A Total of 26 Units of Credit Are Required to Graduate from Lyons High School

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INTRODUCTION multimedia presentation for both personal and occupational application. Basic computer knowledge The following course descriptions have been will be taught and training on the internet and e-mail developed to help students with course selection will also be provided. A signed Internet Permission during the enrollment process. Classes are subject to Slip needs to be on file at school. Computers will be addition or deletion based on enrollment numbers and utilized for instruction using Office 2010 software teacher availability. Courses listed with 1.0 credit are and the Internet. year long courses, semester courses receive .5 credit. CN1007 CN1008

A total of 26 units of credit are required to graduate Business Essentials from Lyons High School. Duration: .5 credit Prerequisites: None BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY This course will give students an overview of the business industry using mathematics, economics and Accounting I communications. As students learn about different types of business ownership, they will interpret Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: 10-12 industry laws and regulations to ensure compliance, This course is an introduction to accounting identify principles of business management, and fundamentals. Students will learn how to record analyze business practices to determine ethics and business transactions in journals, post to ledgers, social responsibilities. Students will examine current prepare financial statements and perform the end of legal and ethical behaviors that have impacted the fiscal period work. Automated accounting will be business industry. Students will identify introduced after manual accounting procedures have employability and personal skills needed to obtain a been mastered. Techniques for using the 10-key career and be successful in the workplace. calculators and the topic of taxes will also be CN1020 covered. This class is highly recommended for students interested in pursuing a career in the Entrepreneurship business world or planning a major in business in Duration: .5 credit college. Prerequisites: Business Essentials recommended CN 1001 CN1002 This course will acquaint students with the knowledge and skills necessary to own and operate their own businesses. Students will learn about Advanced Accounting II/III economics, marketing principles, human relations Duration: 1.0 credit and psychology, business and labor law, legal rights Prerequisites: Accounting I and responsibilities of ownership, business and This course is for students who would like to have a financial planning, finance and accounting, vocational preparation for a career in accounting or a communications and business management. field requiring accounting applications. In the second CN1019 year course, accounting for a merchandising business organized as a corporation is covered with an Banking & Finance emphasis placed on automated accounting. In the Duration: .5 credit third year course, accounting for a departmentalized Prerequisites: Grade 10-12, Business Essentials and business as well as corporate, managerial and cost Accounting recommended accounting will be areas covered. These courses also This course will teach the students about American provide a foundation on which to continue studying monetary and banking system as well as types of business and accounting at the post-secondary level. financial institutions and the services and products CN1003 CN1004 that they offer. Course content includes government CN1005 CN1006 regulations, checking, savings, and money market accounts, loans, investments, and negotiable Computer Technology instruments. Students interested in a business career Duration: 1.0 credit are encouraged to enroll. Prerequisites: basic knowledge of keyboarding. CN 1023 A year long course designed to reinforce and continue development of keyboarding and formatting Investing skills in word processing, database, spreadsheet, and Duration: .5 credit

Prerequisites: Grade 10-12, Business Essentials and Duration: .5 credit Accounting recommended Prerequisites: None This course shows the formulation of business and The Human Services introductory course prepares individual investment decisions by comparing and students for career opportunities within the family contrasting the investment qualities of cash, stock, and community services cluster. Course topics vary bonds, and mutual funds. Students will review annual and may include financial and economic systems, reports, predict growth rates, and analyze trends. A caring for others, education, nutrition and wellness, stock market simulation will be incorporated into this and family systems. Students begin a career course. portfolio. CN1024 CN1501

Business Economics Foods and Nutrition Course Length: .5 Credit Duration: .5 credit Prerequisite: Business Essentials recommended Prerequisites: None This course integrates economic principles (such as Foods and Nutrition will include topics related to free market economy, consumerism, and the role of personal health education affecting individuals for American government within the economic system) future career choices. Topics may include nutrition, with entrepreneurship/business concepts (such as stress management, drug/alcohol abuse prevention, marketing principles, business law, and risk). and disease prevention. Course objectives include Students who want a good understanding of helping learners develop decision making, economics should consider taking this class. communication, interpersonal, and coping skills and CN1025 strategies. CN1503 Business Management Course Length: .5 Credit Culinary Essentials Prerequisite: Business Essentials recommended Duration: .5 credit This course identifies business decisions and duties Prerequisites: None while examining business and economic principles This course will prepare students for careers or post and concepts, understanding safety, health and secondary programs related to the Culinary environmental concerns, and ethical and legal Arts/Baking and Pastry business and industry. responsibilities for businesses with the help of Students will develop skills on safety and sanitation, communication skills, problem solving and critical and basic techniques required in food preparation. thinking skills, and leadership skills. Students will CN1515 also develop career goals and understand employability skills needed to obtain a job. Child Development and Parenting CN1026 Duration: .5 credit Prerequisites: None Applied Business Development Child Development and Parenting reflects the Course Length: 1.0 Credit transition to a Parenting course for the 21st Century Prerequisites: Grade 12 (Business Essentials, learner as it helps the learner discover how parents Entrepreneurship, Business Economics, Business respond to the various stages of childhood and Management recommended) adolescence, and the aging process. Course content This course is designed to be the final class in the may include responsibilities and difficulties of Business Entrepreneurship and Management parenthood cross the life span; fundamentals of Pathway. Students will practice skills of planning, various ages and stages of child, adolescent, and organizing, directing and controlling functions of adult emotional, cognitive, and physical operating a business while assuming the development; and the appropriate care of infants, responsibilities and risk involved. Students will children, young adults, and aging parents. Family develop skills in enterprise development, market Studies supports the Teaching/Training Pathway as analysis and financial preparation. These courses an introductory course. includes classroom activities as well as involving CN1505 further study of the field and discussion regarding real-world experiences and applications that students Textile and Apparel encounter in owning and managing a business. Duration: .5 credit CN1027 CN1028 Prerequisites: None This course will introduce students to programs and background information into a career and post- FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE secondary program related to textile and apparel. Students will learn the fabric production, principles Intro to Human Services of design, sketching and garment production. Career

