0 Graduation Requirements • High School Program Options Course Descriptions • For Humble ISD Students, Grades 9-12 HUMBLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE GUIDE Board of Trustees Administration Colin Carney Angela Conrad Dr. Elizabeth Fagen, Superintendent of Schools Charles Cunningham Dr. Roger Brown, Deputy Superintendent/Chief Martina Dixon Academic Officer Keith Lapeze Melissa Hayhurst, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Nancy Morrison Education Robert Sitton Trey Kraemer, Assistant Superintendent, Secondary Education Atascocita High School Humble High School 13300 Will Clayton Parkway 1700 Wilson Road Humble, TX 77346 Humble, TX 77338 281-641-7500 281-641-6300 Principal Principal Bill Daniels Donna Ullrich Kingwood Park High School Kingwood High School 4015 Woodland Hills 2701 Kingwood Drive Kingwood, TX 77339 Kingwood, TX 77339 281-641-6600 281-641-6900 Principal Principal Lisa Drabing Ted Landry Quest Early College High School Summer Creek High School 15903 West Lake Houston Parkway 14000 Weckford Blvd. Houston, TX 77044 Houston, TX 77044 832-775-0866 281-641-5400 Principal Principal Ginger Noyes Brent McDonald i Contents PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE ..................................................................................................................................... 1 WE HAVE CHOICES! .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 3 ARTS AND HUMANITIES ENDORSEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 4 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ENDORSEMENT ......................................................................................................................... 7 PUBLIC SERVICE ENDORSEMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 20 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ENDORSEMENT ............................................................................................................................ 30 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................................. 32 COLLEGE BOARD ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) COURSES AND EXAMINATION PROGRAM ......................................... 33 DUAL CREDIT ENROLLMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CREDIT ....................................................................... 33 DECIDING BETWEEN ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) AND DUAL CREDIT(D) COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES ................... 38 GIFTED AND TALENTED COURSES (GT/PRE-AP/ AP AND IB) ........................................................................................ 39 INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS ........................................................................................................................................ 40 AVID ELECTIVE CLASS ................................................................................................................................................... 40 ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES ........................................................................................................... 40 SPECIAL EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................................................ 40 GENERAL INFORMATION.............................................................................................................................................. 41 SCHEDULING AND PLACEMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 41 CREDITS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 41 STAAR AND EOC ASSESSMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 41 PASS/FAIL ......................................................................................................................................................................... 41 CREDIT FOR HIGH SCHOOL COURSES TAKEN DURING MIDDLE SCHOOL ...................................................................... 42 CREDIT BY EXAMINATION FOR ACCELERATION ............................................................................................................. 42 CREDIT BY EXAMINATION FOR VERIFICATION ............................................................................................................... 42 CREDIT BY EXAMINATION FOR RETRIEVAL .................................................................................................................... 43 SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES ............................................................................................................................................. 44 CORRESPONDENCE COURSES ........................................................................................................................................... 44 TEXAS VIRTUAL SCHOOL NETWORK ............................................................................................................................... 45 COURSE LOAD ................................................................................................................................................................... 45 ACADEMIC CLASSIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................ 45 ELIGIBILITY FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................ 45 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NCAA) ELIGIBILITY REGULATIONS ........................................... 46 EARLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION ............................................................................................................................... 46 TRANSFER STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND CLASS RANK .................................................................................................................... 47 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TOP TEN GRADUATING STUDENTS .................................................................................... 48 POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ........................................................................................... 49 PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ADMISSIONS IN TEXAS ................................................................. 49 TOP 10 PERCENT COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ........................................................................................................................ 49 TEXAS (TOWARD EXCELLENCE, ACCESS, AND SUCCESS) GRANT PROGRAM ............................................................. 49 OTHER TEXAS FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................... 50 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ................................................................................................................................................ 51 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ...................................................................................................................................... 52 READING ........................................................................................................................................................................ 57 JOURNALISM ................................................................................................................................................................ 58 PHOTOJOURNALISM .................................................................................................................................................. 59 SCIENCE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 51 SOCIAL STUDIES .......................................................................................................................................................... 59 ECONOMICS .................................................................................................................................................................. 64 i LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH ................................................................................................................... 65 FINE ARTS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Visual Arts .................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Band ............................................................................................................................................................................. 78 Orchestra 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