High School COURSE CATALOG 2018-2019

For Students and Families in Preparing for High School Course Registration

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The Bellingham Promise 2

Graduation Requirements 4

High School Credit Dear Students and Families, Requirements 5-7

The 2018-19 school year marks the second year of our eight-period schedule, How to Register for Courses 8 which allows all of our high schools to be on the same common bell schedule and to offer more course options. During our first year of implementation, Registration Information 9-11 there were some important lessons learned for both students and staff, including the importance of balance and rigor in a course schedule. One of Options High School 12 our Core Beliefs in The Bellingham Promise is that all students can achieve at high levels. Our staff and community believe in each of you and we want High School Courses you to challenge yourself, to ask questions, and to take rigorous courses. Arts 13 With hard work and a positive attitude, you can access many of the incredible Career & Technical Education 19 opportunities offered. And while we want you to push yourself and to take English 29 classes that will challenge you, we also want to make sure you maintain a healthy balance between academics, athletics and activities, as well as service, English Language Learners 33 family and celebrating the joys of life. Math 34

Physical Education 36 In addition, be sure to choose courses that will help you work toward graduation and that will prepare you for your next educational chapter, Science 38 whether that will be college or a work training program. No matter what Social Studies 42 you choose to do with your life and career, preparing yourself for continued Specialized Instruction 46 education after high school is the best plan. Our administrators, counselors World Language 47 and teachers are resources to help you decide which courses to take. I encourage you to include your parents and families in this process and Additional Electives 52 consider what is necessary for a healthy, balanced life. Bellingham Virtual Learning 54

The eight-period high school schedule also allows greater flexibility and High School Course Planner 55 more course opportunities to pursue passions or interest areas. This can include courses in world language, art, music, yoga, photography or career and technical education. I encourage each of you to take at least one course that pushes you to explore a new or different discipline or subject matter. This is a great time in your life to broaden your horizons. We are fortunate to Bellingham Public Schools does offer such a vast array of classes in all subject areas, developing students and not discriminate and complies graduates who are readers and writers, artists and performers, historians and with all federal and state laws global thinkers and innovators and creators – and all the outcomes articulated and regulations including the in The Bellingham Promise. American Disabilities Act (ADA). For more information, Enjoy your high school experience and the rich opportunities it offers, please call 360-676-6400. If you have a disability and need this publication in an alternate format, call 360-676-6520. For Greg Baker questions regarding disabled Superintendent access to district buildings, call 360-676-6500.

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 3 REQUIREMENTS

The following three graduation requirements currently apply for all students planning to graduate from Bellingham Public Schools.

HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL AND 1 COURSE CREDITS 2 STATE EXAMS 3 BEYOND PLAN What high school What are the state courses should I take? exam requirements? What’s the High School and Beyond Plan? Course descriptions and pre-requisites All high school students take state are listed in this catalog and in Skyward exams that are aligned to our learning These state-required plans detail the Student Access. See page 9 for details standards in English language arts, work that students will complete to on how to register for classes and the math and science. Students can meet graduate successfully from high school Winter 2018 registration timelines. the English language arts and the and also outline post-high school math exam requirements with passing plans. Students begin their plans How do I know if I’m on scores on the Smarter Balanced tests as they schedule courses for ninth in grade 10, with retakes available grade and revise them with help from track to graduate? twice a year through graduation. counselors throughout high school. Different credit expectations are outlined by graduating year. See Students in grade 11 take the pages 5 to 7 to review what those are Washington Comprehensive for your class. Assessment of Science. However, passing this test is not required for In a 4x8 schedule, students attend graduation until the class of 2021 and four classes each day which rotate beyond. every other day. “A” days include periods 1-4 and “B” days include Accommodations and alternative state periods 5-8. Each semester, students exams may be available for students can earn four credits. In a year with Individualized Education Plans students can earn eight credits. (IEP). In addition, there are state- approved alternative assessments for students who attempt, but do not pass, the state exams for English language arts and math.

For information about state testing, visit www.k12.wa.us/ Assessment/StateTesting and for alternatives for graduation, visit www.k12.wa.us/assessment/ GraduationAlternatives.

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English 4.0 Social Studies 3.0** English 9 1.0 Contemporary World History 1.0 English 10 1.0 U.S. History 1.0 Additional English Courses 2.0 Civics 0.5 Elective 0.5 ** Washington State History is required for Physical Education 1.5 graduation. District students fulfill this state requirement in Grade 7 Social Studies. Health 0.5 Transfer students may need to complete this requirement prior to graduation. See counselor for details. Science 3.0 Two years of lab sciences World Language 2.0 Two consecutive years in the same language Math 3.0 Algebra1 1.0 Geometry 1.0 Algebra 2* 1.0 Arts 1.5 *Algebra 2 may be met by another third Music, Art or Drama year math course based on student interest and High School and Beyond Plan, including parent/guardian signature. Occupational/Career and 1.0 See counselor for details. Technical Education Choose from STEM, Business and Marketing, Family and Consumer Science, Health Science and Agricultural Science. Check with counselor about possible 2 for 1 credit for CTE courses.

Other Courses 7.0

EXPECTED HIGH 26.5 SCHOOL CREDITS

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 5 CLASS OF 2020 HIGH SCHOOL

English 4.0 Social Studies 3.0** English 9 1.0 Contemporary World History 1.0 English 201 1.0 U.S. History 1.0 Additional English Courses 2.0 Civics 0.5 Elective 0.5 ** Washington State History is required for Physical Education 1.5 graduation. District students fulfill this state requirement in Grade 7 Social Studies. Health 0.5 Transfer students may need to complete this requirement prior to graduation. See counselor for details. Science 3.0 Two years of lab sciences Third credit based on student interest and World Language 2.0 High School and Beyond Plan. Two consecutive years in the same language

Math 3.0 Algebra 1 1.0 Arts 2.0 Geometry 1.0 Music, Art or Drama Algebra 2* 1.0 *Algebra 2 may be met by another third year math course based on student Career and 1.5 interest and High School and Beyond Plan, Technical Education including parent/guardian signature. Choose from STEM, Business and See counselor for details. Marketing, Family and Consumer Science, Health Science and Agricultural Science. Check with counselor about possible 2 for 1 credit for CTE courses.

Other Courses 7.5

EXPECTED HIGH 28 SCHOOL CREDITS

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English 4.0 Social Studies 3.0*** English 101 1.0 Contemporary World History 1.0 English 201 1.0 U.S. History 1.0 Additional English Courses 2.0 Civics 0.5 Elective 0.5 Physical Education 1.5 *** Washington State History is required for graduation. District students fulfill this state requirement in Grade 7 Social Studies. Health 0.5 Transfer students may need to complete this requirement prior to graduation. See counselor for details. Science 3.0* Biology 1.0 World Language 2.0 Chemistry 1.0 Two consecutive years in Physics 1.0 the same language *One credit of science may be met by another Both credits may be a Personalized science course based on High School and Pathway Requirement Beyond Plan including parent/guardian signature. See counselor for details. Arts 2.0 1 credit may be a Personalized Pathway Requirement, which are related courses leading to a specific career or educational path, chosen by the student, based on interest. See counselor for details. Math 3.0 Algebra 1 1.0 Career and 1.5 Geometry 1.0 Technical Education Algebra 2** 1.0 ** Technical Literacy 0.5 Algebra 2 may be met by another Elective 1.0 third year math course based on student Choose from STEM, Business and interest and High School and Beyond Plan, Marketing, Family and Consumer Science, including parent/guardian signature. Health Science and Agricultural Science. See counselor for details. Check with counselor about possible 2 for 1 credit for CTE courses. Other Courses 9.5 REQUIRED HIGH 30 SCHOOL CREDITS

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 7 HOW TO FOR COURSES

All students register online at bellinghamschools.org

Students in grades 8 through 11 will Log-in to Skyward Student Access Meet with school counselors to register for next year’s courses online. 1 at bellinghamschools.org. See the 4 confirm course requests using Use Skyward Student Access, a “Skyward” quick-link on the top right of the timeline below. the homepage. web-based program, to pre-register View your course schedule using at home or at school and meet with a Log-in using existing student log- 5 Skyward Student Access after fall school counselor to confirm requests, 2 ins and passwords for students orientation or in August just prior to according to the timeline below. in grades 9 through 11. Students in school starting. grade 8 will receive their log-ins and passwords from their schools. High school students are able to use Skyward Student Access Register for courses at home or throughout the year to view 3 at school. Students may view and homework assignments, review pre-select courses in Skyward Student attendance records, progress Access after receiving registration reports, look up grades and more. materials. High school students should be registered by the end of the day March 16. Eighth graders should be registered by March 16.

WINTER 2018 REGISTRATION DATES Bellingham, Sehome, Squalicum and Options High School

High school counselor visits to High school information nights for Registration Timeline for students in middle schools to support all eighth eighth grade families: grades 9-11: graders in registering for ninth grade; registration materials distributed: Bellingham High School – Tuesday, February 26 to March 16 – March 6 at 6:30 p.m. Counselors visit classrooms to share Shuksan Middle School – March 5 information and host information Options High School – Thursday, March sessions. Students begin online Whatcom Middle School – March 6 8 at 6:30 p.m. registration process.

Kulshan Middle School – March 7 Sehome High School – Monday, March 16 – Final day for high school March 5 at 6:30 p.m. students to select courses and register Fairhaven Middle School – March 8 online. Squalicum High School – Wednesday, Deadline for all eighth graders to March 7 at 6:30 p.m. complete online registration process: Friday, March 16

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General Information Requests to Drop or Change a Class Advanced Placement (AP) This course catalog provides Once a student has registered for a Program information on all courses offered class and the student-driven master It is a goal of Bellingham Public by Bellingham Public Schools for schedule has been created, students Schools to challenge and stretch the 2018-19 school year. We hope may not change or drop classes. every student in a rigorous set of this guide will help answer your We hire teachers and staff based classes each year. Although not questions as you decide which high on student course selection and we necessarily offered at every high school courses to register for next are bound to that commitment. Only school, as a district we are able year. Courses in this guide will only under extenuating circumstances to offer 28 different Advanced be run if enough students register will a schedule change request Placement courses. AP classes to fill a class. It is very important be considered by the principal. are rigorous, college level courses that you think carefully about your If a schedule mistake was made offered in a high school setting that choices. Once course schedules are by school personnel, appropriate include a final examination or AP established and the master schedule corrections will be made. If students Test. Students who take AP courses is created, students may not change simply stop attending a class, the may earn college credit depending or drop a class. Any schedule natural consequence will be an on how well they do on the national changes will be considered only “F” grade in the class and on their Advanced Placement test. You can under exceptional circumstances transcripts. speak with your counselor about AP and if approved by an administrator. classes and the associated academic You are required to select alternate Letter Grades and Credit work-load so you can maintain a course choices for each elective. All academic classes result in a positive balance. If you do not choose an alternate letter grade: A, B, C, D or F and each and cannot get into your first choice course is based on a four-point scale Career and Technical Education class, your counselor will choose for GPA purposes. Students do not Career and Technical Education are courses for you. earn credit for an F grade and will programs designed for students to need to repeat/retrieve the class if explore career pathways based on Full Schedule Requirement it is required for graduation. We do their interest areas. Classes marked All ninth, tenth and eleventh grade not offer courses as pass/fail unless with ‘*T’ are CTE Dual Credit courses students take eight credit-producing pre-approved based on special where students may earn both high classes per semester. The principal circumstances. school and college credits. Students may make rare exceptions when they must earn a B or better in the course determine it is in the best interest to be eligible. Availability varies from of a particular student to have a site to site, please check with your reduced schedule that includes instructor. some type of non-credit option. In order to establish and maintain a college preparatory high school schedule, all twelfth grade students are encouraged to take eight credit earning classes per semester.

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 9 College in High School • Enroll in courses that are approved College and Post-Secondary Although not available at all our high by the high school counselor so Entrance Requirements schools, students may be able to that graduation requirements are Entrance requirements to four- participate in our limited College in completed in conjunction with any year colleges vary and may change High School courses. In association college coursework. Full-time at the annually. In addition to academic with some local community colleges, community college equates to 15 performance, colleges will consider technical colleges and universities, credits per quarter. factors such as whether a student students in grades 10-12 may be • Be responsible for transportation, has overcome personal or social able to earn college credit for some lab fees and books. adversity, challenged themselves classes while in high school (dual- • Maintain satisfactory progress at academically, and developed credit). Speak with your high school the community college or risk losing leadership skills and extracurricular counselor or school administrator for the privilege to attend. interests. A personal essay is heavily more information regarding course considered. For the most current options and associated fees required Credit Taken Outside of Bellingham information, consult the Washington of the sponsoring institution. It is also Public Schools Four-Year College Book, the College important to know that dual-credit Occasionally, students take courses Handbook, online resources at courses are typically not transferable outside the district and receive credit www.CollegeBoard.org, or a specific outside of Washington state. Please on their high school transcripts. college catalog. These reference check with your intended college or Before students enroll in any materials are in high school university. outside course for which they expect counseling/career centers. credit, an application and detailed Running Start explanation of the proposed program The entrance requirements listed Current Washington state legislation must be submitted for counselor and below are for general guidance. allows high school students to attend administrative approval. Applications Please ask your counselor for help their local community college or are available in the counseling in checking the requirements for technical school and simultaneously center. Once the application is specific postsecondary institutions. earn high school and community approved, students must maintain college credit. Associated fees for a full schedule. Students must Washington Technical Schools: Running Start apply. take responsibility to submit an High school graduation or 18 years official transcript documenting the of age. Attrition for high school students completion of the course and earned enrolled in Running Start is credit to the high school registrar. Washington Community Colleges: significant and may jeopardize on- High school graduation or 18 years time graduation for some students. Students may also wish to take of age. Students should maintain full-time courses for outside credit, not enrollment so that their graduation approved by Bellingham Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities: status is not compromised. It is also Schools, and separately submit that High school graduation; rigorous important to know that dual-credit transcript to colleges or universities. coursework; GPA, SAT and/or ACT courses are typically not transferable scores; four years of English; three outside of Washington state. The Seal of Biliteracy years of social studies; two or three The Washington State Seal of years of the same world language; Requirements for students who wish Biliteracy (RCW 28A.300.575) three or four years of college to qualify for Running Start courses recognizes public high school preparatory math; two or three years include: graduates who have attained a high of lab science; and at least one year • Junior status or 16 years old. level of proficiency in speaking, of visual or performing arts. • Application to the program during reading, and writing in one or more the enrollment period for the college world languages in addition to in March prior to the fall quarter. English. In Bellingham, graduating • Be responsible for knowing the seniors can earn this distinction registration dates and deadlines for by meeting all ELA graduation both Bellingham Public Schools and requirements and demonstrating the community college. proficiency in another world language • Sign a Bellingham Public Schools either by earning four credits through Running Start contract with parents/ proficiency testing or earning a score guardians. of three or higher on an AP World Language exam.

10 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 Athletic/Interscholastic College Academic Distribution The National Collegiate Athletic Eligibility Requirements (CADR Credit) Association (NCAA) The Washington Interscholastic The Washington Student The NCAA Eligibility Center certifies Athletic Association (WIAA) Achievement Council (WASC) sets whether prospective college athletes Philosophy of Scholarship states: minimum admission standards are eligible to play sports at NCAA “While the WIAA is aware of the for public four-year baccalaureate Division I or II institutions. It does this important role that interscholastic institutions in Washington state. by reviewing the student-athlete’s athletics play in the development College academic distribution academic record, SAT or ACT scores, of students, the WIAA member requirements (CADRs) reflect the and amateur status to ensure schools are also committed to the minimum number of credits required conformity with NCAA rules. philosophy that the primary purpose in six subject areas that students of our secondary schools should be must earn to be eligible for routine For more information regarding NCAA- to academically prepare students admission consideration by four-year approved courses and eligibility, to become productive citizens upon public baccalaureate institutions. please visit www.ncaa.org. graduation.” CADRs guide students to take high By law, in order for a student school courses which will prepare athlete to be (and remain) eligible them for college-level coursework. to participate in athletics students High school courses meeting CADRs must: are determined by the school district • take at least 7 out of 8 classes; and are noted on student transcripts however, Bellingham Public Schools with a “B” designation. CADRs are not expects students to take eight the same as high school graduation classes, requirements, which are determined • take an equivalent full-time by the local school districts. schedule if enrolled in Running Start, • live within the boundaries and Students who plan to attend a four- designated attendance area of the year college or university should school, be aware of both their high school • pass all classes, graduation requirements and the • agree to and sign the Bellingham CADRs. Meeting the minimum Public Schools Athletic Code of college admission standards does Conduct. not guarantee admission to a public baccalaureate institution. Therefore, Please speak with the school students are encouraged to go athletic coordinators for additional beyond meeting minimum college information. admission standards to improve their chances for gaining entry to a public baccalaureate institution. Students should obtain admission information directly from the institution they wish to attend. For more information, please go to http://wsac.wa.gov/ sites/default/files/2014.CADRS. Overview.pdf

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 11 Options High School Options High School is a small school of choice in Bellingham Public Schools. Options is an accredited high school with a mission to support students as they develop their passions and prepare for the wide range of educational and vocational opportunities available to them.

