NVRHS Northern Valley Regional High School District 2019 - 2018 Demarest and Old Tappan Bergen County, New Jersey PROGRAM OF STUDIES OF PROGRAM TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THE STUDENT .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 DISTRICT PHILOSOPHY .................................................................................................................................................. 4 GOALS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 CORE VALUES ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 GUIDANCE & SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES .............................................................................................................. 5 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 6 NJDOE & DISTRICT GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................ 7 NJDOE GRADUATION TESTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................ 8 FOUR-YEAR ACADEMIC FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................................... 11 REQUIRED ELECTIVES: 21ST CENTURY LIFE & CAREERS OR CAREER-TECHNICAL EDUCATION; VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS; PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY ....................................................................................................................... 12 ACADEMIC COURSE LEVELS ......................................................................................................................................... 13 GRADE SCALE, WEIGHTING, GPA AND CLASS RANK ..................................................................................................... 14 HONOR ROLL .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 SCHEDULING ............................................................................................................................................................... 15 SCHEDULE CHANGES, ADJUSTMENTS, WITHDRAWALS ................................................................................................ 16 COURSE LEVEL WAIVERS ............................................................................................................................................. 17 COURSE LEVEL EARN IN ............................................................................................................................................... 18 ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................................................... 18 HONORS COURSES ...................................................................................................................................................... 19 ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM ............................................................................................................................ 20 ENGLISH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21 CORE ENGLISH COURSES .................................................................................................................................................. 21 ENGLISH 4 OPTIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 ENGLISH ELECTIVES .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES .................................................................................................................................. 26 CORE SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES ...................................................................................................................................... 26 HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ELECTIVES ...................................................................................................................... 27 AP MACROECONOMICS AND AP MICROECONOMICS ...................................................................................................... 27 MATHEMATICS ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 CORE MATHEMATICS COURSES ....................................................................................................................................... 30 MATHEMATICS ELECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................... 32 SCIENCE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 33 CORE SCIENCE COURSES .................................................................................................................................................. 33 SCIENCE ELECTIVES .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 WORLD LANGUAGES ................................................................................................................................................... 36 HEALTH, SAFETY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION .............................................................................................................. 38 HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 39 BUSINESS EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................................ 40 1 FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES ............................................................................................................................. 42 MUSIC ........................................................................................................................................................................ 44 TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................................... 47 THEATRE ARTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 50 VISUAL ARTS ............................................................................................................................................................... 51 PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY ................................................................................................................................. 53 COURSE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................... 54 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) ................................................................................................................ 56 SENIOR OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 57 DUAL ENROLLMENT – OPTIONAL COLLEGE CREDIT ...................................................................................................... 58 CAREER PATHWAYS .................................................................................................................................................... 59 BUSINESS, LAW & GOVERNMENT .................................................................................................................................... 59 FINE, PRACTICAL & PERFORMING ARTS ........................................................................................................................... 60 HUMAN SERVICES ............................................................................................................................................................ 61 STEM ................................................................................................................................................................................ 62 VIRTUAL SCHOOL OR OUTSIDE INSTITUTIONS ............................................................................................................. 63 VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS ............................................................................................................................ 64 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ................................................................................................................................................. 65 HEALTH SERVICES 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