COURSE CATALOG 2019-2020
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL East Aurora High School 1 500 Tomcat Lane I Aurora, IL 60505 (630) 299-8000 I [email protected] I easthigh.d131.org
Dear Students and Parents/Guardians:
Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! This course guide will provide an opportunity for our students and our parents to see the comprehensive course offerings we offer for our student body. East Aurora High School will prepare our Tomcats for whichever post-secondary path they may choose, whether it is a 4-year college, community college or the work force.
This course guide is designed to help students plan their course of studies. Students should be aware that there are offerings that demand a specific background to perform at an expected level. Each course is described in this guide and specific pre-requisites are listed so that students will know if they qualify to take a specific course.
Students should develop a 4-year high school plan with the help of parents and counselors. This course guide is designed to facilitate this type of planning and to assist students in making appropriate educational decisions. In addition to the details about the courses that are offered, this course guide provides information about graduation requirements, credits, grading systems, career guidance, Advanced Placement courses and other special programs. Our students at EAHS have many diverse and unique interests and aspirations. Your high school experience should reflect who you are so that you can get as much out of your time and effort as possible. As you select classes and develop your 4-year plan, consider your own strengths and weaknesses, both academic and extra-curricular. Here is to a successful 2019-2020 school year. Remember Tomcats, make today meaningful and you will achieve your full potential.
Sincerely,
Marina Kosak Principal EAST AURORA SCHOOL DISTRICT 131
INSPIRING LEARNERS
Table of Contents
GENERAL INFORMATION
DEVELOPING A 4-YEAR PLAN ...... 1 Fast Start Program ...... 8 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ...... 2 Seal of Biliteracy ...... 8 Bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) Course Requirements...... 2 Program ...... 8 Testing ...... 2 Special Education Program ...... 8 Drivers Education ...... 2 E-learning Credit Recovery Program ...... 8 Early Graduation ...... 2 CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES ...... 9 Minimum Course Loads ...... 3
Schedule Changes ...... 3 GRADING ...... 4 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Semester Credits ...... 4 English ...... 11 Grade Promotion ...... 4 Math ...... 17 Class Rank ...... 4 Science ...... 22 Grade Point Average and Weighted Grades ...... 4 Social Studies ...... 27 Reading ...... 32 COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ...... 5 Bilingual Education ...... 36 Career Planning ...... 5 Specialized Programs ...... 38 College Planning ...... 5 Physical Education, Drivers Education & Health ..... 40 College Entrance Testing ...... 5 Career and Technical Education ...... 48 Career clusters & Naviance...... 5 Fox Valley Career Center ...... 59 College Athletics ...... 6 Business ...... 61 ACADEMIC EQUITY ...... 7 Fine and Performing Arts ...... 65 Honors Program ...... 7 NJROTC...... 76 Advanced Placement (AP) Program ...... 7 World Language ...... 79 Fox valley career center ...... 7
Articulated and Dual Credit Program...... 7
Developing a 4-Year Plan SAMPLE
FRESHMAN YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester English 0.5 English 0.5 Math 0.5 Math 0.5 Science 0.5 Science 0.5 PE, Health, NJROTC or Band 0.5 PE, Health, NJROTC or Band 0.5 Elective / Social Studies Elective 0.5 Elective / Social Studies Elective 0.5 Reading Elective 0.5 Reading Elective 0.5 Total Credits Earned 3 Total Credits Earned 3
SOPHOMORE YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester English 0.5 English 0.5 Math 0.5 Math 0.5 Science 0.5 Science 0.5 PE, Drivers Ed, NJROTC, Band 0.5 PE, Drivers Ed, NJROTC, Band 0.5 Reading Elective 0.5 Reading Elective 0.5 Elective 0.5 Elective 0.5 Total Credits Earned 3 Total Credits Earned 3
JUNIOR YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester English 0.5 English 0.5 Math 0.5 Math 0.5 American History 0.5 American History 0.5 PE, Drivers Ed, NJROTC, Band 0.5 PE, Drivers Ed, NJROTC, Band 0.5 Reading Elective 0.5 Reading Elective 0.5 Elective 0.5 Elective 0.5 Total Credits Earned 3 Total Credits Earned 3
SENIOR YEAR Fall Semester Spring Semester English 0.5 English 0.5 American Government or Consumer Ed 0.5 American Government or Consumer Ed 0.5 PE, Drivers Ed, NJROTC, Band 0.5 PE, Drivers Ed, NJROTC, Band 0.5 Fine and Performing Arts, World Language, 0.5 Fine and Performing Arts, World Language, 0.5 Career Technical Ed Elective Career Technical Ed Elective Elective / Social Studies Elective 0.5 Elective / Social Studies Elective 0.5 Elective 0.5 Elective 0.5 Total Credits Earned 3 Total Credits Earned 3
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Graduation Requirements
COURSE REQUIREMENTS TESTING Required All students are required to comply with all State of Subjects Credits Illinois Testing Laws in order to graduate. The State of Illinois requires that all students be tested in English1 4 English/reading, math, and science one time during Math2 3 high school in order to graduate. All high school Science 2 students must take the SAT college-entrance exam on the state testing date in the spring of their junior year. American History 1 The SAT assesses English, reading, and math. American Government & Civics3 0.5 Additionally, students must take the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) during the year that they take PE/NJROTC/Band 3 Biology, usually their freshman year. The US Consumer Education 0.5 Constitution Test is a graduation requirement. All students will take and must pass the US Constitution Health 0.5 Test in their American Government & Civics class. Drivers Ed 0.5 While enrolled in Physical Education courses, Electives: 7 students are required to complete FitnessGram testing. Minimum of the following: FitnessGram assesses flexibility, cardiovascular Social Studies…………………………….…… 1 Credit endurance, and muscular strength and endurance. Fine and Performing Arts, World Language, or Career & Technical Education….. 1 Credit Students will take this assessment twice each semester Reading4……………………………… up to 3 Credits that they are enrolled in PE to measure student Appropriate Illinois State mandated Must be improvement in these areas. testing5 taken
Total Credits Needed to Graduate 22 Notes: DRIVERS EDUCATION The classroom portion of Drivers Education is 1. Students must complete 2 years of writing-intensive courses, required for graduation. Students can elect to take the one of which must be an English class; classes that satisfy this requirement are marked in the course descriptions. driving portion of the course for an additional fee. Drivers Education is scheduled for students according 2. Math credits must include 1 year of Algebra I and 1 year of a to age. Freshmen are NOT eligible for Drivers Geometry content course. Education. A student must have passed 8 classes in
3. Per ILCS 5/27-22, all students enrolled in this course must the previous 2 semesters to qualify for Drivers take and pass the US Constitution Test. Education per Illinois law.
4. Reading courses are offered in grades 9 – 11 at three levels (Strategic, College Prep, and Honors). Students who score at the 70th percentile or below on the MAP Reading or a SAT Suite (PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10, PSAT-NMSQT, or SAT) equivalent score will EARLY GRADUATION be placed into a Reading course. Students who would benefit, Senior students who have completed all graduation must take and pass a Reading course each year. Students will requirements and have the minimum graduation be re-evaluated every year for placement into one of the three levels credits may request early graduation, but they will not receive their diplomas until May. It is the 5. Mandated state testing must be taken per Illinois School responsibility of the students to notify their counselor Code before graduation. of their intent to work towards early graduation.
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MINIMUM COURSE LOADS SCHEDULE CHANGES All students are required to take six subjects per Students will receive their course requests for the semester including physical education (NJROTC or following year in the spring. They will be given a Band may be substituted for PE). Students are exempt window of time to request changes. There will be no from taking PE during the semester they take Health automatic changes once this window has closed. Any or Drivers Education. Senior year students, who are changes after this time would be at the discretion of on-track to meet all graduation requirements, may the administration, the counseling staff, and the take five subjects during a semester and elect to have academic department chair. By state law, there can be either early-release or late-arrival. absolutely no course change after the 10th day of the semester.
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Grading
SEMESTER CREDITS GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND WEIGHTED In high school, the academic year is split into two GRADES semesters: fall and spring. Students earn final grades In high school, students will earn points beginning in each semester. It is important to understand how with their first semester. These points accumulate credits are earned. Students earn 0.5 credits for every throughout a student’s time in high school. This is semester class in which they earn a passing grade. A called a Grade Point Average (GPA). passing grade is a letter grade of at least a D or an earned percentage of 59.5 or better. A student’s grade point average is determined by dividing the total points earned by the number of classes taken. Only courses which are one semester GRADE PROMOTION in length will be calculated in the GPA. AP & Honors To be promoted to the next grade level, the following grade weight will be calculated as part of the GPA. minimum number of credits is needed by the Courses issued pass or fail grades are not calculated in beginning of a new school year: the grade point average. Only final semester grades count towards a student’s GPA, not progress report or a. To be classified as a Sophomore, a student must quarter grades. have earned a minimum of 5.5 credits. b. To be classified as a Junior, a student must have earned a minimum of 11 credits. c. To be classified as a Senior, a student must have STANDARD COURSES earned a minimum of 16 credits Unweighted GPA A = 4 points There may be additional requirements to promote to B = 3 points the next grade level based on board policy and/or state C = 2 points testing requirements. If students do not meet the D = 1 point minimum number of credits to promote to the next F = 0 points grade level during the school year, they may have the opportunity to earn additional credits through summer ADVANCED PLACEMENT & HONORS school or outside of the school day. Students COURSES interested in these options should talk to their counselor. Weighted GPA A = 5 points B = 4 points C = 3 points CLASS RANK D = 2 points Students are ranked based on the weighted grade F = 0 points point average of all students in the class. Valedictorian (ranked 1st) and Salutatorian (ranked 2nd) are based on the 7th semester class rankings.
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College and Career Readiness
CAREER PLANNING these assessments during the officially designated all East Aurora High School provides students with many school testing days in both the fall and the spring. opportunities to prepare themselves for entrance into Freshman will take the PSAT 8/9, Sophomores will specific careers. Students are encouraged to discuss take the PSAT/NMSQT in the fall and the PSAT 10 with their counselors the sequence of courses that will in the spring, and Juniors will take the PSAT/NMSQT provide them with the training needed for preparation in the fall and the SAT in the spring. The SAT satisfies for their desired career. Students are also encouraged the state requirement of a College and Career to take advantage of the resources of the EAHS Readiness Exam to qualify for graduation in Illinois. College and Career Center and to work directly with Students who are interested in applying to college the College and Career Counselor. should speak to their counselor ensure that the schools chosen match their needs and interests and to discuss any required entrance exams. COLLEGE PLANNING Colleges vary greatly in their admission requirements. In order to provide more options, students should CAREER CLUSTERS & NAVIANCE carefully plan a four-year program. The National Career Clusters Framework as Most universities recommend the following track of designated by the US Department of Education high school courses: contains 16 Career Clusters that encompass 79 Career Pathways. 4 years of English 3 years of Social Studies Those 16 Career Clusters are: 4 years of Math (through intermediate and college Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources algebra) Architecture & Construction 3 years of Science Arts, A/V Technology & Communications 2 years of World Language Business Management & Administration 1 year of Fine Arts/Pre-professional or Vocational Education & Training Electives Finance Government & Public Administration College-bound students should plan their schedules Health Science accordingly. Students who are planning to apply to Hospitality & Tourism highly selective colleges and universities should Human Services follow the above guidelines and consider four years of Information Technology mathematics, science, and world language. Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Manufacturing Marketing COLLEGE ENTRANCE TESTING Science, Technology, Engineering & Most colleges and universities require that students Mathematics take an entrance exam, either the ACT or SAT, to Transportation, Distribution & Logistics complete their application; schools use the results of these exams to make admissions decisions. Many East Aurora High School utilizes a platform called students choose to take these exams multiple times to Naviance to help students navigate the challenging improve their scores. East Aurora High School world of career planning and exploration. Naviance is provides multiple opportunities for students to take an online college and career resource available to all
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East High students. Naviance provides students the guidelines for college preparatory coursework should resources to help them make informed decisions about satisfy NCAA standards. their college and career pursuits. With a database of Grade-Point Average: Only core courses approved information on hundreds of different colleges and by the NCAA Clearinghouse will be used in the post-secondary programs, students can use calculation. Naviance’s comprehensive search and matching tools to create a list of schools that fit their personal and Student athletes should speak to their counselor academic interests. Naviance also helps facilitate the upon entering high school and to look at the high college application process by directly linking an school’s list of NCAA-approved core courses on the account to students’ EA counselor and teachers, Eligibility Center’s website to make certain their allowing them to submit nearly all application courses are approved as NCAA courses. This materials, letters of recommendation, and other information can be found at supporting documents (including official transcripts) www.ncaaclearinghouse.net. It is recommended electronically. that students apply for the Clearinghouse by the end Naviance also has extensive information on different of their sophomore year if they are planning on career paths and professional industries. With a participating in a sport at a Division I or Division II variety of different vocational tests and assessments school. available to all students, Naviance can help students identify a number of different career opportunities in which they might be interested. Counselors utilize the results of those assessments to advise students during TEST SCORES course selection to ensure that students are All SAT and ACT scores must be reported directly to considering appropriate career pathways. Naviance the NCAA Eligibility Center by the testing agency. also directly links to appropriate college, trade school, When registering for the SAT or ACT, use the or training programs connected to those pathways. Eligibility Center code of 9999 to make sure the score The career component of Naviance is equally as is reported to the Eligibility Center. important for those students that are college bound as it is for students that plan to go directly into the working world following their graduation from
EAHS.
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Students interested in participating in intercollegiate athletics and those who are being considered for an athletic scholarship to any National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I or Division
II college or university athletic program must complete core course requirements. NCAA Division
I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics and tends to be large public and private universities.
NCAA Division II is an intermediate level of intercollegiate athletics and tends to be smaller public schools and many private institutions.
Core Course Requirements: NCAA Division I and II require 16 core courses. Following the suggested
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Academic Equity East Aurora High School provides each student with exposure to a challenging and rigorous curriculum. Students are encouraged to enroll in honors level, Advanced Placement, and dual-credit courses. Pre-requisites are used to recommend coursework and ensure a foundational knowledge base that will assist in students’ academic success. In addition, teacher recommendations, test results, and grades are used to place students in courses. Placement is determined by what courses are best suited to the students’ skills, abilities, and post- secondary goals.
HONORS PROGRAM postsecondary opportunities and can explore the various career advantages with the instructor. Please East High offers honors classes in most academic see pages for specific course descriptions. areas. Our goal is to offer our students the opportunity to take the most challenging courses in which they can ARTICULATED AND DUAL CREDIT be successful. Students may take honors classes in as many or as few academic areas as they desire based PROGRAM on their strengths, future plans, and interests. All East High offers articulated credit courses in some students are encouraged to work toward honors-level academic areas through Waubonsee Community courses. Students who complete a rigorous high College, except where noted. Students who earn a school program are more prepared for the challenges grade of “B” or better in these courses will earn both of post-secondary work than their peers. Parents high school credit and credit at the partnering college. and/or students who desire more information about We also offer dual-credit courses in some academic eligibility and enrollment procedures for honors areas through Waubonsee Community College. programs should contact the student’s counselor. These courses offer students high school credit and college credit that may transfer to other colleges and ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) PROGRAM universities. Parents and/or students who desire more East High offers AP courses in most academic areas. information about eligibility and enrollment These classes are regulated by the College Board and procedures for either the articulated or dual credit must meet national standards in order to qualify as AP. program should contact the student’s counselor. Students who take AP courses may, for a fee, elect to DUAL CREDIT COURSES participate in the national AP test dates in May. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, Illinois Auto Mechanics II Computer Applications II public colleges and universities must provide course Health Occupations Clinical-CNA credit to students who score at least a 3 (out of 5) on Introduction to Teaching an AP exam. AP courses are available in Art, Music, Medical Terminology Computer Science, World Language, Mathematics, WCC Plane Trigonometry English, Social Studies, and Science. WCC College Algebra Welding Technology I & II FOX VALLEY CAREER CENTER Juniors and Seniors are eligible to enroll in classes ARTICULATED CREDIT COURSES offered by the Fox Valley Career Center. All students Accounting II must use the bus provided for those courses which are Auto Mechanics Occupations II taught at FVCC. The second year may include Computer-Aided Drafting internships, on-the-job training and work-based Computer Applications I experience. Students can receive college credit from Early Childhood Occupations I & II Introduction to Technical Drafting Waubonsee Community College for course work Culinary Restaurant Management I & II* taken at Fox Valley Career Center if they meet the * Articulated through Elgin Community College and Joliet Community College established guidelines. Students are exposed to
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English Learners receive explicit language instruction FAST START PROGRAM as well as development of language arts skills. In addition, English Learners have access to content area Fast Start is an early college program designed to courses including math, science, and social studies in allow students to spend their senior year of high Spanish or in a sheltered English instruction school at Waubonsee Community College. Students environment. Recommendation for placement is will work with both their high school counselor and based on the assessment of English language skills. an academic advisor at WCC to ensure that they are registering for the courses they need to graduate. Students enrolled in Fast Start will still be East High students and eligible to participate in all EAHS SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM activities and events. Students will be responsible for District 131 offers special education programs and WCC tuition costs. Students who are interested in the services to meet the unique needs of high school Fast Start Program should talk to their counselor. students up to 22 years of age determined to be Students apply for the program in the spring of their eligible for special education services based upon an junior year. identified disability. These services are mandated by the Illinois State Board of Education and the federal government. The district provides a free and SEAL OF BILITERACY appropriate education in a least-restrictive environment for students who have any of the East Aurora Schools District 131 is proud to offer the following exceptional characteristics: visual official Seal of Biliteracy to East Aurora High School impairment, hearing impairment, physical and health students who have met all requirements as stipulated impairment, speech and/or language impairment, by Illinois State Board of Education and East Aurora specific learning disability, behavior/emotional School District 131. The Seal of Biliteracy is awarded disorder, mental impairment, or multiple to graduating seniors who have attained proficiency in impairments. A comprehensive case study review and two or more languages. Students who do not meet the multidisciplinary staffing conference are used to requirements for the Seal of Biliteracy are afforded the determine if a disability exists and if the student is opportunity to meet requirements for a eligible for special education services. On the basis of Commendation Toward Biliteracy. Both the Seal and this assessment process and parent/guardian Commendation encourage students to pursue participation, students receive educational services in biliteracy, honor the skills our students attain, and a setting which is as much like the academic program provide evidence of language competency that is for non-disabled students as appropriate (i.e. in the attractive to future employers and college admissions least restrictive environment). offices. Our vision is to help students recognize the value of their academic success and see the tangible benefits of being bilingual. E-LEARNING CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM BILINGUAL AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND East Aurora High School provides students an LANGUAGE (ESL) PROGRAM opportunity to recover credits though an online virtual East Aurora High School offers courses specifically learning environment. In addition, ELearning is designed for students with limited English proficiency offered through night school and summer school. as determined by the Illinois Division of Language Courses are taken in an eLearning setting with Learning. Through the program, students will become intensive teacher interventions and support provided. proficient in English while satisfying graduation requirements across all content areas. In ESL courses,
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Clubs and Activities At East Aurora High school there are a wide variety of athletics, clubs, and activities available. Students should choose an activity that suits their interests, and help prepare them for the future.