opportunities are investigated and skills provided that lead to successful employment in the area of textile Teaching Internship and apparel. Duration: 1.0 credit Spring Semester CN1506 Prerequisites: 11, Child Development This course will provide fundamental knowledge of Interior Design subject matter and methodology in the Education and Duration: .5 credit Training Cluster. It will provide students with Prerequisites: None opportunities for multiple supervised observations in This course will prepare students for a career or post- diverse environment that will expose them to the secondary program related to housing and interiors in requirements of careers related to Education. business and industry. Projects are integrated CN1521 throughout the course to provide authentic applications in design basics, color, lighting, furniture Career and Community Connections style and design. Students will have the opportunity Duration: .5 credit to explore and experience career options in the Career and Community Connections is the Interior Design and Furnishings Industry. Application level course for the learner to apply CN1507 technical skills in a professional learning experience, unpaid or paid, outside or within the school Consumer & Personal Finance (formerly environment. Included will be continued Resource Management development and finalization of the student’s Duration: (1semester = 1 credit) if all competencies portfolio. Career and Community Connections are met provides the opportunity for learners to focus on Prerequisites: None career related topics, team building and effectiveness Resource Management provides students with an in the world of work, and acquiring job-seeking skills understanding of the concepts and principles and retention needed to advance within the involved in economic financial literacy and workplace. exploration in career opportunities. Topics may CN1525 CN1526 include savings and investing, credit, insurance, taxes and social security, spending patterns and budget Human Growth and Development planning, problem solving and critical thinking, Duration: .5 credit contracts, and current issues (local, state, global). Prerequisites: None CN1527 In the Human Growth and Development course, students learn about the physical, intellectual, Career and Life emotional, and social growth and development of Duration: .5 credit infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and Prerequisites: None adults and their development across the life span. Students develop skills and strategies which are helpful Human Growth and Development supports the to become more focused, productive individuals. The Teaching/Training Pathway as an introductory course typically emphasizes goal-setting; decision- course. making; time management; energy and stress CN1523 management and identification of alternatives choices and coping strategies. Students also explore various Event Planning and Management career and lifestyles choices. Career portfolios will be Duration: .5 credit developed. Prerequisites: Career & Life OR Business Essentials CN1513 CN1512 This course provides students with the knowledge and skills related to the event planning and Exploring Teaching as a Career implementation process. It will include establishing Duration: 1.0 credit Fall Semester client relationships, the importance of Prerequisites: 11, Child Development communication, planning process, resource This course will provide fundamental knowledge of management, quality service and staffing issues. subject matter and methodology in the Education and CN1514 Training Cluster. It will provide students with an overview of the teaching professions with course Youth Corp Volunteer work in planning and preparation, instruction, Duration: 1 credit learning environment and professional Prerequisites: Grades 11-12, Must own vehicle and responsibilities. Students will exam the role schools have license, good attendance record and exemplary play in society. behavior. Volunteers will be screened, trained and CN1520 sign a YouthFriends Corps Standard of Conduct. The YouthFriends Corp. program allows volunteers to work with a teacher in the elementary schools

helping children to be academically and socially artists provide for the advancement of skills and successful. They lead by example and tutor students knowledge. in various curriculum areas. A pass/fail grade will be CN1611 (1st sem) CN1612 (2nd sem) assigned. CN2003 CN2004 Advanced Art – Principles of Illustration Duration: .5 or 1.0 credit FINE ARTS Prerequisites: None Advanced Art students focus shifts to a more Instrumental Music personal development and interest in the arts. Duration: 1.0 credit Students will participate in art shows and Pre-Requisites: Students enrolling in band should be competitions. Exposure to artists provide for the in good standing from the previous year. Exceptions advancement of skills and knowledge. st nd may be made by the band instructor. CN1633 (1 sem) CN1634 (2 Instrumental Music (band) is for students interested sem) in being in an organization that will involve you in many school activities. The band marches at all home varsity football games, and performs at all home Photography varsity basketball games. The band also supports the Duration: .5 credit sports teams if they have the opportunity to play in Prerequisites: Must have own digital camera playoffs. Currently, the band performs two formal Students will learn the basics of digital camera concerts a year, plays at graduation, and attends two photography. Camera functions, options, and contests. Grading is based on effort displayed in the accessories will be addressed. Students will learn to classroom and attendance record at the required use available technology and software to further performances. utilize the capabilities of their cameras. Students will CN1601 CN1602 be responsible for Lyons High School sport pictures and pictures for the Lyons Daily News. Scanning, Chorus cropping, sizing, and enhancing photos are some of Duration: 1.0 credit the techniques to be learned and used. Students will Prerequisites: None enter contests with their photography. Proper Vocal music class. function and creativity will be the focus. CN1603 CN1604 CN1651

