 9071 security issues; identity theft and Course No.: 8558 Credit: 2 Units harassment issues involving computer Credit: 2 Units Recommended: Grades 10-12 use; and employer-employee issues of Recommended: Grade: 12 Prerequisites: None electronic documentation ownership and Prerequisite: Robotic Tech I Building on the knowledge obtained in (Preference for enrollment will be given to intellectual property. th Robotics I students will continue their study 10 graders) This two-credit class is an exploratory course of power systems and explore practical uses ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS for students interested in pursuing a career in for robotics. Students will work and train on Engineering or Engineering Technology. The INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE I solid state digital circuitry as it applies to students are also introduced to the basic Course No.: 8650 robotics. Students will become familiar with electronic theory, electronics assembly, Credit: 2 Units how robots operate studying complex mechanical systems, and the engineering Recommended: Grades 11 mechanical systems, electric motor control, design process. Through hands-on activities Prerequisites: None and electromechanical systems. Pneumatic and labs, students will learn to assemble and This course focuses on commercial and hydraulic systems and controls will also configure various controllers, develop an electronic systems including voice and data be explored. Systems analysis will include understanding of the science behind various networks, video and television distribution developing an understanding of the Physics technologies, learn practical skills associated systems, security systems, and the involved in both mechanical and electric/ with engineering design and prototyping, and technology behind each of these. Students electronic systems. Particular emphasis is develop skills for working in effective teams. will learn about the technological and placed on mobile robotic systems. Students are introduced to the basics of competitive advances now transforming the computer hardware, software, and communications industry. Topics will MASS COMMUNICATION networking and the use of the computer as an include an introduction to signal Engineering tool. This course includes a transmissions, attenuation, distortion, and COURSES capstone project where students choose a signal propagation over cables, fiber, and air. problem and design, develop, and prototype a User-premises based telecommunications GRAPHIC ARTS/VIDEO platforms, switching, wiring, and solution. Students also participate in the PRODUCTION CAREER PATHWAYS networking, as well as facilities that provide student professional organization, Course No.: 9072 and support telecommunications systems will SkillsUSA. Credit: 2 Units be studied. Recommended: Grades 10-12

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COURSE OFFERINGS the inter-connectedness of all This course includes the development and work are helpful to the student. The student communication media from basic graphic function of advertising and the production should have a strong interest in automobiles and design, computer graphic art, print, radio, process. In this course students apply a creative ability with metals and plastics. and video production. This class will aesthetic theories and technical skills to Students are eligible to take various ASE tests provide an overview of careers in each of graphics design objectives. Elements covered in Collision Repair. these areas and demonstrate how they include principles of design and illustration, relate to one another. Students will have typography, photography, computer AUTO COLLISION REPAIR II the opportunity to explore each industry to graphics, and pre-press theory. Course No.: 8677 include hands-on projects using state of the Credit: 4 Units art equipment. This is an exploratory INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO Recommended: Grade 12 course for students interested in Video PRODUCTION Prerequisites: Auto Collision Repair I Production and Graphic Arts. Course No.: 8688 In Auto Collision Repair II, the student will

Credits: 2 Units improve upon competencies learned in Auto INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC Recommended: Grade II Collision Repair I, including the areas of IMAGING TECHNOLOGY Prerequisites: None structural repair and non-structural damage Course No.: 8660 Students will learn to think and work like repair. Advanced topics, such as frame Credit: 2 Units media producers by engaging in hands-on inspection and repair, plastic repair and Recommended: Grade 11-12 production projects. Students will also use adhesives, will be covered. Refinishing Prerequisites: None theoretical and hands on experiences to techniques will be improved, as well as, solving This class is designed to provide the student understand the media production process as paint application problems and learning the with technical skills relating specifically to they learn industry-standard tools. They will operation of a computerized paint-mixing the graphic arts industry. Through applied explore jobs and careers in the dynamic and system. Body shop management skills are activities, students will learn layout and growing industry of television and media developed, and the student will be introduced to design techniques, electronic imaging which production and understand the impact of estimating repair damage. In the second includes working with current computer media and its function as entertainment, semester, the student may be eligible for the technology, digital photography, and persuasion, information, and instruction. senior work experience program. scanners. Students will be introduced to print production topics such as plate making, ADVANCED VIDEO PRODUCTION AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE offset press techniques and bindery and Course No.: 8689 TECHNOLOGY I finishing procedures. Students will have an Credit: 2 Units Course No.: 8506 opportunity to acquire various certifications. Recommended: Grade 12 Credit: 4 Units Prerequisites: Video Production I Recommended: Grade 11 ADVANCED GRAPHIC IMAGING Students will become media producers as Prerequisites: None TECHNOLOGY they take real-world projects from In Automotive Service Technology, students Course No.: 8661 conception to production. They will continue are introduced to selective theories and skills Credit: 2 Units to develop and master skills that are essential required of an Automotive Service Recommended: Grade 12 to the industry as they function in various Excellence (ASE) certified automotive Prerequisites: Introduction to Graphic professional roles. This course will provide technician. Automotive Service Technology Imaging Technology the groundwork needed as students prepare I uses the National Automotive Technician This class provides the student with for two or four year college level Educational Foundations (NATEF) additional opportunities to gain advanced communication classes. Students will Curriculum and includes instruction in career skills in layout and design, electronic develop plans and portfolios to help them opportunities, safety, tool and equipment use, imaging, digital press operations, and achieve their goals following high school and general shop practices. In-depth theory, bindery operations. At completion of this graduation. diagnosis and repair of the automotive course the student will be able to safely electrical and brake systems are covered, as design, layout, print and bind various well as a brief introduction to manual products using basic duplication equipment. TRANSPORTATION transmissions and drive lines. The student is Students will have an opportunity to perform exposed to the automotive service industry production work, and learning basic COURSES through classroom lectures, audio-visual management and maintenance techniques media, shop demonstrations, and hands-on necessary for the operation of a small AUTO COLLISION REPAIR I experience using components, donated care graphics company. Students who Courses No.: 8676 and trucks, and customer motor vehicles. successfully complete both years of the Credit: 4 Units Students are eligible to participate in the course will be able to enter some phase of the Recommended: Grade 11 Automotive Youth Services Program graphics industry after graduation from high Prerequisites: None (AYES), which involves interning, and job school. The Auto Collision Repair Program is based on shadowing opportunities. an I-CAR and NATEF program of instruction ADVERTISING DESIGN in the repair of automobile collision damage. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE Course No.: 8570/8571 The student, through a variety of classroom and TECHNOLOGY II Credit: 2 Units hands-on shop activities, is prepared in the Course No.: 8507 Recommended: Grade 11-12 basics of non-structural analysis and damage Credit: 4 Units Prerequisites: None repair, structural analysis and damage repair, Recommended: Grade 12 Students explore the skills and principles and refinishing. Experiences in Applied Science Prerequisites: Automotive Service Technology I involved in the Advertising Design Industry. and Technology and especially in sheet metal Automotive Service Technology II continues 41