All students planning to enroll at Options High School must be in grades 9-12+ and apply through an application and interview process. Interested students are encouraged to schedule a visit to Options or meet with their current school The new Options High opened August 2017 in a state-of-the-art building. counselor. Students may refer themselves or be referred by parents, guardians, counselors, or school administrators. Even if referred by someone else, each student must choose to attend Options as a school of their own choice.

Most Options High School courses will be taught through a project-based learning design. Project-based learning is a unique environment that allows students to connect learning standards to real life applications. Students who choose to attend Options should be willing to attend school consistently, work collaboratively with others and be willing to look for opportunities to connect their classroom experiences to the community around them.

The small size of Options High School creates unique opportunities and limitations to what courses are available. Options High School offers all courses necessary to meet the Bellingham Public Schools and Washington state graduation requirements. At this time, Options High School does not offer AP or College in the High School courses. Courses offered at Options High School could include:

ARTS MATH SOCIAL SCIENCE Art/Ceramics Algebra 1 Civics Drama Algebra 2 Criminology Guitar Geometry Law and Society Pre-Calculus US History CTE World History Aerospace Manufacturing PHYSICAL EDUCATION Applied Physics Yoga/Strength Training OTHER ELECTIVES Introduction to Engineering Walking for Fitness AVID Forensics Credit Retrieval Lab Manufacturing Technology SCIENCE Leadership Technical Literacy Biology Living on your Own Chemistry Special Education Support ENGLISH Environmental Science English 101/English 201 Ocean Science American Literature For more information: World Mythology WORLD LANGUAGE Options High School Spanish 1/Spanish 2 (360) 647-6871

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AP Studio Art students work with diverse media, styles, Visual subjects, and content. The portfolios consists of three sections: • the Breadth section (range of approaches) illustrates a range Art 1 of ideas and approaches to art making; Course Code: FAA 101 • the Concentration section (sustained investigation) shows Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 sustained, deep, and multi-perspective investigation of a Length of Class: Semester student-selected topic; AND Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) • the Quality section (selected works) represents the student’s Pre-requisite: None most successful works with respect to form and content. This course is an introduction to visual art through drawing, painting, design, color study and composition using a variety Student work is informed and guided by observation, of materials and techniques. It covers basic art history and research, experimentation, discussion, critical analysis, aesthetics. and reflection, relating individual practices to the art world. Students are asked to document their artistic ideas Art 2 and practices to demonstrate conceptual and technical development over time. The AP Studio Art Program supports Course Code: FAA 102 students in becoming inventive artistic scholars who Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 contribute to visual culture through art making. Length of Class: Semester Summer work is required as well as at least 6-10 hours Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) planning/creating per week outside of class (6-10 hours of Pre-requisite: Art 1 or Drawing homework per week). This course is a second level course to follow successful completion of Art 1 or Drawing. Students will build on the Ceramics 1 skills they developed, continuing their work on drawing, Course Code: FAA 201 painting, oil pastel, print making and individual projects. Art Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 criticism and a group project will round out the work in this Length of Class: Semester class. Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Pre-requisite: None Art Studio This course is an introduction to the nature of clay and its Course Code: FAA 113 qualities through hand–built pottery and glazing techniques. Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 The course involves designing three-dimensional sculptures Length of Class: Semester using various media and includes learning about the history Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) and aesthetics of ceramics and sculpture. Pre-requisite: Art 2 This course is designed for the student who is capable of Ceramics 2 independent study and is interested in actively pursuing the Course Code: FAA 202 study of visual art. Emphasis is on advanced work in drawing, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 painting, design, and aesthetics through assignments and Length of Class: Semester individual projects. May be repeated for credit. Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Pre-requisite: Ceramics 1 Advanced Placement Studio Art: 2D Design In Ceramics 2 students will further develop sculptural Course Code: FAA 391/392 skills with clay while discovering individual expression and Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 style. New surface design techniques and wheel throwing Length of Class: Year-long are also explored. Students will study artists in history and Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) will practice critique as a means for self-reflection while Pre-requisite: Art 2 or Studio Art communicating artistic ideas and questions. AP Studio Art is designed for students who are seriously interested in the practical experience of art. Students create a Ceramics Studio portfolio of work to demonstrate the artistic skills and ideas Course Code: FAA 203 they have developed, refined, and applied over the course of Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 the year to produce visual compositions. These are submitted Length of Class: Semester in May for evaluation. Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR)

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Pre-requisite: Ceramics 1 and Ceramics 2 Visual Communications This course involves individual studio work in approved Course Code: FAA 303 ceramic ware and direction. Students who take this class are Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 independent learners, seeking a career in visual arts or are Length of Class: Semester passionate about sculpture/pottery work. Emphasis is placed Credit: .5 CTE , Arts, or Elective (CADR) on proficient glazing techniques, studio management, and use Pre-requisite: None of different clay bodies and materials not offered in Ceramics This course combines photography, art, digital imaging 1 or 2. May be repeated for credit. technology, and communication while exploring related careers. Content is focused on the introduction to materials, Drawing equipment and processes of the graphics and photographic Course Code: FAA 127 industries. Digital media has exploded all around us; students Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 need to learn art and technical skills to move from media Length of Class: Semester users to media producers. Focus will be on learning Adobe Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Creative Cloud products and photography techniques while Pre-requisite: None tapping into our creative sides to produce artistic designs. This entry level class is for students who want to learn mark making and drawing skills using a variety of tools Visual Communications, Advanced and materials just for drawing. In addition to technical Course Code: FAA 304 applications of graphite, colored pencil, charcoal, ink, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 and other drawing media, students should expect to learn Length of Class: Semester concepts in design, composition, and art history. This class is Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective (CADR) a more media-specific alternative to Art 1, which focuses on a Pre-requisite: Visual Communications larger variety of media, tools and materials for making art. This course will provide students with the opportunity to continue to develop their desktop publishing and Painting photographic skills. Students will learn advanced Course Code: FAA 125 photographic techniques, become proficient in digital image Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 correction and manipulation, and expand their skills in Length of Class: Semester desktop publishing. Students will learn advanced techniques Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) and become proficient in the use of Adobe Creative Cloud Pre-requisite: Art 1 or Drawing products. Students explore a variety of painting media with an emphasis on painting in traditional materials such oil pastels, acrylic, Watercolor watercolor, inks and may include printmaking and other Course Code: FAA 123 non-traditional painting media. The study of historical and Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 contemporary artists and culture provides vocabulary skills Length of Class: Semester and a foundation for students to discuss and evaluate their Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) own work and the work of their peers. May be repeated for Pre-requisite: Art 1 or Drawing credit. This course is an introduction to the spontaneous and aesthetic exploration of watercolor painting. The course Jewelry Making begins with very basic techniques that build on each other. Course Code: FAA 305 The end of the semester is designed for individual watercolor Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 paintings. Individual projects and instruction depends on Length of Class: Semester student experience, knowledge and task commitment. May Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) be repeated for credit. Pre-requisite: None This course is designed to introduce students to jewelry design Watercolor, Advanced as an art form. We will practice techniques using various Course Code: FAA 124 materials such as metal, clay, glass and wire. Students will Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 learn how to apply the fundamentals of design within their Length of Class: Semester small sculptural pieces. We will also explore the evolution Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) of jewelry and personal adornment throughout history and Pre-requisite: Painting or Watercolor among cultures. Students will continue their watercolor painting studies by 14 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 building upon the foundations acquired in either painting or Credit: .5 CTE , Arts or Elective (CADR) watercolor class. The emphasis of Watercolor, Advanced is to Pre-requisite: None develop self-expression and creative problem solving skills Location: Bellingham through the advanced use of materials and processes. At the Learn to design and create costumes, masks and special same time, a strong focus will be placed on developing student effects makeup for the stage. We will delve into the history ownership of their work throughout the entire creative of theatre and create designs by hand and digitally. Our process. Students will utilize a variety of critique methods to products and skills will ultimately be a working part of the improve upon their ability to communicate about their work. theatre productions team. We will learn basic stage makeup, character makeup, as well as special effects makeup including Performing mask making, casting and special effects prosthetics. Musical Theatre Drama 1: Introduction to Theatre Course Code: FAD 107 Course Code: FAD 101 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Prerequisite: Drama 1 or audition Pre-requisite: None This course is an introduction to musical theatre in all its This is a foundational theatre class that introduce students various styles and forms. This class will be divided into to basic theatre concepts. This class focuses on building an two large units. The first half of the semester will serve as awareness of theatrical context and developing self-confidence a brief survey of American Musical Theatre 1920-present. and performance skills through creative group activities and Through the use of film, images, recordings, librettos and performance projects. Emphasis is on building skills and musical scores, students will engage in critical analysis of techniques in beginning acting, basic technical theatre and and discussion of the musical theatre genre. The second improvisation. half of the semester will be in the form of a musical theatre performance workshop in which students will select and Drama 2: Intermediate Theatre prepare solos and scenes from American Musical Theatre Course Code: FAD 102 culminating with a performance or musical theatre review at Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 the end of the semester. Students will gain an understanding Length of Class: Semester of the evolution of musical theatre as a distinctperformance Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) genre and develop acting, vocal and movement skills for Pre-requisite: Drama 1 musical theatre performance. Drama 2 further explores the skills and techniques that were developed in Drama 1. Skills are polished and refined with Theatre Technology an emphasis on acting skills, voice control, and developing Course Code: FAD 200 character. Students explore history of theatre, play analysis Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 and scene study. Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective (CADR) Drama 3: Advanced Theatre 1 Pre-requisite: None Course Code: FAD 103 Location: Bellingham, Sehome Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Theatre Technology is for students with an interest in Length of Class: Semester developing work-related skills in the theatre tech and/or Credit: 0.5 Arts or Elective (CADR) film industry. Emphasis is on the development of skills in Pre-requisite: Drama 1 and either Drama 2 or Theatre technical aspects of the theatre, including scenic design and Tech construction, scene painting, costuming, rigging, lighting This class focuses on a deeper study of theater for the and sound engineering and production, as well as individual advanced theatre student. Coursework will include advanced projects in design and/or construction. techniques in acting and production with emphasis on an interactive exploration of theatre history and scene studies. Theatre Technology, Advanced This course includes public drama productions, contests and Course Code: FAD 201 competitions. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Costume and Makeup Design Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective (CADR) Course Code: CTF 311/312 Pre-requisite: Theatre Technology Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Location: Bellingham Length of Class: Semester High School Course Catalog 2018-19 15 ARTS COURSES continued

Theatre Technology, Advanced builds on the skills and This class is open to wind players who want to work together outcomes developed in Theatre Technology. Students work in to learn and perform quality band literature. All styles of collaborative groups and individually to complete projects in music are performed. Students will learn sight-reading, music set construction and set design; lighting design and operation; theory, ear training and some music history. Students in sound design and operation; stage management; costume Band: Symphonic will combine with the other band members design and construction; and fly rigging and operation. to perform at concerts, festivals, community performances Students are trained for responsible work force positions in and school athletic events. This is the appropriate course for the technical aspects of theatre. incoming 9th grade wind players.

Band: Jazz Ensemble Music Course Code: MUS 115, 116 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Garage Band Lab Length of Class: Year-long Course Code: MUS 103 Credit: 1.0 Arts, CTE or Elective (CADR) Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: Audition Length of Class: Semester This class allows a group of musicians to pursue an interest in jazz. Emphasis is on the field of jazz, funk and Latin Credit: .5 Arts or Elective music and performance. All areas of the musical style will Pre-requisite: Previous music experience be analyzed, rehearsed and performed. There will be many This semester-long course is for students who want to opportunities for performances beyond the school day which compose and perform original music of any style. Students prepare students for professional music careers. form bands in which they learn and practice the skills essential to a productive and successful band, including Concert Band/Wind Ensemble rehearsal techniques, songwriting, performing and some recording. Students in Band Lab must be able to work Course Code: MUS 110, 111 independently, collaborate with other students and have Grade Level: 9 (with audition), 10, 11, 12 successfully completed a music class previously, or have Length of Class: Year-long equivalent experience. Students are strongly encouraged to Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) provide their own instruments. Pre-requisite: Previous band experience or audition This class is for the more advanced wind players who want Band: Beginning to improve their technical and music reading skills while Course Code: MUS 101, 102 working together to play quality band literature. The class emphasizes a high standard of musicianship and discipline, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 with musical styles ranging from popular pep music to a Length of Class: Year-long more classical concert repertoire. Advanced-level literature Semester Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) will be performed, including sight-reading, ear training, Pre-requisite: None music theory and extended instrument technique. The band This course is for students who would like to learn the basics performs at several events, including concerts, festivals, of playing a band instrument for the first time. Students community performances and school athletic events. who have minimal experience on an instrument, or who would like to learn a new instrument, may also take this Percussion Ensemble course. Students will explore ensemble playing essentials, Course Code: MUS 108, 109 how to listen effectively, and learn discipline through playing Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 an instrument. In addition to learning how to play an instrument, students will explore elements of musicianship Length of Class: Year-long and components such as basic music theory and history. Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) Students who complete Band: Beginning could continue on Pre-requisite: Previous band experience with the school’s other band ensembles. This class provides the opportunity for students to play in drumline and on multiple percussion instruments, develop music-reading and ear training skills, learn a variety of Band: Symphonic rhythms, and work together to perform quality percussion Course Code: MUS 120, 121 ensemble music. This group performs on its own as well as Grade Level: 9-12 combining with other bands to perform at concerts, festivals, Length of Class: Year-long community performances and school athletic events. Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) Pre-requisite: Previous band experience 16 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 Choir: Chamber Choir: Treble Course Code: MUS 245, 246 Course Code: MUS 235/236 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Arts, CTE or Elective (CADR) Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) Pre-requisite: Audition and simultaneous enrollment in Pre-requisite: None This class is designed for female vocal students with more Choir: Concert or Treble than beginning vocal experience. This group practices This group of singers practices and performs music of all and performs music for choir concerts and is an excellent styles for the smaller vocal ensemble with an emphasis preparation for Choir: Concert and advanced chamber choirs. on pop, jazz, chamber madrigals, classical and show music. Students participate in numerous performances for community and school events. This course can prepare Guitar 1 students for college and professional level opportunities in Course Code: MUS 500 music. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Choir: Concert Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Course Code: MUS 210, 211 Pre-requisite: None Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Guitar 1 is for students with little or no experience on the Length of Class: Year-long guitar. The course will focus on the basic elements of music reading (notation, tablature and chords), music theory and Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) playing technique. Students will work, play and create music Pre-requisite: Audition in small groups, with the class as a whole and individually. This choir, for the more intermediate or advanced choral Students will learn to play melodies and chords. Students musician, performs for a variety of community, school, are expected to work independently at their own pace, as contests and tour events. The choir sings a variety of well as cooperatively with small groups. Completion of this traditional choral literature, preparing students for college or course will give students the basic skills to become lifelong community choirs. musicians.

Choir: Mixed Guitar 2 Course Code: MUS 230, 231 Course Code: MUS 502 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Semester Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Pre-requisite: None Pre-requisite: Guitar 1 or similar experience This class is geared to the less experienced singer and for those Students in Guitar 2 will continue to develop the basic taking their first high school choral music class. Students elements of music reading, theory and playing technique. practice and perform all types of choral music while learning Students will work and play in small groups, with the class and developing vocal skills. The goal is to provide students as a whole and alone. They will learn to play more advanced with a safe environment to learn vocal technique, application melodies and chord progressions, a variety of strumming and of musical notation and theory, and a general understanding picking styles, write their own music, and learn to analyze of music history. This course prepares singers for a successful and appreciate many styles of guitar music. experience in Choir: Concert or Treble. Adventures in Music Choir: Tenor-Tenor-Bass-Bass Course Code: MUS 311 Course Code: MUS 220 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Arts or Elective Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) Prerequisite: None Pre-requisite: None Location: Bellingham This is a choir designed for tenor and bass singers of all ability This is a “hands-on” class that does not require concert levels, from beginner to advanced. Prior musical experience is participation. This class will build an appreciation and welcome, but not required. This course will focus on exploring understanding of music with active participation. Units may the unique tenor/bass singing voice as an instrument and on include: Components of Music, Listening, Music Theory, building music reading ability, ensemble singing skills, and History, Piano Keyboarding, Style, Instruments, Guitar, team building. Tenor-Tenor-Bass-Bass performs at the fall, World Music, an inquiry based research/demonstration winter and festival concerts. project and concert attendance.