Anime Club Math National Honor Society Art Club Mathletes Art National Honor Society Music Club (Tri-M Music Honor Society) ASL(American Sign Language) Club Musicals Auroran (Newspaper) National Honor Society Bible Club NJROTC Academic Team Bilingual Honor Society NJROTC Color Guard BPA (Business Professionals of America) NJROTC Drill Team Chess Club NJROTC Dance, Drum and Bugle Corps Class Councils NJROTC Physical Fitness Team Cuisine Club NJROTC Rifle Team DECA (Business and Leadership) PeaceJam Drama/Thespian Club Outdoor Adventure Club Dubois African American Honor Society Quill and Scroll FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of R.A.P. Club America) Restaurant Management Educators Rising Scholastic Bowl Film-Video Club Science (ECO) Club French National Honor Society Science National Honor Society German National Honor Society Skills USA (Career and Technical) GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Snowball Hispanic National Honor Society Social Studies Club HERO (Home Economics Related Occupations) Speculum (Yearbook) Jass Ensemble Speech Activities Key Club Stage Design Korean Culture Club Student Athlete Society Latin Jazz Ensemble Student Council L.E.A.P Tabletop Gaming Literary Magazine (The Reaper and the Sower) Tomcat Athletic Leaders Marching Band Video Gaming Club
ATHLETICS Badminton Cheerleading Golf Softball Baseball Cross Country Indoor Track Tennis Basketball Dance Team Outdoor Track Volleyball Bowling Football Soccer Wrestling
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The English Department consists of courses in English and journalism. Courses are offered at the regular and honors levels with the availability of both AP Language and AP Literature at the upper grades. The curriculum seeks to focus on the rigorous Common Core objectives in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language. Learning experiences focus on critical and analytical reading; narrative, expository, and argument writing; large and small group speaking; and conventional and stylistic language usage. Students read a variety of anchor texts and work towards becoming skilled at both written and oral communication in an effort to prepare for these tasks in both college and careers. Four full years of English is required, and some specialized courses are offered as elective credit.
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ENGLISH
Pre-AP English 1 (Regular, Honors, Magnet) 9
World Literature (Regular, Honors) 10
American Literary AP English Language Themes & Composition (Regular, Honors) 11
ONE SEMESTER COURSES: Rhetoric
Humanities Honors AP English Creative Speaking Honors British Literature Honors Literature & Cinema Studies Honors Survivor Literature Composition
12 Writer’s Workshop
OTHER DEPARTMENTAL COURSES MAY BE TAKEN OUT OF SEQUENCE FOR ELECTIVE CREDIT
Yearbook Creative Writing Journalism Production
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PRE-AP ENGLISH 1 WORLD LITERATURE AMERICAN LITERARY (REGULAR, HONORS, HONORS THEMES MAGNET) Grade: 10 Credit: 1.0 Grade: 11 Credit: 1.0 Grade: 9 Credit: 1.0 Students in this course study literature This course chronicles themes that This course is designed to emphasize from around the world. There are four have existed since the beginning of the and prepare students for close, critical major units of study covering Latin nation while emphasizing reading and reading and analytical writing. The and Central American literature, writing skills needed beyond high course helps students observe small African literature, Middle Eastern school. Students will explore rich and details to better understand the work as literature, and South and East Asian compelling texts in all genres that a whole in texts such as the short story, Literature. Each unit allows for close portray the fundamental the novel, drama, and poetry. study of literary works, as well as multiculturalism of America, Throughout the study of texts, students consideration of historical and cultural including the writing and speeches of will focus on the author’s choices, the context. The units focus not only on early leaders, founding documents of effect of language, and the geographical regions, but also on the American Revolution, and conventions of English for accuracy themes and literary forms that pertain contributions brought to this country and style. As writers, students will to them. Throughout the year, students by immigrants, refugees, and exiles. focus on the foundational skill of take part in seminars, write essays, Juniors will discuss, debate, and write crafting complex sentences and build practice grammar and usage, and about what constitutes, in a democratic to producing well-organized deliver speeches. At the society, individual freedom and the paragraphs and, eventually, longer honors/magnet level, additional texts right to speak and to create. The analytical pieces. As a Pre-AP course, are covered, including some more powerful current of struggle and this course will share a set of four ancient pieces, and at a more rapid dissent in American literature common classroom routines across pace, allowing for comparison and the demands interdisciplinary connections curricula with the other Pre-AP exploring of concepts in greater depth. to history, the arts, music, and popular courses: close observation and Authors explored at this level include culture. The American Dream as a analysis, evidence-based writing, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, paradigm of our national character higher-order questioning, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Confucius, will be examined from many points of academic conversations.. NCAA Salmon Rushdie, and others. Meets view as students study American Approved. Writing Intensive Course writers and artists. Meets Writing Requirement. NCAA Approved. Intensive Course Requirement. NCAA Approved.
WORLD LITERATURE Grade: 10 Credit: 1.0 AMERICAN LITERARY Students in this course study literature THEMES HONORS from around the world. There are four major units of study covering Latin Grade: 11 Credit: 1.0 and Central American literature, This course chronicles themes that African literature, Middle Eastern have existed since the beginning of the literature, and South and East Asian nation while emphasizing reading and Literature. Each unit allows for close writing skills needed beyond high study of literary works, as well as school. Students will explore rich and consideration of historical and cultural compelling texts in all genres that context. The units focus not only on portray the fundamental geographical regions, but also on multiculturalism of America, themes and literary forms that pertain including the writing and speeches of to them. Thus, students come to grasp early leaders, founding documents of the relationship between local the American Revolution, and concerns and universal contributions brought to this country questions. Throughout the year, by immigrants, refugees, and exiles. students take part in seminars, write Juniors will discuss, debate, and write essays, practice grammar and usage, about what constitutes, in a democratic and deliver speeches. Meets Writing society, individual freedom and the Intensive Course Requirement. NCAA right to speak and to create. This Approved. course traces the development of the
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American Dream from the Puritans to May. Meets Writing Intensive Course cultures of Greece and Rome, Middle contemporary American war and Requirement. NCAA Approved. Ages, and the Renaissance are covered protest. At the honors level, one in the fall semester. Man’s cultural additional text per unit is covered and achievement in Baroque, Neo-Classic, at a more rapid pace, allowing for and Romantic periods, along with the comparison and the exploring of RHETORIC twentieth century, are studied in the concepts in greater depth. Students Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 spring semester. At the honors level, will also be expected to produce additional texts are covered and at a This course is designed for seniors to essays and multi-media presentations more rapid pace, allowing for focus on the essential reading, writing, that showcase students’ concepts of comparison and the exploring of and other rhetorical skills that students their lives and how they represent concepts in greater depth. A major will need in college and career. particular aspects of the American piece of research writing and the Specifically, students develop their experience as it relates to their study of presentation of findings are ability to write with clarity and American readings. Meets Writing accomplished here as well. Meets purpose according to accepted Intensive Course Requirement. NCAA Writing Intensive Course standards; read with comprehension Approved. Requirement. NCAA Approved. while demonstrating the ability to critically analyze what they read; engage others in public discussion AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE about issues generated by the reading, BRITISH LITERATURE and closely attend to the thoughts and AND COMPOSITION ideas generated by others. In addition HONORS Grade: 11 Credit: 1.0 to reading, writing, listening and Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 This is a college level course for speaking about several core texts, This is a survey course for seniors juniors, and students may obtain students in this class also engage in organized around thematic units based college credit by earning a qualifying independent readings of popular texts on broad questions addressed and score on the Advanced Placement they find personally appealing. explored throughout the literature. exam. This course is designed for Readings will include contemporary Students study and discuss significant students who have been successful authors and span several genres such works from the Anglo-Saxon warrior- (earning C or better) in previous as science fiction, mystery, horror and hero literature of Beowulf to the honors level courses. Students are nonfiction. As well as reading novels of the twentieth century. In expected to become proficient in the traditional literature for this course, addition to the literature, students will areas of reading, literary analysis, students have the opportunity to focus on literary analysis writing, argumentation, writing, grammar and analyze texts not commonly perceived listening, and speaking as they usage, oral communication, and as "literature" including popular examine such texts as The Canterbury research as they are used at the phenomena such as music, Tales, Romantic poetry, Shakespeare's collegiate level. The course newspapers, visual art, magazines, Macbeth, short stories, and the modern emphasizes a variety of British and movies and other non- traditional novel. Meets Writing Intensive Course American texts, both fiction and "texts." Meets Writing Intensive Requirement. NCAA Approved. nonfiction. This writing intensive Course Requirement. NCAA course focuses on literary analysis, Approved. rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and argumentation, and is more rigorous SURVIVOR LITERATURE than the honors level. The complexity Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 and regularity of the writing HUMANITIES HONORS This is a rigorous writing and reading assignments, ranging from process Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 intensive course for seniors through essays to a research paper, requires This senior level course focuses on which the students will be formulating students to assume an increasing what are regarded as the "traditional a definition of what it means to be a degree of independence as the year humanities" of western civilization. ‘survivor’. This will be done through progresses. Students also engage in Among these are the arts of literature, the reading of roughly 1800 pages of independent reading and intensive painting, music, sculpture, and literature dealing with the Holocaust, vocabulary study throughout the year. architecture and the discipline of Slavery, WWI, September 11th, and Teachers will expect that students philosophy. These subjects are not natural disasters. Students will also complete the required summer reading studied in isolation but within the write a process essay at the completion as well as make regular contributions context of important developments in of each of the six major texts. Daily to discussion. Students enrolled in this science, technology, economics, discussion is a large focus of the course are expected to take the politics and general history. The class course. Additionally, there will be Advanced Placement exam in is chronological in arrangement, multiple opportunities for community beginning with prehistory, the early
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service related to the classroom engages students in the careful reading learning. Meets Writing Intensive CINEMA STUDY HONORS and critical analysis of imaginative Course Requirement. NCAA Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5 literature. Through the close reading Approved. This one semester senior course of selected texts, students deepen their develops skills in analysis, criticism, understanding of the ways writers use and appreciation of literature and film. language to provide both meaning and The course emphasizes the major pleasure for their readers. As they historical movements of film and the read, students consider a work’s art of filmmaking. Students learn structure, style, and themes, as well as about the formal elements of film: such smaller-scale elements as the use Mise en scène, cinematography, of figurative language, imagery, editing, and sound. Students also symbolism, and tone. Several higher study film reviews, screenplays based level pieces of process writing on novels and short stories, and the accompany the reading. Students principles of adaptation. Analytical, enrolled in this course are expected to review, and comparative/contrast take the Advanced Placement exam in writing assignments are included. May. Meets Writing Intensive Course Requirement. NCAA Approved.
WRITER’S WORKSHOP CREATIVE WRITING Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5 This one semester writing course for Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 seniors will serve the needs of students This elective class introduces and who have a personal interest in further focuses on the craft of creative writing developing their writing skills. itself and how it can help students Students in this class work on communicate thoughts, represent composing narrative, argument, and complex ideas, inspire others, and expository writing. Both creative and reflect on personal experiences. This professional pieces are a focus. course will challenge students to read CREATIVE SPEAKING Writing style, organization, and and analyze works in various genres of creative writing then express their own HONORS diction are emphasized. The six traits of writing are applied, and MLA style thoughts in similar styles to create Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5 is examined as students’ link research stories, poems, scripts, and more. Senior students in this one semester skills to writing. A major component Students in this course will also have course study the aspects of effective of the course is sharing writing with the chance to publish their work in the interpersonal communication and peers and providing a critical school’s literary magazine and have it apply these skills through the assessment of both the student’s own entered into the Upstate Eight literary performance of speeches. Students writing and the writing of others. competition. will engage in structured discussion Meets Writing Intensive Course opportunities and will have a variety Requirement. NCAA Approved. of occasions for public speaking. As the students shift from one speaking JOURNALISM occasion to another, they will attend to Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 changes in audience needs, technique, AP ENGLISH LITERATURE This elective class introduces students format, and emphasis. Students will & COMPOSITION to the basic concepts of news writing also study public speaking as Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 and newspaper publication. After performance. Students will also completing the class, students will be This is a college level course for participate in the critical assessment of able to conduct interviews and use this seniors, and students may obtain their own speech performance and the information effectively in a story. college credit by earning a qualifying performances of others. NCAA Students will learn to compose and score on the Advanced Placement Approved. revise stories for publication. Students exam. This course is designed for will have the opportunity to students who have been successful understand newspapers more (earning C or better) in previous thoroughly, begin writing for the honors level courses or AP Language school paper, and develop confidence & Composition. This course in
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in their ability to write. Students will Yearbook Production is a yearlong reporting and writing, graphic design, take this course while also taking elective course focused on the editing, desktop publishing, and another English course. Journalism publication of East Aurora High yearbook photography. Every may be taken for a semester or the School’s yearbook. Throughout the participant is expected to act as a entire year. This course may be course, students work together to responsible student journalist, to repeated for elective credit. produce a book which records the engage in classroom activities, to history of academics, athletics, and report on school events, to design social events during the year and yearbook pages, to write copy, and to which captures the spirit of the high meet assigned deadlines. Students will YEARBOOK PRODUCTION school and the community. Writing take Yearbook Production while also Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 and studying in a newsroom taking another English class. This atmosphere, members of the yearbook course may be repeated for elective staff develop their skills in journalistic credit.
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL MATH DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The Mathematics Department is almost entirely comprised of courses that fulfill a mathematics credit that is necessary for graduation. In addition to the traditional courses such as Algebra and Geometry, students have options such as Applied & Technical Mathematics and a variety of Advanced Placement options. Courses such as College Algebra and Plane Trigonometry may be taken for dual- credit through Waubonsee Community College. Most courses in the department are taught using College Preparatory Mathematics as the primary resource, which places an emphasis on discovery-based learning and cooperative grouping. It is recommended that students have their own calculator for all math classes.