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how to draw a complete set of house plans with the National Automotive Technician RCHITECTURAL Educational Foundations (NATEF) A / including foundation, HVAC layout, electrical Curriculum and includes the theory of MECHANICAL DRAFTING, and plumbing layout, elevations, plot layout operation and service of the suspension and and artist rendering. Upon completion of the steering systems and fuel, ignition and DESIGN & CAD course, students are eligible for the American emission systems. Limited instruction is also Drafting and Design Association (ADDA) given in automotive air conditioning. DRAFTING, DESIGN AND CAD I “Certified Drafter” test. Students may enroll in both classes (course numbers 8531 and 8532) Students are encouraged to take various Course No.: 8530 for a four credit option. Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) tests, Credit: 2 Units as well as participate in the Automotive Recommended: Grade 11 Youth Services Program (AYES), which Prerequisites: None involves interning and cooperative education Students explore drafting careers and are METAL TRADES experiences. introduced to the theory and the manipulative TH skills necessary to produce and complete METAL TRADES I (9 GRADE) PERSONAL SERVICES accurate drawings based on the ideas and Course No.: 8672 sketches of engineers, architects, and designers. Credit: 2 Units COURSES Students focus on performing mechanical Recommended: Grade 9 drafting and design operations, geometric Prerequisites: Recommendation by home COSMETOLOGY I drawings, dimensions and tolerances, using the school personnel for first time ninth graders Course No.: 8527 drafting board and CAD. Students will focus on the importance of Credit: 4 Units safety in using hand tools and power Recommended: Grade 11 DRAFTING, DESIGN AND CAD II machines. Students will learn how to Prerequisites: None MECHANICAL recondition tools, layout and form sheet In this introductory course, students study Course No.: 8531 metal projects. Students will study welding hair, skin, and nails and their related care. Credit: 2 Units theory and metallurgy. In addition, students Students are grounded in theory as they Recommended: Grade 12 will learn how to cut plate steel with the prepare to practice procedures in a clinical Prerequisites: 8530 Drafting, Design and plasma arc cutting process and weld the lab setting or classroom, using manikins for CAD I metal using the Shielded Metal Arc Welding manipulative skill practice. Theory includes Students can specialize in mechanical and Gas Metal Arc Welding processes. study of bacteriology, chemistry, math and engineering aspect of drafting and design. Both terminology related to the cosmetology field. board and Computer Assisted Design are taught METAL TRADES II (10TH GRADE) The first-year course emphasizes personal and utilized in class. Students learn various Course No.: 8673 safety, professionalism, and sanitation and thread types and patterns used in industry, CAD Credit: 2 Units disinfection of equipment and facilities. terminology and construction, spur, bevel, and Recommended: Grade 10 Students develop skills in shampooing and worm gear terminology and construction; Prerequisites: Recommendation by home conditioning hair, as well as styling and prism, cylinder, pyramid and cone line school personnel cutting hair and develop skills in manicure development and construction to make line, bar The Metal Trades (10th Grade) program is a and pedicure procedures. and die charts; basic shop processes, and two-credit program offered in the afternoons machine shop layout, full working drawing sets at the Career and Technical Education COSMETOLOGY II and solving various engineering design Center. This program is especially Course No.: 8528 problems. Upon completion of the course, appropriate for students thinking about a Credit: 4 Units students are eligible for the American Drafting construction or transportation career and Recommended: Grade 12 and Design Association (ADDA) “Certified technical program for their 11th and 12th Prerequisites: Cosmetology I Drafter” test. Students may enroll in both grade years. Many of the skills and In this advanced course, students build on classes (course numbers 8531 and 8532) for a procedures used in these classes are their theoretical foundation of general four credit option. introduced in Metal Trades. The Metal sciences and practices in cosmetology to Trades portion of the program will build on increase proficiency in hair cutting and DRAFTING, DESIGN AND CAD I I many of the areas covered in the Metal styling on live models, with attention to th ARCHITECTURAL Trades (9 Grade) program, including professionalism, client consultation, safety, Course No.: 8532 advanced types of arc welding. Students will and infection control. Students are trained in Credit: 2 Units also be introduced to blueprint reading, weld safe chemical processes related to permanent Recommended: Grade 12 inspection, and metallurgy. During the spring waves, relaxers, soft-curl permanent waves, Prerequisites: 8530 Drafting, Design and semester, students will be given the lightening, and coloring hair. They also CAD I opportunity to explore other vocational areas. develop artistic skills with wigs and hair Students can specialize in architectural design A student need not have taken Metal Trades additions. In addition, students learn to care th th aspect of drafting and design, residential and in 9 grade to take the 10 grade class. for skin, hands, and feet, developing commercial. Both board and Computer experience in providing facials, manicures, Assisted Design are taught and utilized in class. pedicures, and nail enhancements. A Students learn foundation construction, symbols business management unit focuses on and terminology; various wall sections; stair managing the salon. Competency layouts, wall sections with windows illustrated; complexion prepares the student for the plot layouts including house style and Virginia State Licensing Exam. orientation; the rules for architectural dimensioning; how to identify roof types used; 42