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Music Appreciation experience. Students will perform orchestral literature Course Code: MUS 302 ranging from modern to classical while continuing to improve Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 technique. The group will focus on building intonation, tone Length of Class: Semester production, shifting and vibrato skills, and will perform at Credit: .5 Arts or Elective (CADR) various civic and community events during the year. Pre-requisite: None Orchestra: Advanced This class will explore various kinds of music from early composers such as Bach and Beethoven to modern day Course Code: MUS 402, 403 musicians. Students will experience many aspects of music Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 including listening, improvisation and composition, and will Length of Class: Year-long also learn about different instruments. Focus topics will be on Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) rhythm, note reading, music history, and could also include Pre-requisite: Middle school orchestra experience and /or performance opportunities. audition and teacher permission This group is composed of students who audition in the AP Music Theory spring. This course emphasizes a very high standard of Course Code: MUS 391, 392 musicianship and discipline. The group works together Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 to develop playing skills while learning and performing Length of Class: Year-long string and symphonic music from the classical and popular Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) realms. Students will perform orchestra literature ranging Pre-requisite: Ability to read basic notation from modern to classical. Interested students will learn how to lead ensemble through their rehearsals and finally In AP Music theory, students will gain a more thorough their performance. The orchestra performs for community understanding of music, both aurally and visually. Topics programs, concerts and contests. covered in this course include form, composition, notation in multiple clefs, sight-singing, chord structure, scales and modes, music history, and developing listening skills. It is Orchestra: Chamber an expectation that students will take the corresponding AP Course Code: MUS 405, 406 exam in the spring. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Orchestra: Beginning Strings Credit: 1.0 Arts, CTE or Elective (CADR) Course Code: MUS 130, 131 Pre-requisite: Audition and concurrent enrollment in Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Orchestra: Advanced or Intermediate Length of Class: Year-long This course is designed for the serious string music student Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) who is willing to work on more difficult music for a specially Pre-requisite: None qualified group. Emphasis is placed on advanced orchestral This class is a beginning string orchestra class in which literature written for smaller ensembles. Students participate students learn how to play a string instrument. No prior in numerous performances for school and community events, experience is needed. Students will increase their knowledge develop performance skills that can lead to employment of musical styles, fundamentals, self-discipline, and and higher education studies. Students must participate cooperation while working together and playing in an concurrently in Orchestra: Advanced or Intermediate. ensemble. Members are expected to remain the entire year and students participate in orchestra concerts throughout the Piano Keyboarding year. Course Code: MUS 501 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Orchestra: Intermediate Length of Class: Semester Course Code: MUS 400, 401 Credit: 0.5 Arts or Elective Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: None Length of Class: Year-long Location: Bellingham Credit: 1.0 Arts or Elective (CADR) This is a “hands-on”class for beginners who want to learn Pre-requisite: Middle school orchestra experience basic piano playing skills. Students will be expected to show This course emphasizes a high standard of musicianship improvement beyond the skills they bring to class the first and discipline and is open to all string players with previous day. Keyboards provided.

18 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES Classes marked with symbol (*T) are CTE dual credit Aerospace Manufacturing courses where students may earn both high school and Course Code: CTT 415, 416 college credit if they demonstrate competency in all Grade Level: 10, 11, 12; open to grade 9 if space available course outcomes and receive a B grade or higher for the Length of Class: Year-long class. Agreements vary from site to site. Please check Credit: 2.0 CTE or third year math or science or elective with instructor. Pre-requisite: Engineering Tech or Applied Physics Preferred Location: Options (open to all district students) Personalized Pathway Requirement Through hands-on engineering projects, students learn about Courses are aligned in Programs of Study that represent aerodynamics, astronautics, space-life sciences, and systems a student’s Personalized Pathway. Personalized Pathway engineering. This double-period course prepares individuals Requirements are related courses that lead to a specific to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to the identification and resolution of production problems post high school career or educational outcome based on in the aerospace industry. Includes instruction in machine their High School and Beyond Plan. PPRs are intended operations, production line operations, engineering analysis, to provide a focus for student learning. systems analysis, instrumentation, physical controls, automation, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), *T-Accounting manufacturing planning, quality control, and informational Course Code: CTB 201 infrastructure. Students from any high school may take this Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 course. See counselor for details. Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 CTE or Elective *T-American Sign Language 1 Pre-requisite: None Course Code: WLA 101, 102 Learn the language of business. In this course students will Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 be introduced to one of the fastest-growing professions in Length of Class: Year-long the United States. Students will use actual accounting forms Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) and software to record business transactions for an entire Pre-requisite: None accounting cycle for a service business that is organized as ASL 1 introduces students to American Sign Language. Units a sole proprietorship. Students will also study accounting of study are based on natural conversation topics including vocabulary, the relationship between accounting and business family, hobbies, interests, activities and storytelling. Students and explore career opportunities in the accounting profession. begin to develop cultural awareness to support respectful This class is a must for all college-bound students planning interactions with people in the Deaf community and to major in business administration, accounting, finance, appreciation for the contributions Deaf people have made to marketing or economics. the world. This class is taught almost entirely in ASL.

*T- Accounting 2 *T-American Sign Language 2 Course Code: CTB 202 Course Code: WLA 103, 104 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Year-long Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Accounting Pre-requisite: American Sign Language 1 Learn more about the accounting process of a business by In ASL 2, students quickly increase their ability to sign continuing to a second semester of accounting. In Accounting and comprehend ASL. Units of study continue to build 2, the focus is on merchandising businesses organized as on conversational topics including describing people and a partnership. Students will gain experience dealing with things, making requests, asking for advice, giving opinions, specialized accounting applications such as special journals, discussing plans and school, and storytelling. Students petty cash systems, taxes, depreciation, managerial decisions continue developing awareness of the attitudes, perspectives, and interest. Students who take this course will be prepared and and experiences of people in the Deaf community for entry-level employment opportunities and further college and learn about diversity within the United States and level studies in accounting. international Deaf communities. This class is taught almost entirely in ASL.

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*T-American Sign Language 3 AP Computer Science Principles Course Code: WLA 105, 106 Course Code: CTI 393, 394 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 CTE, or third year math Pre-requisite: American Sign Language 2 Pre-requisite: Algebra I ASL 3 offers students the opportunity to develop a higher AP Computer Science Principles introduces students to the level of proficiency in ASL as they continue to develop foundational concepts of computer science and challenges their expressive and receptive signing skills. Students them to explore how computing and technology can are challenged with advanced storytelling techniques, impact the world. With a unique focus on creative problem independent projects, study of audism, disability, solving and real-world applications, AP Computer Science representation and privilege. Students are encouraged to Principles prepares students for college and careers. As with participate in the National ASL Honors Society. This class is all AP classes, it is an expectation that students take the taught exclusively in ASL. corresponding Advanced Placement exam in the spring.

*T-American Sign Language 4 Animal Studies and Outreach Course Code: WLA 107, 108 Course Code: PAW 100 Grade Level: 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Semester Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 0.5 Elective or CTE Pre-requisite: American Sign Language 3 Location: Sehome This intensive class is an opportunity for advanced study in Pre-requisite: None ASL. Advanced story-telling, grammar, and interaction with Animal Studies and Outreach is a service-oriented elective native signers are integrated into units of study. Students that involves the study of animal behavior, communication, deepen their study of culturally significant topics relating the animal-human bond, and humane education. to the Deaf community. Students will have the opportunity Community outreach is a major component of the course; to determine individual areas of focus for in-depth work. students will participate in community-based projects that Students are expected to play a leadership role within the ASL promote awareness for the welfare of domestic animals student community. and wildlife. Students will have the opportunity to work in partnership with The Whatcom Humane Society and other AP Computer Science A local animal organizations. The class will also include field Course Code: CTI 391, 392 trips to learn about service/therapy animals, wildlife, and Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 conservation. In class, students will study the following Length of Class: Year-long units: The Animal/Human Connection, Animal Intelligence, Credit: 1.0 CTE or third year math Animal Behavior, Animal Welfare/Rights, Wildlife and Conservation. Students will gain exposure to careers through Pre-requisite: Algebra 1 guest speakers from a variety of animal-related fields. The AP Computer Science A course is much more than a Students in this course will be required to complete an in- programming course. The emphasis is on procedural and depth semester long community outreach project, as well as a data abstraction, object-oriented programming, design volunteer requirement. methodology, algorithms, and data structures using the Java programming language. Computer science embraces problem solving and perspectives that help people utilize computers to Applied Physics address real-world problems in contemporary life. Students Course Code: SCI 136, 137 who take the AP Computer Science A course and exam are Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 well prepared to continue their study of computer science and Length of Class: Year-long its integration into a wide array of computing and STEM- Credit: 1.0 CTE, Lab Science, or third year math (CADR, related fields. No computer programming experience is NCAA) necessary; however, completion of an introductory computer Pre-requisite: None programming course and a successful background in This is an interdisciplinary course, which combines math, mathematics will help assure success. After the required AP science and technology. The one-year course includes five test in May, students will complete a project in an advanced units of study: force, work, rate, resistance and energy. Each topic such as game programming, swing classes, and data unit has four related systems: mechanical, fluid, electrical management. and thermal principles of technology. The class also includes 20 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 a focus on robotics; students will design and construct a special-purpose robot. Applied Physics is designed for Business Law students interested in technical careers and other students Course Code: CTB 135 wishing to further their understanding of the physical Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 principles underlying modern technology. Applied Physics Length of Class: Semester meets a lab science requirement at most colleges/universities. Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Architecture and Construction Foundations Pre-requisite: None Business Law prepares students to live and work in the legal Course Code: CTT 110/111 environment of the United States. After a basic introduction Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 to the American legal system, the course emphasizes contract Length of Class: Year-long and consumer law as applied to various business situations. Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective Students considering careers in business, law, or management Pre-requisite: None will benefit from learning about legal liability, legal rights, the This course will focus on career exploration in the fields of judicial system, contracts, warranties, consumer protection, architecture and construction. Instruction includes core landlord-tenant relations, personal injuries, and criminal cluster skills, such as instruction in basic architectural procedure. drafting, hand and power tools, blueprints, communication and employability skills, and safety. Career Choices - Online (BVL) Course Code: CAR 950 Bilingual Educator Academy Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Course Code: CTF 231/232 Length of Class: Year-long Grade Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: None Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective In this course students will analyze personal and career Location: Bellingham and Squalicum interests, values, and aptitudes; survey and research fields; Prerequisite: Bilingual or 2 credits World Language practice the decision-making process; set career goals and This program is designed to prepare and mentor bilingual practice job search skills such as completing applications, high school students to prepare them for careers in education writing letters of application, developing resumes, in Washington State. Students will learn the knowledge, interviewing, and learning workplace standards. skills and practices required to begin professional careers in education. The course focuses on the general theory and Careers in Education practice of learning and teaching; the basic principles of Course Code: CTF 220, 221 educational psychology; the art of teaching; the planning Grade Level: 11, 12 and administration of educational activities; and the social Length of Class: Year-long foundations of education. In addition, standards and competencies from the Early Childhood, Education and Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective Services and the Family and Community Services sections Pre-requisite: None of the Family and Consumer Sciences National Standards Location: Bellingham are attained by students, preparing them for the beginning In Careers in Education students learn knowledge, skills, and levels of a variety of human service careers. This course practices required for careers in education. The course focuses focuses primarily on creating pathways for students who are on the general theory and practice of learning and teaching; not traditionally represented in careers in education (e.g. basic principles of educational psychology; art of teaching; bilingual, first generation college students, culturally diverse). planning and administration of educational activities; and social foundations of education. In addition, standards Business and Retail Management and competencies from the early childhood, education and Course Code: CTB 130 services and the family and community services sections of the Family and Consumer Sciences National Standards are Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 attained by students, preparing them for the beginning levels Length of Class: Semester of a variety of human service careers. Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Pre-requisite: Application process Computer Programming Location: Bellingham and Squalicum Course Code: CTB 303, 304 Business and Retail Management is an interdisciplinary, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 project-based class. Students learn how to run a business as Length of Class: Year-long they run the student store. Students learn career skills such as how to perform general accounting, cash register operations, Credit: 1.0 CTE, or third year math cash handling, sales slips and business management. FBLA or Pre-requisite: Algebra 1 DECA membership is available and recommended. High School Course Catalog 2018-19 21 CTE COURSES continued

Learn how to code computer programs, design algorithms that make computers more efficient, and discover what a Costume and Makeup Design career in computing could be. Computer programming Course Code: CTF 311/312 develops students’ computational and critical thinking skills Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 and shows them how to create new technologies. It will also Length of Class: Semester give students an opportunity to assume the role of a computer Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective (CADR) scientist. Students learn the foundations of computer science and concepts which are used, ranging from making Pre-requisite: None applications to controlling the Mars Rover. This course targets Location: Bellingham students with little or no programming experience and Learn to design and create costumes, masks and special aims to help them become confident in writing code to solve effects makeup for the stage. We will delve into the history problems. of theatre and create designs by hand and digitally. Our products and skills will ultimately be a working part of the Computer Support Specialist theatre productions team. We will learn basic stage makeup, character makeup, as well as special effects makeup including Course Code: CTB 112 mask making, casting and special effects prosthetics. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Electronics Engineering Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Course Code: SCI 236, 237 Pre-requisite: None Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 A course that prepares individuals to analyze problems and Length of Class: Year-long research solutions; identify, test, and implement solutions; manage working relationships with customers; install, Credit: 1.0 CTE, Lab Science, or third year math configure, and test new operating and application software Pre-requisite: Geometry and software upgrades; operate computer system and run Location: Sehome system applications; and monitor and analyze system This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of performance. Includes instruction in troubleshooting; electrical and robotics engineering. Students apply concepts facilitation and customer service; hardware and software while engaging in hands-on projects and competitions. installation, configuration, and upgrades; and system Projects become more advanced as the year moves on. operations, monitoring, and maintenance. Projects include building and manipulating robotic platforms to accomplish various tasks using direct and remote (wireless) Computer Technology Repair control. Students will learn fundamentals of computer Course Code: CTT 403 programming to create autonomous robots that respond to their environment. This course meets a lab science Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 requirement at most colleges/universities. Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Engineering Technology Pre-requisite: None Course Code: CTT 221, 222 Location: Squalicum Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Computer Technology Repair prepares students to work Length of Class: Year-long with today’s technology. Students who desire to move into technology related fields, as well as those who just Credit: 1.0 CTE or third year math (CADR) want to know how computers work will benefit from this Pre-requisite: None course. Students are not required, but encouraged, to take This course introduces students to computer-aided design the certification exam as part of the course. Students will (CAD) through project-based learning. With projects concentrate on building, maintaining and repairing computer centered on application of the Design Loop principle, students hardware and learn to install, use and troubleshoot Windows will learn collaboration skills, presentation skills and hone XP and Windows Vista. Windows 7 has been added to the an ability to bring a product from concept to completion. curriculum but is not currently on the certification exam. Students will learn computer-aided design (CAD) in both a Students will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to two- and three-dimensional environment through project perform the following tasks: identify PC components, monitor based, interdisciplinary learning. Students will engage in and manage Windows operating systems, diagnose basic projects with an introduction to emerging technologies such hardware problems by using a troubleshooting methodology, as 3D printing, laser cutting/engraving and computer numeric install and upgrade Windows operating systems, complete controlled (CNC) manufacturing. preventative maintenance tasks.

22 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 Engineering Technology, Advanced Course Code: CTT 223 Forensics Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Course Code: SCI 138, 139 Length of Class: Semester Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Credit: .5 CTE or Arts (CADR) Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: Engineering Technology Credit: 1.0 Lab Science or CTE (CADR) This course is a project-based extension of Engineering Pre-requisite: Two years of science recommended Technology. Students will collaborate and present This lab course is an introduction to detective work that is interdisciplinary projects with an emphasis on expanding needed to help solve crimes. Students will participate in a previous skills to include rendering of CAD designs and variety of mock crime scenes to develop their observational implementation of CAD plug-ins such as animation and and problem-solving skills. Students will be required to CAM manufacturing for computer numeric controlled (CNC) analyze various types of media that report crimes and machinery. conduct a crime novel review and presentation. The topics covered in this class include toxicology, DNA, fingerprinting, Environmental Science trace evidence, serology, fibers, handwriting and questioned Course Code: SCI 111, 112 documents. Students will be required to keep a lab and field Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 notebook. Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Lab Science or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Health Science Pre-requisite: None Course Code: CTH 111 Location: Bellingham and Squalicum Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Students taking this course will gain an understanding of the Length of Class: Semester properties, structures and changes of Earth’s physical and Credit: .5 CTE or Elective living systems. Units of study include: weather, climate, plate Pre-requisite: Health tectonics, ecology, climate change and motion. This course Students will explore topics beyond basic health. Student will provides laboratory experiences. Students are expected to take study mental, physical and social health one step further. both semesters. Looking at the choices you make and how they impact your AP Environmental Science life and family. Mental Health (Personality, Brain, Mental Course Code: SCI 591, 592 Illness, Stress Management, Family Dynamics.) Social Health Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 (Communication styles, Bullying, Coping with Loss/Grief, Length of Class: Year-long Dating/Relationships.) Physical Health (Addiction, Media Influences, Nutrition.) Credit: 1.0 Lab Science or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: None Interior Design In AP Environmental Science students will learn about Course Code: CTF 115 environmental issues from a scientific perspective, learn to evaluate the relative risks associated with problems and Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 identify possible solutions. Topics of study include human Length of Class: Semester population growth, invasive species, the impact of food Credit: .5 CTE or Elective production, water quality, air pollution, climate change, Pre-requisite: None fossil fuel consumption and alternative energy sources. As This course provides students hands-on learning to design with all AP classes, it is an expectation that students take the interior spaces at a professional level. Students learn corresponding Advanced Placement exam in the spring. architectural details, floor plan arrangement, design styles, the principles and elements of design, color in design, as well *T-Financial Algebra as furniture design and selection. Students draw interior Course Code: MAT 301, 302 floor plans to scale on graph paper and an online computer Grade Level: 11, 12 program to create a virtual design. Students will use a variety Length of Class: Year-long of materials including carpeting, wallpaper, paint, floor samples, and fabrics to create a design board. Credit: 1.0 CTE or third year math Pre-requisite: Two years of math *T- Introduction to Culinary Arts This course is designed to build upon prior knowledge of Course Code: CTF 126 math concepts from other courses. This algebra-based CTE course features real-world algebra concepts found in banking, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 credit, income taxes, insurance and household budgeting. Length of Class: Semester Step-by-step strategies will help students learn the time value Credit: .5 CTE, Arts, or Elective of money, how to evaluate the best cell phone contract, how to Pre-requisite: Nutrition and Wellness, food handlers build a business plan by knowing costs, profits and break even permit points. High School Course Catalog 2018-19 23 CTE COURSES continued

