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WARREN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SECONDARY LEVEL COURSE DESCRIPTION BOOKLET GRADES 9 – 12 FEBRUARY 2018 Warren County School District Central Administrative Offices 6820 Market Street Russell, PA 16345 Amy J. Stewart Superintendent Dear Parents/Guardians and Students: Selecting a program of studies is one of your most important steps toward future success. Choices must be made carefully and wisely to ensure that a student is fulfilling his/her potential in addition to wisely preparing for future goals. In this book you will find important information to guide you through both sequence and course selections. Classes will be scheduled to run based upon enrollment. If you have questions concerning scheduling, contact the following principals or school counselors: Eisenhower Middle High School 757-8878 Mrs. Ericka Alm, Acting Principal Mrs. Delores Berry, Acting Assistant Principal Mr. Christopher Demorest, Counselor (Grades 9-12) Ms. Coleen Golab, Counselor (Grades 6-8) Sheffield Area Middle High School 968-3720 Ms. Kimberly Yourchisin, Principal Ms. Carrie Warner, Counselor Warren Area High School 723-3370 Mr. Jeffrey Flickner, Principal Mrs. Amy Stimmell, Assistant Principal Mr. Joshua Vincent, Assistant Principal Mr. Steven Burick, Counselor (Alt. Ed.) Ms. Betsy Sobkowski, Counselor (Grades 9-12, A-J) Mr. Matthew Getner, Counselor (Grades 9-12, K-Z) Youngsville High School 563-7573 Ms. Amy Beers, Principal Mr. Glenn Smith, Assistant Principal Ms. Susan Gizzie, Counselor Warren County Career Center 726-1260 Mr. James Evers, Principal Mr. John Bonavita, Counselor Virtual Academy Mrs. Misty Weber, Principal 723-0574 Mr. Neal Kent, Coordinator Sincerely, Mrs. Rhonda Decker Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment TABLE OF CONTENTS RE: NCAA INITIAL ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES .................................................................................................................... 1 SEQUENCE CREDIT REQUIREMENTS – GRADES 9 - 12 ............................................................................................................. 3 COURSE AVAILABILITY AT A SPECIFIC HIGH SCHOOL ........................................................................................................ 4 LANGUAGE ARTS SEQUENCES – GRADES 9-12 ........................................................................................................................... 4 SOCIAL STUDIES SEQUENCES – GRADES 9 - 12 .......................................................................................................................... 5 MATHEMATICS SEQUENCES – GRADES 9 - 12 ............................................................................................................................. 6 SCIENCE SEQUENCES – GRADES 9 - 12 .......................................................................................................................................... 9 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES ............................................................................................................................................ 10 DUAL ENROLLMENT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10 POLICY 9530 MINIMUM CLASS SIZE POLICY – GRADES 6-12 ....................................................................................... 14 LANGUAGE ARTS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15 SOCIAL STUDIES ................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 MATHEMATICS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 SCIENCE ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 WORLD LANGUAGES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 33 HEALTH / PHYSICAL EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................................... 34 ART ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................................. 40 MUSIC .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 MISCELLANEOUS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 44 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................................................. 45 VIRTUAL ACADEMY ONLINE ELECTIVE COURSES ............................................................................................................... 49 LANGUAGE ARTS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 49 SOCIAL STUDIES………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………50 MATHEMATICS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..52 SCIENCE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………53 WORLD LANGUAGE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………54 BUSINESS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...55 HEALTH/PHYSICALEDUCATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………..56 ART……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………57 FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE………………………………………………………………………………………………………….57 MUSIC…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………58 MISCELLANEOUS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....58 Office of Athletics and Co-Curricular Activities Warren County School District Richard Gignac, Supervisor of District-Wide Athletics and Co-Curricular Activities Melissa Bullock, Secretary of Athletics and Co-Curricular Activities Telephone: 814/723-6900 extension 1020 Fax: 814/757-8529 MEMORANDUM TO: Parents/Guardians and Students FROM: Mr. Richard Gignac Coordinator of District-Wide Athletics and Co-Curricular Activities RE: NCAA Initial Eligibility Guidelines Students who are athletically talented or have an interest in athletics should take note that to be eligible to participate in athletics during their first year at a Division I or Division II College there are very specific prerequisites which must be met. Those requirements begin with the courses the students take in grades nine through twelve. The classes for which students register in ninth grade must meet these NCAA requirements. Students will fall behind NCAA requirements from that point if the students neglect to register for appropriate courses. Briefly, students must enroll in and successfully complete as many as 16 NCAA Approved Core Courses. The NCAA will only recognize academic or college prep type classes. Applied, business, or career classes are not recognized as Core Courses by the NCAA. Courses recognized by the NCAA as Approved Core Courses are designated in the WCSD Course Selection Booklet by an asterisk (*). The NCAA also displays the specific List of Approved Core Courses (Form 48H) for your school on-line at the site below. www.eligibilitycenter.org SAT and Act test scores must be sent to the Eligibility Center from the appropriate agency using code 9999. Thank you. RG/mrb 1 NCAA Eligibility In order to be eligible to participate in NCAA Division I or Division II athletics, a student-athlete must meet the minimum Core Course requirements detailed in the boxes below. In the Warren County School District Course Description Booklet, all eligible NCAA Core Courses are marked with an asterisk (*). Virtual Academy coursework, designated on students’ transcripts with VIRTUAL, meets NCAA nontraditional core course legislation. Division I Division II (16 Core Courses)* (16 Core Courses)* □ 4 years of English □ 3 years of English □ 3 years of mathematics □ 2 years of mathematics (Algebra I or higher) (Algebra I or higher) □ 2 years of □ 2 years of natural/physical science natural/physical science (1 year of lab if offered) (1 year of lab if offered □ 1 year of additional by high school) English, math, or □ 3 years of additional natural/physical science English, mathematics, or □ 2 years of social science natural/physical science □ 2 years of social science □ 4 years of additional courses (from any area □ 4 years of additional above, foreign language, courses (from any area or comparative above, foreign language, religion/philosophy) or comparative religion/philosophy) * Beginning August 1, 2013, students planning to