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FAMLY AND CONSUMER EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION I HEALTH, MEDICAL AND Course No.: 8285 SCIENCES CLUSTER Credit: 4 Units PROTECTIVE SERVICES Recommended: Grade 11 CLUSTER CULINARY ARTS I Prerequisites: None

Course No.: 8275 Examination: A certification exam is given Credit: 4 Units to students in this work study program INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH AND Recommended: Grade 11 Students prepare to be primary providers of MEDICAL PATHWAYS Prerequisites: None home, family, or institution-based childcare Course No.: 8302 Students participate in the National services by focusing on lesson planning, Credit: 2 Units Restaurant Association PROSTART Year 1 organizing, conducting meaningful play and Recommended: Grades 10-12 Program of Studies. Students learn hands-on learning activities, guidance techniques, facility (Preference given to 10th graders) restaurant training and sanitation, and design, child monitoring and supervision, Prerequisites: None acquire skills as waiter staff and kitchen childcare ethics, record keeping, and referral This course introduces students to a variety staff. The fundamentals of baking and pastry procedures. Critical thinking, practical problem of health care careers and develops basic making, as well as food preparation solving, and entrepreneurship opportunities skills required in all health and medical techniques, equipment identification, meal within the field of early childhood education are sciences. It is designed to help students presentation, menu planning, and time emphasized. Practical experiences (e.g., on-site understand the key elements of the U.S. management are also taught. Students lab, local daycare centers, elementary schools, health care system and to learn basic health receive instruction in microbiology of food other institutions) under the supervision of the care terminology, anatomy and physiology spoilage, nutrition, storage preparation, food instructor are required. Students also prepare for for each body system, form an understanding handling, and cost accounting. Life continuing education leading to careers in early of diseases and disorders associated with Management Skills provide students with childhood fields (e.g., medical, social services, these body systems, therapeutic basic skills for success in Culinary Arts. and education). Work-based learning methods interventions, and the fundamentals of both Students will spend a major portion of their of instruction are encouraged for this course. basic emergency and trauma care. class time in kitchen production. Students are Students combine classroom instruction and Throughout the course, instruction eligible for the PROSTART 1 certification at supervised on-the-job training in an approved emphasizes safety, cleanliness, asepsis, the end of the year. position with continuing supervision throughout professionalism, accountability, and the school year. efficiency within the health care CULINARY ARTS II environment. Students also begin gaining job Course No.: 8276 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION II -seeking skills for entry into the health and Credit: 4 Units Course No.: 8286 medical sciences field. Recommended: Grade 12 Credit: 4 Units Prerequisites: Culinary Arts I Recommended: Grade 12 DENTAL I Students participate in the National Restaurant Prerequisites: Early Childhood Education I. Course No.: 8328 Association PROSTART Year 2 program of Examination: A certification exam is given Credit: 4 Units studies. Students will participate in the National to students in this work study program Recommended: Grade 11 Restaurant Association ServSafe program of Students focus on occupational skills needed Prerequisites: None studies for national certification. Instruction by personnel employed in early childhood- Students are introduced to the careers in includes the preparation of special dishes and related fields, such as education, medical/ dentistry, including dental (general and salads, methods of broiling, deep fat frying, health care, social services, counseling, specialists), hygienist, dental assistant, dental steaming, menu planning, commercial food psychology, and entrepreneurship. Work- laboratory technician, and dental based learning experiences (e.g., on-site lab, receptionist. management, and management of food service Students practice and learn about many of personnel, waiter and waitress training, along local daycare centers, elementary schools, the skills utilized in these professions while with laboratory and food operation. Instruction other institutions) under the supervision of attaining all the skills necessary to become a also includes advanced baking and pastry the instructor are required. Critical thinking, dental assistant. Study includes infection techniques, commercial food management, practical problem solving, and control and OSHA standards, anatomy and management of food service personnel, entrepreneurship opportunities within the physiology, tooth morphology, oral catering, menu design, and product pricing. field of early childhood education are histology, preventive dentistry, applied Students will spend a major portion of their emphasized. Work-based learning methods psychology, effective communication, office class time in kitchen production. Students are of instruction are encouraged for this course. administration and management, use of Please note: Students working in local dental software, operative dentistry eligible for the PROSTART 2 certification at techniques, and dental materials/laboratory daycare centers are required to pay for the end of the year. This certification allows for skills. articulation with various post-secondary background checks and TB tests, as well as, provide their own transportation. culinary training institutions. DENTAL II

