Mattituck High School MATTITUCK HIGH SCHOOL 15125 Main Road ⬥ Mattituck, New York 11952 Phone: (631) 298-8471 ⬥ Fax: (631) 298-8544 ⬥ www.mufsd.com

ADMINISTRATORS

JILL M. GIERASCH SHAWN PETRETTI Superintendent of Schools High School Principal ​ ​

DAVID A. SMITH Assistant Principal

GUIDANCE STAFF ​

BRIAN LYNCH MICHELLE FUSSA Guidance​ Coordinator High School Counselor

JASON MASTROPIERRO MEGAN COLLINS ​ High School Counselor Junior High Counselor

Christine Woodhull and Catherine Gerardi Guidance Secretaries

Accreditation: N.Y.S. Board of Regents C.E.E.B. Code No. 333-070

COMMUNITY

The Mattituck-Cutchogue School District is located in a rural resort and farming community on Eastern Long Island’s North Fork. The prosperous farming community includes vineyards, sod farms, horse breeding farms, and traditional crop farms. This growing economic base has made the area a prime residential one for a number of professional and business people who energetically support the school system.

SCHOOL

There are approximately 1000 students in grades K-12. The program of studies is geared to meet the needs of all students. AP work is offered in English Literature, English Composition, Calculus, Computer Science, Biology, Physics, Environmental Science, U.S. History, World History, Psychology and AP Seminar. College bound students are enrolled in Regents, Honors, or AP classes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter to Students and Parents…….……………………………………………………………..1 Requirements for Graduation…………………………………………………………………....2 Examination Requirements for Graduation……………………………………………………..3 Course Selection Process………………………………………………………………………..4 Schedule Changes……………………………………………………………………………….4 Course Withdrawal Policy………………………………………………………………………5 Making Up Courses……………………………………………………………………………..5 Art…………………………………………………………………………………………...... 6 Business ….……………………………………………………………………………………..8 English…………………………………………………………………………………………..9 Health…………………………………..………………………………………………………12 Math…………………………………….………………………………………………………13 Music…………………………………….………………………………………….………….16 N.J.R.O.T.C……………………………….……………………………………………………16 Physical Education……………………………………………………………………………..17 Science…………………………………………………………………………….…………...17 Social Studies….…………………………………….……………………..…………………..20 Technology…………………………………………………………………………...... 22 World Languages…………....………….……….……………………………………………..23 Special Education………………………………………………………………………...... 24 Driver Education…………………………………………………………………………….…25 Eastern LI Academy of Applied Sciences (Eastern Suffolk BOCES)…………...…………….26 Farmingdale State College/Adelphi University in the High School Program.………………...27 Athletic Programs………………………………………………………………………………28 Clubs & Activities……………………………………………………………………………...28 Additional Guidance Policy Information………………………………………………………29 The Guidance Program at MHS………………………………………………………………..30

Dear Parents, Dear Students, ​

You are the most important and influential The faculty and administration of Mattituck people in your children’s lives. Your children High School are committed to providing the need you to be interested and involved in their best possible education for all of our students. academic progress, their activities and in It is every student’s responsibility to take an planning for their future. As parents, there are active role in his or her education and to make many things that you can do to ensure that informed, intelligent choices both your children have a successful school academically and personally. experience. You can have them sign up for the appropriate courses and tests as well as One of the ways you can become a responsible complete the necessary forms in a timely member of our school family is to read this manner. Also, it is important to discuss with Course Selection Guide carefully; it is a your children information that is mailed home valuable guide to your experience at Mattituck to you and available via the Parent Portal and High School. With the help of your family, school website. teachers, and counselors, you can best meet not only your graduation requirements, but We believe that together we can create an also take full advantage of your personal environment that encourages mutual respect, interests as well. supports and recognizes individual differences, and promotes student Your school counselor is available to assist achievement. This Course Selection Guide is you in making the transition to the next phase designed to serve as a reference book to assist of development with the best possible you and your child in taking full advantage of preparation. Your counselor is an excellent their experience at Mattituck High School. resource who will assist you in course selection, future planning, and adjustment to Sincerely, school. Your school counselor may also act as a support person for you as you deal with personal concerns. The Counseling Staff Finally, the best single piece of advice we can

give you about succeeding in high school is

GET INVOLVED! Mattituck High School

needs your unique and special talents.

GOOD LUCK, WORK HARD, AND ENJOY YOUR YEARS AT MATTITUCK HIGH SCHOOL

Sincerely,

The Counseling Staff

1 Requirements for Graduation

CORE SUBJECTS

Students are eligible for graduation once they have successfully completed a total of 22 units of credit. In order to receive a high school diploma, students must successfully complete:

● All Required Core Subjects ● All Exam Requirements

Required Core Subjects

All students must earn 22 units of credit in order to meet the minimum requirements for graduation. These ​ 22 units of credit MUST include: ​ ​ ​

Core Subject Credit English 4 units Social Studies 4 units Mathematics 3 units Science 3 units Art or Music 1 unit Health .5 unit Physical Education 2 units World Languages 1 unit for Regents Diploma 3 units for Adv. Regents Diploma* Additional Subjects .5 to 2.5 depending on diploma type

*Five units in Art or Technology may be used to replace the additional required credits in World Languages necessary for the Advanced Designation Regents Diploma.

2 EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION

Regents Diploma 65% or better on the following Regents Exams: Students must pass four/five Regents ● English Exams*: ● Global History* One of two in Social Studies, and one each ● U.S. History* in Math, English and Science and choose ● Algebra 1 Regents from one of the Pathway Options in ● Science Regents Humanities, STEM, Art, World Languages, CDOS or CTE

Advanced Designation Regents Diploma 65% or better on the following Regents Exams: ● English Regents Students must pass eight or more Regents ● Algebra 1 Regents, Geometry Regents & Exams plus World Languages proficiency Algebra 2 Regents equivalent. ● Global History* ● U.S. History* ● Two Science Regents (one from Physical Science and one from Living Environment) ● World Languages (LOTE) Regents equivalent

Regents/Local Diploma Through Appeal: Open to all student populations. Allows student to ​ appeal scores between 60-64 on up to two Regents exams, if they pass remaining Regents with a score of 65 or above and meet additional criteria.

Low Pass Option or Appeals Option: For students with disabilities seeking the local diploma ​ option can use a low pass option (55-64 passing score) on up to 5 exams. Students with disabilities can also use appeal options for up to two exams using scores between 52-55.

Compensatory Scoring Option: For students with disabilities. A score of 45-54 on a required ​ ​ Regents exam (except ELA and Math) can be compensated for by a score of 65 or above on another Regents exam. In addition, the student must pass the course in which he/she earned the 45-54 Regents score and have satisfactory attendance.

CDOS Pathway or Superintendent’s Determination: Students with disabilities who do not pass ​ all Regents exams using these safety nets can utilize Superintendent’s Determination if they pass only English and Math Regents exams (with any of above safety nets) or the CDOS Pathway if no Regents exams are passed. CDOS requires CTE coursework and work based learning hours.

English Language Learner Appeal: Allows English Language Learner Students (ELL) to use ​ ELA exam score from 55-59 as passing score provided all other Regents exams meet graduation requirements for general ed. students.

Local Diploma: Any student using the Special Education safety net options (Compensatory ​ ​ Scoring Option, Low Pass Option, Superintendent’s Determination or English Language Learner) or appealing two Regents exam scores will be eligible for a local diploma.

*May be replaced with Pathway Option

3

COURSE SELECTION PROCESS

This Course Selection Guide is designed to assist you in selecting courses throughout your high school career. It provides an overview of the requirements for graduation as well as a description of the courses available. Each year, you will meet with your Guidance Counselor to evaluate your educational goals, review your current performance, and select courses for the following year.

The information in this guide, combined with the assistance of your parents and counselor, will help you plan an academic program that is both realistic and challenging. By choosing and successfully completing a challenging academic program, you will be better prepared for the opportunities and obstacles that lie ahead in a college environment and the world of work.

Pre-registration for all students will occur early in the spring semester. Tentative schedules assume that you will successfully complete your current courses. Any changes to your schedule must be made before the first day of classes in September. Counselors are available if you have any questions.

OUTLINE OF THE COURSE SELECTION PROCESS

Step 1: You should review the sections in this guide titled Requirements for Graduation and Examination ​ Requirements for Graduation. You should then read the course descriptions in this book.

Step 2: You will meet with your Guidance Counselor to review your current courses and plan your program for next ​ year. Note that course offerings are dependent upon enrollment. Some courses may not be available to all students every year. In these cases, your counselor will assist you in choosing an alternative course.

Step 3: Your course requests will be mailed home for review, after which tentative schedules will be created. Final ​ schedules will be mailed home in August or made available on the Parent Portal.

Any changes to your schedule must be made before the first day of classes in September. Contact your counselor with any questions.