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MATHEMATICS
Pre-AP Algebra 1 1
(Extended, Regular, Honors) 9
Geometry (Extended, Regular, Honors, Magnet,) 9-10
Algebra II
(Extended, Regular, Honors,)
10-11
ONE SEMESTER Pre-Calculus (Regular or Honors) COURSES: AP Calculus AB Applied & Technical Math AP Statistics WCC College Algebra Statistics AP Computer Science A 11-12 WCC Plane Trigonometry STEM College Algebra
OTHER DEPARTMENTAL COURSES
AP Computer Science Principles
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and range of functions, graphing, PRE-AP ALGEBRA I GEOMETRY inverses, polynomials, exponentials (EXTENDED, REGULAR, GEOMETRY EXTENDED and logarithms, complex numbers, HONORS) Grade: 10-11 Credit: 1.0 trigonometry, and rational expressions. NCAA Approved. Grade: 9 Credit: 1.0 This course introduces sets of points and related properties. Topics studied This course emphasizes the following ALGEBRA II HONORS essential practices for building math include lines, angles, and polygons muscle and confidence: building with emphasis on circles, planes and Grade: 10-11 Credit: 1.0 conceptual understanding, building surfaces of geometric solids. Other This course is designed to provide procedural fluency, creating, topics studied include area and students with an extensive background analyzing, and using mathematical volume, similarity, congruency, in advanced algebraic topics. Students models, and crafting mathematical parallelism and perpendicularity, and will investigate topics including arguments. In Pre-AP Algebra I, logic. This course emphasizes inverses and transformations of students will: work with their peers to systematic approaches to and functions, the study of families of build math knowledge, persevering processes for proving and applying functions with an emphasis on through challenges and making theorems. Algebra is utilized modeling and systems of equations. important conceptual connections, use extensively during the course. Within these topics, some are studied authentic applications of math to Successful completion of this course at greater depth in order to prepare model real-world problems, and prepares the students for Algebra II. students to take advanced acquire the tools needed for making, NCAA Approved. mathematics courses. NCAA testing, refuting, and supporting Approved. mathematical arguments. The GEOMETRY instructional areas of focus will be: an HONORS/MAGNET emphasis on linear function and linear equations, a focus on authentic Grade: 9-10 Credit: 1.0 PRE-CALCULUS applications, and a concentration on This course requires students to Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 creating mathematical arguments. . complete an in-depth study of The course includes the study of rates NCAA Approved. Euclidean Geometry. Topics include coordinate geometry, proof, congruent of change, linear, polynomial, triangles, similar triangles, polygons, rational, and trigonometric functions circles, area and volume. In this and their graphs, vectors, polar ALGEBRA PART II course, students will be expected to coordinates, complex numbers, extend problem solving skills and conics, exponential and logarithmic Grade: 10 Credit: 1.0 develop a sense of logical reasoning to functions, and sequences and series. This course continues content that communicate mathematics. Successful completion of this course began in Algebra Part I. Students will Successful completion of this course prepares students for college-level work with topics that include the study prepares the students for Algebra II calculus, College Algebra and Plane of graphs, functions, linear equations, Honors. NCAA Approved. Trigonometry. NCAA Approved. systems of equations and inequalities, exponents and exponential functions, . polynomials and factoring, quadratic functions and probability. By the end ALGEBRA II PRE-CALCULUS HONORS of this course, students will have ALGEBRA II EXTENDED Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 developed a strong foundation in using This course provides and in-depth Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 the mathematical practices for success study of pre-calculus mathematics. in future mathematics courses. This This course is designed to provide Topics include polynomial, rational, course satisfies the Algebra I students with a thorough background algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, requirement for graduation. in advanced algebraic topics. Students and trigonometric functions and Successful completion of this course will utilize multiple representations to relations, conics and their properties, will prepare students for entry into analyze topics including linear the complex number system, Geometry.This course is available equations and inequalities, sequence inequalities, probability and statistics. only through the 19-20 school year to writing (arithmetic and geometric), Successful completion of this course those students who successfully recursive and explicit writing of prepares students for AP Calculus. equations that are discrete and completed Algebra Part I in the NCAA Approved. previous school year. NCAA continuous, systems of equations and Approved. inequalities, properties of parent functions and transformations, domain
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complex numbers. Plane make sense of their results and judge STEM COLLEGE ALGEBRA Trigonometry is only offered as dual them for reasonableness. Basic Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 credit. This course is intended for statistical measures and their uses are This course includes the study of the students looking for a fourth year math also included. Students should use real and complex number systems, course who do not wish to take algebraic reasoning as one of multiple polynomials, rational functions, calculus. This course will prepare problem-solving tools in the course exponents and radicals, matrices, students for more advanced college- when it makes a task easier. This functions and relations, algebraic level courses. NCAA Approved. includes creating expressions, functions, inequalities, mathematical equations, and functions to solve induction and the binomial theorem. GENERAL MATH problems that are more career focused This course allows students with a C and personal to a student's life. The use or better to bypass any remedial math Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 of functions is one way situations can courses and/or placement tests upon Teacher recommendation be modeled. Constructing, evaluating, admission to the community college. required and using models, especially NCAA Approved. functions, are essential to this component of the course.This course This General Math course reinforces allows students with a C or better to and expands students' foundational bypass any remedial math courses math skills, such as arithmetic and/or placement tests upon admission WCC COLLEGE ALGEBRA operations using rational numbers; to the community college. Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 area, perimeter, and volume of Dual Credit with geometric figures, congruence and similarity, angle relationships, the Waubonsee Community Pythagorean theorem, the rectangular AP CALCULUS AB College coordinate system, sets and logic, ratio and proportion, estimation, formulas, Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 This course includes the study of the solving and graphing simple equations This is a college level course for real and complex number systems, and inequalities. seniors, and students may obtain polynomials, rational functions, college credit by earning a qualifying exponents and radicals, matrices, score on the Advanced Placement functions and relations, algebraic exam. AP Calculus AB is primarily functions, inequalities, mathematical CONSUMER MATH concerned with developing students’ induction and the binomial theorem. Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 understanding of the concepts of This course is intended for students calculus and providing experience looking for a fourth year math course Teacher recommendation with its methods and applications. but are not wanting to take calculus. required This course includes the study of This course will prepare students for functions limits and continuity, Plane Trigonometry and more This Consumer Math course derivatives and their applications, advanced college-level courses. reinforces general math topics (such as definite integrals and their NCAA Approved. arithmetic using rational numbers, applications, transcendental functions, measurement, ratio and proportion, and plane analytic geometry.
and basic statistics) and applies these Successful completion of this course skills to consumer problems and prepares students for additional WCC PLANE situations. Applications typically college-level calculus courses. TRIGONOMETRY include budgeting, taxation, credit, Students enrolled in this course are banking services, insurance, buying expected to take the Advanced Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 and selling products and services, Placement exam in May. NCAA Dual Credit with home and/or car ownership and rental, Approved. Waubonsee Community managing personal income, and College investment.
This course concentrates on STATISTICS trigonometric functions and their Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 applications. Topics include the Numeracy denotes the understanding solution of right triangles, radian measure, fundamental identities, and use of numbers in operation sense, estimation, measurement, and logarithms, trigonometric equations, quantitative reasoning in authentic inverse trigonometric functions, and contexts. Students should regularly
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semester college level course in AP STATISTICS AP COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science and includes the study of object-oriented program Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 PRINCIPLES design, program implementation, (successful completion of Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 program analysis, data structures, Algebra II recommended) AP Computer Science Principles algorithms, and an overview of the teaches students programming while computer science environment. emphasizing problem solving and Successful completion of this course This is a college level course for logic development. Other topics prepares students for additional seniors, and students may obtain explored in this course are the impact college-level courses in computer college credit by earning a qualifying of computer science and the use of science and satisfies the math elective score on the Advanced Placement computational tools in data analysis. credit. Students enrolled in this course exam. This course is intended to Students are taught to use computer are expected to take the Advanced introduce students to the major tools to solve problems pertaining to Placement exam in May. NCAA concepts and tools necessary for computer science. Successful Approved. collecting, analyzing and drawing completion of this course prepares conclusions from data. Students are students for additional college-level APPLIED & TECHNICAL exposed to four broad conceptual courses in computer science. Students themes: exploring data, sampling and enrolled in this course are expected to MATHEMATICS experimentation, anticipating patterns take the Advanced Placement exam in Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 and statistical inferences. Students May. This course is intended for students will work on projects involving hands- who are majoring in a technical or on gathering and analysis of real- AP COMPUTER SCIENCE vocational field. It provides a review world data. Ideas and computations in A of arithmetic operations including this course have immediate links and fractions, and focuses on the connections with actual events. Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 applications of arithmetic, algebra, Successful completion of this course (successful completion of and geometry in various trades. This prepares students for additional course will prepare students for college-level courses. Students Algebra II recommended) This course introduces students to the apprenticeships and/or careers in the enrolled in this course are expected to trades and other vocational areas. take the Advanced Placement exam in major topics of Computer Science. May. NCAA Approved. This course is the equivalent of a first
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The East Aurora High School Science Department believes that, “Knowledge about science should be in the form of questions to be explored rather than answers to be learned.” Anonymous. We are dedicated to a laboratory approach to science education that will involve each student in the process of discovery. This approach enables students to have practice in the kinds of analytical problem solving that will help them throughout life. Students will engage in the Science and Engineering Practices outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) as they do science. At the same time, students will build an integrated information base for post-secondary studies and see the Cross Cutting Concepts that run through all science disciplines. The graduation requirement for all students is two years of science. It is strongly recommended that all college bound students consider four years of laboratory science classes.
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SCIENCE
Pre-AP Biology 9 (Regular, Honors, Magnet)
Chemistry (Regular, Honors) 10-11
AP Biology Microbiology Honors AP Chemistry Human Anatomy & Physiology AP Environmental Science Honors Earth Science AP Physics 1 Physics AP Physics 2
11-12 ONE SEMESTER COURSES:
Forensics Medical Terminology
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HONORS CHEMISTRY Grade: 10-12 Credits: 1.0 This course is intended to help students realize the important role that chemistry will play in their personal lives. Topics to be studied include chemistry laboratory skills, the classification and structure of matter, ratio and proportion of chemical reactions, physical chemistry, acid- base chemistry, kinetics, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and organic chemistry. Critical thinking (the ability to carry out systematic thought processes in making decisions and solving problems), inquiry (solving problems through scientific investigation) and science ethics are stressed in this class. This course has a $10 lab fee. NCAA Approved.
PHYSICS ecological communities. In Pre-AP Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 PRE-AP BIOLOGY Biology, students will: actively This course is the study of the laws and participate in analyzing real-world principles that govern matter and (REGULAR, HONORS, phenomena., apply science practices energy using mathematical models. MAGNET) to construct and revise their Major concepts include motion, knowledge, regularly collaborate with Grade: 9 Credits: 1.0 forces, energy, waves, magnetism, and their peers in dialogue, investigations, electricity. Problem solving, critical The Pre-AP Biology course and problem solving. thinking, and inquiry are emphasized. emphasizes the integration of content Students will engage in class with science practices—powerful discussion, perform problem analysis, reasoning tools that support students conduct laboratory investigations, and in analyzing the natural world around produce both individual and group them. This ability is one of the projects. Students need a scientific hallmarks of scientific literacy, and it CHEMISTRY calculator. This course has a $10 lab cultivates a more sustainable pathway Grade: 10-12 Credits: 1.0 fee. NCAA Approved. to numerous college and career This course emphasizes basic opportunities in science as well as chemistry concepts and the impact of numerous natural and social sciences. these concepts on real-life
This course focuses deeply on the applications. Major concepts include foundational biology knowledge and measurement, classification of matter, skills that matter most in preparing nomenclature, atomic structure, the students for subsequent coursework in Periodic table, stoichiometry, gas AP PHYSICS 1 science. This course concentrates on laws, and thermochemistry. Problem the core areas of ecological systems, solving, critical thinking, and inquiry Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 evolution, cellular systems, and are emphasized. Students need a This course covers the material typical genetics. Rather than understanding scientific calculator. This course has a in the first semester of an introductory content topics in isolation, students $10 lab fee. NCAA Approved. physics course at a college level in will make meaningful connections preparation for the Advanced between the structures, processes, and Placement Physics 1 exam. The course
interactions that exist across covers Newtonian mechanics biological systems—from cells to
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(including rotational dynamics and transfer, ecology, and interactions. Placement Environmental exam. In angular momentum); work, energy, Students enrolled in this course are this course, students conduct and power; and mechanical waves and expected to take the Advanced laboratory investigations, use sound. It will also introduce electric Placement exam in May. Course meets scientific methods during circuits. Laboratory experiments, 1.5 periods. This course has a $25 lab investigations, and make informed problem solving, and written fee. NCAA Approved. decisions using critical thinking and explanations of physics concepts are scientific problem solving in the study emphasized in all units studied. of the biosphere. Laboratory Students enrolled in this course are experiments and problem solving are expected to take the Advanced AP CHEMISTRY emphasized in all units studied. Placement exam in May. Students Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.5 Students enrolled in this course are need a scientific calculator. This expected to take the Advanced This course covers the material course has a $10 lab fee. NCAA Placement exam in May. Students typically covered in a freshmen Approved. need a scientific calculator. This college level general chemistry class course has a $25 lab fee. NCAA in preparation for the Advanced Approved. Placement Chemistry exam. The sequence covers the following areas: chemical bonding, structure of matter, AP PHYSICS 2 kinetic theory, solutions, acid base EARTH SCIENCE reactions, oxidation-reduction, Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 electrochemistry, molecular Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 This course covers the material typical geometry, thermodynamics, The course is designed to help students in the second semester of an equilibrium, and an introduction to interpret and understand the world introductory physics course at a organic chemistry. Experiments around them. Topics covered include college level in preparation for the reinforce these units; problem solving astronomy, the history of the earth, Advanced Placement Physics II exam. is emphasized. Students enrolled in earth’s systems, meteorology, and It will be beneficial to students this course are expected to take the human’s impact on the earth. Students wishing to satisfy a college physical Advanced Placement exam in May. investigate earth science through science requirement and will deal with Course meets for 1.5 periods. This inquiry and real-life applications. This optics, modern, fluids, course has a $20 lab fee. NCAA course has a $10 lab fee. thermodynamics, electrostatics, Approved resistor capacitor circuits, and electromagnetism. Laboratory experiments and problem solving are emphasized in all units studied. Students enrolled in this course are expected to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. Students need a scientific calculator. This course has a $10 lab fee. NCAA Approved.
AP BIOLOGY Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.5 This course covers the material typically covered in a freshmen college level biology course in preparation for the Advanced FORENSIC SCIENCE Placement Biology exam. Students AP ENVIRONMENTAL cultivate their understanding of Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 Grade: 11-12 Credits: 0.5 biology through inquiry-based This course covers the material This course involves components investigations as they explore the typically covered in a freshmen from all of the other sciences: biology, following topics: evolution, cellular college level environmental course in chemistry, and physics, as they relate processes — energy and preparation for the Advanced to the law. Major topics include the communication, genetics, information history of forensic science, crime
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scenes, physical evidence, DNA body systems and emphasizes the This course has a $50 lab fee. NCAA analysis, fingerprints, hairs and fibers, terminology and application related to Approved. and drugs. Emphasis will be placed on health information technology. the developing and understanding of relevant scientific concepts through the use of case studies, research, HONORS MICROBIOLOGY laboratory, and activities. This course HONORS ANATOMY AND Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 has a $10 lab fee. NCAA Approved. PHYSIOLOGY This course studies the classification Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 and identification of microbes, This course that will enable students to survival patterns, and economic MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY develop an understanding of the implications including food relationships between the structures preparation, preservatives, spoilage, Grade: 11-12 Credits: 0.5 and functions of the human body. and disease. Provides background in Dual Credit with Students will also learn the basic and applied microbiology with Waubonsee Community mechanisms for maintaining emphasis on the role microorganisms homeostasis within the human body. play in human health and life. Problem College solving, critical thinking, and inquiry This course is designed to teach word Students will use problem solving, critical thinking, and inquiry to are emphasized. This course has a $50 elements of roots, combining forms, lab fee. NCAA Approved. suffixes, and prefixes, definitions, explore human body systems. This spelling and the use of correct course will involve laboratory abbreviations of medical terms. The activities, projects, dissections, course content is organized around textbook material, models, diagrams, journal writings, and clinical studies.