Course No.: 8329

Credit: 4 Units

Recommended: Grade 12

Prerequisites: Successful completion of

Dental Assistant I

Students will build on curriculum covered in

Dental Assistant I; units of study include

medical emergencies, cotonal polishing,

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COURSE OFFERINGS laboratory techniques. Students will also Passage of Germanna Placement Tests in ADDITIONAL have the opportunity to participate in English and Mathematics, passage of internships in local private dental offices and Nursing Admittance exam, completion of OPPORTUNITIES public health facilities where they participate Nursing Application Packet for SCTC in all phases of dental care delivery. Students COSTS: There are fees for the GCC CTC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM are eligible to take the Virginia Dental placement tests and Nursing Admittance Course No.: 0029T Radiation an Safety Exam certifying them to Exam, dual enrollment fee for PART 2 of Credit: .5 Unit take dental x-rays in the Commonwealth of Course is due at the end of the first semester Recommended: Grade 12 Virginia. for high school students. All students will Prerequisites: First year completed of have the following out-of-pocket expenses sequence course at SCTC and approval of MEDICAL ASSISTANT I during the first 10 months of the program: instructor Course No.: 8345 Textbooks, uniform to include lab coat and Career Mentorship is a formal paid work Credit: 2 Units shoes, physical exam, immunizations, experience performed during the summer Recommended: Grade 11 criminal background check, CPR between the junior and senior year of high Prerequisites: recommended Introduction certification, urine drug screen, dental exam, school. The student is matched with an adult in to Health and Medical Sciences 8302 watch and stethoscope. a professional field related to his/her career and Students gain foundational knowledge in technical class. If a student is selected for a basic anatomy and physiology, medical Students admitted to the Practical Nursing position through the interview process, he/she ethics, medical asepsis, terminology, medical program will be required to take additional must complete a minimum of 90 hours and mathematics, and legal responsibilities. classes at GCC in order to transition to the maintain a log of activities and complete Students also develop basic skills and Licensed Practical Nursing or Registered required other assignments in order to receive techniques to assist the healthcare provider Nursing Program at GCC following high an education credit. Student will receive a grade and/or other medical professionals in patient school graduation. Tuition rates for GCC for the course that will be included in the GPA. examinations, basic emergency care, simple classes are published prior to the start of each See SCTC guidance counselor for further laboratory tests, and administrative duties. semester. information. Additionally, students explore medical Practical Nursing emphasizes the study of assisting career pathways through Health NDEPENDENT TUDY nursing occupations as related to the health I S Occupations Student Association (HOSA) Course No.: 0115 and potential on-the-job clinical instruction care system. Students study normal growth and development, simple body structure and Credit: 1 Unit and0or observation in a healthcare facility. Recommended: Grades 10-12 function, and medical terminology and are introduced to microbes and disease. They Prerequisites: Committee Approval MEDICAL ASSISTANT II The Independent Study Course (ISC) allows receive elementary skill training in patient- Course No.: 8346 the students the opportunity to pursue a topic nursing assistant relationships; taking and Credit: 4 Units of interest that is not currently offered within recording of vital signs; and bathing, feeding, Recommended: Grade 12 the school curriculum. Prior to the school dressing, and transporting of patients in Prerequisites: Successful completion of year, students must have met with a hospitals and nursing homes. This course can Medical Assistant I committee to review the written proposal. If be used as an introduction to practical Students will apply and implement medical- approved, the student will be engaged in nursing or to prepare the student for Nurse assisting skills and techniques learned in research and activities which will lead to a Aide II so that all competencies for a Medical Assistant I. They also learn minimum of one major product, two oral certified nursing assistant are met. management of health records; presentations, and two minor products. A cardiopulmonary resuscitation; care and use limited number of proposals will be * The second semester of practical nursing of equipment; collection and analysis of accepted. The course is counted as an emphasizes advanced skill training in areas laboratory specimens; special diagnostic elective and graded on a regular basis. such as catheter care, range of motion, bowel testing related to basic diseases and Student will receive a grade for the course and bladder training, care of the dying, disorders, treatment, and medication; and job that will be included in the GPA. For more selected procedures for maternal and infant preparedness skills. Successful completion of information, see your Gifted Coordinator or care, and admission and discharge the program may lead to employment in