Forensics Lionaires Duration: .5 credit Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: Vocal talent & instructor permission, Forensics provides an opportunity for students to tryouts only, limited to 24 students. express themselves in a manner not found in other CN1605 CN1606 classes. If you excel in acting, making faces, strange noises, miming-or simply express yourself well in spoken form-this may be the class for you. Students Beginning Guitar will be expected to memorize various acting and Duration: 1.0 credit speaking presentations, competing at various Prerequisites: None. Required materials: an tournaments throughout the state of Kansas. acoustic guitar. Bass guitar is not permitted. Considerable time will be spent perfecting this craft- Beginning guitar will teach you the very basics of both in class and after school practice sessions. Fees guitar playing. You will learn: Tuning of the guitar, apply. reading and playing notes from music and second CN1114 semester will include instruction on chords. Weekly playing tests are given, and plenty of practice time during class will be permitted. Students progress quickly because of having class daily. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CN1607 CN1608 Spanish I Art I - Intro to Drawing Duration: 1.0 credit Duration: .5 or 1.0 credit Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None The goal of Spanish I is to develop the student’s During Art I students receive an overview of various ability to understand spoken Spanish and to begin to art mediums and techniques through two and three speak Spanish in simple conversations. The class dimensional projects and activities. Exposures to provides the students with basic vocabulary which

they can use in the real world and upon which they HEALTH/PHYSICAL EDUCATION can build additional study. The students will also develop the secondary skills of reading and writing in Health/Physical Education Spanish. In addition to conversational skills, the Duration: 1.0 credit students will acquire knowledge of Spanish grammar Prerequisites: 9th grade, required (the present tense, the use of adjectives, the two This class is designed to give students the knowledge forms of the verb “to be,” the simple future tense, the to make proper decisions that lead to a healthy formation of declarative and interrogative sentences, lifestyle, improve the quality of their own life, cause etc.) for the purpose of understanding how the a positive impact on the lives of those near them, and language functions. prolong the time they have to lead productive lives. This course is designed in part to prepare students The text, lectures, videos, handouts and hands-on for admission to a university. activities will be used to provide information. Units CN1701 CN1702 covered include: Health and Wellness, Nutrition Principles, Mental and Emotional Health, Managing Stress, Alcohol, Tobacco and Illegal Drugs, and Spanish II Human Sexuality. Duration: 1.0 credit Through a variety of activities, the physical education Prerequisites: a grade of C or better in Spanish I or department hopes to develop certain recreational instructor’s permission skills, improve fitness and provide opportunities for The goal of Spanish II is to further develop the social and character development. Although most of student’s ability to understand and speak Spanish. the time will be spent in activity, students will be Students will learn additional vocabulary to further given skill tests, and some written assignments and prepare them to communicate in Spanish in a variety tests. This course is designed in part to prepare of settings (on the job, in class at the university level, students for admission to a university. on trips abroad, meeting new friends in our CN1801 CN1802 multicultural world). Increased emphasis will be placed on developing the student’s ability to read and write in Spanish. Students will study new grammar Advanced Physical Education concepts (the use of modal and helping verbs, the Duration: .5 or 1.0 credits imperative or “command” verb form, the use and Prerequisites: Successful completion of Heath/ PE placement of indirect and direct object pronouns, the and/or grade of C or better in previous Advanced PE formation of comparative, superlative, and possessive course or instructor permission. adjectives, the use and formation of the preterite, etc.) This class is designed to provide the student with an for the purpose of developing the student’s ability to opportunity to significantly improve his/her strength communicate more complex ideas. and cardiovascular fitness by involving some weight This course is designed in part to prepare students lifting and both team and individual sport activities for admission to a university. which can be used after completion of their formal CN1703 CN1704 education. Various net games together with team sports like basketball and softball are used during the Spanish III course. Participation along with written tests will be Duration: 1.0 credit used to evaluate the student. Prerequisites: a grade of C or better in Spanish II (or CN1805 - boys CN1806 - boys III) or instructor’s permission CN1805g – girls CN1806g - girls The goal of Spanish III/IV is to develop the student’s ability to speak, read, and write Spanish at a more advanced level. Emphasis will be placed on learning more verb forms which allow the student to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY communicate about the future, present, and past. Students will acquire a broader vocabulary as they Introduction to Industrial Technology read more advanced literature. New grammar Duration: .5 credit concepts will include the use of the present Prerequisites: None subjunctive verb form, formal command verb form, This course will expose students to the opportunities preterite vs. imperfect verb usage, the future tense, in construction-related trades, such as carpentry, and an introduction to the past subjunctive and masonry, etc. Students will learn the processes conditional verb form. Emphasis will be placed on involved in construction projects and engage in a developing the student’s ability to successfully variety of small projects. This course emphasizes communicate in Spanish in a wide variety of settings. responsibilities, qualification, work environment, This course is designed in part to prepare students rewards, and career paths within the construction- for admission to a university. related fields. CN1705 CN1706 CN1923