Location: Squalicum and Bellingham the economy as a whole). Topics include measuring the This course is designed to prepare students for careers in food performance of the American economy, evaluating the production, culinary industries aligned with the Family and potential policy tools such as taxes, government spending Consumer Science Pathway. This course teaches students the and interest rates, money and banking, and understanding Serve Safe National Food Safety and Sanitation curriculum the role of the United States in the global economy. Second and allows students to learn food preparation at an advanced semester will build an understanding of the economic choices level like they would as a prep chef in a restaurant. This made by individual households and firms as they seek to class is the high school equivalent for Bellingham Technical maximize their wellbeing (micro economics). By focusing on College course CUL 110 Sanitation (3 college credits). both the macro and micro levels of economics, students will Students who receive a B or better grade for the required be prepared and expected to take the AP exam in either AP competencies in the class qualify for both high school and Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics or both. BTC college credits. AP Microeconomics Living on Your Own Course Code: HIS 595, 596 Course Code: CTF 102 Length of Class: Year-long Grade Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 CTE or Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) Length of Class: Semester Pre-requisite: World History Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Location: Squalicum Pre-requisite: None AP Microeconomics is an introduction to the study of In this course, students will gain the skills necessary to be the consumers and producers that make up the economy: successful living on their own after graduation. Students households, firms, governments, and community will learn how to: identify a career, search and apply for a organizations. The course provides particular emphasis on the job, impress employers in an interview, calculate earnings function of consumers and producers within the economic and payroll taxes, compete and file personal income tax system. The course offers analysis of the markets in which forms, open and manage a checking account, be a responsible consumers and producers interact as well as non-market roommate and tenant, plan for long-term saving and economics. Students will greatly improve their analysis, investing, understand credit, identify insurance needs, critical thinking, writing and study skills at a sophisticated understand the importance of nutrition, self-care, and more. college level. Students will be prepared and expected to take Manufacturing the Advanced Placement exam in May. Course Code: CTT 401/402 AP Macroeconomics Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Course Code: HIS 593, 594 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective Credit: 1.0 CTE or Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Engineering Technology recommended Pre-requisite: World History A course that applies principles of computer-aided design Location: Squalicum (CAD) and builds on computer solid modeling skills An AP course in Macroeconomics is designed to help students developed in Engineering Technology. Students use computer develop a thorough understanding of the principles of numeric controlled equipment to produce actual models of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. Such three-dimensional designs. Fundamental concepts of robotics a course places particular emphasis on the study of national used in automated manufacturing and design analysis are income and price determination, and increases students’ included. familiarity with economic performance measures, economic growth, and international economics. Students will greatly AP Micro/Macroeconomics improve their analysis, critical thinking, writing and study Course Code: HIS 591, 592 skills at a sophisticated college level. Students will be prepared Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 and expected to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Social Studies, CTE or Elective (CADR, NCAA) *T- Marketing Pre-requisite: World History Course Code: CTB 121 Location: Bellingham and Sehome Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Students will build on their basic understanding of economic Length of Class: Semester principles by investigating crucial social issues that form Credit: .5 CTE or Elective the basis of economics. First semester will focus on basic Pre-requisite: None economic concepts and macroeconomics (the study of Learn how effective marketing can make or break the success of a business. In this course, students explore many aspects of 24 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 marketing such as product development, promotion, selling, a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) in Word, PowerPoint or merchandising, customer service, ethics, social responsibility Excel. In today’s competitive job market, this credential will and business fundamentals. Marketing principles are learned give students an advantage as employers recognize and value and applied through individual and group projects and guest MOS certifications in the workplace. FBLA membership is speaker presentations. This hands-on class prepares students available and recommended. for entry-level employment in marketing related jobs and provides a foundation for students planning to study business Nutrition and Wellness in college. FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) and/or Course Code: CTF 125 DECA memberships are available and recommended. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester *T- Marketing Advanced Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Course Code: CTB 122 Pre-requisite: None Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 This course is designed to teach students skills and techniques Length of Class: Semester necessary to prepare nutritious food and explore all three Credit: .5 CTE or Elective aspects of the Wellness Triangle. Students will learn to Pre-requisite: Marketing or DECA or FBLA membership navigate the kitchen and create their own unique recipes Students will build on their business experiences by based on their knowledge from lectures as well as from the developing leadership and marketing skills and applying textbook “Food for Today.” Emphasis on healthy eating, them to special areas of interest including sports and exercise, nutrition for athletes, world cultural foods, career entertainment, fashion and apparel and hospitality awareness and kitchen safety are studied. This class is a pre- management. Careers specific to these multi-billion dollar requisite for Introduction to Culinary Arts. industries will be explored and students will have the opportunity to work in teams to advance their learning Personal Finance in specialized study for their particular areas of interest. Course Code: CTB 405 Course content includes: promotion and advertising, business Grade Level: 11, 12 concepts, communications, financing, product service Length of Class: Semester planning, selling and human relations. This class develops Credit: .5 CTE or Elective speaking, writing and technology skills through group work, Pre-requisite: None business reports and business presentations. In this course, students will learn important math skills Medical Terminology necessary to calculate and analyze information to make Course Code: CTH 207, 208 knowledgeable economic decisions related to their future Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 personal finances. Topics covered throughout the semester Length of Class: Year-long include: financial planning, earning, budgeting (spending/ Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective saving), investing, credit, insurance, banking services, income Pre-requisite: None tax preparation and career exploration. Career and Technical Medical Terminology focuses on the language of medical student leadership opportunities are available through FBLA fields. Students study the fundamentals of medical or DECA. terminology with emphasis on basic rules, vocabulary, and abbreviations related to musculoskeletal, circulatory, *T- Psychology of Children digestive, reproductive, nervous, and respiratory systems. Course Code: CTF 200/201 Students interested in medical, dental, or veterinary careers, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 including medical office or sales, would benefit from this Length of Class: Year-long course. Anatomy of major body systems are embedded in this Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective course. Pre-requisite: None This semester class provides students with work competencies *T- MS Office Specialist necessary for childcare and early childhood education in Course Code: CTB 205 the Human Services and Education Pathway. The class will Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 prepare students with skills applicable to their personal lives, Length of Class: Semester now and in the future, as family members and parents. This Credit: .5 CTE or Elective course provides a basic core knowledge of childcare based on Pre-requisite: None the state licensing and certification requirements. Students In this competency-based course, students will take their who meet the state competencies, earn a C grade or higher, Microsoft Office skills to the next level. Upon completion of a and complete a notebook/portfolio will be state certified to variety of advanced simulations and business-related projects, work in a licensed childcare center S.T.A.R.S. certification students will have gained the upper level knowledge and with MERIT. This course also meets requirements for skills necessary to meet the certification requirements to be Whatcom Community College’s ECE 101 course: Basics in High School Course Catalog 2018-19 25 CTE COURSES continued

Child Care (3 credits). Students can earn CTE dual credit for Sports Medicine Practicum this class from Whatcom Community College by turning in Course Code: WEX 103 a teacher approved portfolio and earning a B or better in the Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 class. Length of Class: Year-long Credit: .5 or 1.0 CTE or Elective (depending upon hours Robotics Engineering completed) Course Code: CTT 303, 304 Pre-requisite: Sports Medicine or taken concurrently Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 This is an optional work-based learning practicum that Length of Class: Year-long takes place in the athletic training room and at sporting Credit: 1.0 CTE events after school. Students must be enrolled in the Sports Pre-requisite: Applied Physics, Physics or Engineering Medicine qualifying course. Over the course of the entire Technology school year, students have the option to complete 90 hours Students in this class will design, build, and program wireless for a .5 elective credit or 180 hours for 1.0 elective credit. robots to compete regionally in VEX Robotics competitions. This is highly encouraged due to the necessity for the sports They will also explore various applications and processes of medicine students to practice and apply the skills learned in robotics. Students will be required to attend a minimum of the classroom in a real world setting. two robotics competitions on various Saturdays during the school year. They will also work with local engineers and Sustainable Design software designers to complete their robots. Course Code: CTT 311 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Sports Medicine Length of Class: Semester Course Code: CTH 203, 204 Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Are you interested in what engineers and other innovators Length of Class: Year-long are doing to reduce our impact on Earth’s resources? In this Credit: 1.0 CTE or Lab Science semester-long class, students will complete projects to learn Pre-requisite: None about conserving natural resources by using green technology Students will have the opportunity to explore the Sports and sustainable design. The Project Based Learning will take Medicine field and related health professions. Students will a systems-based approach to Renewable Resources, Power learn about the prevention, basic emergency care of injuries, Generation, and Green Manufacturing. first aid, taping and bracing, basic anatomy and physiology, *T- Technical Literacy biomechanics, medical terminology, sports nutrition, strength Course Code: CTB 101 and conditioning, and health-related issues. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Sports Medicine, Advanced Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Course Code: CTH 205, 206 Pre-requisite: None Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Technical Literacy is a graduation requirement starting with Length of Class: Year-long the class of 2021. Students will learn technical skills using Credit: 1.0 CTE or Lab Science Microsoft Office Suite products. Students will cover topics Pre-requisite: Sports Medicine surrounding digital citizenship, reinforce keyboarding skills, This course is a continuation of Sports Medicine and and begin to develop career awareness to help design their provides students with instruction in advanced techniques High School and Beyond Plan. and processes. This course will give students hands-on experience evaluating injuries commonly sustained by Technical Writing competitive athletes. It includes all areas of sports medicine Course Code: ENG 407 such as terminology, musculoskeletal anatomy, evaluation, Grade Level: 11, 12 assessment, rehabilitation, and prevention of athletic injuries. Length of Class: Semester Emphasis will be placed on evaluating and assessing athletic Credit: .5 CTE, English or Elective (CADR) injuries. The appropriate use of technology and industry- standard equipment is an integral part of this course. Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 No matter what field students enter after high school, they will need to know how to write. Technical Writing helps students learn how to write and create technical documents such as resumes, cover letters, emails, memos, brochures,

26 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 instructions, fliers, graphics, and more. In Technical Writing, to the details of purchasing and owning an automobile. Topics students will practice five key skills: document design, will include financial decision making, money management, audience recognition, and writing concisely with clarity, spending and saving, investing, risk management and accuracy and consistency. insurance.

Theatre Technology Translation and Interpretation Course Code: FAD 200 Course Code: CTF 121 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective (CADR) Credit: .5 CTE or Elective Pre-requisite: None Pre-requisite: Fluent in a language other than English or Location: Bellingham, Sehome third year of a second language Theatre Technology is for students with an interest in Translation and Interpretation prepares individuals to be developing work-related skills in the theatre technology and/ professional interpreters and/or translators of documents and or film industry. Emphasis is on the development of skills in data files, either from English into another language or vice technical aspects of the theatre, including scenic design and versa. construction, scene painting, costuming, rigging, lighting and sound engineering and production, as well as individual Video Productions projects in design and/or construction. May be repeated for Course Code: CTI 205 credit. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Theatre Technology, Advanced Credit: .5 CTE or Elective (CADR) Course Code: FAD 201 Pre-requisite: None Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 The class will focus on the use and operation of all aspects of Length of Class: Semester basic video production in a video/media lab setting. Students Credit: .5 CTE , Arts or Elective (CADR) will create and complete projects that help develop real-life Pre-requisite: Theatre Technology skills to be used in a video production environment. Students Location: Bellingham must be able to meet deadlines and work in team settings. Theatre Technology, Advanced builds on the skills and outcomes developed in Theater Technology. Students work in Video Productions, Advanced collaborative groups and individually to complete projects in Course Code: CTI 206 set construction and set design; lighting design and operation; Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 sound design and operation; stage management; costume Length of Class: Semester design and construction; and fly rigging and operation. Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective (CADR) Students are trained for responsible work force positions in Pre-requisite: Video Productions the technical aspects of theatre. Video Productions, Advanced is designed for students who have more than a passing interest in the field. The Traffic Safety and Financial Education emphasis will center on the student’s desire to explore more Course Code: TSE 240/241 complex uses of related technology. This includes graphics, Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 live production and longer bodies of work. Students will Length of Class: Semester be challenged to use the technology creatively and explore Credit: .5 CTE or Elective innovations that they may not have considered before. Pre-requisite: Driver’s Permit Students will also explore career opportunities, making This course will focus on traffic safety education and personal meaningful connections to their own futures. This class finance through a blended semester developing student requires a commitment to spend time working outside of the independence. The traffic safety education quarter will cover regular school day. the state requirements for earning a driver’s license in the state of Washington. Students will be required to complete Video Game Design 6 hours of supervised drives with a certificated driving Course Code: CTI 451 instructor outside of the school day. Students are required to have a driving permit during or prior to taking this course. The personal finance quarter will cover topics directly related

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Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 to continue to develop their desktop publishing and Length of Class: Semester photographic skills. Students will learn advanced Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective photographic techniques, become proficient in digital image Pre-requisite: None correction and manipulation, and expand their skills in This hands-on introduction to computer science uses desktop publishing. Students will learn advanced techniques interactive animations to teach logical and algorithmic and become proficient in the use of Adobe Creative Cloud thinking and programming concepts. Topics include simple products. data types, control structures; an introduction to array and string data structures and algorithms; recursion; event driven *T- Web Design programming; multimedia and simple animation; basic Course Code: CTI 507 software development and modularity. Novice programming Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 students create their own video games while they learn Length of Class: Semester programming. Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective Pre-requisite: None Video Game Design, Advanced This class is an introduction to designing, creating and Course Code: CTI 452 maintaining webpages. Students learn how to work with Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 images and how to properly link and maintain webpages. Length of Class: Semester Course content will include appropriate webpage design and Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective layout/site appearance and incorporating online images. Pre-requisite: Video Game Design Students can turn their passion for video games, art and *T- Web Design, Advanced graphic design or technology into a future career in a Course Code: CTI 527 multibillion-dollar video game industry. A state-of-the- Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 art computer lab provides learning opportunities in game Length of Class: Semester analysis, game design, creation of characters and their Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective environments. A wide range of skills will be developed in Pre-requisite: Web Design the class, including story boarding, sketching, rendering, This course is a continuation of Web Design. Students are animation and program debugging. expected to enter the class with proficiency and knowledge in HTML codes and a basic understanding of graphic design. Visual Communications The course is designed to meet the needs and proficiency Course Code: FAA 303 levels of students and will emphasize individualized projects. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 This course may be repeated for elective credit. Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 CTE , Arts, or Elective (CADR) Woodworking Foundations Pre-requisite: None Course Code: CTT 107 This course combines photography, art, digital imaging Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 technology, and communication while exploring related Length of Class: Semester careers. Content is focused on the introduction to materials, Credit: .5 CTE or Elective equipment and processes of the graphics and photographic Pre-requisite: None industries. Digital media has exploded all around us; students Location: Options and Squalicum need to learn art and technical skills to move from media In Woodworking Foundations students apply technical users to media producers. Focus will be on learning Adobe knowledge and skills to lay out projects made from wood. Creative Cloud products and photography techniques while Students will shape, assemble, mark, bind, saw, carve and tapping into our creative sides to produce artistic designs. sand wooden products; repair wooden articles, and use a variety of hand and power tools. This is a great introductory Visual Communications, Advanced course for students interested in learning about tools, skilled Course Code: FAA 304 trades, production careers and the art of woodworking. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Work-Based Learning Experience Credit: .5 CTE, Arts or Elective (CADR) Course Code: WEX 100 Pre-requisite: Visual Communications Grade Level: 11,12 This course will provide students with the opportunity Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective 28 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 Pre-requisite: Current or past completion of CTE course ENGLISH COURSES English courses are designed to support students with communication skills with formal and informal opportunities experiences engaging in reading, writing, speaking, to work independently and with groups. listening and thinking that will support them throughout life. Students will study different types of literature, learn American Literature a variety of writing techniques and styles while also Course Code: ENG 321 collaborating to improve their speaking and listening Grade: 11, 12 skills. Washington state requires four years of high Length of Class: Semester school English. In order to meet the state requirements, Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) Bellingham Public Schools expects all students to take Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 English 101 as freshmen and English 201 as sophomores. Through reading and studying American novels, plays and Following English 201 a variety of options exist ranging poetry, students will analyze this country’s experience as it is presented through literature. A special emphasis will be placed from AP Literature or Language and Composition to on surveying the variety of cultural and ethnic experiences in Science Fiction, Fantasy and more. American society. The course will emphasize critical thinking, exposition and reading comprehension skills through written, Student/Parent Alternative Reading Request: spoken and multimedia responses. Literary materials were selected based on the identified outcomes for each course and a variety of perspectives College Writing will be presented. Alternative materials that meet those Course Code: ENG 401 outcomes are available. Teachers can provide details. Grade: 12 Length of Class: Semester or Year-long High School English 101 Credit: .5 English at Sehome and Squalicum, 1.0 English at Course Code: ENG 101, 102 Bellingham (CADR, NCAA) Grade: 9 Pre-requisite: Three years of English Length of Class: Year-long This intensive writing course helps students become skilled Credit: 1.0 English (CADR, NCAA) writers in preparation for their first college courses. Students Pre-requisite: None will practice critical reading of essays, letters and other texts, as well as honing writing techniques commonly used in The study of literature, including novels, short stories, drama college settings. Students are expected to work independently and non-fiction, will develop each student’s literacy skills. and with motivation as they practice writing in a variety of Student writing will include expository pieces, multi-paragraph genres, participate in self and peer editing sessions, apply essays of persuasion and literary analysis, autobiography/ Modern Language Association (MLA) research skills, and biography, as well as other forms of narrative writing. At least experiment with original, in-depth critical thinking. three major book studies and three major multi-paragraph writing assignments will be incorporated. Projects, products and performances will also be embedded in the course. Creative Writing Continuing development of communication skills is supported Course Code: ENG 601 through reading, writing, listening, speaking and language Grade: 10, 11, 12 experiences. Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) High School English 201 Pre-requisite: English 101 Course Code: ENG 201, 202 Students will become more successful writers through Grade: 10 experimenting with a variety of writing techniques and Length of Class: Year-long forms. Learning experiences will include analyzing models of Credit: 1.0 English (CADR, NCAA) professional writing, engaging in creative writing processes Pre-requisite: English 101 and working collaboratively to provide feedback in a writing workshop setting. The focus of this course is to continue developing and practicing skills in reading, writing and communication through an intensive study of literature, including novels, Creative Writing, Advanced drama, poetry and nonfiction. Student writing will include Course Code: ENG 602 elaborate literary analysis, a persuasive research essay using Grade: 10, 11, 12 Modern Language Association (MLA) format and a variety Length of Class: Semester of in-class writing. Students will continue refining their Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Creative Writing High School Course Catalog 2018-19 29 ENGLISH COURSES continued

