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n an effort to remain on target with
current education trends and instruction,
we spend time every year focusing on a
few disciplines for curricular rewrites and
updates. During the past two years that
I have been with the district, we have
revised and rewritten the English Language
Arts and mathematics core curricula from
kindergarten to twelfth grade. In addition,
we also rewrote the high school science
core curriculum. This year, the curriculum
teams will be working on the entire core
social studies curriculum as well as finishing
the elementary and secondary science
core curriculum. A core curricula is defined
as general and honors -level courses, not
including all electives. The Advanced
Placement, or AP courses, are rewritten
and submitted to the College Board- the
governing body of the AP tests- as required.
As part of the curriculum-writing process
for social studies at the high school, and i