SCHEDULE CHANGES

A great deal of time, care, and effort is devoted to assuring that each student is placed into an educational program that will best meet his or her individual needs. The scheduling process, therefore, is a lengthy one, extending from January through the summer months. It is the goal of the counseling staff to ensure a smooth opening of the school year, one marked by a minimum of disruptions due to schedule changes. To attain this goal, the following guidelines have been established:

● All schedule changes must be made before the start of the school year. Counselors are available during the ​ ​ last two weeks of August to discuss any schedule changes. ​

● During the first two weeks of school, schedule changes will be honored only for educational reasons:

o Graduation requirements o Errors in schedule o Incorrect placement

● Extenuating circumstances will be reviewed by the high school principal after initial screening by your counselor

4 COURSE WITHDRAWAL POLICY

Under extenuating circumstances, a student may be permitted to withdraw from a course in progress during the school year. It is school policy that a student must follow these three guidelines when withdrawing from a course:

1. The student must meet with their counselor to discuss the options. ​ 2. The student must have written parent approval in order to withdraw from a core course. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3. In some cases, a conference with the parent, student, and teacher will be held. ​

Providing circumstances exist that permit a student to withdraw from a course, students and parents should be aware of the following consequences: FULL YEAR COURSE

1. Any full year course approved by the school for withdrawal before the end of the first marking period will be omitted ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ from the student’s record. 2. Any full year course approved by the school for withdrawal before the end of the second marking period will be ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ recorded as such: “Spanish II (withdrawn).” It will not be counted in class rank. 3. Any full year course approved by the school for withdrawal after the end of the second marking period will receive a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ failing grade. It will be recorded on the transcript as such: “Spanish II (60).” It will be counted in the class rank. The only exception to the above shall be in the case of a teacher or administrator recommending the course be dropped for proper cause, in which case the procedure for (2) will be followed, stating only “Spanish II (withdrawn).”

HALF-YEAR COURSE

1. Any half-year course approved by the school for withdrawal before the end of the first five (5) weeks of the marking ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ period will be omitted from the record. 2. Any half-year course approved by the school for withdrawal after the end of the first marking period will receive a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ failing grade and it will be recorded on the transcript.

MAKING UP COURSES

If a student fails a course, one of four options to make up the credit is available: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

5 ART Drawing and Painting Unit: 1 DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS Grade: 10 – 12 Satisfactory completion of one unit in Studio Art Prerequisite: Studio Art/Drawing preferred may be used to meet the one unit of art or music required of all students to meet graduation Drawing and painting is designed for the student requirements as prescribed by the New York State with a special interest in exploring new methods in Education Department. dry and wet mediums including acrylics, watercolor, and various collage techniques. Students will apply Studio Art the elements and principles of design in a variety of Unit: 1 two-dimensional assignments. In addition, the Grade: 9 – 12 (preferably grade 9) course will emphasize an understanding of styles of a variety of artists and art history periods. Studio Art is a full year introduction to basic techniques of the Visual Arts. This course is designed to meet the New York State Standards for Interior Design the Visual Arts. The course offers a wide variety of Unit: .5 art experiences based upon the understanding and Grade: 10 – 12 appreciation of the elements and principles design, including projects in drawing and painting. In Do you like “Property Brothers” or “Fixer Upper”? addition, the course offers an understanding of the Then you should enroll in Interior Design. Apply cultural contributions to the Visual Arts as well as your love of creativity and style by taking this developing the ability to evaluate and analyze works course which will explore the concepts of color, of art. Studio Art is a prerequisite for all other texture, form, light, and empty spaces that come electives in the Visual Arts. (Museum field trip, alive through design. This course will help students mid-term, final, research paper.) learn to make wise decorating choices in their future lives/living spaces, to learn about art principles and their application to decorating choices, study floor Studio Art 2 plans, room and furniture arrangement and selection, Unit: 1 study housing styles, as well as, consumer rights and Grade: 10 – 12 responsibilities. Students will collaborate with clubs Prerequisite: Studio Art and organizations to add murals, landscaping, benches, decor and more to our campus as well as This course builds on the fundamentals learned in creating individual projects throughout the course. Studio Art. We will explore all aspects of art making and art history and it prepares students for future advanced studio classes. Students will increase their Sculpture/Mixed Media/Crafts awareness of the visual arts in their every-day life. Unit: .5 This course covers drawing, painting, charcoal, Grade: 10 – 12 graphite and collaged materials; acrylics; sculpture with clay, wire, wood and paper. This course is designed to offer a wide variety of hands on mixed-media art and craft experiences. Mediums such as printmaking, sculpture, fiber art, Drawing mosaics, and found object design will be explored in Unit: .5 this course in 2D and 3D form. Students will have Grade: 10 – 12 the opportunity to build, sculpt, carve, melt and Prerequisite: Studio Art assemble artwork using a variety of materials. Stained glass and chunky knit blankets are a new This course explores fundamental drawing addition to this course. Students who enjoy techniques in a variety of mediums including expressing themselves in a wide variety of art charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, colored pencil and mediums should enroll in this course. pen and ink. The course is designed to be a prerequisite for Drawing and Painting (not required.) Ceramics - Working with Clay Unit: .5 Grade: 10 - 12

6 Students will learn the basics of digital photography, This course explores ceramics materials and how to use a digital SLR camera, and basic Adobe processes, emphasizing development of Photoshop techniques. Students will get to use hand-building techniques and an introduction to the digital SLR cameras the entire semester creating a potter’s wheel. This course will also provide a basic portfolio for future presentation. We will use understanding of clay, glazes and kiln operation. Photoshop to enhance, correct, and manipulate the photos for better presentation. Projects include Graphic Design black and white photographs, photo documentary, Unit: .5 close-ups, self-portraits and more. Grade: 10 - 12 Prerequisite: Studio Art Television Production Unit: 1 In Graphic Design, students will get a thorough Grade: 11 - 12 introduction to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Prerequisite: Film I and/or Film II Visual design for communication is a focus for the course. Class projects will involve using design Welcome to WMHS, home of The Morning Show. software to solve graphic design problems and create In this class, you will experience the excitement of artwork. Students will learn about and use different putting together a live broadcast in less than 40 resources on the Internet that can be used outside of minutes. Students are responsible for writing scripts, the classroom. File management and organization producing news stories, creating graphics, and will prepare the digital student for their future. editing videos. Students will create video projects to be inserted into the program (a background in video Advanced Art editing is helpful.) On-air personalities as well as Unit: 1 behind the scene technicians are all needed to create Grade: 11 - 12 a successful show. If being pushed to meet a Prerequisite: Studio Art, Drawing and Painting deadline first thing in the morning is your kind of or 2 Art electives thing, this is the class for you. (Teacher recommendations) Film I Art Portfolio Preparation for NYSATA Portfolio Unit: .5 and/or AP Art Portfolio: Art Portfolio Preparation is Grade: 9 - 12 for art students who are motivated learners and are serious about developing their ability to Students practice camera techniques, compute-based communicate their ideas, thoughts, and feelings in video and audio editing, and green screening as they visual form. Portfolio Preparation gives students a produce projects including an instructional video, framework to build a varied portfolio that showcases news story, and a short documentary. Adobe strengths, creativity, and interests. Students will Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Audacity are among have a completed portfolio at the end of the school the programs used to create student productions. year that follows the guidelines for NYSATA Art Filming, editing, and audio mixing will be Portfolio and/or AP Art Portfolio. This course gives emphasized in this course. students extra time and guidance to prepare for NYSATA Art Portfolio and/or AP Art Portfolio. Film II Students will create art that reflects issues related to Unit: .5 2-D and 3-D design. Media such as Drawing, Grade: 10 - 12 Painting, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Ceramics and Prerequisite: Film I Collage will be utilized. This course enables students to develop quality artwork that demonstrates strong Action and chase scenes will be created by students visual ideas and significant knowledge of the as they build skills leading up to the creation of an elements and principles of design, and the artistic original horror film, music video, and a short story. skill and ability necessary to apply them. Both video and audio editing as well as digital manipulation of imagery will be explored along with Photography an emphasis on the importance of sound. Camera Unit: .5 skills and shot selection will be closely examined as Grade: 10 - 12 well. Film II students participate in the Long Island Media Arts Show.

7 Sports Broadcasting a consultant with the support of a real business Unit: .5 partner. Products are sold virtually to other schools Grade: 10-12 both nationally and internationally. Students are required to attend and participate in 4 trade shows Tune in to WMHS Sports on Friday afternoon for and competitions located throughout Long Island your weekly recap of Mattituck’s sports team and New York City. Students manage their virtual highlights. Students will report, shoot, write and edit business and are transformed into young stories about Mattituck High School varsity sporting professionals and budding entrepreneurs. Get a head events, game results, team players and coaches. The start on your future career. focus will be on developing story ideas, producing sports features, as well as providing game coverage (outside of class.) Students will create a pre-recorded Virtual Enterprise II broadcast utilizing skills in video production and Unit: 1 editing, graphics for television, script writing, and Grades: 11 – 12 teamwork, all while meeting their monthly deadlines Prerequisite: Virtual Enterprise I and reporting relevant, exciting content for their target audience. Did you enjoy Virtual Enterprise I? Take this course and become a Chief Officer in the class. Become a leader and learn skills that you will take to college and to your future career. Students are required to BUSINESS attend and participate in 4 trade shows and competitions located throughout Long Island and Senior Seminar New York City. Unit: .5 Grade: 12 Financial Literacy After preparing your academic game plan for the Unit: .5 past 12 years, you’re ready to apply to college. You Grades: 11 – 12 will prepare your college applications in class including all forms in Naviance and the Common Dual Enrollment Credit offered through SUNY App, draft your senior essay, create an academic Farmingdale resume, sign up and submit SAT/ACT scores to prospective colleges, research/select majors, and fill The purpose of this course is to provide students out your FAFSA application. SAT practice is with skills for money management. This available through Naviance. This course will also introductory course defines practical mechanics of address issues that might arise while you’re at day-to-day living and spending, including writing college. You’ll learn effective transitioning checks and balancing checkbooks. Start with a goal, techniques into college such as development of good create a plan, implement your plan and adjust as study skills, discipline and goal setting, money needed to accomplish your financial goals. Learn the management, as well as an understanding of skills and competencies needed for success in the academic, social and personal responsibilities. workplace and to begin to become financially literate. Topics covered include banking and Virtual Enterprise I economic systems, budgeting, investments, loans, Unit: 1 insurance, credit, financial literacy and career Grades: 11 - 12 planning. Dual Enrollment Credit offered through SUNY Farmingdale (6 credits)

With an emphasis on college and career readiness, Business Marketing Virtual Enterprise (VE) is an in-school Unit: .5 entrepreneurship and global business program that Grades: 11-12 offers students a competitive edge in the business world. Students determine the nature of their virtual This course offers a comprehensive overview of the business, design its products and services, interview field of marketing. Marketing concepts, advertising, for officer and employee positions, and learn the selling, and careers in marketing are among the wide daily operations of a business under the guidance of range of topics that will be discussed. Different

8 aspects of advertising will be researched and in English 9 study a broad range of literary genres evaluated that will include television, radio, print including novels, memoir, poetry, plays and short media, and online. The emerging role that stories. They also read and analyze literary criticism information technology and social media play within and non-fiction. marketing will also be covered. In English 9, students give speeches and complete Digital Generation creative projects throughout the year. Students are Unit: .5 also required to complete an MLA style research Grades: 11-12 paper.