a school counselor for an ISC brochure. procedures. Students learn diseases and body healthcare setting. Additionally, students systems as related to advanced clinical care explore career pathways through Health of the acute medical-surgical patient, the MENTOR APPRENTICESHIP Occupations Student Organization (HOSA). chronically ill, and the elderly. On-the-job ROGRAM P instruction in a licensed nursing home is part Course No.: 0029 PRACTICAL NURSING of the course. Upon successful completion of Credit: .5 Unit Course No.: 8358 DE this sequence of PN 1 and 2, the student is Recommended: Grade 12 Credit: 4 Units - First Semester eligible to take the nurse aide certification Prerequisites: None Grade 12 and post-high school exam that leads to employment as a certified The Mentor Apprenticeship Program consists (if space is available) nurse aide in hospitals and nursing homes. of independent research, group seminars, and Prerequisites: recommended Introduction Employment: Areas of employment for off-site real world experience within the to Health and Medical Sciences 8302 LPN’s include nursing homes, doctors’ mentor’s career field. The student is matched Prerequisites: REQUIRED, 2.5 overall offices, clinics, public health, home health, with an adult in a professional field or in an area GPA, successful completion with a C or mental health agencies, some hospitals and which the learner has interest. 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COURSE OFFERINGS will receive a grade for the course that will be JROTC I knowledge taught in level II. This course included in the GPA. For more information, Course No.: 7913 focuses on Advanced Leadership and see your Gifted coordinator. Credit: 1 Unit Principles of Management, Advanced Life Recommended: Grades 9-10 Skills, Orienteering and History. Wearing of SAT PREPARATION CLASS Prerequisites: All interested students are the supplied Army uniform is required on a Course No.: 9820 required to complete an application and weekly basis, as well as minimum personal Credit: .5 Unit submit it to their counselor and the appearance standards. The National Recommended: Grades 10-12 appropriate Senior Army Instructor. Total Endowment for Financial Education Program Prerequisites: None unit endorsement is restricted by the is also presented. Select students will get to SAT Preparation Class is an intensive class United States Army. The student must be lead in the development of Level I students. to prepare students for successful SAT able to participate in the physical training completion. Both the math and writing program. JROTC IV sections of the new SAT I will be covered. In This course is the first in a sequence that Course No.: 7919 addition, topics related to success in college, combines the development of critical thinking, Credit: 1 Unit such as study skills, time management, using planning, communication, and organizational Recommended: Grade 12 the computer as a resource tool and test- skills with the study of the fundamental aspects Prerequisites: Student must complete a taking strategies are emphasized. of American citizenship, physical fitness, and return application. Completion of JROTC an overview of American history. Students I, II and III. The student must be able to SOL Preparation Algebra I (3133) learn the dangers of substance abuse and the participate in the physical training SOL Preparation Algebra II (3137) importance of personal goal setting. program. SOL Preparation Biology (4312) Additionally, students study Army customs, This course builds upon the skills and SOL Preparation Chemistry (4412) consumer education and budgeting, ceremonial knowledge taught in Levels II and III. The SOL Preparation Earth Science (4212) drill, first aid and map reading. Wearing of the curriculum focuses on advanced leadership SOL Preparation English-Reading (1152) supplied Army uniform is required on a weekly principles and application, organization of SOL Preparation English–Writing (1154) basis, as well as minimum personal the department of defense and teach skills. SOL Preparation Geography (2212) appearance standards. The national endowment for Financial SOL Preparation Geometry (3142) Education Program is also presented. SOL Preparation World History (2214) JROTC II SOL Preparation US History (2361) Course No.: 7916 Credit: .5 Units each Credit: 1 Unit Recommended: Grades 9-12 Recommended: Grades 10-11 Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: Student must complete a Students who have not passed the 8th grade return application. Completion of JROTC SOL Assessment, who have experienced I. Students must have the approval of their academic difficulties, or who have not passed principal and the Senior Army Instructor specific End-of-Course Tests should be to enroll. The student must be able to assigned to a semester course in the area(s) participate in the physical training of their weakness(es). This semester course program. in math, English, science or social studies This course builds upon the skills and provides students the opportunity to knowledge taught in level I. Students strengthen academic skills prior to taking End continue their study of citizenship by -of-Course Tests. examining ethical dual behavior and the

principles of participatory democracy. They EACHERS FOR OMORROW T T develop team building skills while Course No.: 9062 developing their skills in drill. Students learn

