High School Level Courses

Semester 1 - After completing a review of grammar and usage principles, students are guided in writing short exercises, paragraph development, descriptive narratives, expository composition and journal entries.

Semester 1 - Students will complete expository and process essays, descriptive and narrative personal writing, and business writing. In addition, paragraph writing using chronological order, comparison/contrast, and spatial patterns will be studied. Special emphasis is placed on sentence combining practice.

Semester 2 - Students will read, study, and analyze short stories, plays, poems, non-fiction, and a novel. Selections from American and world authors are included. Emphasis is placed on literary terms and vocabulary.

Semester 1 - Students will study signed whole numbers, order of operations, variable expressions, and equations. They will learn to solve equations, write equations, and graph linear equations.

Semester 2 - Students will be introduced to inequalities, systems of equations and inequalities, data analysis, exponents and functions, polynomials and factoring. They will also learn to simplify radicals, use the Pythagorean Theorem, and to solve rational expressions. (Prerequisite: Algebra I, Semester 1 or the equivalent)

Semester 1 - focuses on consumer applications of mathematics. It includes problem-solving strategies and alternate methods of computation as well. Basic skills support is provided as needed. Topics covered include: earning money, net pay, personal banking, budgeting, making purchases, and buying food, clothing, and a car.

Semester 2 - Focuses on consumer applications of mathematics. It includes problem-solving strategies and alternate methods of computation as well. Basic skills support is provided as needed. Topics covered include: public transportation, renting an apartment, buying a house, paying taxes, making investments, buying insurance, using leisure time, and probability and statistics.

Semester 1 - Students study whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio and proportion, and percents. Problem solving is presented throughout the entire text.

Semester 2 - Intended for students who have not studied algebra and is also appropriate for those needing a review. This course includes: 1) averages, exponents, and square roots, 2) measures, and 3) introduction to algebra. Algebra topics covered include integers, the distribution laws, equations, positive and negative numbers, and positive and negative exponents. This course assumes knowledge of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ration and proportion, and percents.

Semester 1 - Students develop proficiency with geometric skills and to apply the understanding of geometric concepts to real-life situations. Topics studied include points, planes, lines, angles, perpendicular and parallel lines, triangles, and right triangles including the Pythagorean Theorem.

Semester 2 - The study of quadrilaterals and polygons, perimeter and area, similarity, circles, surface area and volume, and an introduction to coordinate geometry and right triangle trigonometry. (Prerequisites: Algebra I and Geometry I, Semester I)

Covers the computation of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents. Application skills using word problems are also provided.

This course cannot be taken for high school credit.

Semester 1 - Designed to prepare students for Algebra I. Mathematical functions covered in Semester 1 include: whole number operations, exponents, order of operations, algebraic expressions, integer operations, linear equations, fraction operations, decimal operations, and square roots.

Semester 2 - Designed to prepare students for Algebra I. Mathematical functions covered in Semester 2 include: graphing, averages, medians, modes, ratios, proportions, measurement, percents, and polynomials. Basic geometric principles are also introduced.

Semester 1 - Focuses on the major life processes. Included is the study of genetics and the change and diversity of populations. Study of monerans, protests, and fungi follows. Then students learn about plants- their various structures, classification and reproduction. Students become aware that all organisms carry out the same life functions and thus, the ways that organisms are adapted to carry out those functions can be appreciated.

Semester 2 - Focuses on vertebrate and invertebrate animals- their classification, characteristics, reproduction and behavior. The systems of the human body are studied. The last part of the course presents the biology of organisms in their environments.

Semester 1 - Students will study chemical symbols and formulas, valence, chemical equations, solubility, acid-based reactions, the metric system, number in exponential form, atomic and molecular weights, and the atomic theory.

Semester 2 - Topics studied include: atomic theory, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, matter and energy, solutions of acids, bases, and salts, and organic compounds. To show students how chemistry relates to the everyday world, students will also study water and water pollution, air pollution, nuclear power, plastics and polymers, agricultural chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceuticals and drugs, chemistry of home care and personal products, and chemistry and outer space. (Prerequisites: Chemistry, Semester 1 or equivalent and Algebra I)

Semester 1 - Explores matter, how energy acts with matter, the earth and its internal forces, and earth’s minerals and rocks.

Semester 2 - Explores the Earth’s history, water, atmosphere, weather, and relationship to other objects in outer space. It also investigates living things and ecology.

Semester 1 - Students review American history from the discovery of America through Reconstruction. The course starts with the early migration of Native Americans and covers early exploration and settlement by the Europeans. Other topics include colonial times, revolutionary times, building of the nation and our governmental system, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Dates covered are pre-1600 through 1876.

Semester 2 - Students study American history from Reconstruction to the present. Topics covered include the passing of the old frontier, the industrial revolution, World Wars I and II, the 1920’s, the Depression and reforms, and the growth of the U.S. as a world leader. Dates covered are 1876 to the present.

Semester 1 - Covers the five basic themes in geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. Each unit addresses physical and human geography as well as major issues of a specific region of the world. Geographic areas covered are the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Russia.

Semester 2 - Covers the five basic themes in geography: location, place, human-environment interactions, movement, and region. Each unit addresses physical and human geography as well as major issues of a specific region of the world. Geographic areas covered are Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica.

Semester 1 - Students study early human civilization. Topics include the beginnings of human society in the Fertile Crescent, ancient Egypt, China, and India, Classical Greek and Roman society, and the early civilizations of the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Geography and anthropology are incorporated into this study of world history.

Semester 2 - Students will study developing and modern human civilization. Topics include the Golden Age in China, Middle-Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation in Europe, European exploration and imperialism, and the political conflicts of the Enlightenment and early 1900’s. The course concludes with an overview of the changes the world has undergone in the past 50 years. Geography and anthropology are incorporated into this study of world history.