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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................3 SECTION I: General Information for All County High Schools Graduation Requirements........................................................................................................................................4 Modified Standard Diploma....................................................................................................................................5 Individualized Student Alternative Education Program (ISAEP) ...........................................................................6 Verified Credits .......................................................................................................................................................7 Diploma Seals..........................................................................................................................................................8 Enriching Your High School Experience................................................................................................................9 Schedule Procedures..............................................................................................................................................11 Placement Levels in Core Courses........................................................................................................................14 Student Course Load .............................................................................................................................................15 Homework ...........................................................................................................................................................15 Grading Scale .......................................................................................................................................................15 Promotion to grade levels .....................................................................................................................................15 Rank in Class, Weighted Grades, and Grade Point ..............................................................................................15 Athletic Eligibility ................................................................................................................................................16 Advice for Designing a High School Program .....................................................................................................17 Student Portfolio ...................................................................................................................................................17 Student Learning/Community Service .................................................................................................................18 Virginia’s 16 Career Clusters ...............................................................................................................................20 Career Planning ....................................................................................................................................................25 Career Plan ...........................................................................................................................................................25 Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center ......................................................................................31 SECTION II: Course Descriptions Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.................................................................................................38 Career and Technical Education............................................................................................................................32 English...................................................................................................................................................................70 Fine Arts ................................................................................................................................................................76 Health/Physical Education.....................................................................................................................................89 Driver’s Education through Community Education..............................................................................................93 History/Social Studies ...........................................................................................................................................95 Mathematics ........................................................................................................................................................102 Science.................................................................................................................................................................110 Special Education ................................................................................................................................................115 World Languages.................................................................................................................................................122 Index of Courses..................................................................................................................................................135 The Albemarle County School Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Albemarle County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, national origin, pregnancy, or marital status. Questions or concerns regarding compliance with the School Division’s nondiscrimination policies can be directed to the following: Employees: Kimberly Suyes, Director of Human Resource, 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902, (434) 296-5827. Students, Educational Programs and Activities in General: Charlene Green, Coordinator of Equity and Divirsity, 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902, (434) 296-0288. Students, Educational programs and Activites in Special Education: Tom Nash, Executive Director of intervention and Prevention Services, 401, McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902, (434)296-5885. 1 2 INTRODUCTION The Program of Studies is prepared to assist students and parents with course selections and with long-term educational/career planning. Students and parents are encouraged to familiarize themselves with this publication and to use it as a resource guide. School counselors, in cooperation with parents and teachers, assist each student in planning a program of study and in selecting courses for the next school year. In addition to required courses, this guide contains a complete list of electives offered in the Albemarle County comprehensive high schools. Not all electives are available at each high school. This guide contains the course description and the listing of all pre-requisites. The mission of our work in Albemarle County Public Schools is to establish a community of learners and learning, through rigor, relevance, and relationships, one student at a time. This purpose is strengthened when we align our structures, personnel, and strategies to achieve our vision of all learners believing in their power to embrace learning, to excel, and to own their future. To accomplish this mission all students must access and develop an academic foundation that supports a lifetime of learning, including essential knowledge, skills, and behaviors. To develop the skills and habits associated with lifelong learning, students must learn more than the simple recall of facts. Students must demonstrate mastery of what they learn through application in new contexts. The Strategic Goals of the Albemarle County Public Schools are to: 1. Prepare all students to succeed as members of a global community and in a global economy. 2. Eliminate the Achievement Gap. 3. Recruit, retain, and develop a diverse cadre of the highest quality teaching personnel, staff, and administrators. 4. Achieve recognition as a world-class educational system. 5. Establish efficient systems for development, allocation, and alignment of resources to support the Division’s vision, mission, and goals. The Division developed 12 Lifelong-Learning Standards through which we set rigorous expectations for how students learn, analyze information, and communicate, leading to increased student engagement, content mastery, and higher-order thinking. Students who attain these standards will be equipped with a foundation for lifelong inquiry and learning. In addition to high levels of achievement as measured by state assessments, students demonstrate their depth of understanding through locally-developed benchmark performance assessments within the context of each academic discipline. Lifelong-Learning Standards 1. Plan and conduct research; 7. Acquire and use precise language to clearly communicate ideas, knowledge, and processes; 2. Gather, organize, and analyze data, evaluate 8. Explore and express ideas and opinions using processes and products; and draw conclusions; multiple media, the arts, and technology; 3. Think analytically, critically, and creatively to 9. Demonstrate ethical behavior and respect for pursue new ideas, acquire new knowledge, and diversity through daily actions and decision making; make decisions; 4. Understand and apply principles of logic

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