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
Social Studies is the integration of the social sciences and the humanities to promote civic competence and teaches the understanding of different cultures, attitudes, and behaviors in our world today. Courses emphasize the role of the United States and the skills necessary for citizenship in American democracy. We live in a global society where mature social concepts, both on domestic and international levels, are necessary for peace and progress. Within the discipline, both regular and honors classes are available. Several AP courses are offered for students beginning in the freshman year of high school. Two and one-half years of Social Studies are required for graduation, which includes one year of American History, one semester of Government/Civics, and one year of a Social Studies elective. All students enrolled in Government/Civics will take the required Constitution test.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
Pre AP World History and Geography AP Human Geography (Regular Honors, 9 Magnet)
Modern European AP European History History Honors
10
American History AP United States (Regular, Honors) History
11
American AP United States Government/Civics Government & (Regular, Honors) Politics
(One Semester Course) (One Semester Course) 12
OTHER DEPARTMENTAL COURSES MAY BE TAKEN OUT OF SEQUENCE
ONE SEMESTER COURSES; Mexican History Criminal Law AP Psychology Current Issues Psychology Sociology
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prepare students for the AP European PRE-AP WORLD HISTORY MODERN EUROPEAN History exam. Students enrolled in this AND GEOGRAPHY HISTORY HONORS course are expected to take the (REGULAR, HONORS, Grade: 10 Credit: 1.0 Advanced Placement exam in May. This course meets the Social Studies The study of European History since MAGNET) elective requirement. NCAA 1450 introduces students to cultural, Approved. Grade: 9 Credit: 1.0 economic, political, and social This course is a foundation course for development that played a the Social Studies, providing fundamental role in shaping the world opportunities for students to develop in which they live. The course will AMERICAN HISTORY an understanding of key concepts, emphasize the changes in world historical patterns, themes, and skills. governments through the French Grade: 10-11 Credit: 1.0 Big ideas that will serve as the Revolution, Russian Revolution, This sequence fulfills the graduation underlying foundation for the units World Wars, and Terrorism. Students requirement of one year of U.S. are: Geography and Populations, The will develop an understanding of some History as established by the State of State, Economic Systems, Culture, of the principal themes in modern Illinois. The course covers content and Social Structures. Units can European History, an ability to spanning the inception of the United include Geography and World analyze historical evidence and States through present day. The Regions, and the following periods: historical interpretation, and an ability overriding goal of this course is to give Ancient (to 600 BCE), Classical (600 to express historical understanding in students the opportunity to understand BCE to 600 CE), Postclassical (600 to writing. Students enrolled in this how the current domestic and 1450), Early Modern Period (1450 to course will participate in the Chicago international status of the U.S. 1750), Modern (1750 to 1914), and Metro History Fair. This course is developed. It is also designed to help Contemporary (1914 to the present). weighted as honors. This course meets students identify causes and effects, Specific skills developed in this course the Social Studies elective events and philosophies, and how include analysis of evidence, requirement. NCAA Approved. these led to the contemporary disciplinary reasoning, and situation, and provide them with an developing arguments. Additionally, historical basis for decision making. areas of focus will include evaluating The course begins with a review evidence, explaining historical and AP EUROPEAN HISTORY period of the inception of the United geographic relationships, and Grade: 10 Credit: 1.0 States through the Reconstruction era. incorporating evidence. This course First semester material involves in The study of European History since meets the Social Studies elective depth analysis beginning with the 1450 introduces students to cultural, requirement. NCAA Approved. Civil War, and spans the Gilded Age, economic, political, and social Progressive Era, and both World development that played a Wars; second semester covers the fundamental role in shaping the world Cold War, Vietnam, Civil Rights in which they live. First semester AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Movement, and contemporary issues. topics range from the late-Medieval This course meets the writing Grade: 9-12 Credit 1.0 Period through the French Revolution, intensive requirement as set by the The purpose of the AP course in including study of the Renaissance, district. NCAA Approved. Human Geography is to introduce Reformation, Scientific Revolution students to the systematic study of and the Enlightenment. Second patterns and processes that have semester topics cover The Industrial shaped human understanding, use, and Revolution to the Rise of Nation- AMERICAN HISTORY alteration of Earth's surface. Students States, the great World Wars to employ spatial concepts and landscape Contemporary Europe. Students will HONORS analysis to examine human social develop an understanding of some of Grade: 11 Credit: 1.0 organization and its environmental the principal themes in modern consequences. They also learn about This sequence fulfills the graduation European History, an ability to requirement of one year of U.S. the methods and tools geographers use analyze historical evidence and in their science and practice. History as established by the State of historical interpretation, and an ability Illinois. The course covers content to express historical understanding in spanning the inception of the United writing. In both courses, students will States all the way up through participate in the Chicago Metro contemporary day. The overriding History Fair competition. This course goal of this course is to give students is weighted as honors. This course will the opportunity to understand how the
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current domestic and international expected to take the Advanced status of the U.S. has transformed a Placement Exam in May. This course AP UNITED STATES colonial territory into a country of meets the graduation requirement for GOVERNMENT AND progressiveness. It is designed to help U.S. History. NCAA Approved. POLITICS students identify causes and effects, events and philosophies, traditions of Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5 past practice, and legislative This course fulfills the school alterations for modernity. These AMERICAN graduation and Civics requirements as ideologies in turn led to the GOVERNMENT/CIVICS established by the state of Illinois. contemporary situations, and provide This Advanced Placement course in evidence for historical decision Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5 United States Government and making. First semester begins with a This course is required for graduation Politics will give students an review period of early and meets the Civics requirement as analytical perspective on government colonization/Pre-Revolution through established by the State of Illinois. and politics in the United States. This Civil War Reconstruction; second This course is designed for seniors and course includes both the study of semester begins with the Gilded Age deals with the study of political general concepts used to interpret U.S. and covers the World Wars, Vietnam behavior in the United States. Topics government and politics and the and existing issues. Students also in the course include the fundamental analysis of specific examples. It also participate in the Chicago Metro concepts and structure of federal, requires familiarity with the various History Fair during first semester. This state, and local government; methods institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas course meets the writing intensive of selecting candidates for office; that constitute U.S. government and requirement as set by the district. methods by which individuals and politics. Course activities include NCAA Approved. groups may influence government reading periodicals and daily officials; and mechanics of voting. newspapers, as well as a college This course also involves comparisons textbook and supplementary readings. with other governments through the Students will be required to integrate AP UNITED STATES contrasting of political socialization information obtained from readings, HISTORY and cultures. NCAA Approved. discussions, and lectures to answer detailed multiple-choice questions as Grade: 11 Credit: 1.0 well as write analytical and The Advanced Placement (AP) United argumentative essays. This course is States History course is designed to AMERICAN weighted as honors. Students enrolled provide students with the analytic GOVERNMENT/CIVICS in Advanced Placement are expected skills and factual knowledge to take the Advanced Placement Exam necessary to deal critically with the HONORS in May. NCAA Approved. problems and materials in U.S. Grade: 12 Credit: 0.5
History. The program prepares This course is required for graduation students for intermediate and and meets the Civics requirement as advanced college courses by making established by the State of Illinois. MEXICAN HISTORY demands upon them equivalent to This course is designed for seniors and Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 those made by full-year introductory deals with the study of political This year-long course investigates the courses. Students should learn to behavior in the United States. Topics geography, culture and history of assess historical materials, their in the course include the fundamental Mexico from prehistory to the present, relevance to a given interpretive concepts and structure of federal, beginning with the indigenous Olmec problem, reliability, and importance- state, and local government; methods culture and concluding with the and to weigh the evidence and of selecting candidates for office; current relationship between Mexico interpretations presented in historical methods by which individuals and and the United States. Students will scholarship. This course should thus groups may influence government analyze primary and secondary texts develop skills necessary to arrive at officials; and mechanics of voting. and show their understanding through conclusions on the basis of an This course also involves comparisons writing, speaking, and visual media. informed judgment and to present with other governments through the This course uses a project-based reasons and evidence clearly and contrasting of political socialization learning approach and focuses on persuasively in essay format. The and cultures. This course is weighted various skills such as collaborative scope of the course spans from Pre- as honors. Students participate in the presentations, argumentative writing, Columbian America to the Cold War. Chicago Metro History Fair. NCAA and debates. The course meets the This course is weighted as honors. Approved. Social Studies elective requirement. This course will meet the writing intensive requirement. Students enrolled in Advanced Placement are
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meets the Social Studies elective psychological facts, principles, and CRIMINAL LAW requirement. NCAA Approved. phenomena associated with each of Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 the major subfields within This course examines the foundation psychology. They also learn about the of the criminal law system in ethics and methods psychologists use American society. A case study PSYCHOLOGY in their science and practice. This approach is taken for students to study Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 course includes an examination of the following topics; study of human criminal laws and constitutional The course includes an examination of behavior; human learning and rights. This course examines both the the following topics: study of human motivation; thinking and problem criminal and civil legal institutions behavior; human learning and solving; perception; the relative with an emphasis placed on motivation; thinking and problem importance of heredity and argumentative debate relating to solving; perception; the relative environment in human behavior; different legal issues. Topics studied importance of heredity and theories of personality. Students include An Introduction to Law, environment in human behavior; should possess strong reading skills. Crime Against the Person and theories of personality. This course This course is weighted as honors. The Property, Torts and Civil Action, will provide an introduction to topics course meets the Social Studies Interaction with Police (the 4th typically covered in an introductory elective requirement. Students Amendment), and Courtroom level college psychology course. enrolled in this course are expected to Procedures and Defenses (Mock Students will learn how psychology take the Advanced Placement Exam in Trial). This course meets the Social applies to their lives by partaking in May. This course meets the Social Studies elective requirement. NCAA class discussions and group projects. Studies elective requirement. NCAA Approved. Upon completion of this course, Approved. students should have a better understanding of themselves and the wide variety of people around them. CURRENT ISSUES SOCIOLOGY This course meets the Social Studies Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 elective requirement. NCAA Current Issues is an elective, project- Sociology is the study of groups and Approved. based course for juniors and seniors group behavior in society. The course interested in contemporary affairs. includes an examination of the Students will use magazines, daily following topics: culture, social newspapers and/or internet resources values, socialization; how individuals as sources for study. Classroom behave in groups; attitudes and discussions will also examine current changing attitudes; abnormal behavior events and issues. Topics will change in society and its treatment; social AP PSYCHOLOGY each semester to reflect current events. problems of present day American We will explore various domestic and Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 Society. Students explore sports and world issues such as: politics, foreign The purpose of the year-long their role in society, religion and its relations, terrorism, drug use, gun Advanced Placement course in function, the family as a foundation control, immigration, poverty and Psychology is to introduce students to for society, and education. The class more. Public speaking is an the systematic and scientific study of utilizes a myriad of different activities, expectation of this course. This course the behavior and mental processes of readings, and assessments to meets the Social Studies elective human beings and other animals. investigate and understand the society requirement. Course may be repeated Students are exposed to the within which we live. This course twice for credit. NCAA Approved.
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL READING DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
At East Aurora High School, we believe the ability to fluently read and comprehend complex informational text at a high level is the most essential skill necessary for success in today's 21st century work force. By the time students reach high school, they have learned to read; however, many are not yet proficient at reading to learn. We are committed to providing the instruction and the resources to ensure all students can demonstrate reading levels which make them College and Career Ready. While enrolled in Reading courses at East Aurora High School, students will develop research based literacy skills and strategies designed to promote academic success in all secondary and post-secondary coursework as well as on high stakes testing such as the SAT. This department also offers students the opportunity to participate in Advanced Placement
Reasearch and Seminar courses that will expand a students research and presentation capabilities and make them eligible for an AP Diploma.
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READING
Reading I (Strategic, College Prep, Honors) 9
Reading II (Strategic, College Prep, Honors) 10
AP Seminar
Reading III (Strategic, College Prep, Honors)
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AP Research
College and Career Reading
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reading, writing, and critical thinking this course. Through intensive STRATEGIC READING I through the analysis of complex reading, writing, and direct strategy Grade 9 Credit 1.0 informational texts. Students who instruction, students will use relevant Strategic Reading I is a year-long have demonstrated a need to improve media and current events, as well as course designed for freshman their reading ability as measured by anchor texts, to continue to improve students to enhance their literacy standardized tests will benefit from their abilities to summarize, identify skills and improve their ability to this course. In addition to increasing main idea and cite strong and learn from and synthesize complex, their reading speed and thorough textual evidence to support thought-provoking informational comprehension, students will develop analysis of what the text says texts. Students who have the vocabulary, rhetorical analysis, explicitly as well as make inferences demonstrated a need to improve their and test-taking skills crucial for SAT drawn from the text. Students will reading ability as measured by success and college readiness. also work to enhance their abilities to standardized tests will benefit from Students will be placed in this course identify author’s purpose, bias, and this course. Through intensive using NWEA MAP and PSAT source credibility when analyzing reading, writing, and direct strategy assessment data. informational text. These skills are instruction, students will improve essential to success in higher level their abilities to think critically, courses both in high school and problem solve, construct viable COLLEGE PREP READING I beyond. Students will be placed in arguments, identify main idea, cite Grade 9 Credit 1.0 this course using NWEA MAP and textual evidence, annotate and apply College Preparatory Reading I is a PSAT assessment data. note taking and test taking strategies. year-long course designed for Students will be placed in this course freshman students to enhance their COLLEGE PREP READING using NWEA MAP and PSAT literacy skills and improve their assessment data. ability to learn from and synthesize III complex, thought-provoking Grade 11 Credit 1.0 informational texts. Students who STRATEGIC READING II College Preparatory Reading III is a have demonstrated average reading year-long course designed for juniors Grade 10 Credit 1.0 ability on standardized tests will looking to prepare for the rigors of Strategic Reading II is a year-long benefit from this course. Through college-level reading, writing, and course designed for sophomore intensive reading, writing, and direct critical thinking through the analysis students to continue to enhance their strategy instruction, students will of complex informational texts. literacy skills and improve their improve their abilities to think Students who have demonstrated ability to learn from increasingly critically, problem solve, construct average reading ability on complex, thought-provoking viable arguments, identify main idea, standardized tests will benefit from informational texts. Students who cite textual evidence, annotate, and this course. In addition to increasing have demonstrated a need to improve apply note taking and test taking their reading speed and reading ability as measured by strategies. These skills will directly comprehension, students will develop standardized tests will benefit from transfer to other courses and will the vocabulary, rhetorical analysis, this course. Through intensive impact students’ abilities to learn and test-taking skills crucial for SAT reading, writing, and direct strategy through text in all areas. Students success and college readiness. instruction, students will use relevant will be placed in this course using Students will be placed in this course media and current events, as well as NWEA MAP and PSAT assessment using NWEA MAP and PSAT anchor texts, to continue to improve data. assessment data. their abilities to summarize, identify main idea and cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support COLLEGE PREP READING HONORS READING I analysis of what the text says II Grade 9 Credit 1.0 explicitly as well as make inferences Grade 10 Credit 1.0 Honors Reading I is a year-long drawn from the text. Students will be College Preparatory Reading II is a course designed for freshman placed in this course using NWEA year-long course designed for students who have shown above MAP and PSAT assessment data. sophomore students to continue to average reading abilities to stretch enhance their literacy skills and their literacy skills and deepen their STRATEGIC READING III improve their ability to learn from ability to learn from and synthesize increasingly complex, thought- complex, thought-provoking Grade 11 Credit 1.0 provoking informational texts. informational texts. Students will be Strategic Reading III is a year-long Students who have demonstrated challenged through intensive reading, course designed for juniors looking to average reading ability on writing, and direct strategy prepare for the rigors of college-level standardized tests will benefit from instruction, and will improve their
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abilities to think critically, problem the rigors of college-level reading, experiencing artistic works and solve, construct viable arguments, writing, and critical thinking through performances. They synthesize identify main idea, cite textual the analysis of complex informational information from multiple sources, evidence, annotate and apply note texts. In addition to increasing their develop their own perspectives in taking and test taking strategies. This reading speed and comprehension, written essays, and design and deliver course will position students to be students will develop the vocabulary, oral and visual presentations, both successful in Honors level and rhetorical analysis, and test-taking individually and as a team. Advanced Placement level skills crucial for SAT success and Ultimately, the course aims to equip coursework. Students will be placed college readiness. This course will in this course using NWEA MAP and position students to be successful in students with the power to analyze PSAT assessment data. Honors level and Advanced and evaluate information with Placement level courses. Students accuracy and precision so they can will be placed in this course using craft and communicate evidence- HONORS READING II NWEA MAP and PSAT assessment based arguments. During the course, Grade 10 Credit 1.0 data. students will complete a team project Honors Reading II is a year-long and an individual paper and course designed for sophomore COLLEGE AND CAREER presentation, as well as take a written students who have shown above end-of-course exam. average reading abilities to continue READING to advance their literacy skills and Grade 12 Credit 1.0 AP RESEARCH improve their ability to learn from College & Career Reading is a year- Grade 11-12 Credit 1.0 increasingly complex, thought- long reading course designed for AP Seminar is a pre-requisite provoking informational texts. senior students who wish to improve for this course Students will be challenged through AP Research allows students to intensive reading, writing, and direct all aspects of their reading deeply explore an academic topic, strategy instruction, and will use performance, including reading problem, or issue of individual relevant media and current events, as comprehension, vocabulary interest. Through this exploration, well as anchor texts, to continue to knowledge, study skills, and reading students design, plan, and conduct a improve their abilities to summarize, rate. Students utilize a wide range of year-long research based identify main idea and cite strong and materials to progress at their own rate investigation to address a research thorough textual evidence to support as they acquire workplace and question. In the AP Research course, analysis of what the text says college-ready reading skills. students further their skills acquired explicitly as well as make inferences in the AP Seminar course by drawn from the text. Students will understanding research methodology; also work to enhance their abilities to employing ethical research practices; identify author’s purpose, bias, and and accessing, analyzing, and source credibility when analyzing AP SEMINAR synthesizing information as they informational text. This course will Grade 10-11 Credit 1.0 address a research question. Students position students to be successful in AP Seminar is a foundational course explore their skill development, Honors level and Advanced that engages students in cross- document their processes, and curate Placement level courses. Students curricular conversations where they the artifacts of the development of will be placed in this course using can explore the complexities of their scholarly work in a portfolio. NWEA MAP and PSAT assessment academic and real-world topics and The course culminates in an academic data. issues by analyzing divergent paper of 4000– 5000 words perspectives. Using an inquiry (accompanied by a performance or HONORS READING III framework, students practice reading exhibition of product where applicable) and a presentation with an Grade 11 Credit 1.0 and analyzing articles, research studies, and foundational, literary, oral defense. At the end of the Honors Reading III is a year-long project, students will submit their and philosophical texts; listening to course designed for juniors who have academic paper and present and and viewing speeches, broadcasts, demonstrated above average reading defend their research findings. There ability and are looking to prepare for and personal accounts; and is no end-ofcourse exam.
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL BILINGUAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
Students who speak a language other than English are eligible to receive services, including ESL classes, Spanish Native Instruction classes, Sheltered classes or a combination, based on their English proficiency levels. Students are assessed in English Language Development using either the state- mandated WIDA Screener upon enrollment or the ACCESS 2.0 online assessment in January/February each year. ESL classes and Sheltered classes provide instruction in English with support. Spanish Native Instruction Bilingual classes are taught in Spanish. The purpose of the Bilingual Program at the high school is to provide students with rigorous instruction in core content areas that is equal to the offerings in general education. Simultaneously, students will build their levels of English proficiency. It is our hope to have students transition out of bilingual services as soon as appropriate. While in the program, students will receive instruction that helps prepare them for their education completely in English. Upon graduation, students will be ready for the next step in their future career endeavors.
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ability to read and write in Spanish. SPANISH LANGUAGE Designed to continue the expansion of ARTS FOR ESL I students’ Spanish literacy, the course Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 includes extensive reading, critical analysis of literature and non-fiction, (English credit) and development of academic This year-long course is for students listening and speaking skills. The placed into ESL I. Prerequisite is the course is aligned to the WIDA ability to read and write in Spanish. standards for Spanish Language Arts. Designed to expand students’ Spanish literacy, the course includes extensive reading, critical analysis of literature and non-fiction, and development of ESL III: WRITING academic listening and speaking skills. The course is aligned to the Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 WIDA standards for Spanish (English credit) Language Arts. This year-long course is for students who are expanding their knowledge of English. Prerequisite is placement into ESL III through screening or teacher ESL II: READING, recommendation or the successful WRITING, SPEAKING, completion of ESL II. Students study vocabulary highly specific to LISTENING AND academic core content, apply reading ESL I: READING, WRITING, GRAMMAR strategies to complex texts, expand critical thinking skills through Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 SPEAKING, LISTENING discussion, and adhere to standard AND GRAMMAR (English credit) writing conventions. The course is This year-long course is for students aligned to the Common Core State Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 ready to further develop their English Standards. (English credit) skills. Prerequisite is placement into This year-long course is for students ESL II through screening or teacher entering the high school with little or recommendation, or the successful no knowledge of English. Prerequisite completion of ESL I. Students study ESL III: READING is placement into ESL I through vocabulary related to academic core Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 language screening. Students learn content, apply reading strategies to beginning reading and speaking skills increasingly complex texts, continue (English credit) through intensive vocabulary to practice critical thinking within This year-long course is for non instruction, the application of reading structured discussion, and begin to Spanish speaking English learners strategies and critical thinking within adhere to standard writing (Transitional program of instruction structured discussion. Writing conventions. The course is aligned to studnets) who are expanding their instruction reinforces critical thinking the Common Core State Standards. knowledge of English through and also targets grammar, mechanics, instruction of basic language skills, sentence structure and paragraph integrating reading, writing, speaking development. The course is aligned to and listening. Prerequisite is the Common Core State Standards. SPANISH LANGUAGE placement into ESL III through ARTS FOR ESL II screening or teacher recommendation or the successful completion of ESL Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 II. The course is aligned to the
(English credit) Common Core State Standards. This year-long course is for students
placed into ESL II. Prerequisite is the
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
East Aurora High School offers special education services to meet the varied needs of its students. The degree of contact by department staff may range from minimal service on a consultation basis to a full instructional program. Students entering at the freshman level who have previously been determined to be eligible under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) will be scheduled at their 8th grade annual review conference before entering the high school. Students currently at the high school are encouraged to attend their annual review conferences and be active participants in the process. Students’ classes are determined for the following year through the IEP process or staff recommendations. Programming and courses offered with the Special Education Department include both academic and life skill classes designed to address the specific goals and objectives of students with disabilities. An IEP (Individual Education Program) is required for enrollment in any special education course.