Credit: 1 Unit leadership and management qualities, first

Recommended: Grade 12 aid skills, intermediate map reading skills,

Prerequisites: 2.7 GPA, teacher American history, and different aspects of

recommendations, and completed student technology and communication. Wearing of

application the supplied Army uniform is required on a The mission of the Teachers for Tomorrow weekly basis, as well as, minimum personal course is to encourage and prepare appearance standards. academically capable students who possess exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills to consider teaching as a career through JROTC III participation in a world class curriculum Course No.: 7918 structured to lead them through the history of Credit: 1 Unit education, the functions of schools, and Recommended: Grades 11-12 focused experiences of teaching. An Prerequisites: Student must complete a internship field experience of twenty class return application. Completion of JROTC periods in a nearby elementary or middle II (LET-1) Students must have the school with a cooperating teacher is required. approval of their principal and the Senior The student must be able to provide Army Instructor to enroll. The student must transportation for the field experience. be able to participate in the physical training program. This course builds upon the skills and 45

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CAREER CLUSTERS

The career cluster charts below provide students with an idea of the different types of jobs and careers that are available to them. Spotsylvania County courses are listed in the column entitled high school/middle school courses to consider. If you are interested in a particular career cluster, please consider these recommendations when signing up for classes.

AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Do you like working outside? Do you like to work on engines? Do you have a green thumb? Do you love working with animals? Is protecting the environment one of your passions? High School Courses to Consider Intro to Plant, Animal & Mechanics Technology Taking: Agri-Science & Technology II, III, & IV Agriculture Cooperative Education Companion Animal Care Veterinary Science Agricultural Co-op Advanced agricultural Science & Technology Introduction to Plant, Science & Technology Greenhouse, Landscaping & Turf Management

Diploma with some Certification or College degree plus training Associate Degree Vet Assistant, Dog Groomer Veterinary / Specialty Animal Care / Veterinarian Equine / Fisheries Field Technician Zookeeper Entomologist Agriculture Consultant / Economist / Educator Arborist, Logger Environmental Technician Agricultural or Environmental Scientist Water Treatment Plant Operator

Groundskeeper, Florist Farm Manager Forester Fish/Game Warden Park Ranger Extension Agent Horticulture Maintenance or Agri- Agricultural or Environmental Engineer culture Machinery Technician Landscaper, Turf Grass Manager

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ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

Do you like reading blueprints and drawing building structures? Do you appreciate the pride of building something that will stay? Do you like working with tools? Are you willing to work outside?

Middle School Courses To Consider Taking: High School Courses To Consider Taking:

Introduction to Technology (Grade 6-7) Technical Drawing & Design Technological Systems (Grade 8) Engineering Drawing & Design Digital Input Technology (Grade 8) *Construction & Mechanical Trades Career Pathways Engineering Studies Carpentry I & II Electricity I & II (Residential Wiring) Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (HVAC/R) I & II Masonry I & II Drafting, Design, and CAD I & II Drafting, Design, and CAD I & II DE

Diploma with some training Certification or College degree plus Associate Degree Architectural Drafter Architectural Technician Architect

Floor Layer, Construction Helper Electrician Construction Manager Plumber Carpenter

Surveying Assistant Civil Engineering Technician Civil Engineer Surveyor Technician

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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ARTS, AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Do you enjoy creative activities such as music, writing, entertainment and art? Do you like to communicate ideas? Are you a creative thinker? Do you like to be in the spotlight? Middle School Courses To Consider Taking: High School Courses To Consider Taking:

Art (Grades 6 – 8) *Public Speaking Band, Orchestra, & Chorus (Grade 6 – 8) Journalism I, II, III, & IV Hands on Music (Grades 7 – 8) Photojournalism Music Appreciation (Grade 6) Creative Writing I & II Creative Communications (Grade 6) *Debate Theater Arts (Grade 8) *Art History/Appreciation Art I, II, III, & IV AP Studio Art I & II Theater Arts I, II, III, & IV Band, Orchestra, & Chorus *Music Theory/Appreciation AP Music Theory *Graphic Arts/Video Production Career Pathways Intro to Graphic Imaging Technology Advanced Graphic Imaging Technology Advertising Design Introduction to Video Production Advanced Video Production Technical Theatre IB Music IB Visual Arts IB Theatre Arts Diploma with some training Certification or College degree plus Associate Degree Digital Printer Technical Desktop Publisher Graphic Artist Stylist Illustrator Live Sound Engineer TV/Broadcast Technician Reporter Newscaster Actor, Dancer, Musician Photographer Film Editor Director *Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. Producer ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Are you interested in organizational behavior? Are you interested in how businesses operate? Have you ever thought of starting your own business? Do you like working in an office and using computers? Do you enjoy working with the public? Do you communicate effectively? Middle School Courses To Consider High School Courses To Consider Taking: Taking: Business Administration Computer Concepts I (Grade 6) Cooperative Office Education (COE) Computer Concepts II (Grade 7) *Business Law Digital Input Technologies (Grade 8) *Business Management *Keyboarding *Marketing IB Business Management Diploma with some Certification or College degree plus training Associate Degree Customer Service Representative Office Manager / Human Resources Specialist Nonprofit Manager Bookkeeper, Fiscal Tech. Property Manager Management Analyst

Medical Administrative Specialist Administrative Assistant Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Secretary Receptionist Claims Adjuster Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Legal Assistant

Entrepreneur

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Are you friendly, outgoing, understanding? Are you good at explaining things? Do you enjoy helping others meet their goals? Do you like working with adults and/or children?