In this course, you will learn how to utilize the English 9 Honors power of the internet and social media to enhance Unit: 1 your web presence and digital profile. This is a Grade: 9 blended learning course connecting several school Final: School Exam districts in Suffolk County. Students will be working on collaborative projects using Google. Together, This course is designed for students who have shown you will discover how technology and social media advanced skills and interest in English language and impact society now and in the future. literature throughout junior high school, and they are expected to meet prerequisites in order to gain Stony Brook University (3 credits) entrance to this class. The English 9 Honors curriculum is designed to further develop students’ Accounting reading, writing, speaking, and analytical skills on Unit: .5 an advanced high school level. English 9 Honors is Grades: 11-12 the first year in a two-year sequence of English courses culminating in June of tenth grade with the Accounting is the language of business. Success in Comprehensive English Regents Examination. the business world begins with an understanding of Throughout the year, students study vocabulary, accounting. This course covers basic accounting interpret literature, and complete writing procedures, including preparing financial reports for assignments based on literary analysis and personal starting, running and managing a business. If you expression. The majority of writing in this class is have plans to attend college to pursue a degree in done independently with teacher conferences any area of business (Marketing, Administration, available. Students enrich reading, writing, and Management, Finance, Law, etc.), this course is for interpretive skills through an extensive study of a you! broad range of literary genres including novels, memoir, poetry, plays and short stories. The literature includes classic literature by George ENGLISH Orwell, Lewis Carroll, Sophocles, and William Shakespeare, as well as contemporary fiction. English 9R Students give speeches and complete creative Unit: 1 projects throughout the year. Students are also Grade: 9 required to complete an MLA style research paper. Final: School Exam Class participation is a large component of the English 9H experience, and students enhance their The English 9 curriculum is designed to develop speaking and listening skills through daily students’ reading, writing, speaking, and analytical discussions and Socratic seminars. skills. English 9 is the first year in a 3 year sequence of English courses culminating in June of eleventh grade with the Comprehensive English Regents English 10R Examination. Students study vocabulary, interpret Unit: 1 literature, and complete writing assignments based Grade: 10 on the four writing tasks of the Comprehensive Final: School Exam th The 10 ​ grade curriculum stresses the analysis of Exam. Students enrich reading, writing and ​ interpretive skills through an extensive study of world literature through class discussion and critical classic literature by authors including George writing. Some of the authors students will be Orwell, Harper Lee, and William Shakespeare, as introduced to are George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Elie well as contemporary young adult fiction. Students Wiesel, Ernest Gaines, William Shakespeare, and

9 Tennessee Williams. Students will study communicate evidence-based arguments. Students vocabulary, as well as read and analyze poetry will complete various assessments throughout the throughout the year. In English 10 they will be year to earn an Advanced Placement Exam score required to write a literary MLA style term paper as that may allow them to earn college credit. well as participate in varied speeches throughout the th year. The syllabus for 10 ​ grade is geared toward English 11 Regents th ​ the 11 ​ Grade English Regents. Unit: 1 ​ Grade: 11 English 10 Honors Final: Regents Examination Unit: 1 th Grade: 10 The 11 ​ grade curriculum consists of three major Final: Regents examination areas of​ study: literature, vocabulary and English 10 Honors is specifically geared for students composition. Students study literature from the with a strong aptitude in writing, as well as strong Colonial period to contemporary times, highlighting skills in the analysis of literature. The students are such authors as Hawthorne, Poe, Twain, required to write independently at an honors level Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Salinger. Students will where they reveal not just an understanding of the study vocabulary in preparation for the PSAT, SAT text, but offer a fresh intellectual and introspective and the Comprehensive English Regents approach to their assignments. They will continue Exam. Continuing composition instruction will also their study in well-known authors such as William prepare students for the Regents Exam. Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, Henrik Ibsen and Elie Wiesel, as well as contemporary authors Khaled English 12 Hosseini and Sue Monk Kidd. At the end of the Unit: 1 school year students in 10 Honors will take the New Grade: 12 York State Regents Exam in English where, after a Final: Paper/Project year of study, they are expected to achieve mastery. Students will participate in Socratic circles, perform English 12 is a commencement level course that speeches, execute creative projects, and in addition, prepares students for the rigors of college writing, complete an MLA term paper by year’s end. This develops the critical thinking skills necessary for course prepares students for 11th and 12th grade success after high school and encourages students to Advanced Placement English Classes where the think critically about themselves and their place in demands are equal to college level courses. the local and global communities. In this class, students explore the social, philosophical and AP Seminar historical aspects of literature by examining literary Unit: 1 and social criticism. In the first half of the course, Grade: 10 students will write a term paper that will serve as Prerequisite: English 9 Honors and teacher their midterm grade. In addition to reading literature recommendation and writing critical analysis of the works, students will participate in public speaking throughout the AP Seminar is a foundational course that engages course of the year. Units of study revolve around students in cross-curricular conversations that essential questions like: “Are we really free?” or explore the complexities of academic and real-world “Who am I?” By addressing these questions through topics and issues by analyzing divergent group projects, discussions and debates, each student perspectives. Using an inquiry framework, students can define his/her personal role as an active member ​ practice reading and analyzing​ articles, research of society. studies, and foundational literary and philosophical texts; listening to and viewing speeches, broadcasts, AP English Literature and personal accounts; and experiencing artistic Unit: 1 works and performances. Students learn to Grade: 12 synthesize information from multiple sources, Final: AP Exam in May (approx. $95 fee) develop their own perspectives in research based written essays, and design and deliver oral and Advanced Placement English is taught at the visual presentations, both individually and as part of freshman level of college English. In the summer a team. Ultimately, the course aims to equip students prior to the beginning of school, students are asked with the power to analyze and evaluate information to read the first two novels that will be analyzed at with accuracy and precision in order to craft and the beginning of the year. During the school year,

10 students are required to offer analyses of works of The basic premise behind Creative Writing is to literature as they work towards preparation for the engage you in creating your own original poetry and AP Exam in May. Reading and writing skills are prose. The course stresses the importance of writing developed by the constant challenge of thematic for self-expression, as well as an emphasis on units in literature. Students write papers for most of writing for an audience. Each student has a the works covered. Typical questions deal with storehouse of information and experiences from implications, comparisons, or thematic evaluations. which to draw creative ideas. Creative Writing In addition to the intensive study of prose and poetry balances freedom (creativity) with discipline and critical evaluations of literature, students are (structure) in order to communicate with a reader. It required to write a research-based term paper. is both a form of play and a form of work. The Upon successful completion of the AP Exam, each ultimate goal in this course is to help each one of the student may receive college credit in English as students gain confidence in their own writing styles determined by the collegiate institutions accepting of their work and through the exploration of the the student for admission. works of many of the world’s greatest poets and artists.

AP English Language and Composition Unit: 1 Journalism Grade: 12 Unit: .5 Final: AP Exam in May (approx. $95 fee) Grades: 9 – 12 This ½-year course is designed for students who are The AP English Language and Composition Course interested in newspaper writing, editing, layout and is designed to help students become skilled readers art production. Students should have a passion for of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, writing and a strong interest in newspaper content. and rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers Class activities will include interviewing, quoting who can compose for a variety of purposes. By their sources, ethics in journalism and examining the role writing and reading in this course, students should of journalism in today’s society. Journalistic writing become aware of the interactions among a writer’s will include news reporting, feature writing, editorial purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as pieces, sports coverage and reviews. Students will well as the way generic conventions and the learn how to gather information, generate stories, resources of language contribute to effective writing. take photographs, cover school and local events and work in a collaborative atmosphere. Articles may appear in Mattituck High School’s official student Acting Workshop newspaper, The Mattitalk. Students will share and ​ ​ Unit: .5 receive constructive criticism and sharpen their Grade: 9 - 12 writing techniques, grammar, proofreading, revising Final: Performance and editing skills. Lastly, students will read the New York Times and Newsday as journalism models. Storytelling is how a culture is preserved. Acting is Students who would like to continue journalism and behaving believably within those stories. This course focus on the Mattitalk may take a second semester as will explore techniques that hone the imagination an independent​ project.​ through improvisation, play, and character development. Students will learn to react, understand given circumstances, and notice sensory perceptions through physical, vocal, and emotional exercises. Public Speaking Students will work with monologues and scenes to Unit: .5 develop believable reactions in performance. Grade: 10 - 12 Assessments are performance based, and students are expected to memorize scripts and perform in Public Speaking is a half-year elective. It is a class front of an audience that is open to students in grades 10 through 12. This class involves learning how to plan and present an effective speech, but it is so much more than that. Creative Writing Students participate in group discussions, express Unit: .5 their opinions on various topics, play games to Grade: 9-12 increase their confidence, and even participate in practice interviews to prepare them for college and

11 their future careers. The coursework involves Grade: 9 - 12 outside work of researching and writing speeches, as well as creating multimedia presentations. This Health Education is a 20 week course that examines class is great for outgoing students who want to all the factors that promote positive living. The improve their speaking skills while enjoying course will focus on the major health tasks of themselves. It is also great for students who are not adolescence. Each unit will be composed of the strong public speakers, but want to become more information as well as the skills necessary for confident, and are willing to try something new. completing each health task.