This course is an extension of Creative Writing and will allow literature to deepen their understanding of the ways writers students opportunities to experiment with additional writing use language to provide both meaning and pleasure. As they techniques and forms. Emphasis in this course will be on read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes, critiquing the work of others, analyzing the writing process as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, of others and using key learnings to influence individual and tone. Writing assignments include expository, analytical, approach to creative writing. Students will write to meet and argumentative essays that require students to analyze and specific guidelines and deadlines with an emphasis on writing interpret literary works. It is the expectation that students take for an authentic audience through publication. the AP exam in May.

Humanities AP Capstone: Seminar Course Code: ENG 411 Course Code: ENG 495, 496 Grade: 11, 12 Grade: 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Year-long (first year of a two year course Credit: .5 English (NCAA) sequence) Pre-requisite: English 101, 201 Credit: 1.0 English (CADR, NCAA) English Humanities is an exploration of literature, language, Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 art, human issues and problems, self-discovery and the big Location: Squalicum questions that have forever perplexed and driven the human AP Capstone Seminar is a foundational course that engages race. We will study visual, musical and of course, literary art - students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the the very expressions of being human. From Greek mythology complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues to Star Wars, we will follow common threads in literature. by analyzing divergent perspectives. Using an inquiry Students will both read and write in a variety of forms, with framework, students practice reading and analyzing articles, emphasis on a research project using MLA formatting. research studies, and foundational literary and philosophical texts; listening to and viewing speeches, broadcasts, and AP Language and Composition personal accounts; and experiencing artistic works and Course Code: ENG 391, 392 performances. Students learn to synthesize information Grade: 11, 12 from multiple sources, develop their own perspectives in Length of Class: Year-long research-based written essays, and design and deliver oral and Credit: 1.0 English (CADR, NCAA) visual presentations, both individually and as part of a team. Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 Ultimately, the course aims to equip students with the power to The AP English Language and Composition course aligns to analyze and evaluate information with accuracy and precision an introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum in order to craft and communicate evidence-based arguments. which requires students to develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays that proceed through several stages AP Capstone: Research or drafts. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to Course Code: ENG 497, 498 support their arguments. Throughout the course, students Grade: 12 develop a personal style by making appropriate grammatical Length of Class: Year-long (second year of a two year choices. Additionally, students read and analyze the rhetorical course sequence) elements and their effects in non-fiction texts, including Credit: 1.0 English (CADR, NCAA) graphic images as forms of text, from many disciplines and historical periods. It is the expectation that students take the Pre-requisite: AP Capstone Seminar AP exam in May. Location: Squalicum AP Capstone Research allows students to deeply explore AP Literature and Composition an academic topic, problem, or issue of individual interest. Course Code: ENG 491, 492 Through this exploration, students design, plan, and conduct a year-long research based investigation to address a research Grade: 11, 12 question. In the AP Research course, students further their Length of Class: Year-long skills acquired in the AP Seminar course by understanding Credit: 1.0 English (CADR, NCAA) research methodology; employing ethical research practices; Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 and accessing, analyzing, and synthesizing information as The AP English Literature and Composition course aligns to they address a research question. Students explore their an introductory college-level literary analysis course. Students skill development, document their processes, and curate engage in the close reading and critical analysis of imaginative the artifacts of the development of their scholarly work in

30 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 a portfolio. The course culminates in an academic paper advertisements, photography, and film) will be taken in accompanied by a performance or exhibition of product and a order to deepen students’ understanding of how to access the presentation with an oral defense. complex world of information and rhetoric that composes modern society. Using multi-modal collaborative projects, Media Studies students will gain practice in critical analysis of visual media Course Code: ENG 443 in ways that will develop their understandings, discover their Grade: 11, 12 voices, and empower them as knowledgeable citizens about Length of Class: Semester how the language of media is used to persuade and engage the broader world. Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 Your Literate Life This course will focus on reading, writing and speaking Course Code: ENG 445 skills, with an emphasis on analytical thinking – all accessed Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12 through the living world of information and rhetoric in Length of Class: Semester today’s varied media landscape. The content will consist of Credit: .5 English (CADR) current world, national, and local issues, especially topics Pre-requisite: None that pique the interest of the class. Texts will include internet Keep calm and read on. This course is designed to grow every content, speeches, television news, public radio, newspapers, reader through choice, independent reading goals and on- documentaries, and nonfiction books. Students will be engaged going conversations. Whether you are an avid reader looking in rigorous analysis of the media and information people for an opportunity to read regularly or hoping to develop your consume daily. They will build skills in identifying varying reading habits, this course is designed to help you build or perspectives in media coverage on important current issues; refine your literate life. Reading is a key component of being an analyzing how language, tone and content can shape ideas educated person and this class will help you develop the habits and conversations in society; recognizing logical fallacies; and you can maintain in high school and beyond. evaluating sources for accuracy and reputability. Writing will be as authentic as possible, through essay contests, newspaper Genre Study Courses: The following courses focus editorials, debate preparation, and other “real world” projects. on reading and writing in specific areas of study. Technical Writing Contemporary American Literature Course Code: ENG 407 Course Code: ENG 322 Grade Level: 11, 12 Grade: 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 CTE, English or Elective (CADR) Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 Pre-requisite: English 101, 201 No matter what field students enter after high school, they will need to know how to write. Technical Writing helps Location: Squalicum students learn how to write and create technical documents This elective is meant to further study students began in such as resumes, cover letters, emails, memos, brochures, American Literature. The landscape of American literature is instructions, fliers, graphics, and more. In Technical Writing, varied and vibrant. We will focus on contemporary classics students will practice five key skills: document design, and the multi-cultural experience in American literature audience recognition, and writing concisely with clarity, as found in plays, poetry and novels. Through discussion, accuracy and consistency. writing, projects and literature circles, students will be challenged to be critical and creative thinkers. This is a Visual Literacy rigorous class for the college bound student, and requires the completion of a research paper using proper MLA formatting. Course Code: ENG 413 Grade: 10*, 11, 12 ( * Denotes this course can be taken by Introduction to Cinema motivated 10th graders in addition to English 201) Course Code: ENG 415 Length of Class: Semester Grade: 11, 12 Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) Length of Class: Semester Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 Credit: .5 English (CADR) Location: Squalicum Pre-requisite: English 101, 201 Students in this introductory media course will learn how to carefully analyze a broad and challenging range of visual Lcation: Bellingham media in order to develop their awareness of the significance This is an introductory course to better understand film. and workings of rhetoric. Visual Literacy is an intensive class We’ll move beyond simply enjoying films in order to answer with a substantial reading and writing workload. An emphasis many important questions about the medium itself: “How do upon the close reading of visual arts (comics, graphic novels, movies express meaning? What choices do directors make High School Course Catalog 2018-19 31 ENGLISH COURSES continued while creating a film and why do they matter? How have movements that lead to change, and design their own genres changed over time? Why are some films classics and multimedia protest project. others considered duds?” Throughout the course, we’ll watch, study, and discuss the past, present, and future of film. Expect Science Fiction and Fantasy to watch films with a critical eye, produce written work, Course Code: ENG 325 participate in conversations and class discussions, study filmic Grade: 11, 12 terms and concepts, and deliver short presentations. Through Length of Class: Semester this class, students will further develop their curiosity and Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) passion for film. Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 While reading classic and contemporary Sci-fi and Fantasy, Journalistic Writing students will discuss how these fictional texts show us truths Course Code: ENG 605, 606 about our own world. In one semester we will travel to Grade: 11, 12 different galaxies and strange worlds as individuals and in a Length of Class: Year-long group. For as Kurt Vonnegut said, “Only in books do we know Credit: 1.0 English (CADR, NCAA) what’s really going on.” Pre-requisite: English 101, 201 and teacher permission Location: Sehome Shakespeare Studies A reading and writing intensive course, students alternate Course Code: ENG 323 between hands-on, laboratory style writing and reading Grade: 10*, 11, 12 ( * Denotes this course can be taken by workshops, and direct instruction. Students will read, discuss motivated 10th graders in addition to English 201) and analyze model texts drawn from the rich and complex Length of Class: Semester body of journalistic writing in the United States and elsewhere. Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) Students may participate in developing a course or school publication as part of the course requirements. Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 The purpose of this class will be to provide students an opportunity to read and understand Shakespeare in more Poetry depth and detail than is usually feasible in a regular literature Course Code: ENG 311 class. Students will read plays representing the genres of Grade: 11, 12 comedy, tragedy, history and romance, as well as a selection Length of Class: Semester of Shakespeare’s sonnets. In addition to reading and Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) understanding complex texts, students will learn about the Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 author’s life and the historical contexts of his works. Further, Students in this English class will become familiar with great they will learn to “Speak the speech…trippingly on the tongue,” poets, literary movements and poetic forms. They will read, as Hamlet advises the players. analyze and emulate important writers and their work, writing and revising, in collaboration with a writing group, to create World Mythology, Folklore and Stories: Texts that original poetry. Research and communication skills will be Shape the World developed through the study and presentation of an important Course Code: ENG 420 poet’s life, influence and poetry. Students are expected to Grade: 10*, 11, 12 ( * Denotes this course can be taken by share works in progress and will learn to give, receive and incorporate effective feedback. motivated 10th graders in addition to English 201) Length of Class: Semester Protest Art and Literature Credit: .5 English (CADR, NCAA) Course Code: ENG 405 Pre-requisite: Three years of English Grade: 11, 12 This course explores the power of stories and the common bonds that all humans share. Students will hone their research, Length of Class: Semester speaking and writing skills. They will read stories from around Credit: .5 English or Elective (CADR) the world and research a region’s mythology, folklore and Pre-requisite: English 101 and 201 fairy tales. Students will use the latest technology to craft Location: Squalicum multimedia presentations and share stories with a wider “Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.” - Harry audience. Students will also have the opportunity to tell their Belafonte. How have artists, musicians, poets and writers own stories and involve the community by helping recruit paved the way for change in our country and around the guest speakers and collecting stories from others. world? Students will explore the art of protest, research

32 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Bellingham’s ELL Program is dedicated to building English Language Development (ELD) Classes: capacity at the district, school, and classroom levels ELD classes are for English Language Learners who have to ensure that ELL students develop English language been in the USA longer than two years and who have a proficiency and content knowledge in an environment proficiency status of “progressing” on the ELPA21, or where linguistic and cultural assets are recognized as who score an L2 or L3 on the WELPA placement test. valuable resources to learning. Newcomer Classes: The high school ELL program is built around the needs Newcomer Classes are for English Language Learners of the students. Because of this, it is important to assess who have been in the USA for 1.5 years or less and the individual population of students and offer classes who are emerging/beginning learners based on the in alignment with their academic, social, emotional, and English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA21), the cultural needs. Students and families should reach out Washington English Language Proficiency Assessment to ELL Specialists within our high schools to clarify the (WELPA) Placement test, or the English Language specific classes and supports available. Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) Screener.

ELL Program

English Language Newcomer Support Classes Development (ELD) Classes Math Support Classes Literacy/Social Studies (Algebra 1)

Math/Technology Academic Support Classes

ELD Classes

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 33 MATHEMATICS COURSES Algebra 1 Applications in Math Reasoning Course Code: MAT 213, 214 Course Code: MAT 421, 422 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR) Pre-requisite: None Pre-requisite: Algebra 2 This course uses the AgileMind curriculum, which is aligned Location: Sehome and Bellingham to Washington State Math Standards. It includes an emphasis Topics in this course will include graph theory, planning and on problem-solving and communication skills while being bin packing, voting theory, linear programming, statistics, built on the exploration of patterns, equations, inequalities, probability, finance, and game theory. Students will develop graphs and models for linear, quadratic, exponential and quantitative literacy and expand knowledge of algebra and other types of functions. Also included are units of study on geometry to prepare students for coursework in statistics, data representation and systems of equations. science, math, and technical fields.

Intensified Algebra Calculus Grade Level: 9 Course Code: MAT 431, 432 Length of Class: Year-long Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Mathematics, 1.0 Elective (2 total) (CADR) Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: Assigned by staff Credit: 1.0 Math Elective (CADR, NCAA) This course uses the AgileMind curriculum which is aligned Pre-requisite: Pre-Calculus to Washington State math standards. It includes an emphasis Location: Squalicum and Sehome on problem-solving and communication skills while studying This course is designed to build a strong conceptual the exploration of patterns, equations, inequalities, graphs understanding of the foundations of calculus: limits, and models for linear, quadratic, exponential and other derivatives, and integrals. Emphasis will be placed on types of functions. Also included are units of study on data exploring rates of change by computation, graphing, representation and systems of equations. It is a two–period modeling, optimization, and derivative functions. Calculus course that is designed to help students learn Algebra 1 may be taken concurrently with AP Statistics. concepts deeply while developing positive beliefs about their academic abilities. Students investigate topics from social AP Calculus AB psychology as it relates to learning theory. Course Code: MAT 491, 492 Grade Level: 11, 12 Algebra 2 Length of Class: Year-long Course Code: MAT 315, 316 Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: Pre-calculus Length of Class: Year-long This course teaches students to work with limits of Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) functions, derivatives (instantaneous rate of change), definite Pre-requisite: Geometry integrals and indefinite integrals (areas under a curve and This course uses the AgileMind curriculum, which is aligned displacement). Studies will include analysis of problems to Washington State Math Standards. It further develops numerically, verbally, algebraically, and graphically. Students important mathematical ideas introduced in Algebra 1 by who earn a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP Calculus exam may earn extending techniques to solve equations, and knowledge of college credit. functions by studying inverses, transformations, and the following function families: polynomial, radical, rational, AP Calculus BC trigonometric and logarithmic functions. Algebra 2 offers an increased emphasis on modeling, operations with various Course Code: MAT 591, 592 expressions, algebraic properties, methods of solving Grade Level: 11, 12 equations, and systems of equations. Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Calculus AB AP Calculus BC extends topics from AB Calculus by including further applications of integrals, logistical differential equations, polar and vector forms of