Middle School Courses To Consider High School Courses To Consider Taking: Taking: *Public Speaking Family Consumer Sciences (Grade 6 -7) Individual Development/Resource Management Introduction to Nutrition & Wellness (Grade Life Planning 8) *Teachers for Tomorrow *Psychology *Sociology

Diploma with some training Certification or College degree plus Associate Degree Child Care Worker Teacher’s Aide Teacher Preschool Teacher Fitness Instructor

Library Assistant Most careers in this field require 4+ School Counselor years of college. Career Counselor School Psychologist

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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FINANCE

Do you want to use your money wisely? Would you like to help others make better financial decisions? Do you like working with money and numbers? Do you have excellent attention to detail? Do enjoy tracking financial information?

Middle School Courses To Consider High School Courses To Consider Taking: Taking: Accounting Family & Consumer Science (Grade 7) Advanced Accounting *Finance *Economics Cooperative Office Education (COE) IB Business Management

Diploma with some training Certification or College degree plus Associate Degree Bank Teller Securities Sales Assistant Accountant, Loan Officer

Customer Service Representative Tax preparer Stock Broker Bank Manager

Insurance Clerk Insurance Sales Agent Insurance Adjuster Underwriter

Economist

Finance & Insurance Manager

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Are you interested in politics? Do you like to help the public? Do you want to get involved in local issues?

High School Courses To Consider Taking: *Criminal Justice *Business Law JROTC I, II, III, & IV

Diploma with some training Certification or College degree plus Associate Degree Postal Clerk Eligibility Worker City Manager

County Executive

Urban/Regional Planner

Legislative Staffer

The range of government jobs is enormous. Workers can obtain a job in an assortment of career paths.

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE

Do you like to care for sick people or help them stay well? Are you interested in diseases and in how the body works? Do you like to provide a service to people? Do you like science and lab experiments?

High School Courses To *Sports Medicine Consider Taking: Biology II Seminar Human Anatomy & Physiology *Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences Dental Assistant *Practical Nursing DE Health Sciences CTE Cluster Physical Education

Diploma Certification or Associate Degree College degree plus with some training Dental Assistant Dental Hygienist Dentist

Home Health Aide, Nurse Aide, Certified Nursing Assistant (CAN) Physician Nursing Assistant, Physician Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Nurse Practitioner Assistant Registered Nurse Registered Nurse EMT

Surgical Technician Radiation Therapist Biotechnology Technician

Fitness Trainer Physical/Occupational Therapist Physical/Occupational Therapy Assistant Athletic Trainer

Most careers in Health Science require certification or college degrees

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM

Do you like to be with people? Do you enjoy playing or teaching sports? Do you like to travel or work at a resort? Do you like to prepare meals?

Middle School Courses To Consider High School Courses To Consider Taking: Taking: Nutrition & Wellness Family & Consumer Sciences (Grade 6 - Culinary Arts I & II 7) Introduction to Nutrition & Wellness (Grade 8)

Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Tour Guide Travel Agent Meeting/Event Planner

Guest Service Representative Hotel Manager Resort Manager Flight Attendant Marketing Manager

Cook, Caterer Chef Coach Food Service Manager Athletic Trainer

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

HUMAN SERVICES

Do you like to help people solve problems or reach goals? Do you enjoy providing a service to others? Is it important to you to do something that helps others? Are you friendly, outgoing, a good listener, and understanding? Middle School Courses To Consider High School Courses To Consider Taking: Taking: Individual Development/Resource Management Family Consumer Sciences (Grade 6 - Life Planning 7) Nutrition and Wellness Introduction to Nutrition & Wellness Family Relations and Parenting (Grade 8) Cosmetology I & II Early Childhood I & II Early Childhood II DE Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Personal Care Aide, Hair Stylist Welfare Eligibility Worker & Inter- Psychologist viewer

Customer Service Social & Human Services Assistant Social Worker

Recreation Worker Residential Counselor Counselor

Most careers in this field require 4+ years of college

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Do you like a work environment that is unpredictable and often changing? Do you like to solve problems and think on your feet? Are you patient, precise, and attend to detail? Do you like working with people to solve their computer problems? Are you curious about how computer games and programs work? Are you a logical and analytical thinker?

Middle School Courses To High School Courses To Consider Taking: Consider Taking: *Keyboarding Computer Concepts (Grade 6 – 7) *Information Technology Fundamentals Digital Input Technologies (Grade Computer Information Systems 8) Advanced Computer Information Systems Word Processing Design, Multimedia and Web Technologies Advanced Design Multimedia and Web Technologies *Computer Applications for Seniors Cooperative Office Education (COE) *Information Technologies Career Pathways Computer Systems I and II Cabling/Telecommunications Computer Networking AP Computer Science Principals Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Computer Operator / Help Desk Computer Technical Support Specialist Computer Software Engineer Geographic Technicians Information Systems Specialist (GIS)

Computer Service / Repair Techni- Computer Network Support Technician Computer Game Developer cian Web Developer

Data Entry Computer Hardware Engineer Computer Programmer

Secretary/Receptionist Database Administrator Software Engineer

Network Administrator

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTION AND SECURITY

Are you good at working with people in stressful situations? Are you good at controlling your own emotions so that you can help others? Are you a good role model?