As a result of participating in a quality health ENL (English as a New Language) education program it is reasonable to expect that Unit: 1 students will be able to: Grade: 9-12 * Identify and demonstrate positive lifestyle choices, wellness behaviors, and decision making skills. This course is designed for students with Limited * Understand the components and benefits of a English abilities. ELL students, English Language physical fitness program and develop and Learners, come from a home where a language other participate in their own personal fitness program. than English is spoken. The ELL students will be * Identify and explain the food pyramid and given the NYSITELL, New York State competent nutritional choices and understand the Identification Test for English Language Learners, a dangers in numerous fast food meals. standardized assessment of English language. The * List & explain all nutritionally related diseases. purpose of this test is to assess the English language *Assess & identify diseases related to poor lifestyle proficiency of new entrants whose home language is factors. a language other than English. ELL students will *Understand the components, dangers and regula- receive instruction in using the English language in tions of tobacco. meaningful and authentic exchanges that are *Support smoking cessation & other substance abuse concurrent with the Common Core Learning prevention programs. Standards (CCLS). ELL students acquire language *Define, explain & understand the dangers of drug needed for academic success as they are engaged in use, misuse, abuse, OTC, prescription drugs, street language rich practices in both verbal interactions drugs and the six classifications of drugs. and through authentic text. The focus is on the basic *Assess drug users’ effects on society today such as skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking the drug treatment, lost wages, accidents, violence and English language. domestic incidents. *List and analyze alcohol and drug dangers that ENL English Reading occur to the user such as: personal safety, casual Unit: 1 sex, date rape, binge drinking, STD’s, infections, Grades: 9-12 etc. *Explain and identify families, relationships, dating, This course provides an opportunity for newly abstinence, birth control, teen pregnancy, and all arrived English language learners to read and options available to teenagers and sexuality issues. respond to instructionally leveled bi-lingual texts. *Identify, understand, and explain sexually Students discuss and write about character trans-mitted diseases, transmission, prevention and development and major themes in literature, and control. answer both literal and inferential questions about a *List health related community resources. wide range of topics. Entering students work *Design and participate in an individual healthy primarily in their home language, and gradually lifestyle planning. begin to use more English, with the home language as a support, in the process of articulating their Food for Fuel/Healthy Cooking thinking and understandings, as well as building Unit: .5 their English academic vocabulary. Grade: 9-12

HEALTH Food for Fuel focuses on both cooking skills and a healthy diet. Food selection and planning a healthy Health diet will be stressed. Students will plan and prepare Unit: .5 meals with a variety of food groups using the My Final: School Exam Plate Food Guide. In addition, students will study

12 aspects of the USDA Food Nutrition Label to deduce intermediate cooking procedures, cooking and compare the health quality of food items. vocabulary, and measurements. Cooking labs will Cooking labs provide an opportunity to try develop culinary skills through regular practice and nutrient-rich foods with complementing flavors to experience. Along with the diverse recipes, each unit make healthy and delicious meals. Empowering will compare regional crops with diet profiles and students to cook opens the world of food food customs. Students will explore the role of possibilities. Gaining confidence in the kitchen will spices and their identity in ethnic foods. In addition, benefit personal health throughout life. Meals made students will design restaurant experiences and from scratch with real ingredients are more various roles in the food industry. nutritious.

STUDENT PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES: MATHEMATICS Occupational Performance Objectives Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Algebra 1 (R) Unit: 1 1. List the major food groups and understand portion Grade: 8 Accelerated (H), 9, 10 size and control for each group. List the Final: Regents Exam macronutrients contributed by each of the food groups. The major focus of this course is for students to 2. Discuss the current dietary guidelines and adapt extend their understanding of intermediate recipes accordingly. mathematics to analyzing, solving, and using 3. Evaluate diets in terms of the recommended algebraic functions. Units of study include: dietary allowances. reasoning with linear functions and their graphs, 4. List the primary functions and best sources of descriptive statistics, exponential functions, each of the major vitamins and minerals. polynomial and quadratic functions, and modeling 5. Describe the process of human digestion. with equations and functions. Students enrolled in 6. Calculate energy needs based upon basal this course will take the Algebra 1 Regents metabolic rate and exercise expenditure. examination in June. Passing the course and passing 7. Select ingredients with care to design menus this exam are requirements for graduation. emphasizing high-quality, fresh, seasonal ingredients. Basic Geometry *Not an approved NCAA core ​ 8. Store and prepare foods to ensure best flavor, course* texture, color and nutritional value. Unit: 1 9. Categorize foods into exchange groups and plan Grade: 10 - 12 menus applying the exchange system. Final: School Exam 10. Incorporate a variety of plant-based dishes emphasizing grains, legumes, and fruits. This course is designed for students who have successfully completed Algebra 1 (R) and would 11. Identify common food allergies and determine benefit from studying fundamental high school appropriate substitutions. geometry topics prior to taking Regents-level 12. Manage the amount of fat used as an ingredient geometry or Math for college Success (ALEKS). and in preparation. Units of study include: constructions, congruence 13. Discuss contemporary nutritional issues such as and similarity, triangles and their relationships, vegetarianism, heart healthy menus and religious transformations, trigonometry, and polygonal dietary laws. relationships. 14. Demonstrate a variety of seasonings, preparation methods, and cooking techniques to reduce reliance Geometry (R) on salt. Unit: 1 Grade: 9 Accelerated (H), 10, 11 Foods Around the World Final: Regents Exam Unit: .5 Grade: 9-12 The purpose of this course is to explore more complex geometric situations, deepen an Students in this class will select recipes from various understanding of geometric relationships, and countries to cook and share with classmates. At the construct formal mathematical arguments. Units of same time, students will be introduced to basic and study include: constructions and transformations,

13 congruence and similarity, right triangles and review of algebra, axiomatic geometry and trigonometry, expressing geometric properties with trigonometry. equations, and modeling with geometry. Students enrolled in this course will take the Geometry Precalculus Accelerated (H) Regents examination in June. Students who pass the Unit: 1 Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 Regents courses Grade: 11 and exams will have met the mathematics Final: School Exam requirements for the Regents Diploma with Prerequisite: Algebra 2 Regents Exam Advanced Designation. Dual Enrollment Credit offered through SUNY Farmingdale Algebra 2 (R) Unit: 1 Precalculus Accelerated (H) is designed for students Grade: 10 Accelerated (H), 11, 12 who have successfully completed Algebra 1 Final: Regents Exam Accelerated (H), Geometry Accelerated (H) and Prerequisite: Geometry Regents Algebra 2 Accelerated (H). It is a pre-calculus course with a review of algebra, axiomatic geometry The purpose of this course is for students to extend and trigonometry. Units on Limits of a Function and their repertoire of functions to include polynomial, Continuity will also be included. rational, radical, and trigonometric functions. Students work with the expressions that define the Calculus functions and expand their ability to model Unit: 1 situations and solve equations. Solving equations Grade: 12 includes solving quadratic equations over the set of Final: School Exam complex numbers and solving exponential equations Prerequisite: Precalculus Accelerated (H) or using the properties of logarithms. Students enrolled Precalculus (taken simultaneously) in this course will take the Algebra 2 Regents Dual Enrollment Credit offered through SUNY examination in June. Students who pass the Algebra Farmingdale 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 Regents courses and exams will have met the mathematics requirements Calculus is a course in elementary functions and for the Regents Diploma with Advanced introductory calculus. Calculus can be taken Designation. A graphing calculator is required for together with Precalculus. this course. AP Calculus Math for College Success (ALEKS) Unit: 1 *Not an approved NCAA core course* Grade: 12 Unit: 1 Final: AP exam in May (approx. $95 fee)/school Grade: 11, 12 exam as substitute) Final: School Exam Prerequisite: Precalculus Accelerated (H) This course prepares students to achieve success in college mathematics by developing thorough AP Calculus is a course in elementary functions and mastery of the algebra topics necessary for students introductory calculus. It is designed to prepare to progress into intermediate algebra and to students to sit for the AP Calculus exam AB level. transition to the rigors of college mathematics. Computer Science Precalculus Unit: 1 Unit: 1 Grade: 9-12 Grade: 11, 12 Final: School Exam This course will introduce/help students develop Prerequisite: Algebra 2 Regents Exam programming and problem solving skills. Topics Dual Enrollment Credit offered through SUNY include programming through the use of JavaScript Farmingdale and KidOYO. All students are encouraged to take this course no matter what field of interest. Precalculus is designed for students who have successfully completed Algebra 1 (R), Geometry (R) AP Computer Science Principles and Algebra 2 (R). It is a precalculus course with a Unit: 1 Grade: 9-12