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COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE COOPERATIVE WORKPLACE TRAINING I WORKPLACE TRAINING II WORKPLACE TRAINING Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 LAB I & II Students study job opportunities and Students study and/or reviews job Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 qualifications, interview techniques, opportunities and qualifications, Students will be able to obtain elective money management, taxes, insurance, interview techniques, money credit for verified employment outside buying goods and services, employer- management, taxes, insurance and school hours. Students’ employers employee relations, and retirement. buying goods and services. work in conjunction with the All students must concurrently be Employer-employee relations and cooperative work program to evaluate enrolled in Cooperative Work retirement are also studied. Students students’ job performance and Training (CWT) Lab I. Students will will be able to employ job-seeking eligibility for elective credit. Students be able to employ job-seeking skills at skills at prospective job sites. Students will be concurrently enrolled in Co-op prospective job sites. Students have have the opportunity to go to a job two Work Training Related I or II. IEP the opportunity to go to a job 2 days a days a week at the high school and get team recommendation is required. week at the high school and get paid paid for their work. Students learn for their work. Students learn about all about appropriate job expectations and kinds of appropriate job expectations how to be a good employee. IEP team and how to be a good employee. IEP recommendation and successful team recommendation required. completion of Cooperative Work Training Related I are required.
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION, DRIVERS EDUCATION & HEALTH DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The Physical Education, Health, and Drivers Education division consists of both mentally and physically challenging academic classes. While Drivers Education and Health are one semester each, the Physical Education curriculum offers ten different classes including Physical Education Leaders Honors I and II. The Physical Education department curriculum offers multiple performance based assessment opportunities while Health and Drivers Education introduce real life situations that enhance lifelong learning skills. The entire division focuses on learning experiences set for skill development and improvement through critique and reflection. An important objective for the division is to improve quality of life of the whole person through Physical Education, Health, and Drivers Education. All three classes are graduation requirements as one class of Health, one class of Drivers Education and six classes of Physical Education are required by the state of Illinois.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION,DRIVERS EDUCATION, & HEALTH
Health and Freshman Physical Education 9
Drivers Education and Sophmore Physical Education or Athletic Conditioning 10
PE Leaders I Honors ONE SEMESTER COURSES:
11 Team Sports Individual Sports Recreational Sports Fitness Athletic Conditioning PE Leaders II Honors 12
DRIVERS EDUCATION MAY REPLACE ONE SEMESTER OF PE STARTING SOPHOMORE YEAR. A STUDENT MAY ALSO TAKE DRIVERS EDUCATION DURING JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR, BUT WOULD NEED TO TAKE A PE CLASS TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS ED SOPHOMORE YEAR.
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Students must pass six (6) semesters of Physical Education, one (1) semester of Health, and one (1) semester of Drivers Education to be eligible to graduate. Students will be enrolled for one semester of health during their freshman year and one semester of driver education their sophomore year, as long as they meet the prerequisites. The remaining semesters, students will be enrolled in physical education classes unless a student is enrolled in band or NJROTC.
If a student is medically waived from physical activity, a doctor’s note listing physical restrictions must be on file in the nurse’s office. This is required to be in compliance with the School Code of Illinois.
East Aurora Board of Education provides for physical education waiver in grades 11 and 12 for the following reasons:
The student has on-going participation in interscholastic athletics at the varsity level. The student provides written evidence from a college, university, or institution of higher education that a specific course is required for admission and the student’s schedule does not allow for the addition of this course. The student lacks course credit in an area of study required for graduation and the student’s schedule does not allow for the addition of this required course.
Students who believe they qualify for a PE waiver should see their counselor to discuss.
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project. Students will also be required hockey, volleyball, soccer, ultimate FRESHMAN PHYSICAL to complete FitnessGram fitness Frisbee, ultimate football, speedball, EDUCATION testing a minimum of two times kickball, bags, table tennis, basketball, Grade: 9 Credit: 0.5 throughout the semester. among other units. One day a week, every week, will be a fitness day with In this introductory course to physical After completing this course, the a focus on cardiovascular education, students will learn the basic students will have the skills necessary development, muscular strength and foundations of fitness and to enter any public gym, privately endurance, and flexibility. This course nutrition. The course will be broken owned fitness club or fitness center may be repeatable for credit. down into four units. In the first unit, and be able to put themselves through students will learn all the fitness a safe and effective workout Students will be required to complete components (5 Health-Related and 6 program. They will also have FitnessGram fitness testing a Skill-Related) and different ways to knowledge on basic nutrition and its minimum of two times throughout the test and practice each. They will also importance and will have the skills semester. study the heart and how to track heart necessary to make lifelong healthy rate during exercise. The second unit eating choices. will consist of learning exercise principles and how to apply them to different exercise programs. During these two units, the students will ATHLETIC simultaneously be learning basic CONDITIONING muscle anatomy and different specific SOPHOMORE PHYSICAL lifts and exercises to work their entire Grade: 10-12 Credit: 0.5 body. They will practice different EDUCATION Athletic Conditioning is a class that is types of exercise programs and will Grade: 10 Credit: 0.5 focused on increasing athletic performance. This will be achieved keep track of the workouts they do in This is an introductory course to through the use of strength training, a personal fitness log. The third unit present the possible offerings students functional training, and injury will have the students studying basic will be able to choose from in their prevention training throughout the nutrition. They will learn how to read junior and senior years. This course semester. Students/student athletes nutrition labels, how to track their will introduce and provide students the will follow a percentage based lifting meals in a food log, how to calculate foundations to a wide variety of sports program that can be tailored to the their BMR, the function of each and activities. The course will specific needs of each athlete. macronutrient and the functions of the emphasize skill development in Example: In season training, out of micronutrients. Students will then specific sports/activities, general season training, and modifications combine the knowledge, skills, and knowledge of rules and strategies of based on training background.. strategies they have acquired through the sport/activity and prepare them for Students will be required to complete the first three units to set a personal competitive game play/ FitnessGram fitness testing a fitness goal and write a plan on how activity. Units include: team building minimum of two times throughout the they will achieve this goal. This plan activities, fitness components, floor will serve as the students’ final semester. Students must be a member of a school sports team, have a recommendation from their head coach and/or PE teacher, and have passed Freshman PE.
JUNIOR/SENIOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION BLOCKS Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 We offer our Juniors and Seniors the ability to choose their own classes upon successful completion of the Freshman and Sophomore PE
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classes. Students can choose from the physical education. Students will play Semester 2 four offered classes (and Athletic more individual life-long Bowling Conditioning if applicable). These sports/activities such as Tennis, Bags courses will build upon the Badminton, Bowling, Table Tennis, Spike Ball Sophomore PE class and emphasize and Bags, among other units. Students Hiking lifelong activities and recreation. No are expected to self-officiate their Tennis matter what a student chooses, they games to demonstrate their knowledge will be active and self-aware of in- of the rules of each game. One day a week, every week, will be a game strategies, rules, and self- fitness day with a focus on officiating. Students will be required cardiovascular development, muscular to complete FitnessGram fitness strength and endurance, and Individual Sport Units Semester 1 flexibility. testing a minimum of two times Tennis throughout the semester. Badminton Students will be required to complete Disc Golf FitnessGram fitness testing a Table Tennis minimum of two times throughout the TEAM SPORTS Bowling semester. This class offers the opportunity for Individual Sport Units Semester 2 students to participate in a variety of Bowling team sports. The students will review Pickleball FITNESS (INDIVIDUAL AND skills and rules through drills and mini Spike Ball GROUP) games to compete in games. Students Tennis will learn in game strategies and Golf This class offers the opportunity to adjustments in order to successfully increase a student's level of fitness in compete in the games. Students are One day a week, every week, will be a various ways. The group fitness unit expected to self-officiate their games fitness day with a focus on offers students an alternate way to get to demonstrate their knowledge of the cardiovascular development, muscular in shape. This unit will include Tae rules of each game. strength and endurance, and Bo, Step Aerobics, Yoga, P90X, flexibility. Hiking, Interval workouts and other Team Sport Units Semester 1 group exercises. The individual unit Soccer Students will be required to complete will offer a more traditional approach Softball FitnessGram fitness testing a to fitness. Students will learn about Flag Football minimum of two times throughout the various muscles of the body and how Team Handball semester. to work them; students will also learn Volleyball how to create a comprehensive personal workout plan. Team Sport Units Semester 2 Basketball RECREATIONAL SPORTS Students will be required to complete Floor Hockey This class will provide an alternative FitnessGram fitness testing a Mat Ball/Kick Ball to the traditional team sports model of minimum of two times throughout the Ultimate Frisbee physical education. Students will play semester. Softball some non-traditional One day a week, every week, will be a games/activities. The students will fitness day with a focus on participate in ultimate Frisbee, spike cardiovascular development, muscular ball, volleyball, bags, and other units strength and endurance, and throughout the semester. Students are flexibility. expected to self-officiate their games to demonstrate their knowledge of the Students will be required to complete rules of each game. PE LEADERS I HONORS FitnessGram fitness testing a Recreational Sport Units Grade: 11 Credit: 1.0 minimum of two times throughout the This is a full year honors level semester. Semester 1 Golf Physical Education class. This class Volleyball can only be taken junior year, but Badminton students that are interested should apply in the spring on their sophomore INDIVIDUAL SPORTS Hiking Bowling year. Throughout the year the class This class will provide an alternative will focus on team building, leadership to the traditional team sports model of Recreational Sport Units characteristics, and developing
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teaching skills. The class will cover strengths and weaknesses. Senior most of the units taught within the PE LEADERS II HONORS Leaders may also be assigned various Physical Education Department, they Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 readings and reflections. may include but are not limited to This is a full year honors level basketball, volleyball, tennis, Physical Education class that can only Students will be required to complete badminton, football, etc. Students will be taken after completing the Junior FitnessGram fitness testing a be required to teach a unit to the class Leaders course. Senior Leaders will minimum of two times throughout the as a member of a group. After the year work with several Physical Education semester. Junior Leaders can become Senior teachers within East Aurora. As a Leaders as long as they pass the course Senior Leader, students will assist and demonstrate responsibility. teachers by taking attendance, equipment set up/ take down, class Students will be required to complete demonstrations, and serve as positive FitnessGram fitness testing a class leader. Weekly self-evaluations minimum of two times throughout the will be completed by Senior Leaders semester. to show their reflection on their In order to qualify to become a PE leader, students must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher, three teacher recommendations: 2 PE and 1 other department, and submit a written request for admission.
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$100.00 is charged for the behind the completing the classroom portion. HEALTH wheel phase. An additional $20.00 fee Only students that complete both Grade: 9 Credit: 0.5 is required to be paid to the Secretary phases; classroom & behind-the- *Graduation Requirement* of State for the Learner’s wheel are eligible to apply for a Permit. Students enrolled in Driver Driver’s License before age 18. This course is designed to address the Education cannot have any current Physical, Mental/Emotional, and driving violations or court dates Social aspects of health. Emphasis is regarding driving issues. Credit will placed on prevention, maintenance be granted after successfully and improvement through self- responsibility and decision making in areas of: achieving wellness, nutritional eating and exercising toward a healthy lifestyle, building healthy relationships, understanding and preventing disease, drug use and abuse, environmental influences, first aid and CPR, and making healthy choices. Many different styles of teaching are used to address the learning needs of students.
DRIVERS EDUCATION Grade: 10-12 Credit: 0.5 *Graduation Requirement* Sophomore academic status, 16 years of age by the end of the semester enrolled in Driver Education, and must have passed 8 courses the 2 semesters prior to enrolling in Driver Education. Driver Education is a three phase program that includes classroom, simulation, and behind the wheel. Through these phases students will learn all aspects of responsible driving including the Rules of the Road, vehicle operation, and general road safety. The classroom portion is required for graduation. A lab fee of
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The Career and Technical Education Department believes that education is a process of life-long learning for all students and is a rapidly changing school curriculum of hands-on learning activities. The Department’s courses and curriculum provide students with learning and activities focused on the following areas: engineering, manufacturing, auto mechanics, electronics, welding, computer science, coding and multimedia design, culinary arts, health occupations, and child development.
A variety of one semester orientation courses that follow the outcomes per the Illinois Plan are open for students to explore, followed by many year-long courses where students will gain specific skills. Several courses in the department offer dual credit options or industry certifications.
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CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION : ENGINEERING & ELECTRONICS
Introduction to Introduction to Introduction to Technical Drafting Manufacturing Electronics
(One semester course) (One semester course) (One semester course)
Computer Aided Engineering Advanced Electronics & Computer Repair Drafting
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INTRODUCTION TO INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER AIDED TECHNICAL DRAFTING MANUFACTURING DRAFTING Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 Grade: 10-12 Credits: 1.0 Articulated credit with This course provides an overview of Articulated credit with Waubonsee Community manufacturing systems and processes. Waubonsee Community Students will be exposed to a variety College of manufacturing concepts including College This course introduces students to controlling production, resource This course is designed for drafting fundamentals. The course planning, value chain management engineering students and architectural covers drafting equipment usage, and professional roles in students using the computer. Auto materials, an introduction to CADD manufacturing. Students will explore CAD software will be used. Students (Computer-Aided Drafting and career paths in the manufacturing will learn to create, store, edit, and plot Design), and techniques used as a environment and discuss the impact of drawings. They will also learn to set means of technical communication. manufacturing on Illinois, national up prototype drawings, create symbol Drafting techniques are studied and and global economies and the libraries, bills of materials, develop drawings are made with emphasis on environment. This course has a $10 customized screens, and generate 3D description through multi-view, lab fee. models. Advanced work is completed pictorial, architectural, and CADD in the areas of exploded views, drawings. The course will also focus shading, perspective, intersections, on product design process and product developments, and detail and design cycle. This course has a $10 ENGINEERING assembly drawings. Students must lab fee. have demonstrated proficiency in Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 Technical Drafting. Articulated credit with Waubonsee Community ADVANCED INTRODUCTION TO College ELECTRONICS & ELECTRONICS This course covers general COMPUTER REPAIR Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 architectural techniques, construction This course is designed to acquaint the methods, home styles, architectural Grade: 10-12 Credits: 1.0 student with the fundamental theory drawings, assembly drawings, and This course is designed to acquaint the behind direct and alternating current sheet metal layout. The course will student with fundamentals of electricity, common electronic also focus on the design process using electronic communication, amplitude equipment, and electric circuits. The traditional and CADD techniques to modulation, frequency modulation, course consists of laboratory practice, produce a set of residential drawings. receivers, and transmitters, electrical/electronic systems, repair discussion, and experiments. Simple DC and AC electrical components, and maintenance and analysis of motors, generators, inductors, and AC/DC circuits, solid state devices, capacitors will be studied and analog, and digital circuits and manipulated to show effects of circuit microprocessors. Students are introduced to solid-state circuitry and variables. Each student will be required to construct a simple solid-state electronics through electrical device. This course has a laboratory practice, discussion, and $10 lab fee. experiments. Students must have demonstrated proficiency in Introduction to Electronics. This course has a $20 lab fee.