High School Courses To Consider Taking: *Business Law *Criminal Justice

Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Security Guard Police Officer Lawyer

Emergency Dispatcher Paralegal Federal Investigator

Firefighter, Medic Firefighter Fire Marshall

Private Investigator Probation Officer

Jobs in these fields are also available in the military.

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

MANUFACTURING

Do you like working with tools, machinery, and computers? Do you enjoy seeing the concrete result of your work? Do you enjoy designing and problem solving?

Middle School Courses To Consider High School Courses to Consider Taking: Taking: Manufacturing Technology Introduction to Technology (Grade 6 – 7) Construction Technology Technological Systems (Grade 8) Metal Trades I Metal Trades II

Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Forklift Operator Laser Technician Industrial Production Manager

Welder Production Planner Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Control Technician Electronics Technician Environmental Engineer

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

MARKETING, SALES AND SERVICE

Do you enjoy providing a service to others? Can you write a good advertisement? Do you like helping people find solutions to their problems? Are you good at persuading people to make purchases and convincing people to do things? Are you a creative person?

Middle School Courses To High School Courses To Consider Taking: Consider Taking: Introduction to Marketing Computer Concepts II (Grade 7) Marketing Advanced Marketing Fashion Marketing Marketing Management Sports, Entertainment, and Recreation Marketing Advertising Design IB Business Management Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Vehicle Sales Real Estate Sales Agent Sales Engineer Buyer

Sales Associate/Assistant Manager Sales Representative, Store/Regional Man- Marketing Manager ager Public Relations Representative

Telemarketer Auctioneer Market Research Analyst Merchandise Display Artist

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS

Do you have talent in math and science? Are you good at abstract thinking? Do you like to explore new ideas and test them methodically?

Middle School Courses To Consider High School Courses To Consider Taking: Taking: Chemistry Introduction to Technology Physics (Grade 6 - 7) Earth Science Technological Systems (Grade 8) Foundations of Technology Technology Transfer Technical Drawing and Design Engineering Drawing and Design Robotics Technology I & II

Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Drafter Robotics Technician Engineer

Field Crew Surveyor Civil Engineering Technician Aero- Meteorologist space Technician

Lab Animal Caretaker Biological Technician Anthropologist Archaeologist

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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CAREER CLUSTERS

TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS

Do you like working on or operating cars, trucks, or airplanes? Do you understand how things work? Do you like moving or handling material, products, or people?

High School Courses To Consider Auto Collision Repair I & II Taking: Automotive Service Technology I & II Diploma Certification or College degree plus with some training Associate Degree Dispatcher Flight Attendant Pilot

Auto Detailer, Tire Repairer/ Automobile or Auto Body Technician Air Traffic Controller Changer Aircraft Mechanic

Shipping & Receiving Clerk Airport or Fleet Manager

*Course does not meet requirement for sequential elective nor toward “completer”. ** Courses offered at the Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center are in BOLD.

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4 YEAR COURSE PLAN

PROGRAM PLANNING GUIDE

Diploma Type: ____ Advanced Studies ____ Standard ____ Standard with Accommodations ____ Modified Standard

School Year ______Grade 9 School Year ______Grade 10

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School Year ______Grade 11 School Year ______Grade 12

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Total Number of Credits: Total Number of Credits: 65

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HIGH SCHOOLS

8020 River Stone Drive CHANCELLOR Fredericksburg, VA 22407 6300 Harrison Road 540.834.2500 Fredericksburg, VA 22407 540.786.2606 SUPERINTENDENT Principal – Mrs. Jacqueline OF SCHOOLS Bass-Fortune

Dr. S. Scott Baker COURTLAND 6701 Smith Station Road ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION Spotsylvania, VA 22553 540.898.4445 Mrs. Carol Flenard Principal – Mr. Larry Marks

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSAPONAX OF INSTRUCTION 8201 Jefferson Davis Highway Fredericksburg, VA 22407 Mr. Keith Wolfe 540.710.0419 Principal – Dr. Joseph Pisani DIRECTOR OF TEACHING & LEARNING RIVERBEND 12301 Spotswood Furnace Road Ms. Jennifer Belako Fredericksburg, VA 22407 540.548.4051 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS Principal – Dr. Troy Wright Mr. Baron Braswell

Battlefield District SPOTSYLVANIA Ms. Erin Grampp 6975 Courthouse Road Berkeley District Spotsylvania, VA 22551 540.582.3882 Ms. Dawn A. Shelley Principal – Mr. Rusty Davis Chancellor District

Dr. James A. Meyer Courtland District

Mrs. Amanda Blalock Lee Hill District

Mr. Kirk Twigg Livingston District

Mr. William M. Blaine, Jr. Salem District

SUPERVISOR OF COUNSELING Linda Binion

DESIGN BY Mary Jo Medosch Program Assistant II

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