14 Final: AP Exam in May (approx. $95 fee) reinforcement of essential math content they will Prerequisite: Algebra 1 encounter in their Algebra 2 class. The goal of this pass/fail course is to provide students with an AP Computer Science Principles is an introductory opportunity to deepen their understanding of college-level computing course that introduces Algebra 2 while increasing their confidence and students to the breadth of the field of computer ability to be successful in Algebra 2. Students who science. Students learn to design and evaluate have passed the Algebra 1 CC Regents, the solutions and to apply computer science to solve Geometry CC Regents and the Algebra 2 CC problems through the development of algorithms and Regents will have met the mathematics requirements programs. They incorporate abstraction into for the Regents Diploma with Advanced programs and use data to discover new knowledge. Designation. Students also explain how computing innovations and computing systems—including the internet—work, explore their potential impacts, and ENL Pre-Algebra contribute to a computing culture that is Unit: 1 collaborative and ethical Grade: 9-12

ENL Pre-Algebra is designed to help English Algebra I Math Lab: Language Learners focus on vocabulary used in high The Math Lab course is a mathematics support school math courses. This course pre-teaches and course for Algebra I. This course provides students reteaches concepts introduced in Basic Algebra. with additional time to build the foundations This course also allows time to fill in gaps caused by necessary for high school courses, while variations of curriculum in different countries. concurrently having access to rigorous, grade-level Students will build foundational understandings and appropriate courses. The five critical area of the confidence in their ability Algebra I Math Lab are: Relationships between quantities and reasoning with equations, linear and exponential relationships, descriptive statistics, expressions and equations, and quadratic functions and modeling. The cumulative goal of the course is to receive a passing grade on the Algebra I CC Regents Exam and to receive a passing score for the year.

Geometry Math Lab:

Geometry Math Lab is a course for students that are in regents Geometry and are seeking additional support to enhance their understanding of the curriculum. This class supplements topics discussed in class through independent work, group work, and teacher led examples. The goal of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of geometry while increasing their confidence and ability to be successful in this course.

Algebra 2 Math Lab: Algebra 2 builds upon the concepts taught in Algebra 1 and Geometry while adding new concepts in mathematics such as polynomial, rational, logarithmic, and trigonometric expressions. The Algebra 2 Lab is designed to support Algebra 2 students by providing extra practice and

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N.J.R.O.T.C. PROGRAM MUSIC Naval Science I Satisfactory completion of one unit of musical Unit: 1 performance may be used to meet the one unit of art Grade: 9 - 12 or music required of ALL students to meet Naval Science I is a course intended to develop graduation requirements as prescribed by the NYS informed citizens, strengthen character, promote an Education Department. understanding of the responsibility of citizens in a democratic society, develop an appreciation of the US Navy and the role of sea power in the national Band defense. These objectives are developed through Unit: 1 concentration in the areas of: Grade: 9 – 12 ● Orientation and Sea Power Prerequisite: Audition Required ● Naval Ships/Aircraft ● Customs and Courtesies Band repertoire will include music written for ● Practical application concert band, as well as transcriptions of major ● Orientation trips works for orchestra. Students will attend weekly instrumental lessons focusing on improvement of the Naval Science II individual’s musical performance skill set. Lesson Unit: 1 attendance, class participation, quarterly playing Grade: 10-12 exams, concert and parade attendance all contribute Prerequisite: Naval Science I to the student’s report card grade. Band activities include concerts, assemblies, festivals, exchange All of the basic areas studied in Naval Science I will programs, parades, solo and major organization be reviewed and extended in this course. New areas competitions. to be explored are:

● Maritime History Chorus ● Oceanography Unit: 1 ● Maritime Geography Grade: 9-12 ● Meteorology Prerequisite: Audition required ● Astronomy ● Physical Science This course is designed for singers to explore tone, technique, melody, rhythm, dynamics, and overall Naval Science III expression in choral music. Repertoire will include Unit: 1 four-part vocal music from all musical periods and Grade: 11-12 in all musical styles. Students will attend voice Prerequisite: Naval Science I & II lessons. Lesson attendance, self-evaluations, quarterly exams, and attendance at rehearsals and This course explores in greater depth the areas concerts contribute to the student’s grade. Chorus presented in Naval Science I and II. New areas to be activities include concerts, assemblies, festivals, and presented are: solo and major organization competitions. ● Sea Power

● National security Music Theory ● Naval operations Unit: .5 ● Military Law Grade: 9-12 ● International Law Prerequisite: 9th graders – JH Band or Chorus; 10th th ​ ​ ● Basic seamanship -12 ​ graders: HS Band or Chorus

​ Naval Science IV This is a required course for all who aspire to major Unit: 1 in music in college, but not limited to music majors. Grade: 12 This course begins with basic music theory, Prerequisite: Naval Science I, II, III extending through elementary harmony to include This course is designed to provide senior cadets with original composition, sight singing and music practical experience in the areas of military dictation. administration, leadership, drill, ceremonies,

16 operations and logistics. In addition to classroom SCIENCE study, students will be given the opportunity to develop techniques of military instruction, personnel Earth Science Regents evaluation, and staff work. Emphasis will be given Unit: 1 to the career opportunities available in the services at Grade: 9 - 12 the officer, career, and enlisted levels, and to Final: Regents Exam technical training opportunities. The curriculum is a self-paced text titled Earth Science is a full-year laboratory course Readings in Naval Leadership. covering the topics of geology, meteorology, hydrology, and astronomy with emphasis on our PHYSICAL EDUCATION Earth and the processes affecting it. The student who is acquainted with Earth Science should be better able to discuss and vote intelligently on issues such as air and water pollution, desalination plants, nuclear power plants, exploration of space, and the uses of our valuable and limited natural resources.

This course meets 7 ½ periods per week to include Physical Education laboratory work. Unit: .5 Grade: 9 - 12 Biology / Living Environment Regents As a result of participation in a quality physical Unit: 1 education program it is reasonable to expect that at Grade: 8 - 12 th th the conclusion of each year, 7 ​ through 12 ​ grade ​ ​ Final Regents Exam students will be able to: Prerequisite: Thorough background in junior high ● Demonstrate the knowledge of sport specific science & algebra rules when engaged in physical activity. Biology is a one-year laboratory course in modern ● Implement the sport specific rules while biology. It is designed to provide broad general engaged in physical activity. understanding of the fundamental principles of ● Understand, demonstrate, and promote safe biology and to provide an extension of behavior and procedures while engaged in understanding in selected areas. Units include: physical activity. biochemistry, animal and plant life, reproduction and ​ ​ ● Describe good personal habits and identify the development, genetics, evolution, diversity and components of health related fitness, and ecological relationships. understand the relationship between physical activity and the prevention of disease. This course meets 7 ½ periods per week to include ● Demonstrate appropriate personal living skills, laboratory work. including character development, social skills, conflict resolution and personal management Bio A/B skills. Unit: 2 ● Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding Grade: 8, 9, 10 of various activity skill components. ● Identify and set short term and long term goals In this class the Regents Biology curriculum is related to personal wellness and understand the extended over the course of two years, further health benefits of regular participation in allowing for greater understanding and success of activity. Regents Biology topics, which include: ● Demonstrate critical thinking and game biochemistry, animal and plant life, reproduction and strategies while participating in sport specific development, genetics, evolution, diversity and activities. ecological relationships. ● Demonstrate good listening skills and the ability to follow directions successfully. ● Demonstrate upon graduation the ability to locate and use outside resources to maintain personal fitness and to be an informed consumer.

17 Chemistry Regents Gravitation, Energy, Momentum, Simple Harmonic Unit: 1 Motion, Torque & Rotational Motion, Electric Grade: 10, 11, 12 Charge & Electric Force, DC Circuits, and Prerequisites: Algebra 1 and Earth Science Mechanical Waves & Sound. Labs will also be involved so the student will learn by hands on Chemistry is a one-year laboratory course dealing experiences as well as lecture. The use of modern with the fundamental relationships between matter technology is among the important aspects of this and energy and the changes which matter undergoes. class, featuring computer simulations, data gathering This course provides students with an opportunity to devices, and on-line review and work. Several understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, experiments will be conducted to emphasize the real and theories pertaining to chemistry and its historical world applications of Physics. Critical thinking skills development. Students will be expected to explain, as well as their uses are stressed throughout the year. analyze, and interpret the processes and natural Upon successful completion of the AP test in May, phenomena of chemistry. The core topics of the the student may receive credit for study in Physics course are: Atomic Structure; The Periodic Table; determined by the student’s college. Moles and Stoichiometry; Chemical Bonding; Physical Behavior of Matter; Kinetics and AP Biology Equilibrium; Organic Chemistry; Unit: 1 Oxidation-Reduction; Acids, Bases, and Salts; Grade: 11 or 12 Nuclear Chemistry; Chemical Laboratory Skills. Final: AP Exam (approx. $95 fee) This course meets 7 ½ periods per week to include Prerequisite: Recommended guidelines for enrolling laboratory work. in AP Biology are a minimum overall average of 85% in Chemistry and a minimum score of 80% on Physics Regents the Chemistry Regents. Unit: 1 Grade: 11, 12 The Advanced Placement Biology course covers Final: Regents Exam molecular, cell, organism, environmental, and Prerequisite: Geometry and Chemistry population biology. It is a one year laboratory course taught at the freshman level of college Physics is a one-year laboratory course with the Biology. It utilizes college textbooks and lab major emphasis placed on the study of the manuals. The workload for AP Biology includes fundamental concepts of conservation of energy, summer and vacation assignments and will also momentum, and charge as well as the study of involve extensive outside reading, lab workbook vectors, scalars, and force fields as a way of write-ups and essay writing. understanding nature. The core units include Mechanics, Dynamics, Momentum, Energy, While Regents Physics is not a co-requisite, it Electricity & Magnetism, Wave Phenomena, and should be emphasized that the AP Biology is not a Atomic & Nuclear Physics. The appreciation of substitute for Physics Regents. Science majors scientific methods, ability, and willingness to change should take the Physics Regents before graduation. beliefs and opinions after careful weighing of new evidence and the development of the habit of critical Upon successful completion of the AP exam, each thinking are intangible, but important, outcomes of student may receive college credit in Biology as this course. This course meets 7½ periods per week determined by the collegiate institutions accepting to include laboratory work. the student for admission.