student is totally responsible for the design and building of the project. The student must have the Drafting ability to work independently, and to have the Duration: .5 credit motivation to complete the project within the time Prerequisites: None frame of the class. Fees Apply. This course is designed to expose students to various CN1909 CN1910 techniques and skills in mechanical and architectural drafting. Both paper and pencil and CAD will be Metal Restoration used. Duration: 1.0 credit CN1924 Prerequisites: Metal Tech I/II is highly recommended, or instructor permission. Cabinet Making I This class is designed and based on the restoration of Duration: 1.0 credit either a pedal car or tractor. The student learns the Prerequisites: Intro to Industrial Technology and process of metal restoration. After he selects a Drafting project, he writes a short research paper about his This is a beginning class of woodworking. Safety is selection. Research is done within books and on the stressed as a high priority of the class. Students are internet. He is also required to do an evaluation of taught the basic woodworking operations completed his car. The student must tell what work needs to be by hand and machine. When the class is completed, performed and what parts that need to be replaced. the student has a useable project. The project will be He then writes a short description how he will used as a tool to teach the skills of every machine in perform the process. Before the student begins to the shop plus some hand operations. The student work, he must purchase the car from the school. The purchases the material from the school for the student takes “ownership” of the project. When project. completed, the student has a restored pedal car he can CN1925 CN1926 take home. Use of hand and air power tools is taught as well as some light welding skills. Cabinet Making II CN1911 CN1912 Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: Cabinetmaking I Small Engines This course provides for the study of hand tool and Duration: .5 credit machine processes and materials related to wood Prerequisite: None industries. The safe use and care of machine tools Students will learn theory of operation of the internal are stressed. Lab activities provide opportunity for combustion engine, precision measurement, and use students to apply content. The student purchases the of basic tools in the teardown, inspection, and material from the school for the project. rebuilding of a small gasoline engine. Engines will CN1929 CN1930 be tuned and tested after rebuild. CN1913

Metal Tech I Automatic Transmission Duration: 1.0 credit Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: Drafting I and Woods I or instructor Prerequisite: 11-12 permission This is a class for the student that may want to go This is a beginning metals class. Areas of emphasis into the automotive field for a career. Students will are; arc welding, oxygen-acetylene welding and learn theory and operation, precision cutting, MIG welding, TIG welding, sheet metal measurement, and specific tool usage. Student then production, lathe operations, hand tool operations, will apply that knowledge by disassembly, hand forging, and forging, and various other hand inspection, and rebuilding an automotive and machine tool operations. Safety and proper transmission. All specifications will be met, and all conduct in the work area is stressed. Fees Apply. circuits tested. Most definitely a hands on class. CN1907 CN1908 CN1915 CN1916

Metal Tech II Automobile Restoration Duration: 1.0 credit Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: Metal Tech I Prerequisites: 11-12 This class is designed for the student to build a Class will take part in almost every aspect of project from the idea stage through the actual planning, recording, teardown, inspection, production and completion stage. The student is replacement and/or rebuilding a project car or truck. taught to design a project, write a plan of procedure, This is a good class for someone who loves old cars to write a bill of materials, and to obtain the material and wants to learn by doing. to build the project. Shop safety is stressed. The CN1917 CN1918