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CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION :DIGITAL MEDIA
Computer Coding and Design Technology Webpage Design
(One Semester Course)
Animation & Game Development Multimedia (One Semester Course)
(One Semester Course)
Media Arts Design & Development
(One Semester Course)
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planning and creating a meaningful, WEB PAGE DESIGN GAME DEVELOPMENT authentic final project such as an Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 informational or instructional tutorial, This course is an introductory This course introduces students to a dynamic simulation, or an engaging experience in website design using fundamental principles of game multimedia activity. Students must project based coursework. Students design and 2D computer animation have demonstrated proficiency in will develop the technical and creative using software that allows for Computer Coding and Design skills needed to plan, create, and interactivity through web browsers Technology. publish interactive web pages. and mobile platforms. Students will Instruction will include the creation learn vector imaging and animation MEDIA ARTS DESIGN & and manipulation of text, graphics, techniques to design and develop animations, and interactive content characters, props, levels, and user TECHNOLOGY through the use of HTML, CSS, interface. Object-oriented Grade: 10-12 Credits: 0.5 JavaScript, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, programming will be introduced This capstone course is an intensive and Flash. through a user-friendly block- course that allows students the snapping interface to develop game opportunity to create portfolio logic and build interactive material in their particular area of environments. Students will develop a specialization (audio/video design, 2D game from conception to web development, game development, completion ready for release on iOS, or graphic design/print media). Upon COMPUTER CODING AND Android, or the World Wide Web. submission and approval of a project, DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Students must have demonstrated students will research, plan, design, proficiency in Computer Coding and Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 and produce or publish original work Design Technology. that includes advanced techniques This course introduces students to two outside of or beyond the scope of areas: computer coding and design current course offerings. Students technology. Computer Coding will collaborate with fellow students as allow students to learn fundamental ANIMATION AND well as industry professionals to create computer science concepts by creating the finished product. This course programs to solve problems, interact MULTIMEDIA requires students to create their own with users, perform complicated Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 deadlines and communicate progress. calculations, and control robots. This course introduces students to The end result of the class will be at Design Technology will expose Flash software, a web animation least two original works: one to be students to a variety of problem authoring tool. It will allow students entered in a student competition and solving design concepts in a variety of to experience developing web-based one for a community client. Students technological areas. The overall multimedia materials that contain must have demonstrated proficiency focus of the course is to design and sound, graphic, animation, and in Computer Coding and Design create original projects. interactive components. Students will Technology, Game Development, and also be involved in examining and Animation and Multimedia. evaluating existing projects, gaining hands-on experience through a series of practical skills-building tasks, and
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CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION :CONSTRUCTION, TRADES & AUTOS
Introduction to Introduction to Home Woods Repair Construction Introduction to Autos & Trades Introduction to Welding Technology I (One Semester Course) (One Semester Course) (One Semester Course)
Construction & Woods I Autos Mechanics Introduction to Building Trades I Occupations I Welding Technology II
Woods II Construction & Autos Mechanics Building Trades II Occupations II (One Semester Course)
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INTRODUCTION TO AUTOS Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 This course is designed for students to gain basic knowledge and skills to maintain automobiles. This course covers the following areas in automotive maintenance: engine tune- up, lubrication maintenance, electrical maintenance, tires and wheels, drive train maintenance, and seasonal maintenance procedures. Students must be 16 or older. This course has a $10 lab fee.
AUTO MECHANICS OCCUPATIONS I Grade: 10-12 Credits: 2.0 The class will meet 2 hours each day, and students will earn 1 credit per semester. First semester will cover the basic cooling system, brakes, and electronics. Second semester students will cover starting and charging systems, batteries and tune-ups. Career options, employability and job seeking skills, desired work habits and vocational ethics will be stressed.
Students must have demonstrated INTRODUCTION TO proficiency in Introduction to Autos. This course has a $20 lab fee. WOODS WOODS I: JOINERY & Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 CONSTRUCTION This course is designed to emphasize Grade: 10-12 Credits: 1.0 activites in planning, design and AUTO MECHANICS construction as applied to common In this course students will learn the basic fundamentals of each OCCUPATIONS II forms of woodworking. Accuracy, neatness, sound work habits, and construction area by using a text, hand Grade: 10-12 Credits: 2.0 safety are stressed and form an tools and machine tools. Students will Dual or Articulated Credit important part of the evaluation display the safe operation of hand tools and power tools used in the with Waubonsee CC criteria. Students acquire knowledge manufacturing industry while The class will meet 2 hours each day, and skills through deomonstration, educational media and practice completing various projects. A study and students will earn 1 credit per of wood products, furniture design, semester. This course will cover the projects. Proper and safe use of tools, abrasives, adhesives, fasteners, and, fasteners, wood joints, and finishing latest technologies and equipment and processes will be covered. Safety, provide students with a real work finishes is a part of the curriculum. This class is designed to allow career opportunities, job skills, environment. Topics covered are acceptable work habits, personal computerized tune-up, balancing, students to become familiar with materials and processes used in relationships, and entrepreneurship antifreeze machines, alignments, fuel will be stressed. Students must have injection, auto electronics, and air wooworking. Students will learn the proper and safe operation of hand tools demonstrated proficiency in conditioning servicing. This course Introduction to Woods. This course has a $20 lab fee. and some machines through required projects. This course has a $10 lab has a $20 lab fee. fee..
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Tools: the student will be required to WOODS II: CABINET INTRODUCTION TO provide a hammer, tape, tool belt, MAKING AND HOME REPAIR, work boots, utility knife, and other REPURPOSING CONSTRUCTION, AND tools. Students will be transported to construction site. Students must gain Grade: 11-12 Credits: 0.5 TRADES the consent of the Department Chair in This course is designed to have Grade: 9-12 Credits: 0.5 order to enroll in these courses. students learn at a higher level of This course is designed to develop woodworking by applying the skills skills with hand tools and power INTRO WELDING they have learned to that of custom equipment that are used at home and cabinet making and repurposing TECHNOLOGY I & II by the construction industry. projects. Students will purchase, Activities in the following areas will Grade: 10-12 Credits: 0.5 or 1 design and build a cabinet piece. be done in the classroom: carpentry, Dual Credit with Waubonsee Students will have the ability to be plumbing, telephone/cable, electrical, creative by using the aligned skills to Community College painting and decorating, building maintain, refinish or repurpose items This course includes the following trades’ math, building materials and that require the use of the same areas of welding: gas mig, tig, and maintenance, and repair of the tools application skills. The students will safety. Students use basic hand tools and equipment. Students will rotate learn through hands-on-experience the and welding equipment. Students will through various modules. This course purchasing, budgeting, profit margins, develop employability skills such as has a $10 lab fee. bid specs, project timelines, marketing safety practices, shop habits, and and woodworking/home repair skills positive working relationships. They used for new and/or repurposed will explore career requirements and options for a working skill. Spring cabinetry projects. The course will CONSTRUCTION & expand their horizons on the semester students will learn basic arc complexity, creativity and skills used BUILDING TRADES I & II and oxyacetylene welding involving identification, uses, physical product a product from scratch with Grade: 10-12 Credits: 2.0 properties of metal, and methods of purposeful and useful products. This 2 hour course will consist of on- Students must have demonstrated fabrication. This course is taught by a site construction and/or rehab of a WCC instructor. Students may take proficiency in Woods I. This course house. You will participate in all has a $10 lab fee. Welding II without completing phases of carpentry, wiring, plumbing, Welding I. Students must be 16 years concrete work, heating, and other old. aspects of house construction and/or rehab. Students must have their own medical insurance or purchase a school insurance plan. Required
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CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION :CHILD DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AND CULINARY ARTS
Family & Child Introduction to Culinary Arts I Development Health Occupations (One Semester Course)
Early Childhood Culinary Arts II Occupations I Health Occupations Clinical (One Semester Course) CNA
Early Childhood Culinary Arts III Occupations II (One Semester Course)
Introduction to Culinary Restaurant Culinary Restaurant Teaching Management I Management II
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that activity. Employability skills education. The second semester will FAMILY & CHILD relating to appropriate work include clinical experiences. Students DEVELOPMENT behavior, maintaining a safe and will be matched with a Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 healthy environment, and maintaining teacher/classroom to complete a business-like image are included. observations and some teaching. The This course explores the world of the student will leave the class with the developing child and the family knowledge on curriculum planning; dynamics. Students will examine the planning and implementing lesson physical, emotional, intellectual, EARLY CHILDHOOD plans, an understanding of the social and moral development of importance of literature and reading to children and the role of the family in OCCUPATIONS II children, an appreciation for student their development. Topics of study Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 diversity including learning styles, include overall development, current cross curriculum, classroom issues affecting children and families, Articulated with management, and the history of guidance, and planning stimulating Waubonsee Community education. Students will de activities for all ages. College This course continues the learning personal plan for achieving their
begun in Early Childhood career goals and begin their Occupations. The emphasis is on professional portfolio. Counselor EARLY CHILDHOOD caring for preschoolers, elementary recommendation is required. OCCUPATIONS I school students and special needs children. Specific areas of learning Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 include career opportunities, Articulated credit with communication skills, human INTRODUCTION TO Waubonsee Community relations, administration, and HEALTH OCCUPATIONS College community resources. The major learning experiences involve actual Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 This course is designed to provide work with children in facilities that This course will be an introduction to students interested in a career in simulate those found in industry, and the field of health care occupations early childhood occupations with discussion of the learning and with emphasis on the individual and i n formation and practical problems that arise from that activity. job qualifications for numerous health experiences needed for the Employability skills such as adapting care professions. Topics to be development of job-related to change, performing mathematical discussed will include personal competencies. Students are provided skills, working, and communicating characteristics of health care laboratory experiences in a school- with others are included. Students will professionals, the skills needed in based facility. Students will be have the opportunity to begin a math, science, and communications expected to develop appropriate skills professional portfolio. Students must to be a success in various health in program development and in have demonstrated proficiency in occupations, and the health needs of assisting with children's activities. Early Childhood Occupations I. all people throughout their life cycle. Classroom study is concerned with the Lab experiences related to the many philosophy and management of aspects of health occupations will be childcare centers and the state and INTRODUCTION TO explored. local regulations governing care- TEACHING giving operations. The main learning experiences will involve actual work Grade: 10-12 Credits: 1.0 Dual Credit with Waubonsee with children in situations that HEALTH OCCUPATIONS simulate those found in business and Community College industry, as well as preparation for This course is open to any student who CLINICAL-CNA (2 PERIOD is thinking about education as a CLASS) profession. Students will have the Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 opportunity to shadow a certified teacher in an elementary, middle, or Dual Credit with high school. The first semester covers Waubonsee Community the foundations of teaching, including College why we teach, how schools are run and This course, approved by the Illinois how policy is determined, what makes Department of Public Health, is an effective teacher, standards and designed to prepare persons to lesson planning, and current issues in function in the role of nurse assistant
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in a variety of health care settings. Content includes basic nursing procedures, food service, body mechanics, safety measures, special treatments, communication skills, and care of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Clinical experiences are provided in long-term care facilities. CNA certification is available through the American Association of Medical Assistants for students who successfully complete the association's examination and satisfy the educational and/or experience requirements; however, no license is required to work. Students hospitality career and/or interested in control, culinary math, food will need the following: a ride to the healthy eating for themselves and preparation, culinary terminology and Rush Copley facility, $150-$175 to be others. Students must have restaurant/catering events. This course applied towards the cost of the drug demonstrated proficiency in Culinary will help prepare students, who upon test, TB test, personal equipment and Arts I. A food handler certification is completing the requirements of the course manual. Students must provide obtainable with this course. This Prostart program, earn the restaurant evidence of a 2-step test for course has a $25 lab fee. industry-recognized certificate - the tuberculosis (TB) prior to the first Prostart National Certificate of clinical day. Students must have CULINARY ARTS III Achievement. Students must have demonstrated proficiency in demonstrated proficiency in Culinary Introduction to Health Occupations. Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 Arts I & II. This course has a $50 lab This lab-based course includes more fee. challenging food preparation techniques, while also exploring U.S. CULINARY RESTAURANT CULINARY ARTS I regional cuisine and global perspectives of international cuisine. MANAGEMENT II Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 An internet research project is Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 This is a lab-based course in which required in this course. Emphasis is Articulated credit with Joliet students enhance food preparation put on nutritional needs, special diets, skills while preparing nutritious, cost American heritage, International Junior College & Elgin effective and appealing foods that cuisine and garnishing. Students are Community Colleges with a meet a variety of individual dietary involved in challenge-based learning needs. Students demonstrate safety, grade of a B. competitions and develop innovative This year-long honors course sanitation and environmentally food products. Students must have conscious methods of handling, provides students with hands-on demonstrated proficiency in Culinary experience in food preparation and storing and preparing foods while Arts II. A food handler certification is maintaining responsible lab usage and managerial tasks. Areas of obtainable with this course. This concentration include breakfast foods, team collaboration while preparing course has a $25 lab fee. foods within the lab. A food handler marketing, meat and poultry, baked certification is obtainable with this goods and garnishing. In addition, the course. This course has a $25 lab fee. course includes restaurant and catering CULINARY RESTAURANT events which incorporate cost control MANAGEMENT I strategies. This course will help CULINARY ARTS II prepare students, who upon Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 completing the requirements of the This lab-based course will expand on Articulated credit with Prostart program, earn the restaurant the basic Culinary Arts I skills Elgin Community Colleges industry-recognized certificate - the emphasizing time management, Prostart National Certificate of with a grade of a B. consumer awareness, and application Achievement. Students must have This year-long honors course of basic culinary principles. Areas of demonstrated proficiency in Culinary provides students with hands-on study include proteins, grains, quick Restaurant Management I. This course experience in the preparation of food breads, yeast bread and bakery has a $50 lab fee. service and managerial tasks. Areas of products. This is a good choice for concentration include safety, students interested in a foods or sanitation, cost control, inventory
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FOX VALLEY CAREER CENTER 2019-2020
East Aurora High School is pleased to have a partnership with Fox Valley Career Center that allows students currently enrolled in high school to take courses at the Career Center. Juniors and Seniors are eligible to enroll in classes offered by the Fox Valley Career Center. All students who choose to enroll in these classes must use the bus transportation provided by the district to travel from the high school to the FVCC. Students will need to set aside two periods of their school day in order to enroll in these courses. The second year of coursework may include internships, on-the-job training and work-based experience. Students can receive articulated credit through Waubonsee Community college or Elgin Community College, or college credit from Waubonsee Community College for course work taken at Fox Valley Career Center if they meet the established guidelines. Students are exposed to postsecondary opportunities and can explore the various career advantages with the instructor.
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firefighter capabilities. Drills combine indicated by the instructor. The law FIRE SCIENCE I students from Fire Science I, Fire requires all persons involved in patient Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.25 Science II and the EMT program to care at any health agency to have a 2- Dual Credit with simulate real life emergency scene step tuberculin skin test, proof of situations.. vaccinations for MMR (mumps, Waubonsee Community measles, and rubella), hepatitis B and College EMERGENCY MEDICAL flu vaccine. The students must also All first-year students (whether junior pass a drug screen and criminal or senior) follow the complete OSFM TECHNICIAN background check.. Basic Operations Firefighter Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.25 curriculum which will include the Pre-requisite: B or better in cognitive and psychomotor components to Basic Operations Biology or consent of CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LAW Firefighter, Hazardous Materials instructor ENFORCEMENT Awareness and Operations, Fire Articulated Credit with Service Vehicle Operator, Technical Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.25 Waubonsee Community Rescue Awareness, Basic First Aid, Articulated Credit with Elgin AHA CPR and AED, and NIMS 100 College Community College and 700. The only exception is that FVCC requirements: drug screen, TB students will not engage in live interior test, background check. The Criminal background check structural firefighting activities due to Emergency Medical Technician may be required age and liability aspects as (EMT) education program will Programs in Law recommended by OSFM. As students’ prepare students to become Enforcement/Criminal Justice are progress through graduated skill competent, entry-level EMTs in order designed to prepare people for careers evolution, drills are added with to serve in volunteer and/or in federal, state, and local law increasing complexity to challenge professional career positions in the enforcement agencies, in correctional and evaluate firefighter capabilities. State of Illinois and area communities. agencies and institutions, and in Drills combine students from Fire EMT program fulfills the prescribed private security agencies. Students Science I, Fire Science II and the EMT requirements by Illinois Department will be introduced to the criminal program to simulate real life of Public Health (IDPH) and prepares justice system, the local, state and emergency scene situations., students to practice the art and science federal agencies and their jurisdiction of pre-hospital medicine in responsibilities. Communication FIRE SCIENCE II conjunction with medical direction. skills, observation, reporting, and The goal is to prevent and reduce record keeping as they pertain to law Grade: 12 Credit: 1.25 mortality and morbidity due to illness enforcement will be studied. Students Pre-requisite of Fire Science and injury. An EMT primarily will also be introduced to patrolling I provides care to emergency patients in and field operations. Students will be a pre-hospital setting and serves as a Dual Credit with involved in interviewing techniques, vital member of the health care team. preliminary investigations, police Waubonsee Community This program is available to students security, pursuit and arrest. Students College who plan to go into the health care of will be introduced to additional Second year students follow OSFM fire science fields, or another area of training for people already involved in Advanced Technician Firefighter emergency medical services. Upon law enforcement administration, Curriculum including the cognitive completion of EMT, the student is correctional administration, forensic and psychomotor components relevant prepared to take the EMT State Exam science, and security management. to a journeyman firefighter as outlined which allows for certification from the Students study the roles and activities by NFPA 1001. In addition, students IDPH. Special Requirements: All of people with regard to maintaining will receive complete training toward students must purchase a FVCC law and order, providing services, OSFM certification in Vehicle uniform top, pants, ID badge, protecting lives and property, and Machinery Operations (vehicular stethoscope, watch with second hand, conduction administration, planning, extrication), Fire Apparatus Engineer and textbook. In addition, students and research. Students may participate (Pump Operator), and NIMS 200. must complete and pass an American in off-campus activities such as Students will engage in live simulated Heart Association health care provider demonstrations and tours. Dual Credit activities. As students’ progress CPR class. As part of the EMT class, Criminal Justice Program. through graduated skill evolution, students will complete a minimum of drills are added with increasing twenty (20) hours of emergency room complexity to challenge and evaluate clinical in the prescribed time
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The Business Education Department consists of elective courses, such as Intro to Business and Accounting, as well as Consumer Education, which is a graduation requirement. Additionally, there are sections of Honors Consumer Education available for students to take. Coursework typically begins with foundations for a first time Business student. In Business classes, students learn to work with computers, understand finances, and gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. All Business courses take place in computer labs, so students have access to technology every day. Several Business courses have articulated credit available through Waubonsee Community College or industry credentials available.