AP Physics Environmental Science Unit: 1 Unit: 1 Grade: 11, 12 Grade: 11-12 Final: AP Exam (approx. $95 fee) Prerequisite: Successful completion of Earth Science Physics Regents and Bio/Living Environment Prerequisites: Geometry and Chemistry Environmental Science course examines the mutual AP Physics is a physics and math intensive course relationships between organisms and their taught for 7 1/2 periods per week. Students will be environment. In studying the interrelationships involved in lecture discussions involving among plants, animals, and humans, this course will Kinematics, Dynamics, Circular Motion and cover the following subjects: photosynthesis,

18 recycling and regeneration, ecosystems, population Grade: 10-12 and growth studies, pollution, and conservation of Prerequisite: Living Environment and successful natural resources. completion of the Living Environment Regents Pre or Corequisite: Chemistry

AP Environmental Science Human Biology is a course that explores the Unit: 1 structure and function of the human body. The Grade: 11-12 course is designed for students who are interested in Final: AP Exam (Approx. $95 fee) pursuing careers in the health field, such as medicine This course will teach students about scientific and nursing. principles, concepts, and methodologies required to • Students will learn about the anatomy and understand the interrelationships of the natural physiology of the major body systems. world. Students will identify and analyze • Students will be exposed to medical terminology environmental problems both natural and man made that will be critical for future success in anatomy and examine alternative solutions for resolving or classes. preventing them. • Students will develop a portfolio of the body systems that they can then utilize in future college courses. Marine Biology • Students will learn about the various career paths Unit: 1 in the health field. Grade: 10 - 12 • Students will be provided an opportunity to Final: School Exam research collegiate programs that would meet their career goals. An exciting overview of oceanography will be • Students will work collaboratively in a lab setting. presented in this stimulating course designed to create an awareness and application for an environment that will be man’s future. Included will Culinary Chemistry be a range of interesting subjects from the dissection Unit: .5 of a shark to the plight of the great whales. Many Grade: 9-12 field trips will be taken so that first hand knowledge can be obtained that will greatly enhance classroom Students will learn food science from plant growth discussion and lab work. to harvesting to cooking and consumption. This class will align with our Environmental Science courses, the Agriculture Lab and Greenhouse, and Forensic Science the Mattituck Chapter of Future Farmers of America. Unit: 1 Grade: 10 - 12 Prerequisite: Must have passed the Living Environment Regents or be enrolled in Biology

This course is designed to introduce students to the fascinating field of forensic science – the application of scientific methods and techniques to criminal investigations. Since the time of Sherlock Holmes, detectives and police have used scientific evaluation of evidence to solve mysteries. Science has become more sophisticated and this course explores current technology. Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, the history of forensics, crime scene analysis, fingerprints, microscopic hair and fiber analysis, DNA, handwriting analysis and blood spatter. This course is limited to students who have passed the Living Environment Regents Exam or who are currently enrolled in Biology. Human Biology Unit: 1

19 SOCIAL STUDIES This is the second part of a 2 year sequence in World History that is taught at a level equivalent to an Global History introductory level college course. The timeframe Unit: 2 (1 unit per year) takes students from the 15th century CE up to the Grade: 9 & 10 modern 21st Century. The course emphasis th Final: School exam at end of 9 ​ grade. continues to be on comparisons between cultures th ​ Regents exam at the end of 10 ​ grade will cover the and regional changes and continuities. The th ​ 10 ​ grade curriculum interdependence of world regions becomes a ​ continuing focus through the establishment of new The Global History chronological sequence at grades global contacts and the utilization of new 9 and 10 emphasizes the study of world history and technologies. The intellectual demands of college cultures. This two-year social studies program is texts and essays will be continually pressed. The designed to develop historical and cultural analytical skills needed to successfully write AP comprehension of the Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle level essays will be refined and practiced. The East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Students emphasis in this course remains on the non-Western explore abstract ideas, such as those that underlie World, as European content will only comprise religious and political diversity, and deal with 20-25 percent of the material to be covered. The concepts such as human rights, justice, and freedom. students take an A.P. exam in World History in May. Knowledge of the individual character of the world’s Success on this exam may eventually lead to college separate regions, and the interdependent credits being awarded. All students will have to take relationships between them is the key understanding the NYS Regents Exam in Global History as their that emerges from the courses. final exam in June. Grade 9 will focus on ancient civilizations through 50 the 17 CE.​ Grade 10 will continue from 1750 up to U.S. History & Government (R) ​ the present. The Regents exam at the end of Global Unit: 1 th History 10 includes material from 10 ​ grade only. Grade: 11 ​ Final: Regents Exam Global History 9(H) Unit: 1 Grade 11 will be a course in U.S. History with Grade: 9 emphasis on significant constitutional/legal issues, Finals: School Exam the industrial and technological development of U.S. This is the first part of a 2 year sequence in World society and the increasing involvement of the U.S. in History that is taught at a level equivalent to an international and global concerns. This course is to introductory level college course. The time frame be organized chronologically as follows: covers events from 10,000 B.C.E. to 1400 C.E. The Unit I: Constitutional Foundations for the U.S. course focuses on comparisons between cultures and Unit II: Industrialization of the U.S. regional changes and continuities. The building Unit III: The Progressive Movement blocks of regional cultures established in the Ancient Unit IV: At Home and Abroad – Prosperity and and Classical worlds will be studied in depth, and Depression: 1917 – 1940 inter-regional contacts will be examined. Students Unit V: The U.S. in an Age of Global Crisis will become familiar with the intellectual demands Unit VI: A World in Uncertain Times: 1950 to of college texts and essays. The analytical skills Present ​ needed to successfully write AP level essays will be introduced and regularly practiced. The emphasis in AP U.S. History this course is on the non-Western World, as Unit: 1 European content will only comprise 20-25 percent Grade: 11 of the material to be covered. Final: Regents Exam AP Exam in May (approx. $95 fee) AP World History Prerequisite: Permission of instructor Unit: 1 Grade: 10 AP United States History is a challenging but Finals: Regents Exam rewarding course that is designed to be the AP Exam in May (approx. $95 fee) equivalent of a freshmen college course in a high Prerequisite: Permission of instructor school setting. The course will use themes throughout the year to draw meaning from the content. This course is a year-long study of

20 American History from Settlement and Colonization college-level course. Students who earn a qualifying through Modern America. Strong reading and score on an AP Exam are typically eligible to writing skills, along with the willingness to devote receive college credit. The course will focus on considerable time to homework and study are cultural, economic, political, and social needed to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical developments. These focus areas provide context thinking skills, essay writing, and interpretation of for understanding the development of contemporary historical documents. Students will be given institutions, the role of continuity and change in frequent essay assignments that will test their present-day society and politics, and the evolution of knowledge through the theme bases approach which current forms of artistic expression and intellectual has been given to each unit of study. Upon discourse. successful completion of the AP Exam, each student Students will learn to analyze historical evidence may receive college credit in U.S. History as and write analytical and interpretive essays as they determined by the collegiate institutions accepting explore the major themes of European history. the student for admission. AP U.S. History students Students research the past by exploring vibrant and will still take the NYS U.S. History and Government engaging pieces of historical evidence, such as exam at the conclusion of this course. paintings, photographs, letters, and cartoons. They will deepen their understanding of readings and Government concepts through regular class discussion. Unit: .5 Grade: 12 Business Law Final: School Exam Unit: .5 Grade: 10-12 This New York State mandated grade 12 Social Studies course will emphasize the interaction The content of this course will include contracts, the between citizens and government at all levels: local, law of corporations and other business state, and federal. The course will encourage organizations, securities law, intellectual property, students to understand and participate in the antitrust, secured transactions, commercial paper, democratic process. income tax, pensions & benefits, trusts & estates.