Construction Technology narrative, expository, persuasive and technical text Duration: 1.0 credit and study the author’s purpose and organization. Prerequisites: 11th grade This course is designed in part to prepare students Students will have some classroom time, but most is for the State Reading assessments. hands on. Students will learn by doing. Residential CN1121 wiring will be taught, following the National Electric Code. Each student will correctly and safely wire English I and test the same basic circuits that are used in homes Duration: 1.0 credit today. In the Concrete section, students will learn Prerequisite: None the material and forms needed, then apply that to the English I students will study a blend of literature, scale model bridge competition, where each student writing and vocabulary. The literature covers the will design, make, and test (to destruction) different genres of short stories, plays, poetry and to determine the weight that the structure will hold. novels. Six trait writing is emphasized in responsive, Framing section covers conventional frame narrative and expository writings. Students will construction as used in residential construction. strengthen their reading and writing skills while CN1927 CN1928 experiencing a broad variety of authors and styles. The skills learned in English 1 will prepare students Plastics for the remainder of their high school classes. This Duration: .5 credit course is designed in part to prepare students for Prerequisites: None admission to a university. Entry level class, student will learn about the wide CN1101 CN1102 variety of plastics that are in use today, and explore those materials through various projects. Think English II woods 1 except different material. Fees Apply Duration: .1.0 credit CN1921 Prerequisite: Grade 10, Successful completion of at least one semester of English I Transportation Students will study a blend of literature, writing and Duration: .5 credit vocabulary. The literature touches upon the different Prerequisites: 10-12 genre of short stories, plays, poetry and novels. Everyone that owns a car needs to learn basic care Selections from different time periods offer the and feeding of the automobile. This class is set up students a link between World History and the for people who know nothing about a car, but want to written selection of the time period. The six traits of learn. Students will learn maintenance, and how to writing are emphasized with narrative and expository shop for replacement items that each car will need, writings. Vocabulary lessons center around Wordly such as tires, batteries, etc. Students will learn what Wise and words selected from the different time they need to know to avoid being "ripped off" by periods and selections. This course is designed in repairs, and what to look for when buying a used part to prepare students for admission to a vehicle. With each of those areas, students learn university. what legal rights and recourses that they are entitled CN1103 CN1104 to. Insurance is also discussed, usually by inviting an insurance agent(s) to give the facts and answer English III questions. Students will get both classroom and shop Duration: 1.0 credit instruction. Pre-Requisite: English I, English II or instructor's CN1922 permission This course offers a careful study of American literature. Selections from different time periods familiarize students with various schools of writing LANGUAGE ARTS from Romanticism to Realism, including works of poetry, short stories, drama, and novels. Six trait Reading Proficiency Development writing is used to compose and assess persuasive and Duration: .5 credit analytical compositions. Vocabulary and grammar Prerequisite: Approaching standard or academic lessons are also dispersed throughout the year to both warning on state reading assessment. review and develop language skills. This course is The Reading Proficiency class offers strategies to designed in part to prepare students for admission to support the Kansas Reading Standards. The students a university. practice skills for better reading, writing and test CN1105 CN1106 taking. The class offers an in depth study of the reading benchmarks in order for 11th grade students to achieve success on the State Reading Assessment. Students will read and respond to a variety of

be greatly enhanced. You will be asked to argue English IV logically and to argue with limited preparation time. Duration: 1.0 credit Be prepared to work and spend time both in class as Prerequisite: English I, II, and III well as outside school in practice if you want to win. This course studies literature through a variety of Frequent weekend trips to various exotic places and genres and utilizes writing assignments to further destinations become common for winners. develop skills in reading, communications (oral and CN1113 written), note taking, active listening and creative and critical thinking. Review of mechanics, punctuation, spelling, sentence and paragraph development, and Speech I grammar are addressed through students’ original Duration: .5 credit writings. Prerequisite: None This course is designed in part to prepare students The purpose of the class is to provide a basic for admission to a university. understanding – a useable, working knowledge of the CN1107 CN1108 terms, tools and techniques of both formal and informal speaking, while fostering a greater appreciation for communication through an English IVC (English Composition I/ Intro to understanding of the value and function of Literature) (*Required for KS Scholars communication in society present and past. Students curriculum) will actively participate in a variety of speaking types Duration: 1.0 credit for HS, and settings, seeking the one niche that best suits 3 credit hrs/semester from BCCC their abilities. This course is designed in part to Prerequisite: English III and college placement score prepare students for admission to a university. or required ACT score CN1115 This class may serve as a dual credit course. Both credits follow the same syllabus and requirements. The study of literature through English History with a College Speech (Public Speaking) blend of writing assignments sets the main premise of Duration: .5 credit the class. The literature begins with Old English 3 credit hours from BCCC selections and follows the changing English language Prerequisite: Speech I is highly recommended and literature. Writing assignments follow narrative Course includes a study of the theoretical principles and persuasive assignments with emphasis on underlying effective communicative behavior, and critiquing and self evaluation. the practical application of those principles in various This course is designed in part to prepare students communicative exercises and assignments. The for admission to a university. course is designed to increase the awareness of the CN1109 CN1110 importance of speech communication in today’s society and develop competency of speakers. Considerable independent reading is required as well Yearbook I/II as speeches both in and out of the classroom setting. Duration: 1.0 credit This course is designed in part to prepare students Prerequisites: Instructor application and approval for admission to a university. Students learn and apply skills in business, layout CN1116 design, graphic design, photography, and teamwork. Students will work in groups based on their academic responsibility, leadership, creative thinking skills and Drama potential to work with others to complete the Duration: .5 credit yearbook. Class size is limited. Prerequisites: None CN1111 CN1112 This course will provide an overview of terms, material, tools and techniques associated with all parts of the theatre. The focus will be divided into Debate two parts. First, we will center on the actor and Duration: .5 credit/ fall semester creation of characters. Second, we will provide Prerequisites: Hard work and a desire to win. insight into the behind the scenes aspects of theatre Frequent evening and weekend practices and (construction, scene design, make-up, lighting). The competitions are required. goal of this course will be to encourage greater Are you sick and tired of losing arguments to your appreciation of live theatre through an understanding parents, friends and teachers? If so, DEBATE may of the value of theatre through the past and present. be the class for you. Debate provides a basic CN1117 understanding of argumentation. Your research skills, filing and the ability to think on your feet will