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BUSINESS
Computer Introduction to Introduction to Applications I Business Marketing
(One Semester Course) (One Semester Course) (One Semester Course)
Computer Small Business Applications II Ownership Marketing Education
(One Semester Course) (One Semester Course)
Accounting I
Consumer Education (Regular, Honors)
(One Semester Course)
Accounting II
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eligible to earn industry certification procedures. Specialized journal COMPUTER through this course. systems, uncollected accounting, APPLICATIONS I depreciation, payroll, taxes, and
Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 financial statement analysis are also emphasized in this course. Articulated Credit with INTRODUCTION TO Waubonsee Community BUSINESS College Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 This course is designed to encourage CONSUMER EDUCATION This course is designed to introduce student to develop technology and Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 problem solving skills essential in students to the world of business in the This course fulfills the graduation today’s workforce. In this course, 21st century. In this course, student requirement for Consumer Education students will complete activities and will learn about the principles of as established by the State of Illinois. projects in Microsoft Word, Excel, business as well as accounting, It is designed to acquaint students with and PowerPoint. In addition, students entrepreneurship, management, the economic knowledge and will develop their creativity and marketing, new technologies and decision-making skills they will need design and page layout skills will be career and business. Additionally, to make rational decisions as informed challenged as they receive hands-on students will learn to communicate in citizens, responsible consumers, and experience in applying desktop and a professional voice, both written and productive workers. Students will be publishing skills to a real world oral. This course provides the able to incorporate consumer business. This course prepares foundation for developing concepts, economics into their daily decisions. students for Computer Applications II attitudes and philosophies about In the sections of this course that are Students may be eligible to earn business operations. designated for English Learners, industry certification through this material, instruction and assessment course. . are modified to meet those students' ACCOUNTING I needs. Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 COMPUTER This course is designed for students APPLICATIONS II that intend to major in Business at the CONSUMER EDUCATION college level. The first semester Grade: 10-12 Credit: 0.5 emphasizes basic accounting theory HONORS Dual Credit with and its application to business Grade: 11-12 Credit: 0.5 Waubonsee Community operations. Emphasis is also placed This course fulfills the graduation College on journalizing, posting, and financial requirement for Consumer Education reporting. During the second This course is designed to encourage as established by the State of Illinois. semester, students will be asked to students to follow up with their It is designed to inform students of the work through a more detailed beginning knowledge of technology potential fluctuations in an economy implementation of instruction dealing and problem solving skills necessary and the influence fiscal and monetary with special situations involving sales, in today’s workforce. Students will policies have on an economy. purchases, and accruals. A workbook use advanced computer applications in Students will use math skills to must be purchased each semester. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint express and understand economic This course prepares students for and Publisher. Students will create concepts as well as developing critical Accounting II. flyers, newsletters, graphs, charts, and thinking skills that will help them understand world events and manage databases while gaining vital computer experience. This participate as global citizens. introductory computer course emphasizes technology literacy for the ACCOUNTING II purposes of enhancing business Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 decision making, providing business This course is designed for students INTRODUCTION TO intelligence, and improving that intend to major in Accounting or organizational efficiency and other areas of Business at the college MARKETING effectiveness. Students will find the level. The course begins with a brief Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 course topics and skills learned useful review of Accounting I, but the main This course is designed to provide in their current and future academic emphasis of the course is on students with a foundation about and business careers. Students may be partnership and corporate accounting marketing and an understanding as to
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how it works in our current economic companies develop and market their This course is designed to provide system. The course will focus on the products and services. The course is students with the opportunity to see study of a product as it goes from divided into five major areas of study: what it is like to be their own boss. manufacturer to retailer and is finally pre-employment skills, human Students will be provided with a purchased by a consumer. Students relations in retailing, communications working background on the skills and will also be asked to complete a unit in retailing, basic marketing principles knowledge necessary to own and on sports marketing. This course is and concepts, and careers in retailing. operate their own small business, such recommended for students that plan to Each student joins the Marketing as start-up costs, product take further Marketing courses and Education and DECA is asked to management, and taxes. Students will plan to enroll in the DECA program participate in many club activities examine the environment of small and Marketing Education. throughout the year. Students will be business ownership, the procedures concurrently enrolled in Marketing and skills necessary to open a small Education Lab. business, and the policies and practices of a successful small business operation. Students will experience a hands-on approach to MARKETING EDUCATION SMALL BUSINESS small business ownership. Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 OWNERSHIP This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge of how Grade: 10-12 Credit: 0.5
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The Fine Arts Department consists of courses in both vocal and instrumental music, visual art, and theater. Within each discipline, both regular and honors courses are available, where coursework typically begins with foundations for the novice learner. As capstones, AP courses are offered in both music and art. The curriculum encompasses multiple performance based assessment opportunities, many of which are real-world and presented to the public. Learning experiences focus on skill development, honing of craft, reflection on production, and critique. Students interact with artistic material of high and enduring quality in preparation for post-secondary arts education. Most courses fill elective credit, and many can be repeated as desired. Instrumental music courses taken with the Marching Band option also fulfill the PE graduation requirement.
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FINE ARTS: VISUAL ARTS
Art & Design
2D Art I 3D Art I Ceramics I Digital Photography I
2D Art II 3D Art II Digital Photography II 2D Art II Honors Ceramics II
AP 2D Art and Design AP 3D Art and Design
AP Art History
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ART & DESIGN 2-DIMENSIONAL ART II Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 HONORS 3-DIMENSIONAL ART II This one year course is for anyone Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 who would like to investigate the This is an advanced course in drawing This course is designed for students discipline of visual arts. Students will and painting where student skills are who have successfully completed 3D gain a strong foundation of the refined and concepts are developed Art I. This is an advanced course in elements of art and principles of where the emphasis will be on sculpture where student skills are design. A variety of media, individual studies in the development refined and concepts are developed. techniques, concepts, and materials of portfolio, exhibition, and Students will have the opportunity to will be explored. Major focus areas competition. Students will also be continue work to refine relief and include linear perspective, still life, mastering an understanding of the stand-alone skills in several mediums, value & shape, color, and abstraction. critique process more formally including wood, metal, and/or stone. This class serves as preparation for all through oral and written format. This Students will also be demonstrating an higher level art classes. is a class for students interested in understanding of the critique process informally through oral and written producing an art portfolio in preparation for 2D AP Studio Art. format. This is a class for students 2-DIMENSIONAL ART I interested in producing an art portfolio in preparation for 3D AP Studio. Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 The concentration of this course is to AP 2-D ART AND DESIGN expand the student’s understanding of Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 AP 3-D ART AND DESIGN composition through the fundamentals This is an Advanced Placement art of drawing. Assignments will develop course for students who have Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 and reinforce the students’ knowledge completed 2D Art II. The focus of the The AP Studio Art 3D Design course of the elements and principles of course is on the development of is for students who are self-disciplined design as they directly apply to two- original, conceptual artwork and and highly motivated to develop dimensional art previously learned in unique artistic style. Ethics and artistic mastery in their 3D artwork. This Art & Design. Methods and integrity are explored and emphasized. course will develop their conceptual techniques of drawing and painting Students are required to produce a skill, compositional skills, and their will be explored through a variety of specific amount of quality artwork that execution of ideas. Students are media, from black & white to color. reflects the first year of college level required to produce a specific amount Formal critique will be introduced and standards and shows a sustained of quality artwork that reflects the first expanded upon throughout the year. investigation and range of approaches. year of college level standards and Students in this course are expected to shows a sustained investigation and range of approaches. Students in this produce an AP Studio Portfolio for submission to the AP College Board, course are expected to produce an AP 2-DIMENSIONAL ART II which could possibly result in college Studio Portfolio for submission to the credit. Additional cost of supplies will AP College Board, which could Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 possibly result in college credit. This is an advanced course in drawing be based on student media choice and need. Additional cost of supplies will be and painting in which student skills, based on student choice and need. primarily in drawing and/or painting, are refined and concepts are developed. Students will also be 3-DIMENSIONAL ART I CERAMICS I demonstrating an understanding of the Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 critique process informally through This course is intended for students Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 oral and written format. This is a class who have successfully completed Art This year-long course is offered to for students considering producing an & Design and want to concentrate on students without previous art art portfolio in preparation for 2D AP 3D designs. Students will reinforce experience who are interested in Studio Art. and develop their understanding of the ceramics. The emphasis of this class will be to explore the art medium of elements and principles of design. Sculptures will be concentrated in the ceramics and clay where students will areas of relief and stand-alone where be exposed to hands-on construction and the student will use a variety of media a variety of decorating, glazing, and while learning different methods and firing techniques and will produce a techniques. number of creative pieces of stoneware. Students will study different methods
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and techniques of construction, stoneware. They will be using clay as manipulation, color correction, functional and non-functional art a more sculptural form and continue to exposure compensation, etc.) using forms. Along with this exploration, be exposed to the history and artists in Adobe computer applications. students will be exposed to the history this medium. This course has a $10 and artists in this medium This course lab fee. has a $10 ;lab fee/ DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY . II
Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 CERAMICS II DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY I Digital Photography II is designed to Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 refine students’ photographic skill and This is a year-long, hands-on course Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 aesthetic judgement, building on skills offered to students who have Digital Photography I is a beginning from Digital Photography I. There will completed Ceramics I. The emphasis level photography course that will be more in-depth skill instruction in of this class will be to explore in more provide students with thorough composition and post-processing detail the art medium of ceramics, working knowledge of the aesthetic techniques (photo manipulation, color clay. Students will study different and technical principles of digital correction, exposure compensation, methods and techniques of photography. Students will learn etc.) using Adobe computer construction, both additive and DSLR camera handling and basic applications. This course will also subtractive, and carving, that they operational skills. The course explores allow students to expand photographic learned in Beginning Ceramics on a composition, creativity, and competency and build a greater deeper level and will produce a aesthetics, as well as post-processing understanding of advanced digital number of creative pieces of techniques (digital photo camera functions. Students will complete portfolio projects in a concentration area of their choice.
AP ART HISTORY Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 Advanced Placement Art History is a college level course that studies art from across cultures and across time, from 8000 B.C.E to the present. This course involves intensive study in how art has impacted society and world history, answering the central questions: What is art and how is it made? Why and how does art change? How do we describe our thinking about art? Students will develop speaking and writing skills that allow them to articulate an artwork's meaning, its maker's methodology, and the ways it reflects and affects its historical and cultural context.
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Fine Arts: Instrumental Music
Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Winds, Wind Symphony, and Wind Ensemble Honors are Co- Curricular Courses, meaning, there are rehearsals and performances that will take place outside of the traditional school day. These band perform at no fewer than three to five formal concerts during the school year. Students in these bands are also a part of the Marching Band. All extra rehearsals and performances associated with Marching Band are required. This includes, but is not limited to, summer marching band camp, evening and Saturday marching band rehearsals, home football games, home men’s and women’s basketball games, and community parades and events. All extra practices and performances are required as part of this class. It is the individual responsibility of each band member to have his/her schedules free and clear of any and all conflicts that may arise concerning band performances and rehearsals. This includes informing all coaches and/or employers who may also be involved. Any student using an instrument owned by School District 131 will be required to pay a rental fee. Any student using a marching band uniform will be required to pay a cleaning fee. These courses in the Band sequence can be repeated for credit.
Symphonic Band, Symphonic Winds, Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble Honors, and Percussion Techniques also have Non-PE credit options. These courses are designed for the high school musician who does not want to participate in the Marching and Pep Band. These courses will not satisfy the PE requirement to graduate high school. These courses are still Co-Curricular Courses, meaning there are rehearsals and performances that will take place outside of the traditional school day. These bands perform at no fewer than three formal concerts during the school year and has 6 to 10 after school rehearsals to combine the wind players with the percussion class.
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FINE ARTS : INSTRUMENTAL & CHORAL MUSIC
Beginning Band Concert Band Mixed Chorus I
Symphonic Band (PE or Non-PE)
Mixed Chorus II
Symphonic Winds (PE or Non-PE) Advanced Mixed
Chorus ( SA or TB)
Wind Symphony (PE or Non-PE) Honors Vocal Ensemble
Wind Ensemble Honors (PE or Non-PE)
OTHER DEPARTMENTAL COURSES MAY BE TAKEN OUT OF SEQUENCE
Guitar I (One Semester Course) AP Music Theory Percussion Guitar II Techniques (One Semester Course) (PE or Non-PE)
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them be successful musicians concepts, tone development, balance CONCERT BAND throughout high school. This band will and blend, advanced articulation Grade: 9 Credit: 1.0 perform music at a grade level of 2.5 concepts, making emotional All incoming freshmen with middle to 3.5 on a 5 point scale. This course connections to the music, and analysis school band experience will continue has a $10 lab fee. of self, ensemble, and others. Students to work on developing their skills in will continue to develop Concert Band. Students will be comprehensive musicianship skills. exposed to beginning and intermediate This band will perform music at a rhythm concepts, developing their SYMPHONIC WINDS grade level of 3.5 to 4.5 on a 5 point range, articulation fundamentals, SYMPHONIC WINDS, scale. making emotional connections to the music, and analysis of self, ensemble, NON-PE and others. Students will develop their Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 abilities to be a successful musician Symphonic Winds is a course WIND ENSEMBLE for the rest of high school and beyond. designed for the developing high HONORS This band will perform music at a school musician. Students will be WIND ENSEMBLE grade level of 2 to 3.5 on a 5 point exposed to intermediate rhythm scale. This course has a $10 lab fee. concepts, tone development, balance HONORS, NON-PE and blend, making emotional Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 connections to the music, and analysis Wind Ensemble is an honors level of self, ensemble, and others. Students course designed for the advanced high will continue to develop school musician who has some degree
comprehensive musicianship skills. of mastery in basic music skills. This band will perform music at a Students will be exposed to advanced SYMPHONIC BAND grade level of 2.5 to 4 on a 5 point rhythm concepts, tone development, scale. SYMPHONIC BAND, balance and blend, advanced articulation concepts, making NON-PE emotional connections to the music, Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 and analysis of self, ensemble, and WIND SYMPHONY Symphonic Band is a course designed others. Students will develop skills for the developing high school WIND SYMPHONY, NON- that will make them successful college musician. Students will be exposed to PE musicians. This band will perform intermediate rhythm concepts, tone music at a grade level of 4 to 5+ on a development, articulation Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 5 point scale. This band performs no fundamentals, making emotional Wind Symphony is a course designed fewer than five formal concerts during connections to the music, and analysis for the advanced high school the school year along with a of self, ensemble, and others. Students musician. Students will be exposed to performance at graduation. This will continue to develop skills to help intermediate and advanced rhythm course has a $10 lab fee.
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guitar ensemble. Skills taught will PERCUSSION include reading music, advanced TECHNIQUES strumming and picking techniques, PERCUSSION advanced chord shapes, songwriting, and using apps and games to continue TECHNIQUES, NON-PE learning beyond class. This course is Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 only available to students who have The Percussion Techniques class is completed Guitar I or have passed a designed to offer students who have private audition with the instructor. experience with a percussion Students are required to own a guitar instrument the opportunity to develop for at-home practice. a deeper understanding of the percussion instrument family and JAZZ ENSEMBLE HONORS offer performance experiences that Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 more specifically challenge and This course is designed for adhere to a percussionist’s needs. This accomplished musicians who wish to class will also expose students to other audition. The group operates year areas of percussion performance third week of school, he/she will be round and performs for a variety of through marching band drum line dropped from the class. Students will functions, including formal concerts, music, indoor drum line show, and perform in two concerts during the holiday events, community concert percussion ensemble school year and march in the performances, etc. that can best be opportunities. Students will also Memorial Day Parade. accommodated by a smaller ensemble. utilize non-traditional areas of Students are exposed to a variety of percussion such as “found” musical styles including swing, jazz, instruments, non-traditional notation, funk, rock, Latin, and more. In unique voiced ensembles, and GUITAR I addition to basic musical concepts extended techniques only found in Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5 such as rhythmic development and percussion-specific music. This Guitar I is a class designed for students tone production, students will be course may also be repeated for credit. with little or no experience playing exposed to improvisation, jazz guitar to learn the fundamentals of the tonalities, and jazz specific instrument and how to play it in articulation concepts. This group is a varying styles. Skills taught will premiere-performing ensemble. BEGINNING BAND include reading music, reading guitar Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 tablature, strumming and picking This course is designed for the high techniques, chord shapes, practice
school student who has never played a habits, and using apps and games to classical band instrument before. This continue learning beyond the class will teach students how to read classroom environment. No guitar music, basic tone production, proper experience or instrument required. playing position, ensemble skills,
dynamics, and basic marching. Students will be asked to choose a classical band instrument to learn GUITAR II (Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Grade: 9-12 Credit: 0.5
Trombone, Baritone, or Tuba). Guitar II is a class for students with Students will be required to purchase some experience playing guitar to or rent an instrument from a music learn how to better play the instrument store. If a student does not have an in varying styles. A large focus of the instrument to play by the start of the course will be on performance in a
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rehearsals and performances is required. This course may be repeated for credit.
HONORS VOCAL ENSEMBLE Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 This advanced ensemble is designed for experienced choral students and is highly performance oriented, presenting a wide variety of choral literature from classical to contemporary. The focus is on more advanced sight reading and performance techniques. Choral experience and audition are required. Participation in 5-8 rehearsals and performances is required. This course may be repeated for credit.
AP MUSIC THEORY Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 This course is designed to prepare musicians for a possible major or choral experience. The development minor in music at the college level. Students learn the fundamentals of MIXED CHORUS I of vocal skills and musicianship is stressed, along with continuing work music theory and music history, Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 on basic techniques. Participation in 3- melody and harmony, ear training and This course develops music literacy, 5 rehearsals and performances is composition. This course will give performance, and personal enjoyment required. This course may be repeated students an understanding of for students entering the vocal music for credit. composition, arranging, and harmonic sequence. It is designed to focus on analysis. Aspects of music rhythm, pitch, sight singing, and appreciation are covered throughout. expression skills needed for students The goal of an AP Music Theory to be placed into advanced choral ADVANCED MIXED course is to develop a student’s ability to recognize, understand, and describe groups. Participation in 3-5 rehearsals CHORUS and performances is required. the materials and processes of music Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 that are heard or presented in a score. This course works at advanced The student’s ability to read and write development of vocal skills and musical notation is fundamental to this MIXED CHORUS II musical concepts through a variety of course. It is also assumed that the rigorous literature, and it builds on the student has acquired at least basic Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 concepts of previous courses in the performance skills in voice or an This course continues to develop series. Choral experience and audition instrument. Students enrolled in this music literacy and performance skills are required. Participation in 3-5 course are expected to take the for students with previous high school Advanced Placement Exam in May.