Economics Criminal Law Unit: .5 Unit: .5 Grade: 12 Grade: 11, 12 Final: School Exam Final: School Exam Dual Enrollment Credit offered through SUNY It will offer a comprehensive survey of the basic Farmingdale economic components of the United States economy, the world economic system, and the This course is designed to provide a brief and relationship that these components share. Students interesting look at the American legal system. The will become acquainted with the vocabulary of course is divided into two sections: the first quarter economics and will explore such topics as: provides an academic look at criminal law (felonies, economic decision-making, monetary policy, arrests, and trial procedures). The second quarter distribution of wealth, taxation and the role of the involves student participation in mock trials United States in the world economy. The course (students learn and act out the roles of judge, lawyer, will emphasize an individual rational etc.). There is an annual field trip to the court at decision-making process that can be applied to all Riverhead to watch a trial. Lectures are also given economic decisions. by guest speakers from the Southold Town Police Department and a local law office. AP European History Unit: 1 AP Psychology Grade: 11-12 Unit: 1 Final: AP Exam in May (approx. $95 fee) Grade: 12 Prerequisite: Successful completion of either AP Final: AP Exam in May (approx. $95 fee) World History of AP U.S. History Period Covered: 1450 to the present Advanced Placement Psychology is a college level The AP European course enables willing and course designed for the motivated student. The academically prepared students to pursue a purpose of the course is to introduce students to the

21 systematic and scientific study of the behavior and using Inventor 2019 software, based on mental processes of human beings and other parametric constraints, dimensions, and features subfields within psychology. The subfields of such as extrude, revolve, sweep, loft, hole, fillet psychology include: the science of psychology, and shell. In addition, the course teaches biological basis of behavior, sensation and students how to create assemblies and 2D perception, states of consciousness, learning, engineering drawings from the existing 3D memory, intelligence and mental abilities, motivation and emotion, developmental psychology, solids. Laboratory exercises will be assigned to personality theories, testing and individual the students for hands-on experiences with differences, abnormal psychology, treatment of related topics. psychological disorders, and social psychology. Students will also learn about and practice the Basic Metals & Welding methods that psychologists use in studying their Unit: .5 science. Grade: 9 - 12

This is a half year class that offers students an TECHNOLOGY introduction to basic metalworking. Students will learn to use AutoCAD to design, layout, and Design and Drawing fabricate a sheet metal tool box. Students will Unit: 1 experience how to cut internal and external threads Grade: 9 - 12 using a tap and die set to create a thread gauge. Students will also be exposed to basic processes of This offering is an introduction to the language of welding and cutting operations including: Shielded architects and engineers. Ideas are expressed Metal Arc Welding (SMAW arc/stick), Gas Metal through sketches, drawings, and technical drawings. Arc Welding (GMAW mig), Spot welding, Plasma Problem solving is implemented through a graphic Cutting, Oxy-acetylene flame cutting, and Sweat language to communicate, analyze, design, and Soldering copper pipe. This hands on course delivers evaluate solutions to problems. Solutions are necessary skills that provide a foundation for a finished using paper and pencil, technical drawing variety of possible career pathways including: instruments, and computer aided design and engineering, welding, plumbing, construction, and drawing. The fourth marking period continues with automotive repair. basic architectural design and drawing. This course fulfills the high school Art/Music requirement set Electricity/Electronics forth by the state. Unit: .5 Grade: 9 - 12 CAD (Computer-Aided Drafting & Design) –MET104 This is a two-part study exploring low voltage and Unit: 1 line voltage applications. Areas covered include Grade: 10 – 12 power sources, electronic circuitry, residential Prerequisite: Design and Drawing wiring, and electrical systems. Dual Enrollment Credit offered through SUNY Farmingdale World of Technology Unit: .5 After Design & Drawing, come and take Grade: 9 - 12 CAD-MET 104. This class can be taken as a 3 credit college class through Farmingdale State This course is designed to integrate math, science and technology to study how systems work in the College - University in the High School world around us. Using tools and machines to Program, for a reduced tuition rate. This course construct and test materials, students will apply introduces computer aided drafting and design mathematics and science to reach formal conclusions in 2D and 3D solid modeling. Students will about the work they do. learn traditional drafting techniques, such as orthographic projection, dimensioning, and tolerancing, and apply their drafting skill through 2D CAD software, AutoCAD 2019. Students will also learn 3D solid modeling,

22 Principles of Engineering/STEM Robotics WORLD LANGUAGES *Course is approved for third Math credit for graduation but NOT approved NCAA core All Spanish Textbooks are ONLINE (with the ​ course for Math exception of Spanish IV). This allows for many ​ ​ Unit: 1 resources and self-activated study as well as for Grade: 10 -12 teacher guided formative assessment.

This is a beginning course in robotics. The objective Spanish 1A & B of this course is to introduce students to program Unit: 1 design, algorithms, and problem solving strategies. Grade: 7, 8 We will utilize Lego Mindstorm kits, NXT-G and/or Final examinations given at the end of Spanish 1A RobotC software and various Lego Robotics and a World Language Checkpoint A Exam at the materials. Students will design, build and program a end of Spanish 1B variety of robots to perform tasks. Topics may include: motor control, gear ratios, torque, friction, Students will learn to speak, listen, read and write in sensors, timing, program loops, logic gates, and the new language to meet Checkpoint A of the New decision-making, timing sequences, propulsion York Standards for Second Language Learning. In systems and binary number systems. It addition, they will become familiar with the culture is the hope that this class will provide motivation for of Spanish speaking peoples and the relevance of students to continue on a career path of computer these cultures. Correct grammar will be stressed, science and engineering. since it is the “glue that holds the language together.” Level I students will learn regular and Wood Production I irregular conjugations of verbs in the present tense Unit: .5 and past tense, commands, subject-verb agreement, Grade: 9 – 12 personal pronouns, uses of nouns and adjectives and periphrastic tenses. The importance of spelling will This basic woodworking course is for all students be stressed. interested in wood-working. Individualized instruction will be given in the safe use of hand tools Communication topics include greeting, and machine tools, procedures, and processes, and introductions, weather, time, date, expressing safety. This course is project oriented. feelings, daily activities, the family, friends, the community, pets, wishes, likes, identification, getting around town, travel, transportation and Small Engine Mechanics persuasion. Students will engage in formal and Unit: 1 informal speaking in class, with each other and with Grade: 9-12 the teacher, write short notes, read short readings and listen to the target language via videos, DVD’s Students will learn about common small gas engines. and song. Technologies will be integrated with the Students will learn how to work on both two stroke program. The textbook is an online resource and and four stroke engines as well as explore career requires Internet access. Elements of literature study opportunities and certifications. will also be introduced.

Wood Production II (Systems) Spanish II Unit: .5 Unit: 1 Grade: 9 - 12 Grade: 9 Final: School Exam This project oriented basic woodworking course covers the basic woodworking tools, procedures, and This course serves as a natural extension of the production techniques. Basic hand tools through previous year, where students have the opportunity advanced machine techniques are covered. to review and expand previous knowledge as well as Techniques and procedures are covered as they continue to build the four skills of speaking, relate to industry and the home craftsman. This is a listening, reading and writing. Students will continue systems block course required for a technology to understand more deeply the cultures of Spanish sequence. speaking peoples. Grammatical constructions include additional command forms, dependent clauses, the imperfect tense, future tense, the

23 subjunctive tense and double object pronouns. provide social, political and cultural aspects of the Dialogues and reading revolve around topics and Hispanic world. activities of interest to young people, such as health, fashion, art, celebrations, cuisine, exercise, Minimum requirement is a mastery score of 85 or vacations, the environment, house and home, and higher on the Checkpoint B Exam in Spanish. hobbies. Students will learn to engage in more involved conversations and skits, read news articles, SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSE write critiques and summaries and narrate stories OFFERINGS with the use of technology to enhance cross-cultural All special education classes and services are and linguistic understanding. Literature lessons and recommended by the Committee on Special student generated essays about literature will be a Education to meet the specific needs of a student component of these courses. with a disability. They must be identified on the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Spanish III Special Class English 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Unit: 1 Special Class Math 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Grade: 10 & 11 Special Class Social Studies 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Final: World Languages Checkpoint B Exam Special Class Science 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Unit: 1 In the third level, the study of grammar structures, The special class curriculums are aligned with the vocabulary and idioms progress to a more general education curriculums and the Next sophisticated level. Emphasis is on conversation, GenerationLearning Standards. These classes compositions, letter writing and authentic readings. provide the student with differentiated instruction, Students must demonstrate competency in listening, instructional methodologies, interventions, in a more speaking, reading and writing skills in order to be restrictive learning environment. The ratio is no successful on the NYS Regents Exam. more than 15 students to one special education teacher. During this course, students will be taught to Special Class Life Skills Program 7, 8, 9 understand main ideas when listening, and to initiate The Special Life Skills Program is defined as a class and sustain conversations employing simple and consisting of no more than 15 students to one special complex sentences in all verb tenses. Topics of education teacher. This program focuses on building conversation will include good and bad manners, functional and independent communication, mishaps, physical and psychological states, socialization, problem solving, self- care, and shopping, fashion, services, employment, progress, executive functioning skills. technology, adventures, nature, the home, city Special Class Pre-Vocational Skills Program 7, 8, traffic, highway travel, camping, wishes, 9 preferences, feelings, emotions, opinions, doubts and The Special Class Pre-Vocational Skills Program is hypotheses. The students will learn all verb tenses, defined as a class consisting of no more than 15 as well as perfect usage of the other parts of speech. students to one special education teacher. This The study of the culture and lifestyles of Spanish program focuses on building foundational soft and speaking peoples will be continued. Literature study hard skills for students to utilize in school based will be advanced using authentic texts. work experiences. Special Class English Language Arts Skills The target language will be used exclusively Program & Special Class Math Skills Program 7, between the teacher and the students (with the 8, 9 exception of explanations which are necessary in The Special Class Special Class English Language English), among students on exams and assignments, Arts Skills Program and Special Class Math Skills as well as in lectures. Programs are defined as classes consisting of no more than 15 students to one special education Spanish IV teacher. These programs focus on building basic Unit: 1 foundational reading, writing, mathematical, and Grade: 11 & 12 pragmatic language skills. Final: School Exam or Project Less Restrictive Environments: Integrated Co-teaching English 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12 This course continues the studies and review of Integrated Co-teaching Social Studies 7,8,9,10,11 structures with more intensive speaking and writing ● 9th and 10th Grades are Global Studies practices. Cultural and literary selections will ● 11th Grade is United States History