34 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 differentiation, converging and diverging series, Taylor of money, how to evaluate the best cell phone contract, how to series, Maclaurin series, and Power series. Additional topics build a business plan by knowing costs, profits and break even may include vectors, matrices and history of mathematics. points. Students who earn a 3, 4, or 5 on the BC Calculus exam may earn college credit. Functions, Statistics and Trigonometry Course Code: MAT 211, 212 AP Computer Science Principles Grade Level: 11, 12 Course Code: CTI 393, 394 Length of Class: Year-long Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: Algebra 2 Credit: 1.0 CTE, or third year math (NCAA) This course provides instruction about functions, statistics, Pre-requisite: Algebra I probability, and trigonometry for the general college AP Computer Science Principles introduces students to the preparatory student. It emphasizes the development and use foundational concepts of computer science and challenges of trigonometric functions on the unit circle and includes the them to explore how computing and technology can study of right and oblique triangle applications. The course impact the world. With a unique focus on creative problem also includes gathering and using of data to address issues, solving and real-world applications, AP Computer Science statistical influence, and probability. Principles prepares students for college and careers. As with all AP classes, it is an expectation that students take the Game Theory and Design corresponding Advanced Placement exam in the spring. Course Code: MAT 460 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 AP Computer Science A Length of Class: Semester Course Code: CTI 391, 392 Credit: .5 Math Elective (CADR, NCAA) Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: None Length of Class: Year-long Location: Bellingham Credit: 1.0 CTE or third year math This class studies optimal strategies used to make logical Pre-requisite: Algebra 1 decisions in competitive environments. Students will at both The AP Computer Science A course is much more than a cooperative and independent choices and how they affect programming course. The emphasis is on procedural and outcomes. The class is centered around games but includes data abstraction, object-oriented programming, design study of social, economic and historical scenarios as well. methodology, algorithms, and data structures using the Java Students are required to write an analysis of a game or programming language. Computer science embraces problem scenario and design a logic game. solving and perspectives that help people utilize computers to address real-world problems in contemporary life. Students Geometry who take the AP Computer Science A course and exam are Course Code: MAT 215, 216 well prepared to continue their study of computer science and Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 its integration into a wide array of computing and STEM- related fields. No computer programming experience is Length of Class: Year-long necessary; however, completion of an introductory computer Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) programming course and a successful background in Pre-requisite: Algebra 1 mathematics will help assure success. After the required AP This course uses the AgileMind curriculum, which is Test in May, students will complete a project in an advanced aligned to Washington State Math Standards. It involves topic such as game programming and data management. investigation, logical thinking, and problem solving leading to conjectures formalized in methods of proof. This course *T-Financial Algebra reinforces the study of algebraic concepts with an exploration Course Code: MAT 301, 302 of the following geometric relationships: points, lines, planes, polygons, circles, 3D figures, and the concepts of proportion, Grade Level: 11, 12 similarity and congruence, area and volume. Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 CTE or third year math Pre-Calculus Pre-requisite: Two years of math Course Code: MAT 401, 402 This course is designed to build upon prior knowledge of Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 math concepts from other courses. This algebra-based CTE course features real-world algebra concepts found in banking, Length of Class: Year-long credit, income taxes, insurance and household budgeting. Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) Step-by-step strategies will help students learn the time value Pre-requisite: Algebra 2

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 35 This course continues the study of functions including statistical inference to confirm the model. Students who polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic. It will also earn 3,4 or 5 on the AP test may qualify for college credit. broaden trigonometric understandings including sinusoidal This course may be taken concurrently with Pre-Calculus or and circular functions. Other topics include sequences and Calculus. series, conic sections, vectors, polar equations, and complex numbers. This course can be taken concurrently with AP Trigonometry Statistics. Course Code: MAT 207 Grade Level: 11, 12 AP Statistics Length of Class: Semester Course Code: MAT 391, 392 Credit: .5 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) Grade Level: 11, 12 Pre-requisite: Algebra 2 Length of Class: Year-long Location: Sehome Credit: 1.0 Mathematics (CADR, NCAA) This course emphasizes the development and use of the Pre-requisite: Algebra 2 trigonometric functions on the unit circle and includes the AP Statistics covers four broad themes: exploring data, study of right and oblique triangle applications. sampling and experimentation, anticipating patterns, and statistical inference. Students will collect, analyze, and draw conclusions from data. They will observe patterns and/or the absence of patterns in data. They will plan a study, anticipate patterns, model solutions using probability theory, and use

PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSES Health Lifetime Activities Course Code: PED 300 Course Code: PED 117 Grade Level: 9 (recommended), 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Health Credit: .5 Physical Education Pre-requisite: None Pre-requisite: None This course is designed to support students in developing This class is designed to spark student interest in exploring lifelong decision-making and problem-solving skills related activities on- and off-campus such as bowling, rock wall to health and wellness issues. The primary emphasis is on climbing, golf, ice skating and biking. Students will increase enabling students to assume an active role in developing levels of fitness by enhancing cardiovascular and muscular healthy lifestyles. The curriculum includes the following endurance and improving posture and flexibility. Fitness content areas: wellness, safety, nutrition, sexual health, social testing and nutrition education will be part of this course. and emotional health, substance use and abuse. Movement & Dance International Games Course Code: PED 131 Course Code: PED 137 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Physical Education Credit: .5 Physical Education Pre-requisite: None Pre-requisite: None This class is designed for students to explore movement and This course is for all students and will focus on games from increase fitness through dance as a form of lifetime exercise. around the world. The curriculum may include bocce ball, The instructor will teach proper dance techniques through table tennis, cricket, lacrosse, croquet, archery and golf. social dances, line dances, swing, waltz and other cultural Activities are subject to weather restrictions and available dances. Students will assess their current fitness levels, equipment. identify areas for improvement and set goals for achievement.

36 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 Fitness testing and nutrition education will be part of this enjoy for a lifetime. It will emphasize the development of course. acceptable social skills for successful group interaction and will encourage and assist students in maintaining Power Training fitness throughout life. Activities may include games played Course Code: PED 115 around the world, like: basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 badminton, pickle ball, disc golf, dance, flag football, lacrosse, Length of Class: Semester softball, cricket, bocce ball, rugby, archery, golf, Ultimate Frisbee, team handball, speedball and flickerball.Fitness Credit: .5 Physical Education testing and nutrition education are part of this course. Pre-requisite: Strength Interval Training Power Training involves Olympic Lifts which include the Walking and Hiking Exploration bench press, squat, power clean, and dead lifts as well as improving core strength with body weight resistant exercises, Course Code: PED 102 secondary auxiliary lifts, agility, balance and cardiovascular Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 activities. Students will assess their current fitness levels, Length of Class: Semester identify areas for improvement and set goals for achievement. Credit: .5 Physical Education Fitness testing and nutrition education are part of this course. Pre-requisite: None This class is designed to teach students exploration skills Racquet Sports such as map reading, orienteering, fitness logging and goal Course Code: PED 103 setting through activities such as walking and hiking. This Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 course will include safety skills, proper walking and hiking techniques. Students will improve cardiovascular and Length of Class: Semester muscular endurance as well as posture and flexibility. Credit: .5 Physical Education Pre-requisite: None Walking & Jogging for Fitness The course offers a variety of racket-based activities that Course Code: PED 123 will give students an opportunity to experience activities to enjoy for a lifetime. Course emphasizes the development of Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 social skills and group interaction to encourage and assist Length of Class: Semester individuals to maintain fitness for a lifetime. Activities may Credit: .5 Physical Education include games such as badminton, tennis, pickle ball and table Pre-requisite: None tennis. Fitness testing and nutrition education will be part of Location: Squalicum this course. This class is designed for students interested in gaining and maintaining an increased level of fitness through walking Strength Interval Training and jogging as a form of lifetime exercise. The instructor will Course Code: PED 114 help students set personal goals for walking and jogging, and Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 reaching those goals. Proper walking and jogging techniques Length of Class: Semester will enhance levels of cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance, and improve posture and flexibility. The class will Credit: .5 Physical Education walk and jog in all weather conditions. Fitness testing and Pre-requisite: None nutrition will be part of this course. Strength Interval Training is designed for both beginners and advanced weight lifters. Students will learn the basic fundamentals of weight training, strength training, circuit Yoga training and agility with overall fitness training and Course Code: PED 133 conditioning. Students will assess their current fitness level, Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 identify areas for improvement and set goals for achievement. Length of Class: Semester Fitness testing and nutrition will be part of this course. Credit: .5 Physical Education Pre-requisite: None Team Sports and Recreational Activities This course presents yoga movements for beginning and Course Code: PED 111 intermediate students with an emphasis on relaxation and Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 flexibility. Yoga helps students avoid strains and injuries Length of Class: Semester by teaching how to efficiently use their bodies during Credit: .5 Physical Education exercise and daily activities. This class also includes various cooperative games to promote space awareness, teamwork and Pre-requisite: None cardiovascular improvement. This course offers a broad variety of activities that will give students an opportunity to experience activities to

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 37 Yoga, Advanced Course Code: PED 201 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Physical Education Pre-requisite: Yoga This course presents yoga movements for intermediate and advanced students with an emphasis on relaxation, flexibility, balance and breathing techniques. This course will include research and practical experience in the history and purposes of yoga.

SCIENCE COURSES

Anatomy and Physiology Biology Course Code: SCI 441, 442 Course Code: SCI 201, 202 Grade Level: 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Two years of science recommended Pre-requisite: None Location: Squalicum Biology is the first course in the expected three-year, NGSS Students will be introduced to the anatomy, physiology course sequence, and is intended for all ninth graders and and pathology of the muscular, skeletal, circulatory and any other student who has not taken it. This laboratory- respiratory systems. This course is recommended to students based course will investigate cells and processes within cells, wishing to pursue a career in health-related professions. biological molecules, genetics, evolution and ecology. This Instruction in this course will utilize such processes as guided course is designed and aligned to prepare students to meet discovery, problem solving, independent research, computer state science standards and provides a foundation for other technology and practical labs. science courses.

Astronomy AP Biology Course Code: SCI 120, 121 Course Code: SCI 291, 292 Grade Level: 11, 12 Grade Level: 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Geometry Pre-requisite: Biology and Chemistry Location: Bellingham This is an advanced, lab-intensive course for students with This course introduces students to the physical concepts high interest in the biological sciences. Recommended for and laws associated with astronomy such as light, optics, students who intend to pursue a career in the sciences, this motion, and gravity. Topics of astronomy such as the local class focuses on biochemistry, molecular genetics, heredity, solar system, galaxies and stars, origin of the universe, and cell energetics, evolutionary biology, structure and function exploration will be included. Research in modern astronomy of plans and animals, and ecology. This course is equivalent to such as quasars, pulsars, and black holes may be included. an introductory, college-level biology course and is designed to prepare students for the AP biology exam given in May.

38 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 Conceptual Chemistry Electronics Engineering Course Code: SCI 301, 302 Course Code: SCI 236, 237 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 CTE, Lab Science, or third year math Pre-requisite: Geometry or concurrent enrollment in Pre-requisite: Geometry geometry Location: Sehome Conceptual Chemistry fulfills the expectation for a second This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of course in the NGSS three year science sequence. This inquiry electrical and robotics engineering. Students apply concepts based class focuses on the conceptual understanding of while engaging in hands-on projects and competitions. chemistry while keeping the use of mathematics to model the Projects become more advanced as the year moves on. concepts a minimum. The comprehensive course provides Projects include building and manipulating robotic platforms a background in chemistry and an understanding of matter to accomplish various tasks using direct and remote (wireless) and the changes it undergoes in the material world. Topics control. Students will learn fundamentals of computer explored include atomic structure, the periodic table, programming to create autonomous robots that respond chemical formulas and equations, nuclear chemistry, kinetic to their environment. This course meets a lab science theory, energy changes in chemical reactions, and acids and requirement at most colleges/universities. bases. Students who enroll in Conceptual Chemistry will fulfill a laboratory science credit required for a four-year Environmental Science college. Course Code: SCI 111, 112 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Quantitative Chemistry Length of Class: Year-long Course Code: SCI 311, 312 Credit: 1.0 Lab Science or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: None Length of Class: Year-long Location: Bellingham and Squalicum Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) PPR: Agricultural Science Pre-requisite: Geometry or concurrent enrollment in Students taking this course will gain an understanding of the Geometry properties, structures and changes of Earth’s physical and Quantitative Chemistry fulfills the expectation for a second living systems. Units of study include: weather, climate, plate course in the NGSS three year science sequence. This tectonics, ecology, climate change and motion. This course course focuses on the use of mathematics to model several provides laboratory experiences. Students are expected to take chemical concepts and processes. Quantitative Chemistry both semesters. will investigate topics using inquiry that will include atomic theory, the periodic table, nuclear chemistry, chemical AP Environmental Science reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics and acid-base chemistry. Course Code: SCI 591, 592 Students who have been successful in math and have a solid Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 foundation in algebraic manipulations are encouraged to take Quantitative Chemistry. Students who enjoy science, plan to Length of Class: Year-long take AP Chemistry, or plan on majoring in a science-related Credit: 1.0 Lab Science or CTE (CADR, NCAA) area in college should enroll in this course. Pre-requisite: None PPR: Agricultural Science AP Chemistry In AP Environmental Science students will learn about Course Code: SCI 391, 392 environmental issues from a scientific perspective, learn Grade Level: 11, 12 to evaluate the relative risks associated with problems and identify possible solutions. Topics of study include human Length of Class: Year-long population growth, invasive species, the impact of food Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) production, water quality, air pollution, climate change, Pre-requisite: Algebra 2 or Algebra 2 concurrently, two fossil fuel consumption and alternative energy sources. As successful years of lab science. with all AP classes, it is an expectation that students take the Modeled after a first year college level chemistry course, this corresponding Advanced Placement exam in the spring. class is designed for the highly motivated student, interested in the sciences. Students will work to prepare for the AP Chemistry exam in May by extending their understanding of the principles of chemistry developed in introductory chemistry classes. Concepts of kinetics, equilibrium, and thermodynamics will be explored. Special projects are undertaken in May after the AP exam. High School Course Catalog 2018-19 39 SCIENCE COURSES continued

Forensics Physics Course Code: SCI 138, 139 Course Code: SCI 401, 402 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Lab Science or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Two years of science recommended Pre-requisite: Geometry PPR: STEM Physics fulfills the third course in the expected, three-year, This lab course is an introduction to detective work that is NGSS course sequence. Physics focuses on the conceptual needed to help solve crimes. Students will participate in a understanding that will allow students to predict and variety of mock crime scenes to develop their observational describe events in the physical world. Topics explored will and problem-solving skills. Students will be required to include motion, force, energy, waves, sound, light, electricity, analyze various types of media that report crimes and relativity and astronomy. Math and graphical methods will conduct a crime novel review and presentation. The topics be employed. Physics fulfills a laboratory science credit covered in this class include toxicology, DNA, fingerprinting, required for a four-year college. trace evidence, serology, fibers, handwriting and questioned documents. Students will be required to keep a lab and field Applied Physics notebook. Course Code: SCI 136, 137 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Neuroscience of Addiction and Anatomy Length of Class: Year-long Course Code: SCI 227, 228 Credit: 1.0 CTE, Lab Science, or third year math (CADR, Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 NCAA) Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: None Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) PPR: STEM Pre-requisite: Biology This is an interdisciplinary course, which combines math, Location: Sehome science and technology. The one-year course includes five This course meets the criteria for a college preparatory lab units of study: force, work, rate, resistance and energy. Each science course. Semester one will emphasize the biology unit has four related systems: mechanical, fluid, electrical of behavior, specifically how psychoactive drugs work by and thermal principles of technology. The class also includes altering brain function. Students will need to analyze data a focus on robotics; students will design and construct and think critically about claims made by others. Course a special-purpose robot. Applied Physics is designed for includes neurobiology and genetics. Semester two will students interested in technical careers and other students cover the anatomy of major systems of the human body in wishing to further their understanding of the physical detail. Dissection of a fetal pig is required. Five University principles underlying modern technology. Applied Physics of Washington quarter credits can be earned by successfully meets a lab science requirement at most colleges/universities. completing the semester on neuroscience through our College in the High School option (fee required by sponsoring AP Physics 1 university). Course Code: SCI 487, 488 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Ocean Science Length of Class: Year-long Course Code: SCI 128, 129 Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: Algebra 2 Length of Class: Year-long AP Physics fulfills the third course in the required, three- Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) year, NGSS course sequence. AP Physics 1 is a year-long class Pre-requisite: Biology, Chemistry or Environmental that explores topics typically covered in the first semester of Science or concurrently with Chemistry college physics. These topics include motion, force, energy, This is an activity and project-based introduction to the waves, sound, electrostatics and circuits. Concepts will be study of oceanography and marine biology. Ocean topics: covered in depth with many demonstrations, experiments, geography, tides and currents, ocean exploration, typhoons, and applications to real life. Mathematical and conceptual tsunamis, beaches, ocean chemistry and human impacts. understanding will be emphasized. Students will be prepared Marine biology topics: diversity of marine life (invertebrates, and expected to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. vertebrates, marine mammals, and other phyla) and ecology of the San Juan Islands, Salish Sea, open ocean and coral reefs.

40 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 AP Physics 2 - Algebra Based Sports Medicine Course Code: SCI 489, 490 Course Code: CTH 203, 204 Grade Level: 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Lab Science (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 CTE or Lab Science Pre-requisite: AP Physics 1 or AP Physics C Pre-requisite: None This second-year course prepares students to take the Students will have the opportunity to explore the Sports Advanced Placement Physics 2 test given in May and fulfills Medicine field and related health professions. Students will a laboratory science credit required for a four-year college. learn about the prevention, basic emergency care of injuries, Topics include thermodynamics, physical and geometric first aid, taping and bracing, basic anatomy and physiology, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, electric circuits, fluid biomechanics, medical terminology, sports nutrition, strength dynamics and electromagnetism. Students may take this and conditioning, and health-related issues. course at the same time as AP Physics 1 or AP Physics C. Sports Medicine, Advanced AP Physics C: Calculus Based Course Code: CTH 205, 206 Course Code: SCI 493, 494 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 CTE or Lab Science Credit: 1.0 Science (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Sports Medicine Pre-requisite: AP Calculus (may be taken concurrently This course is a continuation of Sports Medicine and provides with AP Calculus) advanced sports medicine students with instruction in Location: Squalicum advanced techniques and processes. This course will give This fast-paced, first-year physics course is for students students hands-on experience evaluating injuries commonly whose math background is at the calculus level. This course sustained by competitive athletes. It includes all areas of fulfills a laboratory science credit required for a four-year sports medicine such as terminology, musculoskeletal college, fulfills the third course in the three-year NGSS anatomy, evaluation, assessment, rehabilitation, and course sequence and prepares students to take the AP Physics prevention of athletic injuries. Emphasis will be placed on C Mechanics exam in May. This course focuses on the use evaluating and assessing athletic injuries. The appropriate use of calculus to describe and predict the motion of objects in of technology and industry-standard equipment is an integral one and two dimensions. Energy, momentum, gravitation, part of this course. rotational motion, and oscillations will be studied. After the AP exam, students will be introduced to electric circuits and waves.