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FINE ARTS : DRAMATIC ARTS
Drama I Technical Theatre I
Drama II Technical Theatre II
Advanced Drama Honors Performance I
Honors Performance II
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Restoration, naturalistic, and with the writing and directing of DRAMA I contemporary eras. A one-act play is original scripts. Students will also gain Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 performed at the end of each semester. experience in the professional audition This is an introductory course that This course may be repeated for credit. process. Out-of-class performances focuses on the basics of theater history are required. and performance. Warm-ups, the use HONORS PERFORMANCE of observation and experience, the TECHNICAL THEATRE I elements of pantomime, and the I principles of improvisation are Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 featured to provide students with This course is open to juniors and This course aims to introduce practical fundamentals. There is also an seniors who have a serious skills in theater techniques. Focus will emphasis on technical aspects of performance intention and have be placed on application of theatre, including stage direction and completed an audition. Students will construction techniques for the scenic body positioning, stage blocking, begin a study of complete theatrical environment, visual language, safety vocal production, articulation, and history in relation to acting techniques, principles, and tools used in the backstage committees. A one-act play including pantomime, voice, diction, creation of scenery and properties. In is performed at the end of each and an evaluation of dramatic addition, the course will include an semester. structure. Students will have mastered introduction to the principles, the production and directing skills application, equipment, and safety of rigging, lighting, and sound DRAMA II needed to perform a one-act class project at the end of each semester. technologies for the theatre. Students Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 Out-of-class performances are will put skills to use in a project to This course is designed for students required. This course may be repeated support course productions. Out-of- who have successfully completed for credit. school participation as stage crew and Drama I who wish to continue to striking the after school production is develop their skills in improvisation, required. creating a character, performing monologues, and preparing a scene for performance. The course will offer a deeper look at theatrical history and TECHNICAL THEATRE II build on the technical skills students Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 are gaining in the sequence. A one-act This course is designed for students play is performed at the end of each who have completed Technical semester. This course may be repeated Theatre I and have a continued desire for credit. to gain skills and participate in productions. There is a greater ADVANCED DRAMA emphasis in this course on the incorporation of design and text Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 Advanced Drama is an intensified analysis for designers, and skills in construction, rigging, lighting, and study of vocal improvement and HONORS PERFORMANCE acting techniques for the serious sound will be further established. minded performer who has high II Students will again put skills to practical application in a project to school drama experience. The Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 support course productions. Out-of- emphasis is placed on character This course is designed for seniors school participation as stage crew and development and scene analysis with who have completed Honors striking the after school production is an explanation of directing styles. The Performance I and have a continued required. This course may be repeated course presents a concentrated study desire to perform theatrically in for credit. of theatrical period styles, including college or community life. Students Greek, Roman, Medieval, continue to master acting styles with a Renaissance, Elizabethan, greater emphasis placed on creativity
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL NJROTC DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The NJROTC accredited curriculum emphasizes citizenship and leadership development, as well as our maritime heritage, the significance of sea power, and naval topics such as the fundamentals of naval operations, seamanship, navigation and meteorology. Classroom instruction is augmented throughout the year by extra-curricular activities of community service, academic, athletic, drill and orienteering competitions, field meets, flights, visits to naval or other activities, marksmanship sports training, and physical fitness training. The Naval Service Training Command routinely updates the curriculum to include new texts, instructional materials and lesson plans. The curriculum is developed and revised by civilian educators and NJROTC instructors. Electronic classroom equipment, textbooks, uniforms, educational training aids, travel allowance, and a cost-share of instructors' salaries are provided by the Navy. Due to the physical training portion of NJROTC, these courses satisfy students’ physical education requirement.
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NJROTC
Naval Science I 9
Naval Science II
10
Naval Science III Honors
11
Naval Science IV Honors 12
STUDENTS MAY BEGIN TAKING NJROTC DURING ANY YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.
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NAVAL SCIENCE I Grade: 9-12 Credits: 1.0 This introductory level course introduces students to the meaning of citizenship, the elements of leadership, and the value of scholarship in attaining life goals; promote an awareness of the importance of a healthy lifestyle, including physical fitness, a proper diet, and controlling stress; drug awareness; provide the principles of health and first aid, geography and survival skills and an overview of Naval ships and aircraft. These elements are pursued at the fundamental level. Includes introduction to the NJROTC program; introduction to Leadership, Citizenship and the American NAVAL SCIENCE III NAVAL SCIENCE IV Government; introduction to HONORS HONORS Wellness, Fitness, and First Aid to include diet, exercise and drug Grade: 11-12 Credits: 1.0 Grade: 12 Credits: 1.0 awareness, introduction to Geography, Students enrolled in Naval Science III At this advanced level, instruction is Orienteering, Survival and Map broaden their understanding of the focused primarily on practical Reading Skills; Financial Skills and operative principles of military leadership techniques and introduction to the U. S. Navy. leadership, the concept and implementation. The intent is to assist significance of teamwork, the intrinsic seniors in understanding leadership value of good order and discipline in and improving their leadership skills the accomplishment of objectives, and by putting them in positions of NAVAL SCIENCE II the importance of sea power and leadership, under supervision, then national security. Students gain a more helping them analyze the reasons for Grade: 10-12 Credits: 1.0 in-depth knowledge of naval ships and their varying degrees of success Students enrolled in Naval Science II aircraft. The course includes throughout the year. Classroom build on the general introduction instruction in Sea Power and National activities include seminars, reading provided in Naval Science 1, to further Security, Naval Operations and assignments, classroom presentations, develop the traits of citizenship and Support Functions, Military Law, and and practical work with younger leadership, and to introduce cadets to International Law and the Sea. It cadets. Seniors are mentored/guided in the technical areas of naval science provides introduction to Ship their preparation for life after high and the role of the U. S. Navy in Construction and Damage Control, school to include college preparation, maritime history and the vital Shipboard Organization and Watch scholarship applications, and the importance of the world’s oceans to Standing, Basic Seamanship, Marine variety of choices that are available to the continued well-being of the United Navigation, and Naval Weapons and them. The course includes instruction States. Includes ongoing instruction Aircraft. in theoretical and applied aspects of into Leadership; introduction to leadership, training, and evaluation of Maritime History, including the performance. Students will become American Revolution, Civil War, the aware of the techniques used to create rise of the U. S. to world power status, motivation, develop goals and World Wars 1 and 2, the Cold War Era activities for a work group, and the and the 1990s and Beyond; proper ways to set a leadership introduction to Nautical Sciences to example. Students are provided access include Maritime Geography, to ACT/SAT prep courses, guidance in Oceanography, Meteorology, selecting a college and pursuing Astronomy, and Physical Sciences. available scholarships, and mentoring in establishing long range life goals.
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EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT 2019-2020
The World Languages department consists of courses in French, German, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish. Spanish for Spanish Speakers is available for students whose native language is Spanish. Within each discipline both regular and honors courses are available; coursework typically begins with foundations for the novice learner. As capstones, AP courses are currently offered in French, German, and Spanish. Courses approach the study of language through four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Content includes dialogues, supplementary vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar exercises, with the culture of target language-speaking countries being central to all activities. Study of the culture allows students to make comparisons and connections to their own experiences. Performance-based assessments in speaking and writing will provide students the opportunity to use the language in practiced, familiar contexts. Interpretive listening and reading tasks are focused on the acquisition and recognition of basic stated information in the target language. All courses in the department fulfill an elective credit for graduation.
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WORLD LANGUAGE
French I German I Spanish I Mandarin Chinese I 9
Spanish II or German II Mandarin Chinese II Spanish Speaker II
10
Spanish III Honors Mandarin Chinese III German III Honors Spanish Speaker III Honors Honors
11
AP French Language AP German Language AP Spanish Language AP Spanish Literature & Culture & Culture & Culture 12
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT FRENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 Students enrolled in Advanced Placement French Language and Culture have demonstrated proficiency in French III. Students continue to develop their competence of the French language and also prepare for the AP French Language and Culture exam. Contemporary publications, historical texts, and original works of literature are studied and used as points of departure for classroom discussions. Students are expected to converse and write with grammatical accuracy and some opportunity to use the language in degree of fluency. This class is conducted entirely in the target FRENCH I practiced, familiar contexts as well as occasional unfamiliar topics with language. Students should expect to Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 increasing independence. Students complete rigorous work reflective of a This course approaches the study of continue to explore the cultures of the college course. Students enrolled in French through four skills: listening, French-speaking world in new this course are expected to take the speaking, reading and writing. contexts. NCAA Approved. Advanced Placement Exam in May. Content includes dialogues, This course is weighted as honors. supplementary vocabulary, NCAA Approved. pronunciation and grammar exercises, with the culture of French-speaking FRENCH III HONORS countries being central to all activities. Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 Study of the French culture allows GERMAN I Students enrolled in French III honors students to make comparisons and have demonstrated proficiency in Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 connections to their own experiences. French II. Students continue to This course approaches the study of Performance-based assessments in develop their competence in French German through four skills: listening, speaking and writing will provide the across the listening, speaking, reading speaking, reading and writing. students the opportunity to use the and writing domains. Performance- Content includes dialogues, language in practiced, familiar based assessments in speaking and supplementary vocabulary, contexts. Interpretive listening and writing provide the students pronunciation and grammar exercises, reading tasks are focused on the opportunity to use French with the culture of German-speaking acquisition and recognition of basic independently in familiar contexts, countries being central to all activities. stated information in the target although there is greater emphasis on Study of the German culture allows language. NCAA Approved. free expression. Students continue to students to make comparisons and explore the cultures of the French- connections to their own experiences. speaking world in new contexts. Performance-based assessments in speaking and writing will provide the FRENCH II Communication in the class is primarily in French, with English students the opportunity to use the Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 instruction used to explain more language in practiced, familiar Students enrolled in French II have complicated and involved ideas. This contexts. Interpretive listening and demonstrated proficiency in French I. course is weighted as honors. NCAA reading tasks are focused on the Students continue to develop their Approved. acquisition and recognition of basic competence in French across the stated information in the target listening, speaking, reading and language. NCAA Approved. writing domains. Performance-based
assessments in the speaking and writing domains provide students the
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and Culture exam. Contemporary stated information in the target GERMAN II publications, historical texts, and language. NCAA Approved. Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 original works of literature are studied Students enrolled in German II have and used as points of departure for demonstrated proficiency in German I. classroom discussions. Students are Students continue to develop their expected to converse and write with SPANISH II competence in German across the grammatical accuracy and some Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 degree of fluency. This class is listening, speaking, reading and Students enrolled in Spanish II have conducted entirely in the target writing domains. Performance-based demonstrated proficiency in Spanish I language. Students should expect to assessments in the speaking and or placed per teacher complete rigorous work reflective of a writing domains provide students the recommendation. Students continue to college course. Students enrolled in opportunity to use the language in develop their competence in Spanish this course are expected to take the practiced, familiar contexts as well as across the listening, speaking, reading Advanced Placement Exam in May. occasional unfamiliar topics with and writing domains. Performance- NCAA Approved. increasing independence. Students based assessments in the speaking and continue to explore the cultures of the writing domains provide students the German-speaking world in new opportunity to use the language in contexts. NCAA Approved. SPANISH I practiced, familiar contexts as well as occasional unfamiliar topics with Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 increasing independence. Students This course approaches the study of continue to explore the cultures of the GERMAN III HONORS Spanish through four skills: listening, Spanish-speaking world in new Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 speaking, reading and writing. contexts. NCAA Approved. Students enrolled in German III Content includes dialogues, honors have demonstrated proficiency supplementary vocabulary, in German II. Students continue to pronunciation and grammar exercises, develop their competence in German with the culture of Spanish-speaking SPANISH III HONORS across the listening, speaking, reading countries being central to all activities. Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 Study of the Spanish culture allows and writing domains. Performance- Students enrolled in Spanish III students to make comparisons and based assessments in speaking and honors have demonstrated proficiency connections to their own experiences. writing provide the students in Spanish II. Students continue to Performance-based assessments in opportunity to use German develop their competence in Spanish speaking and writing will provide the independently in familiar contexts, across the listening, speaking, reading students the opportunity to use the although there is greater emphasis on and writing domains. Performance- language in practiced, familiar free expression. Students continue to based assessments in speaking and contexts. Interpretive listening and explore the cultures of the German- writing provide the students reading tasks are focused on the speaking world in new contexts. opportunity to use Spanish acquisition and recognition of basic Communication in the class is independently in familiar contexts, primarily in German, with English instruction used to explain more complicated and involved ideas. This course is weighted as honors. NCAA Approved.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 Students enrolled in Advanced Placement German Language and Culture have demonstrated proficiency in German III. Students continue to develop their competence of the German language and also prepare for the AP German Language although there is greater emphasis on
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free expression. Students continue to increased instruction and practice in literature in all genres. The course is explore the cultures of the Spanish- reading and writing. NCAA Approved. comparable in speaking world in new contexts. Communication in the class is difficulty and content to an advanced- primarily in Spanish, with English level college class in Spanish instruction used to explain more SPANISH SPEAKER III composition and conversation. Students enrolled in this course are complicated and involved ideas. This HONORS course is weighted as honors. NCAA expected to take the Advanced Approved. Grade: 10-12 Credit: 1.0 Placement exam in May. This course Students enrolled in this course is weighted as honors. NCAA already speak and understand basic Approved. conversational Spanish. Students
enrolled have demonstrated proficiency in Spanish Speaker II or SPANISH SPEAKER I have been placed per teacher Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 recommendation. The students in the ADVANCED PLACEMENT Students enrolled in this course course have had extensive exposure to already speak and understand basic the language in a non-academic setting SPANISH LITERATURE conversational Spanish. This course and previously acquired skills to Grade: 12 Credit: 1.0 serves as an introduction to the formal understand and speak colloquial or This class prepares the student for the study of Spanish for those students standard Spanish. The course is taught Advanced Placement Spanish who have had extensive exposure to in the target language and it is Literature Examination. The student the language in non-academic settings. expected that the student also will study in depth several pieces of The course is taught in the target participate in the target language. The literature from all different genres of language, and it is expected that all course emphasizes reading and the Spanish and Hispanic American students participate in Spanish. The analyzing short stories, drama, poetry, authors. The student is expected to course focuses on improvement in and novels from different regions of read all pieces of literature and to write reading and writing with an emphasis the Spanish speaking world (outlined coherent analytical essays at a college in orthographic and grammatical rules. by the College Board) in order to level. Students critique orally, and in Students also study cultural aspects of better prepare the students for the writing, the representative works of the Spanish-speaking world. NCAA Advanced Placement Spanish prose, poetry, and drama. Intensive Approved. Language and Culture and Advanced work in grammar and vocabulary will Placement Spanish Literature courses. be required in order to help students The course also focuses on the prepare for College Board progression of students’ reading and achievement and placement. The writing skills. This course is weighted course is comparable in difficulty and as honors. NCAA Approved. content to an advanced-level college SPANISH SPEAKER II class in Spanish literature. Class is Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 conducted entirely in the target Students enrolled in this course language. Students enrolled in this already speak and understand basic course are expected to take the conversational Spanish. Students ADVANCED PLACEMENT Advanced Placement exam in May. enrolled should have demonstrated This course is weighted as honors. proficiency in Spanish Speaker I or SPANISH LANGUAGE NCAA Approved. placed per teacher recommendation. AND CULTURE
The course is taught in the target Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1.0 language and it is expected that the This class prepares the student for the student also participate in the target Advanced Placement Spanish language. Students will continue to Language Examination. This course develop communication skills, study MANDARIN CHINESE I refines conversational skills through grammatical structures and learn about Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 discussions on current events and the culture. Specific cultural emphasis use of the target language at all times. This course approaches the study of will be given to Mexico, Central The course also provides a Mandarin Chinese through four skills: America, South America, and Spain. comprehensive grammar review. The listening, speaking, reading and Specific communication skills will student will read and analyze selected writing. Content includes dialogues, emphasize listening and speaking with works in Spanish and Latin American supplementary vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar exercises,
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with the culture of Chinese-speaking increasing independence. Students countries being central to all activities. continue to explore the cultures of the Study of the Chinese culture allows Mandarin Chinese-speaking world in students to make comparisons and new contexts. NCAA approval connections to their own experiences. pending. Performance-based assessments in speaking and writing will provide the students the opportunity to use the language in practiced, familiar MANDARIN CHINESE III
contexts. Interpretive listening and HONORS reading tasks are focused on the acquisition and recognition of basic Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 stated information in the target Students enrolled in Mandarin language. NCAA Approved. Chinese Ill honors have demonstrated proficiency in Mandarin Chinese II.
Students continue to develop their competence in Mandarin Chinese
across the listening, speaking, reading and writing domains. Performance- MANDARIN CHINESE II based assessments in speaking and writing provide the students Grade: 9-12 Credit: 1.0 Students enrolled in Mandarin opportunity to use Mandarin Chinese Chinese II have demonstrated independently in familiar contexts, proficiency in Mandarin Chinese I. although there is greater emphasis on Students continue to develop their free expression. Students continue to explore the cultures of the competence in Mandarin Chinese across the listening, speaking, reading Mandarin-speaking world in new and writing domains. Performance- contexts. Communication in the class based assessments in the speaking and is primarily in Mandarin, with English writing domains provide students the instruction used to explain more complicated and involved ideas. This opportunity to use the language in practiced, familiar contexts as well as course is weighted as honors. occasional unfamiliar topics with
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