Archived High school registration guide 2017-18

Culinary Arts II Prerequisite/Selection Process: Food Preparation Fundamentals or Culinary Arts I Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit/meets elective credit requirements Major Outcomes: Students will be able to apply culinary preparation techniques and safety procedures needed to be successful when living independently as well as having skills that will prepare them for the job market. Students will be able to leave this class with a ServSafe certification that is accepted by industry for careers related to food preparation. Projects, Activities, etc.: They will have the opportunity to research and experiences foods from other cultures in a lab classroom setting. They will be exposed through a field trip and guest speakers to careers that are related to the food industry. Instructional Focus: Students will use hands on lab experiences to learn industry food safety and preparation techniques. LANGUAGE ARTS AND CULTURE Creative Writing I Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Learn strategies to improve as a writer • Development of writerly voice • Collaborate with a community of writers • Freedom to write innovatively Project, Activities, etc.: Project-based learning: fiction, poetry, plays, and creative non-fiction Creative Writing II Prerequisite/Selection Process: Creative Writing I Intended Audience: Grades 11 and 12 [grade 10 with special permission of teacher] Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Continue to develop a writerly voice • Experimentation with genre and style • Collaborate with other student writers Project, Activities, etc.: Project-based learning: fiction, poetry, plays, and creative non-fiction High School Registration Guide Honors Humanities Intended Audience: Advanced students in grades 11 and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Cross-cultural examination of philosophy, art, music, architecture, drama, and religion • Exploration of relationships across cultures and arts • Exploration of artistic expressions of historical periods, selected philosophies and people Projects, Activities, etc.: Express ideas in written, oral or project form Instructional Focus: Project-based learning in art, architecture, literature, drama, music, and philosophy Yearbook Lab I Prerequisite/Selection Process: Introduction to Journalism Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Copy writing • Interviewing techniques • Layout design • Photo composition and development • Advertising • Time management Instructional Focus: Hands-on activities Yearbook Lab II Prerequisite/Selection Process: Yearbook Lab I Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Copy writing • Interviewing techniques • Layout design • Photo composition and development • Advertising • Time management Instructional Focus: Hands-on activities Yearbook Lab III Prerequisites/Selection Process: Yearbook Lab II or teacher permission Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Further development of skills learned in Yearbook Lab I and II Instructional Focus: Hands-on activities Television Journalism Prerequisite/Selection Process: Introduction to Journalism Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit; students may enroll for one, two, or three trimesters Major Outcomes: • Improve speaking skills • Improve journalism and interviewing skills • Write human interest stories, opinion pieces, and general announcements to be broadcast • Work as reporters, news writers, news anchors, editors, camera operators, and technicians Instructional Focus: Using journalism and broadcast skills to create informational news for school-wide announcements STEAM • Advanced cooking techniques-knife skills, plating and sauces • Food Service Certification Projects, Activities, etc.: Food labs and planning process, hospitality and advanced meal preparation, teamwork, weekly labs Instructional Focus: Demonstration, culinary skill development Hispanic Studies I [AHS only] Prerequisite/Selection Process: Honors Spanish III A and III B or placement exam results. Intended Audience: Students entering Spanish IV and or Spanish V who wish to take their Spanish abilities to the next level, be it for college and or career aims, by studying Spanish for a full academic year. Also for students who desire to maintain the abilities they acquired through level III, but don’t have room in their schedule for more than one trimester. Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Ability to participate in an immersive Spanish language experience while examining the Spanish-Speaking world. Students will learn by exploring unit essential questions through thematically organized unit topics. • Ability to demonstrate Spanish at an intermediate-mid level as defined by ACTFL’s Performance Descriptors for Language Learners via real-world unit performance evaluations. • Ability to demonstrate emerging under standing of cultures of the Hispanic world by completing real-world unit performance evaluations with emphasis on verb tense control AGRICULTURAL ARTS Animal Management Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit, does not meet science credit requirements Major Outcomes: • Comprehensive analysis of the animal science industry as it relates to companion animals such as horses, dogs, cats, and other recreational animals. Projects, Activities, etc.: Animal presentations, field trips, and career exploration Instructional Focus: Hands-on, experiential activities, application of learning through digital assignments and active participation. 43

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