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 41 SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES Bellingham Public Schools require high school graduates perspectives; explore the categories and social consequences to successfully complete 3.0 credits of social studies of crime; and investigate how the criminal justice system in a recommended core sequence where students take handles criminals and their misdeeds. The course explores Contemporary World History first, U.S. History second, some key questions: Why do some individuals commit crimes and Civics third. while others do not? What aspects of culture and society promote crime? Why are different punishments given for the same crime? What factors, from arrest to punishment, help Note: Students should talk with their school counselor shape the criminal case process? about questions related to course sequencing. AP Human Geography Civics Course Code: HIS 691, 692 Course Code: HIS 401 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Semester Credit: 1.0 Social Studies Elective,satisfies the Credit: .5 Social Studies (CADR, NCAA) Contemporary World History requirement (CADR, Pre-requisite: Contemporary World History and U.S. NCAA) History Pre-requisite: None Students will develop their democratic citizenship skills AP Human Geography is designed to introduce students to via interactive discussion and debate. Utilizing research, the study of patterns and processes that have shaped human students will reach and defend informed perspectives. understanding, use and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students Through the lens of controversial political topics and world employ concepts of space and landscape analysis to examine issues, the civics course will highlight: federal, state and human social organization and environmental consequences. local government organization and procedures; rights and Students learn about the methods and tools geographers responsibilities of citizens; the United States Constitution; use in their practice. Topics of study include: the nature and current issues addressed at each level of government; perspectives of geography; population; cultural patterns and and electoral issues, including elections, ballot measures, processes; political organization of space; agriculture and initiatives, and referenda. Civics prepares students to be rural land use; industrialization and economic development; informed, active participants and decision makers of their and cities and land use. Students will greatly improve their communities, the nation and the world. analysis, critical thinking, writing and study skills at a sophisticated college level. Students will be prepared and Contemporary World History expected to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. Course Code: HIS 301, 302 Length of Class: Year-long Psychology 1 Credit: 1.0 Social Studies (CADR, NCAA) Course Code: HIS 125 Pre-requisite: None Length of Class: Semester In this course students learn how the present has been Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) impacted by the past with emphasis on how historic groups 1.0 credit at Sehome (Year-long) throughout the world solved problems, developed strategies Pre-requisite: None and innovations, and reached conclusions that have helped create key cultural elements today. The course will focus Psychology 1 is designed to provide students with an overview on universal themes, movements, key events/people and of the psychological aspects of learning, the brain and body critical foundations of modern political, economic, religious, connections, human development and behavior as it relates and cultural issues. Current events will be incorporated to individuals, family and society. Course work includes throughout the course. readings, guest speakers, lecture, video, individual research and projects, group research and presentations. Criminology Course Code: HIS 408 Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: None This course introduces students to the field of criminology, the study of crime. Students look at possible explanations for crime from psychological, biological and sociological

42 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 AP Psychology placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, Course Code: HIS 191, 192 interpretation of original documents and historiography. Length of Class: Year-long College level reading and writing skills along with a willingness to devote considerable time to homework and Credit: 1.0 Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) study are necessary for success. Students will greatly improve Pre-requisite: None their analysis, critical thinking, writing and study skills at The AP Psychology course is designed to introduce students a sophisticated college level. Students will be prepared and to the systematic and scientific study of human behavior and expected to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. the mental processes of human beings and other animals. Students are exposed to the psychological facts, principles, AP World History and phenomena associated with each of the major sub-fields within psychology. Topics of investigations may include Course Code: HIS 391, 392 such areas as sensation, perception, states of consciousness, Length of Class: Year-long memory, personality theory, learning, mental disorders and Credit: 1.0 Social Studies and satisfies the Contemporary social psychology. Students will also learn about ethics. World History requirement (CADR, NCAA) Students will greatly improve their analysis, critical thinking, Pre-requisite: None writing and study skills at a sophisticated college level. Advanced Placement World History offers students an Students will be prepared and expected to take the Advanced opportunity to study the whole of world history. The course Placement exam in May. will focus on the regions, people, ideas, and events that shaped the past; the connections and interactions between societies; Sociology and the development of historical trends. Students will greatly Course Code: HIS 130 improve their analysis, critical thinking, writing and study Length of Class: Semester skills at a sophisticated college level. Students will be prepared Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) and expected to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. Pre-requisite: None Sociology is the study of the society around us. Students will WWII through Film and Literature look at the concept of conformity and how it influences our Course Code: HIS 321 behavior. Classic experiments like the Milgram Experiment, Length of Class: Semester the Stanford Prison Experiment and other extreme human Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective behaviors stand at the heart of this investigation. Other topics Pre-requisite: World History or AP Human Geography include a look at American culture, human socialization, race This course is a thematic exploration of World War II through and ethnicity and gender roles in American society. feature films, primary sources, and scholarly interpretations. It seeks to provide a means for analyzing and evaluating what U.S. History one reads or sees about WWII in terms of historical accuracy Course Code: HIS 201, 202 and supports students in gaining a broader understanding of Length of Class: Year-long different perspectives. Themes will include the impact of war Credit: 1.0 Social Studies (CADR, NCAA) on soldiers, civilians, the home front and women. Japanese and German viewpoints, and post-war issues will also be Pre-requisite: World History or AP Human Geography explored. This year-long graduation requirement provides a study of the political, economic, social, technological, and military aspects of the United States. Students will practice analysis of Comparative Religions cause and effect, change over time, synthesis and comparison Course Code: HIS 104 of historical events across time, and crafting arguments from Length of Class: Semester evidence. Through an exploration of the diverse viewpoints Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective (NCAA) and voices of many Americans, students will appreciate the Pre-requisite: None challenges and accomplishments of the past as well as the Location: Bellingham and Squalicum events facing the nation today. Comparative Religions deals with the seven major historic religions of the world. The religions studied will include AP U.S. History Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Course Code: HIS 291, 292 Christianity and Islam. The course of study will include Length of Class: Year-long historical background as well as each religion’s impact on the Credit: 1.0 Social Studies (CADR, NCAA) social, political and cultural situations. Pre-requisite: World History or AP Human Geography Advanced Placement U.S. History is a challenging course involving in-depth study of American History from the age of exploration and discovery to the present. Emphasis is

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History of Sports in America awareness of historic and legal issues and controversies. Course Code: HIS 410 Topics include: introduction to law, judicial system, Length of Class: Semester constitutional law, students rights, criminal law, civil law, Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective (NCAA) individual rights, liberties-responsibilities, laws-judges, Pre-requisite: None lawyers and law enforcement. Location: Sehome History of Sports in America will explore issues such as AP Macro/Micro Economics race, class, gender, foreign policy, nationalism, religion, Course Code: HIS 591, 592 economic industrialization and urbanization as they relate Length of Class: Year-long to sports. While looking at the influence of individual sports Credit: 1.0 Social Studies Elective or 1.0 CTE (CADR) and athletes in America, larger themes include: the impact Pre-requisite: World History or AP Human Geography of (and on) immigration; the impact of industrialization Location: Bellingham and Sehome and urbanization; the class origins of specific sports; sports Students will build on their basic understanding of economic and the conflict between labor and capital; racial prejudice, principles by investigating crucial social issues that form exclusion, and integration; ideas about masculinity and the basis of economics. First semester will focus on basic womanhood; the links between sport, patriotism and national economic concepts and macroeconomics (the study of identity; sport as a vessel for political protest; the impact of the economy as a whole). Topics include measuring the sports gambling; and the impact of Title IX. performance of the American economy, evaluating the potential policy tools such as taxes, government spending Introduction to Latin American History and interest rates, money and banking, and understanding Course Code: WLS 211, 212 the role of the United States in the global economy. Second Grade Level: 11, 12 semester will build an understanding of the economic Length of Class: Year-long choices made by individual households and firms as they Credit: 1.0 Social Studies Elective, World Language or seek to maximize their wellbeing (micro economics). By focusing on both the Macro and Micro levels of economics, Elective (CADR, NCAA) students will be prepared to take the AP exam in either AP Pre-requisite: Spanish 3 Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics or both. Location: Bellingham This Spanish-language course will present an introduction AP Microeconomics to Latin American history, with emphasis on pre-European, Course Code: HIS 595, 596 colonial, national and international developments that have shaped the region’s character from 1500 to the present. For Length of Class: Year-long much of the coursework, Mexican history will be highlighted, Credit: 1.0 CTE or Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) and used as a framework for events that occurred in other Pre-requisite: World History or AP Human Geography nations. Students will meet to cover major topics in Latin Location: Squalicum American history, which will be composed primarily of the AP Microeconomics is an introduction to the study of following formats: class readings, lectures and discussions the consumers and producers that make up the economy: that will use electronic media such as maps, historical images, households, firms, governments, and community current events, movie clips and film to help reinforce the organizations. The course provides particular emphasis on the course content. function of consumers and producers within the economic system. The course offers analysis of the markets in which Law and Society consumers and producers interact as well as non-market Course Code: HIS 403 economics. Students will greatly improve their analysis, Length of Class: Semester critical thinking, writing and study skills at a sophisticated college level. Students will be prepared and expected to take Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective and satisfies the Civics the Advanced Placement exam in May. requirement (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: World History and U.S. History Locations: Bellingham, Options, Sehome This course provides a practical understanding of U.S. law and the legal system. Students will explore the Federal, State, and Local court systems with emphasis on juvenile, civil, and criminal legal standards. This course will help promote

44 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 AP Macroeconomics constitutional basis of government, political beliefs and Course Code: HIS 593, 594 behaviors, political parties, interest groups, mass media, Length of Class: Year-long institutions of government, public policy, and civil rights and liberties. Students will greatly improve their analysis, critical Credit: 1.0 CTE or Social Studies elective (CADR, NCAA) thinking, writing and study skills at a sophisticated college Pre-requisite: World History level. Students will be prepared and expected to take the Location: Squalicum Advanced Placement exam in May. An AP course in Macroeconomics is designed to help students develop a thorough understanding of the principles of World Geography economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. Such Course Code: HIS 101 a course places particular emphasis on the study of national income and price determination, and increases students’ Length of Class: Semester familiarity with economic performance measures, economic Credit: .5 Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) growth, and international economics. Students will greatly Pre-requisite: None improve their analysis, critical thinking, writing and study Locations: Sehome skills at a sophisticated college level. Students will be prepared In this course students will study the geography of different and expected to take the Advanced Placement exam in May. regions of the world. Students will explore many physical features and cultural landscapes and the impact they have had AP U.S. and AP Comparative Government on our world. This course will help students to look beyond Course Code: HIS 497, 498 Washington state and the U.S. Students will also discover how Class Level: 11, 12, or teacher permission people of other regions make up our world. Length of Class: Year-long AP European History Credit: 1.0 Social Studies and satisfies the Civics Course Code: HIS 495/496 requirement (CADR, NCAA) Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: Grade 11 or 12, or teacher permission Credit: 1.0 Social Studies Elective (CADR, NCAA) Location: Sehome This class is designed to give students practical insight and Pre-requisite: World History or AP Human Geography practice with government and the problems of governing Locations: Sehome diverse societies through utilizing a project-based AP European History is designed to be the equivalent of a approach. Students will gain both practical and theoretical two-semester introductory college or university European understanding of Constitutional principles and rights, history course. In AP European History students investigate political beliefs and behaviors, government institutions, and significant events, individuals, developments, and processes public policy-making. The course provides exposure to the in four historical periods from approximately 1450 to the rich diversity of political life and the importance of global present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, political and economic change, focusing on China, Great and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary Britain, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, and Russia. In comparing the and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; political institutions and practices of diverse countries, we making historical comparisons; and utilizing reasoning about will explore why some countries are stable democracies, why contextualization, causation, and continuity and change some democracies have prime ministers instead of presidents, over time. The course also provides six themes that students and the role of civil society, individual rights, the media and explore throughout the course in order to make connections culture in governing. Students can take both the AP US among historical developments in different times and places: Government and Politics and AP Comparative Government interaction of Europe and the world; poverty and prosperity; exams upon completion. objective knowledge and subjective visions; states and other institutions of power; individual and society; and national AP United States Government & Politics and European identity. Course Code: HIS 491, 492 Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Social Studies and satisfies the Civics requirement (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: World History and U.S. History Location: Squalicum During AP United States Government & Politics course students develop an analytical perspective on government and politics in the U.S. This course includes both the study of general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics and the analysis of specific examples. Students will examine the

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Bellingham’s Special Education Program is dedicated to The high school special education program is built building capacity at the district, school, and classroom around the needs of the students. It is important levels to ensure that all students receiving special to assess the individual population of students and education services reach the goals outlined in their offer classes in alignment with their academic, social, Individualized Education Plans (IEP). All courses are emotional, and transition needs. Students and families assigned as part of the IEP process. should contact IEP teachers to clarify the specific classes and supports available.

Special Education Program Overview

Services in a general Content classes in a special Elective classes in a education setting education setting special education setting

Examples: Examples: Examples: Co-taught English, English Skills, Math Skills, English Strategies, Math Math, Science, Social Applied Academics such Strategies, Learning Studies as Adaptive English and Strategies, Adaptive Music, Adaptive Math Adaptive P.E., Community and Daily Living, Vocational Experience, Transition Planning

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Students should select a second world language choice as *T-American Sign Language 4 an alternate in case their first choices have been filled or Course Code: WLA 107, 108 are not available. Grade Level: 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long *T-American Sign Language 1 Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) Course Code: WLA 101, 102 Pre-requisite: American Sign Language 3 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 This intensive class is an opportunity for advanced study in Length of Class: Year-long ASL. Advanced story-telling, grammar, and interaction with Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) native signers are integrated into units of study. Students Pre-requisite: None deepen their study of culturally significant topics relating ASL 1 introduces students to American Sign Language. Units to the Deaf community. Students will have the opportunity of study are based on natural conversation topics including to determine individual areas of focus for in-depth work. family, hobbies, interests, activities and storytelling. Students Students are expected to play a leadership role within the ASL begin to develop cultural awareness to support respectful student community. interactions with people in the Deaf community and appreciation for the contributions Deaf people have made to French 1 the world. This class is taught almost entirely in ASL. Course Code: WLF 101, 102 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 *T-American Sign Language 2 Length of Class: Year-long Course Code: WLA 103, 104 Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: None Length of Class: Year-long French 1 is an introduction to the French language and Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) culture. The fundamentals of French pronunciation, Pre-requisite: American Sign Language 1 conversation, grammar, and culture are presented through a In ASL 2, students quickly increase their ability to sign balanced development of all four skills: listening, speaking, and comprehend ASL. Units of study continue to build reading, and writing. The importance of communication on conversational topics including describing people and and cultural awareness is stressed through a wide variety of things, making requests, asking for advice, giving opinions, activities (group/pair work, native/authentic video and audio discussing plans and school, and storytelling. Students recordings, computer assignments, etc.). Connections to and continue developing awareness of the attitudes, perspectives, influences on English are explored. and and experiences of people in the Deaf community and learn about diversity within the United States and French 2 international Deaf communities. This class is taught almost Course Code: WLF 103, 104 entirely in ASL. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long *T-American Sign Language 3 Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Course Code: WLA 105, 106 Pre-requisite: French 1 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 French 2 strengthens students’ comprehension of the spoken Length of Class: Year-long and written language and their ability to respond in real-life Credit: 1.0 World Language, Elective or CTE (CADR, NCAA) situations while expanding their vocabulary and improving Pre-requisite: American Sign Language 2 their reading skills through the use of native/authentic ASL 3 offers students the opportunity to develop a higher resources. Each unit consists of a new vocabulary theme level of proficiency in ASL as they continue to develop and grammar concept, as well as a variety of interpretive, their expressive and receptive signing skills. Students interactive, and presentational tasks which reinforce are challenged with advanced storytelling techniques, vocabulary and grammar. There is a strong emphasis on independent projects, study of audism, disability, providing context and conversational examples for the representation and privilege. Students are encouraged to language concepts presented in each unit. participate in the National ASL Honors Society. This class is taught exclusively in ASL.

