York Community High School Course Offerings
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York Community High School Course Offerings 2016-2017 2016-2017 Course Offerings York Community High School 355 W. St. Charles Road Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 Phone: 630-617-2400 YORK ADMINISTRATION Diana Smith, Principal Chris Covino, Assistant Principal for Instruction Karla Goldman, Assistant Principal for Student Services Drew McGuire, Assistant Principal for Finance and Student Activities Rob Wagner, Athletic Director DISTRICT 205 Dave Moyer, Superintendent SCHOOL BOARD Emily Bastedo Jim Collins John McDonough Chris Blum Shannon Ebner Karen Stuefen Margaret Harrell TABLE OF CONTENTS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.......................................................................... ........................................................ 1-2 COLLEGE PLANNING..................................................................................................................................................... 3-6 ACADEMIC POLICIES AND INFORMATION ......................................................................................................... 7-11 DUAL CREDIT CLASSES ................................................................................................................................................ 12 ART DEPARTMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 13-19 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 20-30 LEARNING COMMONS ................................................................................................................................................... 31 STUDY SEMINAR .............................................................................................................................................................. 32 MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT .............................................................................................................................. 33-41 PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT ...................................................................................................................... 42-48 PE, HEALTH AND DRIVER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT .................................................................................. 49-53 RESEARCH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................ 54-63 SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 64-71 SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ................................................................................................................... 72-76 STUDENT SERVICES ........................................................................................................................................................ 77 TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED ARTS ...................................................................................................................... 78-79 BUSINESS DEPARTMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 80-85 FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES DEPARTMENT ..................................................................................... 86-91 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ..................................................................................................... 92-97 WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT .................................................................................................................. 98-111 ATHLETICS ............................................................................................................................................................... 112-116 CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 117-123 York High School Vision and Mission York High School strives to be an exemplary educational community where students, staff and parents: accept the challenge to grow beyond self-imposed limitations. expect excellence of self and others. contribute to the environment of caring, respect, trust, and safety. acquire intellectual passion. learn to appreciate beauty, seek truth and pursue justice. value each individual within the community of learners. develop a sense of social responsibility. support a physical environment which promotes learning. commit to the spirit and joy of a full high school experience. Our goal for every York student is to be safe, engaged, challenged and supported. Safety is always our first priority for students. The work we do around security, dis- cipline, and building maintenance are all focused on providing a safe, secure, clean environment for students and staff. We know that you entrust your most valuable people to us each day: their safety is our first priority. We strive to engage each student. This starts in an academic classroom, but extends to the arts, electives, physical education, athletics and activities, and building relation- ships with each other and staff. With a solid foundation, students must be challenged in order to grow and excel. Our curricular and extracurricular programs are designed to provide challenging and appro- priate opportunities for each and every York student. Students will be supported at York by teachers, counselors, deans, social workers, psychologists, nurses, police liaisons, support staff, and administrators. Early identifi- cation and focused interventions are critical to student success. York Students: The York Course Offering Book, containing over 200 courses in required and elective areas, is prepared by the York High School faculty and administration in order to provide you with a tool for planning your coursework at York. As you begin to examine the courses which are available, please take the time to think first about your future plans, your goals for next year and beyond. What do you want to be doing five and ten years from now? What are your interests and passions? Take the time to develop a four-year plan or to review the plan you made in a previous year. Consult teachers, counselors and parents for advice about which courses will best meet your needs. We are here to help you! Good luck as you plan for your future. Diana Smith Principal Graduation Requirements Upon successful completion of required courses and a sufficient number of elective courses, a student becomes a candidate for graduation from York. The minimum number of credits a student must achieve is noted below. In most cases, a full credit is awarded for satisfactory completion of each semester course. Classes of Class of 2018, 2019 and Requirements 2017 2020 English 8 credits 8 credits Must complete four years of English. Mathematics 6 credits 6 credits Must complete three years, including completion of courses in algebra and geometry. Two of the six credits may come from the following courses in the Business Department: Accounting or Computer Programming 1. Science (Revised for the classes of 2018, 2019 and 2020) 4 credits 6 credits Must complete one year of a life science and one year of a physical science. Social Studies 6 credits 6 credits Must complete World Studies, American Government, US History and at least one Social Studies Elective. Fine Arts 1 credit 1 credit Fulfilled by Art, Music, Dance or World Language. Practical Arts 1 credit 1 credit Fulfilled by Business, Industrial Technology or Family and Consumer Sciences. Computer Literacy (Revised for the classes of 2018, 2019 and 2020) 1 credit N/A Fulfilled by Computer Concepts or passing the Computer Literacy Proficiency Examination. No credit is awarded for passing this test. Consumer Education 1 credit 1 credit Fulfilled by one of the following courses: Social Studies Department: Economics, AP Microeconomics or AP Macroeconomics Family and Consumer Science Department: Introduction to Family and Consumer Sci- ences, Career Internship Business Department: Business Math, Introduction to Business, Personal Finance 101 H Health 1 credit 1 credit Physical Education/Driver Education 3.5 credits 3.5 credits Physical Education, including Dance, receives one-half credit per semester. Driver Education is taught during the sophomore year and takes the place of PE for one semester. For Class of 2017 For Classes of 2018, 2019 and 2020 Total Required ................................. 32.5 Total Required ................................. 33.5 Electives ............................................ 12.0 Electives ............................................ 12.0 Total .................................................. 44.5 Total .................................................. 45.5 1 Name Year GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4 Semester 5 Semester 6 English 9 ________ ________ English 10 ________ ________ English 11 ________ ________ English Senior Elective ________ ________ Mathematics ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (1 yr. Algebra, 1 yr. Geometry) Science ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ World Studies ________ ________ Classes of 2018, 2019 and 2020 U. S. History ________ ________ ELECTIVE CREDITS—12 Social Studies Elective ________ American Government ________ Computer Concepts ________ Class of 2017 Consumer Education ________ Health ________ Physical Education