FAME thinking that students can apply to real world Duration: 1.0 credit situations using skills learned in Algebra I. Includes a Prerequisite: Staff identified study of computer systems and programming, and Reading is FAME is a program that will help students use of the computer to solve math problems. read better. The first semester concentrates on CN1231 CN1232 building vocabulary. Students will learn 160 new words. During second semester students learn research, writing and note taking methods. These Algebra I skills will be invaluable to the rest of their high Duration: 1.0 credit school careers. Students who participated in FAME Prerequisites: Instructor recommendation at Lyons Middle School are strongly urged to enroll. Algebra I is the study of solving, graphing, and CN1118 CN1119 writing linear equations, solving and graphing linear inequalities, solving systems of linear equations, powers and exponents, with an introduction to quadratic equations and polynomial factoring. MATHEMATICS This course is designed in part to prepare students for admission to a university. Math Proficiency Development CN1207 CN1208 Duration: .5 elective credit Prerequisite: Approaching standard or academic warning on state math assessment or Instructor Algebra II recommendation Duration: 1.0 credit This class is the study of the skills from the tested Prerequisites: Successful completion of Algebra I indicators on the Math Standards. Course content This class is the study of systems of linear equations will include problem solving strategies, formative and inequalities, matrices and determinants, quadratic assessment problems, textbook spiral review equations and parabolas, powers, roots, and radicals, problems, math puzzles and computer problems. and exponential, logarithmic, polynomial and rational This course is designed in part to prepare students functions. This course is designed in part to prepare for the State Math Assessments. students for admission to a university. CN 1229 CN1230 CN1209 CN1210

Basic Algebra Geometry Duration: 1.0 credit Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: None, Grade 9 Prerequisites: Successful completion of Algebra II or Basic Algebra is the study of patterns, number instructor recommendation operations, integers, data and graphing, percents, Geometry is a study of inductive and deductive proportions, probability, and solving linear equations. reasoning, polygons, circles, angles, transformations, CN1201 CN1202 basic trigonometric relationships, perimeter, area and volume. Applied Math I This course is designed in part to prepare students Duration: 1.0 credit for admission to a university. Prerequisites: Instructor recommendation CN1211 CN1212 Fifteen modular learning materials with emphasis on the ability to understand and apply mathematical Statistics skills to solve problems in the world of work are the Duration: .5 credit theme for this class. The course includes materials Prerequisites: 12, successful completion of Algebra that focus on calculator use, arithmetic operations, II problem solving techniques, estimating, data This course studies elementary probability theory, handling, measuring, and geometry and algebra methods of organizing data, averages and variations, concepts. These courses will NOT take the place of normal distributions, binomial distributions, Algebra I. hypothesis testing. This course is designed in part to CN1203 CN1204 prepare students for admission to a university. CN1213

Applied Math II-Computer Math Precalculus Duration: 1.0 credit Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: Algebra I Prerequisites: Successful completion of Algebra II This course is a focus on the important ideas of and Geometry mathematics and mathematical methods of Pre-calculus is a course for the college-bound student investigation. It will stress effective techniques of and other students who would use it in their planned