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French 3 AP French Language and Culture Course Code: WLF 105, 106, Course Code: WLF 491, 492 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 Elective (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: French 2 Pre-requisite: Completion of level 3 in same language French 3 continues to strengthen students’ comprehension of or equivalent. Completion of level 2 may advance with the spoken and written language and their ability to respond teacher recommendation. in real-life situations while expanding their vocabulary and Students learn about contemporary Francophone societies improving their reading skills through the use of native/ and cultures by examining their products, practices and authentic resources. The course builds on the grammar and perspectives through thematic study. Students will use vocabulary of the first two years. While working with poetry, authentic sources such as newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and articles from francophone countries, as well websites, films, music, video clips, blogs, podcasts, stories as listening to music, podcasts, and stories from the internet, and literary excerpts in French to develop language skills and students tap into personal interpretations and cultural communicative proficiency in real life settings. Students will comparisons, employing a variety of interpretive, interactive, build communication skills through regular class discussion, and presentational tasks. The course is conducted exclusively one-on-one conversation, collaboration with classmates, role in the target language. plays, email responses, essay and journal writing, and oral presentations. French Language and Culture Through Film, Literature and Media German 1 Course Code: WLF 201, 202 Course Code: WLG 101, 102 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language Elective (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: French 3 Pre-requisite: None Location: All High Schools This course introduces the German language. Students Global competence is the ability to both communicate and practice reading, writing, listening and speaking. They will understand a culture. This class is a conversational class become acquainted with the customs and culture of the and will be conducted exclusively in French. We will deeply countries where German is spoken. explore culture through literature, film, music and media. This class is intended for students who wish to continue to German 2 explore and develop their French speaking skills. Course Code: WLG 103, 104 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 French: On Parle Length of Class: Year-long Course Code: WLF 203, 204 Credit: 1.0 World Language or elective (CADR, NCAA) Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Pre-requisite: German 1 Length of Class: Year-long This course reviews and continues the study of reading, Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) writing, listening and speaking skills. By the second year, Pre-requisite: French 2 students should have a good grasp of basic structure in order Location: Bellingham and Sehome to communicate in simple sentences. They will be able to understand fairly complex spoken language. Students also This course is designed for students after a second year of continue to expand their knowledge of the culture, history French who want an intensive review and to further develop and traditions in connection with the language. and explore their knowledge and passion for the culture and language. It is also designed for advanced French students or heritage speakers to explore the role of an instructional German 3 assistant. The entering students will engage in small group Course Code: WLG 105, 106 activities, led by an advanced student, teacher assistant or Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 practicum student, and will practice conversation skills. The Length of Class: Year-long instructional assistants will follow guided curriculum and Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) lead the small groups through conversation and practice using Pre-requisite: German 2 the target language 90 percent of the time. The emphasis is on refining students’ reading, writing,

48 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 listening and speaking as well as continuing to appreciate on refining written and spoken communication. The intent the culture. In spoken languages, students read authentic of the course will be to honor students from a variety of literature and other materials, analyze their content and different learning backgrounds. The 5 C’s: communication, continue to hone their comprehension skills. This class is community, cultures, comparison, and connections will conducted primarily in German. be fostered throughout the class. Having WWU in town is a great resource for students as there is a strong Japanese AP German Language and Culture program; students will benefit from native speakers and Course Code: WLG 491, 492 college Japanese students. Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Mandarin 1 Credit: 1.0 World Language Elective (CADR, NCAA) Course Code: WLC 101, 102 Pre-requisite: Completion of level 3 in same language Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 or equivalent. Completion of level 2 may advance with Length of Class: Year-long teacher recommendation. Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) This accelerated and intensive class is a preparation for the Pre-requisite: None AP exam and is conducted entirely in German. The material Location: Sehome and Squalicum concentrates on advanced study of grammar and reading In this introductory to Mandarin course, students will materials. Weekly writing and language lab practices are practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking Mandarin, integral parts of the class. as well as becoming acquainted with Chinese customs and culture. Japanese 1 Course Code: WLJ 101, 102 Mandarin 2 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Course Code: WLC 103, 104 Length of Class: Year-long Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: None Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Location: Bellingham Pre-requisite: Mandarin 1 This is an introduction to the Japanese writing system, Location: Sehome Hiragana, and basic vocabulary and sentence structures, This course will build on the first year by expanding along with a cultural study of the Japanese. The Japanese vocabulary and placing greater emphasis on grammar and language cannot be isolated from its cultural context. reading and writing characters. Students will continue to develop skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Japanese 2 Course Code: WLJ 103, 104 Mandarin 3 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Course Code: WLC 105, 106 Length of Class: Year-long Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 World Language (CADR, NCAA) Length of Class: Year-long Pre-requisite: Japanese 1 Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Location: Bellingham Pre-requisite: Mandarin 2 This is continuation of the first year with an emphasis on Location: Sehome learning Katakana symbols. This course provides a formalized This course will build on the second year by expanding study of the Japanese culture and emphasizes listening vocabulary and placing greater emphasis on grammar and and responding to taped native speakers. It will include an reading and writing characters. Students will continue to introduction to minimal Kanji writing systems. develop skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Japanese 3 Course Code: WLJ 105, 106 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Japanese 2 Location: Bellingham This course will be a continuation of Japanese 2 with more of an emphasis on Katakana and Kanji. The class will focus

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Spanish 1 AP Spanish Literature and Culture Course Code: WLS 101, 102 Course Code: WLS 591, 592 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: None Pre-requisite: AP Language and Culture This course introduces the Spanish language. Students The AP Spanish Literature and Culture course uses a thematic practice reading, writing, listening and speaking. They will approach to introduce students to representative texts (short become acquainted with the customs and culture of the stories, novels, poetry, and essays) from Peninsular Spanish, countries where the language is spoken. Latin American, and United States Hispanic literature. Students continue to develop proficiencies across the full Spanish 2 range of the modes of communication (interpersonal, Course Code: WLS 103, 104 presentational, and interpretive), honing their critical Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 reading and analytical writing skills. Literature is examined Length of Class: Year-long within the context of its time and place, as students reflect on the many voices and cultures present in the required Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) readings. The course also includes a strong focus on cultural Pre-requisite: Spanish 1 connections and comparisons, including exploration of This course reviews and continues the study of reading, various media (e.g., art, film, articles, and literary criticism). writing, listening and speaking skills. By the second year, students should have a good grasp of basic structure in order to communicate in simple sentences. They will be able to Spanish for Heritage Speakers understand fairly complex spoken language. Students also Course Code: WLS 109, 110 continue to expand their knowledge of the culture, history Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 and traditions in connection with the language. Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Spanish 3 Pre-requisite: Spanish 3 or equivalent Course Code: WLS 105, 106 Spanish for Heritage Speakers is designed specifically for Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 native/heritage speakers of Spanish who already have some Length of Class: Year-long oral language proficiency and have used Spanish at home. The Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) purpose of this course is to enable students whose heritage language is Spanish to develop, maintain, and enhance Pre-requisite: Spanish 2 proficiency and literacy skills in their first language (Spanish). The emphasis is on refining students’ reading, writing, Spanish for Heritage Speakers will allow students to explore listening and speaking as well as continuing to appreciate the various cultures of the Spanish speaking world. Students the culture. In spoken languages, students read authentic will gain a better understanding of their own language and literature and other materials, analyze their content and will obtain strategies that will be useful in other coursework, continue to hone their comprehension skills. This class is community service situations and future employment. conducted primarily in Spanish. Latin American Culture through Film, Literature and AP Spanish Language and Culture Media Course Code: WLS 491, 492 Course Code: WLS 215, 216 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Credit: 1.0 World Language (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Completion of level 3 in same language Pre-requisite: Spanish 3 or equivalent. Completion of level 2 may advance with Location: Squalicum and Sehome teacher recommendation. Studying Spanish doesn’t only mean knowing the grammar This accelerated and intensive class is a preparation for the and the vocabulary. Although the ultimate goal is to be able AP exam and is conducted entirely in Spanish. The material to communicate, cultural understanding is a crucial part too. concentrates on advanced study of grammar and reading The focus will be to both communicate in the language and materials. Weekly writing and language lab practices are also deeply understand the culture through literature, film, integral parts of the class. music, and media. This class is a conversational class and will

50 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 be conducted exclusively in Spanish. This class is intended for students who wish to continue to explore and develop their Spanish speaking skills and is an appropriate next step for students wishing to explore beyond AP Spanish.

Introduction to Latin American History Course Code: WLS 211, 212 Grade Level: 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 Social Studies Elective, World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Spanish 3 Location: Bellingham This Spanish-language course will present an introduction to Latin American history, with emphasis on pre-European, colonial, national and international developments that have shaped the region’s character from 1500 to the present. For much of the coursework, Mexican history will be highlighted, and used as a framework for events that occurred in other nations. Students will meet to cover major topics in Latin American history, which will be composed primarily of the following formats: class readings, lectures and discussions that will use electronic media such as maps, historical images, current events, movie clips and film to help reinforce the course content.

Spanish: Se Habla Course Code: WLS 203, 204 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Year-long Credit: 1.0 World Language or Elective (CADR, NCAA) Pre-requisite: Spanish 2 Location: Bellingham and Sehome This course is designed for students after a second year of Spanish who want an intensive review and to further develop and explore their knowledge and passion for the culture and language. It is also designed for advanced Spanish students or heritage speakers to explore the role of an instructional assistant. The entering students will engage in small group activities, led by an advanced student, teacher assistant or practicum student, and will practice conversation skills. The instructional assistants will follow guided curriculum and lead the small groups through conversation and practice using the target language 90 percent of the time.

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 51 ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES

Academic Workshop 9-10 High School AVID 1 Course Code: ELE 204/205 Course Code: AVD 101, 102 Grade Level: 9, 10 Grade Level: 9 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Year-long Credit: .5 Elective Credit: 1.0 Elective Pre-requisite: None Pre-requisite: Invitation/Application process Have you ever wanted a class that would address your High School AVID 2 whole academic experience? This class will allow you time Course Code: AVD 201, 202 to understand and refine necessary skills for high school, Grade Level: 10 develop habits of mind and work on the demands of your Length of Class: Year-long other classes. Each period will be a workshop with a teacher Credit: 1.0 Elective guided mini-lesson focused on a skill or habit of mind. In Pre-requisite: Invitation/Application process addition, time each day will be dedicated to independent work time with peer and teacher support focused on your personal High School AVID 3 goals. Course Code: AVD 301, 302 Academic Workshop 11-12 Grade Level: 11 Course Code: ELE 206/207 Length of Class: Year-long Grade Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Elective Length of Class: Semester Pre-requisite: Invitation/Application process Credit: .5 Elective Pre-requisite: None High School AVID 4 Do you ever need time to manage all of the expectations that Course Code: AVD 401, 402 come with being a Junior or Senior? Academic Workshop Grade Level: 12 11-12 allows you time to understand and refine necessary Length of Class: Year-long skills for graduation and beyond, develop habits of mind that Credit: 1.0 Elective promote future success and work on the demands of your Pre-requisite: Invitation/Application process other classes. Each period will be a workshop with a teacher guided mini-lesson focused on a skill, habit of mind or college GRADS (Graduation, Reality and Dual-Role Skills) and career need (i.e. resume, college applications, cover Course Code: CTF 131, 132 letters, etc.). In addition, time each day will be dedicated to Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 independent work time with peer and teacher support focused Length of Class: Year-long on your personal goals. Credit: 1.0 CTE or Elective Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Location: Options, Sehome and Squalicum GRADS is a program for pregnant and parenting students AVID is designed to prepare students for entrance and that provides the academic and childcare support necessary success in four-year colleges and universities. Students to remain in or return to high school and graduate. GRADS develop proficiency with inquiry processes, reading, writing is available at no cost to pregnant teens and young parents and collaborative discussion strategies that they use to under the age of twenty-one who live in Bellingham or access rigorous course content in all classes. Students work Whatcom County and have not graduated from high school. through facilitated, peer study groups to practice questioning The program is located at Sehome, Squalicum and Options strategies and lead discussions. Students focus on entrance High Schools. Students attend regular high school courses and placement exams, prepare for college study sessions, as well as receive instruction in units of study related to: practice test taking strategies and refine note taking, pregnancy, parenting, positive self-image and economic time management and organization skills and research independence. Please contact your counselor or registrar for presentation methods. more information.

52 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 Leadership Studies Speech and Debate Course Code: LEA 100, 101 Course Code: ENG 617 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Elective Credit: .5 Elective (NCAA) Pre-requisite: Application process (No application needed Pre-requisite: None at Sehome) Speech and Debate is an active course designed to ensure This class includes specific areas of study such as students acquire basic listening and oral communication communication, organization and decision making. It is skills and develop confidence in speaking to groups on a designed for ASB officers and any other students interested in variety of topics. While the course will include writing and learning about and demonstrating leadership. Much of the researching, the main focus will be speaking and presenting. course involves working on school service projects. The course will progress from informal speeches involving Mentoring and Link Crew little preparation to more rehearsed presentations. Speeches Course Code: INT 201 may include, but will not be limited to demonstrations, Grade Level: 11, 12 personal narratives, job interviews, show and tells, and debates. Length of Class: Semester Credit: .5 Elective Service Learning Pre-requisite: Link Crew application process Course Code: SER 510 The goal of Mentoring and Link Crew is to support juniors and seniors in developing the following skills: one-to-one Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 mentoring, group mentoring, team and climate building, Length of Class: 1 or 2 Semester organization, leadership, communication and facilitation. Credit: .5 Elective Students will provide service to freshmen, the school and Location: Bellingham community by planning, implementing and evaluating events This course is designed for students to be actively involved as Freshmen Follow-Ups, after-school tutorials, 8th Grade with Bellingham social services. Through authentic Orientation and more. volunteering experiences students realize the valuable contribution they can make to individuals and their Peer Tutor community. They will learn to act and react in adult situations Course Code: IND 100 preparing them for life after high school. Research indicates Grade Level: 11, 12 that through this process people increase their self-esteem Length of Class: Semester and self-worth. One period a week students reflect on their Credit: .5 Elective experiences through discussion, research andjournal entries. Students should walk away from this class with a clearer sense Pre-requisite: Approval by teacher and administration of self, a stronger connection to the community, and a desire Students who have achieved academic success in a particular to vounteer in the future. subject area work under a teacher’s supervision in their classrooms to tutor individual students in need of additional help. Students are limited to one tutoring class per semester and a maximum of two semesters (1.0 elective credit) during high school.

High School Course Catalog 2018-19 53 BELLINGHAM VIRTUAL LEARNING check in weekly with the instructor and complete a “hands- Bellingham Virtual Learning (BVL) is a web-based on” CPR/AED training at the end of the course. This course is educational program of Bellingham Public Schools designed to prepare students for lifelong decision-making and that provides instructor-led online courses to high problem-solving skills related to health and wellness issues school students through an agreement with Spokane impacting individuals and families. The primary emphasis is Public Schools and Spokane Virtual Learning (SVL). on enabling students to assume an active role in developing Students can only take courses that are not available healthy lifestyles. The curriculum includes the following at their high schools as part of their regular schedules. content areas: wellness, safety, nutrition, sexual health, social Students can also complete additional courses on a fee- emotional health, substance use and abuse. based system. BVL can be an ideal environment for a self-motivated, independent learner who seeks on-line coursework that runs parallel with Bellingham Public Career Choices - Online (BVL) Schools curriculum. See bellinghamschools.org/BVL for Course Code: CAR 950 more information. Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length of Class: Semester Health Online (BVL) Credit: .5 CTE Course Code: PED 950 Pre-requisite: None Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 In this course students will analyze personal and career Length of Class: Semester interests, values, and aptitudes; survey and research fields; Credit: .5 Health practice the decision-making process; set career goals and Pre-requisite: None practice job search skills such as completing applications, This is an online course. Students work independently in the writing letters of application, developing resumes, online course at home or off-site. Students are required to interviewing, and learning workplace standards.

54 High School Course Catalog 2018-19 High School Course Planner

Freshman Year of High School First Semester Second Semester 1. English 101______1. English 101______2. ______2. ______3. ______3. ______4. ______4. ______5. ______5. ______6. ______6. ______7. ______7. ______8. ______8. ______

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(360) 676-6400 bellinghamschools.org FAIRHAVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL 110 Park Ridge Road, 98225-7999 2020 Cornwall Avenue, 98225-3698 (360) 676-6450 (360) 676-6575 fairhaven.bellinghamschools.org bellingham.bellinghamschools.org S C H O O L B O A R D Principal Robert Kalahan Principal Linda Miller of DIRECTORS

Kelly M. Bashaw KULSHAN MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTIONS HIGH SCHOOL Director 1250 Kenoyer Drive, 98229 2015 Franklin, 98225 (360) 676-4886 (360) 647-6871 Douglas W. Benjamin Director kulshan.bellinghamschools.org options.bellinghamschools.org Principal Meagan Dawson Principal Byron Gerard Camille Diaz Hackler Director

SHUKSAN MIDDLE SCHOOL SEHOME HIGH SCHOOL Jennifer I. Mason 2717 Alderwood Avenue, 98225-1298 2700 Bill McDonald Parkway, 98225 Director (360) 676-6454 (360) 676-6481 Quenby M. Peterson Director shuksan.bellinghamschools.org sehome.bellinghamschools.org Principal Amy Carder Principal Michelle Kuss-Cybula Greg Baker Superintendent WHATCOM MIDDLE SCHOOL SQUALICUM HIGH SCHOOL 810 Halleck Street, 98225-3243 3773 E McLeod Road, 98226-7728 (360) 676-6460 (360) 676-6471 whatcom.bellinghamschools.org squalicum.bellinghamschools.org Principal Jeff Coulter Principal James Everett