Curriculum Guide 2018-2019
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Curriculum Guide 2018-2019 Lemon Bay High School Lemon Bay High School 2201 Placida Road Englewood, Florida 34224 (941) 474-7702 Administration and Counseling Staff Robert Bedford ................. Principal Michael Henry................... Assistant Principal - Discipline Robert Murphy ................. Assistant Principal – Curriculum/Assessment Michelle Wier…………………..Assistant Principal – Facilities/Activities Dawn Bedford ................................. Counselor, Grade 9 A-G, and Grade 10 Teresa Dailey .................................. Counselor, Grade 9 H-N, and Grade 11 Jennifer Ragazzone ......................... Counselor, Grade 9 O-Z, and Grade 12 TBA…………………………………Career Resource Counselor Page | 2 Dear Students and Parents: We place our highest priority on the delivery of a high-quality and personally-tailored program of study for each individual student. To that end, we have assembled this Lemon Bay High School Curriculum Guide for the 2018-2019 school year. This guide provides information about high school graduation requirements, details about our class registration process, and individual course descriptions. As you are probably aware, there have been a number of changes to graduation requirements over the last few years. Please take some time to read the individual requirements for the appropriate graduating class. Please note that siblings in different graduating classes are likely to have different graduation requirements. There is also information about a new state initiative: diploma designations. These are distinct from the graduation honors of cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude, the information for which is also included herein. Accelerated coursework is a staple of our curricular offerings at Lemon Bay High School and information about our Advanced Placement, Cambridge AICE, Dual Enrollment, and Honors courses is provided for your review. We are pleased to announce that we will be adding Cambridge AICE classes for our students this year. Please note that many of these accelerated courses have prerequisites as well as requirements for staying in the course once enrolled. Many of these courses also require a contract signed by the parent and student prior to enrolling in the course. We are also proud to announce the redesign of our Technical and Vocational Academies. Through these multi-year academies, students will be able to graduate high school with industry certifications in programs like Photoshop and Microsoft Office, AutoCad, Serve Safe and EMR. Due to the fact that these certifications may take several years to acquire, it is important to review the course sequence information that is included. Finally, information about individual classes is provided, organized by department. These descriptions provide general overviews of what students can expect from the content of a given course. You can also go to http://www.cpalms.org to look at the standards for the majority of courses offered. If you have any questions, please contact the Assistant Principal for Curriculum or the Guidance Department at (941) 474-7702. We are looking forward to another successful academic year at Lemon Bay! Sincerely, Dawn Bedford Teresa Dailey Jennifer Ragazzone Director of Guidance Guidance Counselor Guidance Counselor Robert Murphy Bob Bedford Assistant Principal for Curriculum Principal Page | 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information for all Students........................................................................... 6 Schedule Change Policies ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Teacher Assistants .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Attendance Requirement for Course Credit .................................................................................................................... 8 Senior End of Course Exam Waiver ................................................................................................................................. 8 Making up Required Credits ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Grade Forgiveness .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Second Chance Option ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 Additional Make-Up Credit Opportunities ......................................................................................................................... 9 Academic Awards ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Awards for Standard Diploma Students ........................................................................................................................... 10 Accelerated and Honors Programs ............................................................................ 11 Honors Program Academic Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 11 Comparison of Florida’s Articulated Acceleration Programs at LBHS ............................................................................ 12 Virtual Instructional Programs .................................................................................. 13 Virtual Learning Environment ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Florida Virtual School (FLVS) ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Dual Enrollment ........................................................................................................ 15 Eligibility for Dual Enrollment at Florida Southwestern College ...................................................................................... 15 Early Admission at Florida Southwestern College Under Dual Enrollment ...................................................................... 16 Early Admission not Included Under Dual Enrollment ..................................................................................................... 16 College Credit in Escrow ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Florida Southwestern State College On-line Classes ........................................................................................................ 17 Dual Enrollment Through Charlotte Technical Center ................................................................................................... 18 Criteria for Charlotte Technical Center (CTC) Dual Enrollment includes the following: .................................................. 18 Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) ........................................................................................................................ 19 Exceptional Student Education (ESE) ............................................................................................................................ 21 Page | 4 Exceptional Student Education Criteria for a Standard Diploma ..................................................................................... 21 Exceptional Student Education Criteria for Special Diploma ........................................................................................... 22 504 Student .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 English For Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) .......................................................................................................... 23 Lemon Bay High School Career and Technical Academies.......................................... 24 Industry Certifications ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Core Content Curricular Sequences ........................................................................... 26 English Curricular Sequence ......................................................................................................................................... 26 Mathematics Curricular Sequence ................................................................................................................................ 27 Science Curricular Sequence ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Social Sciences Curricular Sequence ............................................................................................................................. 29 Graduation Options and Requirements ..................................................................... 30 Diploma Options .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Academically