careers. It is a continuation of the work started in This course is designed in part to prepare students Algebra 2. More extensive study will be done on the for admission to a university. topics of conic sections, theory of equations, CN1225 CN1226 logarithms, functions, matrices, and determinants, complex numbers, vectors, and probability. Since the SCIENCE use of a graphing calculator is integrated into the Pre- calculus curriculum, students are encouraged to Biology purchase one. Duration: 1.0 credit This course is designed in part to prepare students Prerequisites: 11th grade, successful completion of for admission to a university. Foundations of Physics CN1214 CN1215 Biology is an introduction to the study of life. This course will focus on the characteristics of living Intermediate College Algebra things through the use of technology and lab-based Duration: .5 credit for HS inquiry learning. Students will utilize technology, 3 Credit hours from BCCC (tuition paid by student) including student laptops, for applying the knowledge Prerequisites: Appropriate ASSET test or ACT scores they have gained to the world around them. Topics This course is a developmental class covering include: Biochemistry, cell structure, metabolism, fundamental algebraic operations, factoring, photosynthesis, genetics, evolution, and ecology. algebraic fractions, linear and quadratic equations, This course is designed in part to prepare students exponents and radicals. for admission to a university. This course is designed in part to prepare students CN1305 CN1306 for admission to a university. CN1216 Biology II Duration: 1.0 credit College Algebra Prerequisites: 11th grade, successful completion of Duration: .5 credit for HS Biology I 3 credit hours from BCCC (tuition paid by student) Biology II expands upon the important life science Prerequisites: Appropriate ASSET test or ACT score concepts students learned in Biology I. This course The course covers the study of real number will place more emphasis on real-world application, properties, products and factoring, algebraic technology use, and inquiry-based lab practices as functions, exponents and radicals, linear, quadratic they apply to the life sciences. Additionally, special and higher degree equations, functions and graphs, focus will be placed on data collection and analysis. logarithmic and exponential functions, systems of Student lap-tops will be integral for keeping up with equations and inequalities, matrices, and current events as they apply to the topics we will determinants. cover throughout the year. This class will encompass This course is designed in part to prepare students three main components of biological study. Topics for admission to a university. include: botany, microbiology, and comparative CN1217 zoology. This course is designed in part to prepare students Trigonometry for admission to a university. Duration: .5 credit for HS CN1307 CN1308 3 Credit hours from BCCC (tuition paid by student) Prerequisite: Successful completion of Geometry and Chemistry I attain required ASSET or ACT score in mathematics Duration: 1.0 credit and reading. Recommend concurrent enrollment in Prerequisites: 10th Precalculus. This course involves the study of Chemistry expands the fundamental concepts used to trigonometric functions, identities, complex numbers, describe our physical world to include matter and and solutions of triangles. matter transformations. Students develop and apply a This course is designed in part to prepare students particle model of matter to describe and explain the for admission to a university. behavior of matter. Emphasis is placed on CN1218 cooperative learning, laboratory investigations, and use of technology including student laptops. Topics Calculus include: Conservation of mass and energy, states and Duration: 1.0 credit classification of matter, behavior of gases, chemical Prerequisite: Successful completion of Precalculus change and reactions, stoichiometry, atomic structure This course will include a review of Precalculus and spectra, periodicity, nuclear reactions, reaction concepts, but the main focus will be on limits of rates, and acid / bases. functions, derivatives and rates of change, This course is designed in part to prepare students applications of derivatives, and integration. for admission to a university. CN1309 CN1310

Physics Semester course that introduces students to the Duration: 1.0 credit Health Science Career Cluster. In addition to Prerequisites: Grade 11-12, successful completion of exploration of the five health science career pathways Geometry and Algebra II or concurrently enrolled. (Therapeutic Services, Supportive Services, Health Physics is a project based study of matter interactions Informatics, Diagnostic Services, and focusing on the development of models to describe Biotechnology), students will develop the and explain real world situations. Emphasis is placed communication, employability, teamwork, and on problem solving and critical thinking including the computer skills necessary for employment in a health use of algebraic, geometric, and trigonometric science field. Ethical practices with respect to representations. Students use technology including cultural, social, and ethnical differences and health student laptops to collect and analyze data and care delivery systems will also be discussed. present finding. Topics include: Physics basics, CN1322 (Spring class) physics of work and play, medical and communication applications, and high energy Health Sciences II physics. This course is designed in part to prepare Duration: 1 credit students for admission to a university. Prerequisites: Health Science I – grade 11 CN1311 CN1312 Technical level course providing students with an orientation to the health care industry and helps Anatomy and Physiology refine their health care-related knowledge and skills. Duration: 1.0 credit Topics covered include (but are not limited to) an Prerequisites: 11th grade, successful completion of overview of health care delivery; patient care, Biology I. This class may serve as a dual credit fro including assessment of vital signs, body mechanics, both high school and college credit through Barton and diet; anatomy and physiology; identification and County Community College. Must attain required of medical equipment and supplies; medical ASSET or ACT score to qualify for college credit. terminology; hygiene and disease prevention; first aid Anatomy and Physiology is a specialized study of the and CPR procedures; laboratory procedures; and structure and function of the human body and the ethical and legal responsibilities. mechanisms for maintaining homeostasis within CN1323 CN1324 it. This course will involve many inquiry based laboratory investigations. Additionally, students will Health Sciences III utilize technology extensively as we examine current Duration: 1 credit medical and laboratory practices. Topics Prerequisites: Health Science I & II – grade 12 include: Cells, tissues, the integumentary, skeletal, Application level course providing students with muscular, nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, work experience in the five career pathways. The digestive and reproductive systems. Topics of special course will include classroom activities involving interest to the students, such as forensic anthropology research of the various careers in the health and crime scene analysis, may also be included. profession and one rotation within each of the five This course is designed in part to prepare students pathways for the Health Science Education cluster. for admission to a university. The rotational clinical/shadowing experience for CN1313-12 CN1314-12 students may occur at a variety of settings (i.e., dentist office, Therapeutic; occupational therapy, Foundation of Physics diagnostic; social worker, Health Informatics; Duration: 1.0 credit interpreter, Support Services; pharmacy, Prerequisites: Grade 9, required Biotechnology). The work experience may be paid or Foundations of Physics is a freshman science course unpaid. focusing on the fundamental concepts used to CN1325 CN1326 describe our physical world. Students develop models of key concepts by doing scientific inquiry, and then apply models to new real-world situations. Emphasis is placed on cooperative learning and use of technology including student laptops. Topics include: Motion and force, conservation of energy SOCIAL SCIENCES and momentum, mechanical waves and sound, light and electricity. World History CN1315 CN1316 Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: Grade 10, required Health Sciences I World History is a class where we chart the path of Duration: .5 credit history from the beginnings of civilization to the Prerequisites: Grade 9, 10 modern day. Students will chart history through the various themes of religion, lifestyle, government and