24 Integrated Co-teaching Science 7, 8, 9, 10 responsibilities from both legal and social ● 8th Grade is Bio-A viewpoints and to develop a healthy defensive ● 9th Grade is Bio-B driving attitude in each student. Course content th ● 10 ​ Grade is Earth Science includes both classroom and in-car instruction. ​ Integrated Co-teaching Spanish IA, IB for Grades 7 Successful completion of this course leads to the & 8 issuance of a certification which allows for Integrated Co-teaching Spanish II significant insurance reduction and senior driving Integrated Co-teaching Math 7, 8, 9, 10 privileges at age 17. The integrated co-teaching (ICT) program is a class defined as a ratio of no more than 12 special Students are selected in the following manner: education students within the ICT setting. This program provides specialized instruction and support Seniors are selected first according to age (oldest with a special education teacher and a general first). After seniors, selection goes strictly by age. education teacher teaching together. Resource Room Any student who drops out of the Fall or Spring Grade: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Driver Education Program will automatically go to The Resource Room Program is defined as a class the end of the list for any subsequent registrations. consisting of no more than 5 students to one special (Exception: Any students who drop out for medical education teacher for no more/less than 180 minutes reasons or other reasons deemed appropriate by the per week. This program is for students with high school principal will be allowed to re-register disabilities in need of supplemental support as they for the course and will be placed in the normal transition into mainstream environments. rotation). DRIVER & TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION IMPORTANT: Names of students who do not ​ Unit: Non-Credit Course make it into the class ARE NOT automatically ​ ​ Grade: 11 to 12 transferred to the list for the following semester. Fee: $420 (subject to change) Each time a new signup sheet is started, students Class is held after school must sign up again even if they had signed up Age Requirement: Students must be 16 years of age previously. As soon as a class begins, a new signup to register for the course. sheet is started in the Guidance Office.

This is a New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and the New York State Education Department approved courses to develop a basic understanding of the highway transportation system, driver and pedestrian limitation, privileges and

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EASTERN LONG ISLAND ACADEMY OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY (formerly EASTERN SUFFOLK BOCES) SECONDARY CAREER and TECHNICAL EDUCATION

26 FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE - UNIVERSITY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM

The University in the High School program enables qualified high school juniors and seniors to earn college credit for approved courses offered in their own school. Students who register with Farmingdale State College and successfully complete the course will be eligible to earn undergraduate college credits. The fee is determined by the credits assigned to the course. A three credit course is $150, and a four credit course is $200* (50% discount for eligible students.) *All fees subject to change.

Courses offered at Mattituck High School:

MHS Dept. MHS Course SUNY Farmingdale Course Name Credits Business Virtual Enterprise BUS141-Contemporary Business Communications 3 Business Virtual Enterprise BUS111 – Spring Intro to Business 3 Business Financial Literacy ECO110 – Intro to Personal Finance 3 Math Precalculus MTH129-Precalculus with Applications 4 Math Calculus MTH-150 Calculus I 4 Social Studies Criminal Law CRJ204-Criminal Law 3 Technology AutoCAD MET104-Computer Aided Drafting and Design 3 Refer to individual department pages for detailed course descriptions. Course offerings subject to change.

Obtaining College Credit: Credits will be recorded on an official Farmingdale transcript and can either be used to pursue a degree at Farmingdale or a transcript can be sent to any other college the student wishes to attend for consideration. Upon successful completion of a course, a student may request a transcript from the University’s website www.farmingdale.edu or by contacting the Registrar at (631) 420-2776.

Acceptance by other SUNY schools is typical. While no guarantee can be offered, a grade of C or better may be accepted by a broad range of public and private institutions.

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ATHLETIC PROGRAMS

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

28 Additional Guidance Policy Information Retaking a Course – Students retaking a course will have both the original course grade and the new course ​ ​ grade entered on the transcript and used in determining their cumulative average.

Open Enrollment Policy for AP Courses - Students will be officially enrolled in an AP course only when ​ the AP contract is signed by students and a parent and returned to the guidance office. After the contract is returned, students may not drop an AP course until the completion of the first quarter. Students switching levels will carry the first quarter grade to the new course. Students dropping a course in which there is no lower level will have a “W” indicated on their transcript for “withdrawal from course”. It is expected that all students enrolled in an AP course will sit for the AP exam.

Retaking Regents Exams - Students who opt to retake a Regents exam may do so at any point. Class ​ ​ averages will not be recalculated with new Regents grade (beginning with the class of 2010). Students will have the option of replacing the Regents grade on the transcript with the new grade and the date it was taken.

Courses taken outside MHS - Students who take courses outside of the high school at a community college ​ ​ or summer program may have that course acknowledged on his/her report card and transcript but the grade will not be counted towards their cumulative Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) and rank in class.

Incompletes - Incompletes are to be given only in the case of a prolonged absence due to sickness or other ​ ​ medical condition. If the situation warrants an incomplete, students will have two weeks from the end of the quarter to make up required work. Teachers will use the grade change form (available in guidance) to notify students and the Guidance office of the subsequent grade change. Failure to make up work in the prescribed ​ ​ time period will result in a grade change to a “60” or lower if indicated by the classroom teacher.

Independent Study - Students wishing to take an Independent Study are required to work with a cooperating ​ ​ teacher to write a written plan for what will be accomplished in the Independent Study (form available in the guidance office). Option for Independent Study is solely at the discretion of the instructor and will be for credit and graded on Pass/Fail basis only.

Rank in Class- While the student G.P.A. is unweighted, rank in class is weighted in the following manner: ​ ​ ● All subjects with the exception of physical education, driver’s education and independent study shall be considered in class standings. ● Grades in local courses and regents level courses will be multiplied by 1.0 ● Grades in Honors or Advanced Placement courses will be multiplied by 1.04

*Actual grades will appear on the transcript and report cards* ​ Class standing is determined at the following times: Grade 10- June; Grade 11- January and June; Grade 12- January The valedictorian and salutatorian will be identified at the end of the first semester of the senior year through the weighted ranking system. To be eligible, a student must have enrolled in at least half of the Advanced Placement Courses offered at M.H.S.

Early Graduation- Mattituck High School requires that any student wishing to graduate prior to their ​ ​ ​ original cohort commencement date needs to follow the process outlined below. This process will ensure that each student’s request is examined and that a decision is rendered that will benefit each student. 1. The students will file an application that will include the reasons why he/she wishes to graduate early. In addition, a formal letter, written by the parent, will be required. 2. Both these documents must be submitted no later than May 1st of the student’s sophomore year. 3. Once approved by the Principal, Guidance will review and complete a credit check. 4. Guidance will send out teacher input forms to all academic teachers.

29 5. Guidance will schedule a conference with students, student’s parent(s), Guidance counselor, and Principal. All criteria listed below plus teacher input forms will be considered. 6. If Principal denies the request, parent and student may request an appeal with the Superintendent by ​ ​ the last day of school of the sophomore year.

Criteria: 1.​ All applicants will maintain a satisfactory GPA and exemplary attendance record. 2. Students must exhibit social and emotional maturity. 3. Student’s attitude toward early graduation/post high school plans will be considered. 4. Students graduating early would not be considered a senior but would be recognized as a part of their original cohort. This includes but is not limited to: Consideration for valedictorian/salutatorian Senior privileges Class rank

The Guidance curriculum is designed to assist all students in developing an understanding of their aptitudes, interests and abilities, and to learn skills necessary for responsible decision making. An organized program of guidance and counseling is designed for the benefit of each student. Students are assigned to a counselor on an alphabetical basis. Regularly scheduled interviews, small group sessions, class meetings and assemblies are held each year to assist students in making educational and vocational plans and to help in other areas of concern to students.

The guidance curriculum planned each year for students includes:

● Freshmen Year Introductory Meetings and Orientation ● Junior Year College Meetings ● Job Shadow opportunities ● Annual Career Assessments/Inventories ● Senior Year College Application Meeting ● College/Financial Aid Night ● College Testing Programs (SAT, ACT, PSAT, PreACT AP) ● Online Test Prep ● Eastern Long Island Academy of Applied Sciences (formerly BOCES) Vocational Presentation ​ ● Armed Forces and College Informational Visits ● Scholarship and Financial Aid Information ● Individual, Personal and Crisis Counseling ● Parent Conferences

ACADEMIC INTERVENTION SERVICES

These courses provide additional instruction and/or student support services, which supplement the instruction provided in the general curriculum. Academic Intervention Services are intended to assist students who are at risk of not achieving the State Learning standards in English, Social Studies, Math or Science. Courses are either designed as a pull out or as a team taught model and are designed for students to strengthen skills necessary in order to pass the required Regents Exams. These are non-credit bearing courses and required for some students. No grades are given. Any testing within these courses is used for assessment purposes only.

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Mattituck-Cutchogue Union Free School District

School Board embers School Board Members

BarbaraBarbara Wheaton, Wheaton, PresidentPresident DouglasDouglas Cooper, Cooper, Vice Vice President President Jennifer Anderson, Trustee JenniferPatricia Arslanian,Anderson, Trustee Trustee PatriciaJeffrey Connolly, Arslanian, Trustee Trustee George F. Haase Jr., Trustee Mary Lynn Hoeg, Trustee George F. Haase Jr., Trustee Mary Lynn Hoeg, Trustee