language. The interactive class activities are designed World Geography to help the student understand the world in which we Duration: .5 credit live. This course is designed in part to prepare Prerequisites: None students for admission to a university. This class is a study of the five themes of geography, CN1401 CN1402 human geography, physical geography and others. Major units cover the seven continents. American History This course is designed in part to prepare students Duration: 1.0 credit for admission to a university. Prerequisite: Grade 11, Required CN1408 Students will study of America beginning at 1900 and covering material to the present. Major units Civil War include World War I, World War II, the Great Duration: .5 credit Depression, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Prerequisites: None movement, Vietnam, and other time periods. Students will examine the causes of the Civil War This course is designed in part to prepare students going back to the 1840's until the start of the war. for admission to a university. The war itself will be broken into years of struggle CN1403 CN1404 for easier study. Political, social, economic, and military issues will be studied throughout the class. Government The final section of the class will provide a quick Duration: .5 credit look at Reconstruction from 1865-1877. Prerequisites: Grade 12, required CN1412 The purpose of this course is to explain the constitution and the legislative, executive, and Psychology judicial branches of government. With knowledge of Duration: .5 credit the different parts of our government’s organization, Prerequisites: 11-12th grade student should be able to understand and possibly This class is the scientific study of human and animal help shape our domestic and foreign policies. Upon behavior. Psychology is studied to help us understand completion of this course, the student should feel as the people and the world around us. Ninety percent of though he/she is an active part of the government and America’s population lives on ten percent of the land not an object of it. This course is designed in part to area. If we must exist in this crowed condition, it is prepare students for admission to a university. imperative that we are able to understand our fellow CN1405 man. This course is designed in part to prepare students Economics for admission to a university. Duration: .5 credit CN1410 Prerequisites: Grade 12, required For students to become effective citizens, they must AFJROTC I understand the development, framework, and Duration: 1.0 credit distinctive characteristics of the American free Prerequisites: None enterprise system. This course gives students that A Journey into Aviation History This class has three understanding and helps them realize that they play main components of study. Students will study an important role in the economy of our country. aviation history from ancient civilizations to the 21st This course is designed in part to prepare students century, highlighting the role of the US Air for admission to a university. Force. Students will also receive a brief introduction CN1406 into astronomy and space exploration. The second component introduces the student to cadet and Air Force organizational structure, customs courtesies, Sociology military traditions, health and wellness, fitness, self Duration: .5 credit control and citizenship. The Drill and Ceremonies Prerequisites: Grade 11-12 portion concentrates on elements of military drill and Sociology is the study of relationships within groups. ceremonial performances. The course will cover areas such as: social CN1420 CN1421 organization, cultural change, social institutions, and social problems. When the student is through with AFJROTC II this course, he/she should have a better understanding Duration: .1.0 credit of themselves and the world around them. Prerequisites: Completion of AFJROTC 1 This course is designed in part to prepare students The Science of Flight This aviation science course is for admission to a university. intended to acquaint students with the aerospace CN1407 environment, human requirements of flight, principles of aircraft flight, and principles of

navigation. The course begins with a discussion of the atmosphere and weather. After developing an understanding of the environment, how that environment affects flight is introduced. Topics include the four forces of lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Students also learn basic navigation skills, including map reading, course plotting, and calculating the effects of wind. The portion on human requirements of flight is a survey course in physiology, which includes a discussion of the human circulatory system, the effects of acceleration and deceleration, and the importance of protective equipment. CN1422 CN1423

AFJROTC III Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: Completion of AFJROTC 1, 2 Global and Cultural Studies This social science course introduces students to the diverse geography, history, and culture of various regions of the world. The goal is to increase each student’s awareness and insight into America’s national interests and our country’s role in world affairs. Issues considered include terrorism, economics, politics, military, religion, ecology, human rights, health and disease, literacy, and migration. Regions included are Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, and Latin America. CN1424 CN1425

AFJROTC IV Duration: 1.0 credit Prerequisites: Completion of AFJROTC 1, 2, 3 Aviation Honors Ground School The intent of the “Aviation Honors Ground School” is to provide AFJROTC an academically challenging course for the unit’s top achievers. Entry into ground school should be earned by high achievement in other AFJROTC courses and involvement in the cadet corps. Students must be either juniors or seniors, demonstrated potential and aptitude, and has successfully completed a minimum of 2 years of AFJROTC coursework (to include The Science of Flight) and maintained a grade of C or better. The course topics will include fundamentals of flight, flight operations, aviation weather, and performance and navigation. Upon course completion, the student should be eligible to take the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) written exam towards a Private Pilots License per requirement of the Federal Aviation Regulations FAR 61-05 Section 61.3. CN1426 CN1427