ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
NCAA APPROVED
Building upon the prior prerequisite course, emphasis in this course is placed upon comprehension and signing. Learners will also continue to establish their communication skills and foster their understanding of deaf culture. In addition to learning classifiers, glossing, and mouth morphemes, students will explore vocabulary for descriptions, directions, shopping, making purchases, and dealing with emergencies. Students will increase their proficiency by learning about sequencing, transitions, role-shifts, and future tenses. Students will learn how to tell a story and ask questions, benefiting with greater exposure to deaf culture. Speed, conversations, signing skills, and cultural awareness are characteristic of this course.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
NCAA APPROVED
Did you know that American Sign Language (ASL) is the third most commonly used language in North America? American Sign Language Introduction will introduce you to vocabulary and simple sentences, so that you can start communicating right away. Importantly, you will explore Deaf culture – social beliefs, traditions, history, values and communities influenced by deafness. The predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States, American Sign Language is a complex and robust language. Learn to Sign will introduce you to more of this language and its grammatical structures. You will expand your vocabulary by exploring interesting topics like Deaf education and Deaf arts and culture.
ONE-CREDIT MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE
MS World History explores the social, cultural, and technological developments occurring concurrently in Europe, Africa, and Asia in the years AD 500–1789. It also examines how archaeologists and historians uncover the past. students study the Renaissance, Reformation, and the Age of Exploration, examining the growing economic interaction among civilizations. Students learn about the exchange of ideas, beliefs, technologies, and commodities. They learn about the resulting growth of Enlightenment philosophy and the new examination of the concepts of reason and authority, the natural rights of human beings and the divine right of kings, experimentalism in science, and the dogma of belief. Finally, students assess the political forces let loose by the Enlightenment, particularly the rise of democratic ideas, and they learn about the continuing influence of these ideas in the world today.
ONE-CREDIT MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE
During MS US History, students begin by exploring how American Indian societies lived in their environments. Next, they examine reasons for European exploration and settlement in North America. Students then explore the development of the British colonies and the causes behind the American Revolution. They learn how the Patriots were able to defeat Great Britain and achieve independence. They will be able to name the documents that define the democratic nature of our American republic. They will learn why the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are so revolutionary. Throughout the course, students study the growth of sectional divisions and conflict. This course will take students on a journey from early Spanish missions in western North America up to the end of the 19th century in the United States.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
CREDIT RECOVERY AVAILABLE
NCAA APPROVED
In Mathematical Models with Applications, you will learn to apply mathematics through experiences in personal finance, science, engineering, fine arts, and social sciences. You will use algebraic, graphical, and geometric reasoning to recognize patterns and structure, model information, solve problems, and communicate solutions. Along the way, you will select from a variety of tools including manipulatives, technology, and data collection devices. This course takes an integrated approach to mathematics as you further your skills in the disciplines of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and probability and statistics.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
CREDIT RECOVERY AVAILABLE
In Integrated Physics and Chemistry, you will first learn about the “basics” of physics, since physics is actually the foundation of chemistry. In this course, you will learn how to describe and analyze motion, how forces interact with matter, and how to further describe these interactions with the aid of the concepts of energy and momentum. You will also learn about waves, electricity, and magnetism. While exploring chemistry, students will focus on the atomic and molecular structures that result in different chemical properties and the concepts and tools that will enable you to predict chemical properties and chemical reactions. You will learn about key types of chemical relationships and reactions, including solutions and acid-base reactions. Finally, you will extend your knowledge into the areas of thermal and nuclear energy.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
In this course, you will pull together and apply skills and concepts from the previous Mathematics courses. You will begin by focusing on how expressions and functions can model relationships. The course has a concentrated focus on polynomial, radical, and rational functions, so you will expand your arithmetic skills to include polynomial, radical, and rational expressions and equations. You will analyze their key features with tables, graphs, and equations when they are in function form. You will also investigate and measure surface area and volume of geometric solids, applying what you discover to model and solve real-world problems.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
This course is designed to present mathematics as a coherent, useful, and logical subject that makes use of problem-solving skills. The focus is on quadratic expressions, equations, and functions. You will compare their characteristics and behavior to those of linear and exponential relationships and solve quadratic equations that have real and complex solutions. Finally, you will investigate and prove theorems about lines, angles, and triangles.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
This course is designed to present mathematics as a coherent, useful, and logical subject that makes use of problem-solving skills. Linear relationships are a main focus of this course. You will graph, create, and solve linear equations and apply function notation to describe linear relationships. You will also explore foundations of geometry and coordinate geometry. You will investigate and prove theorems about lines, angles, triangles, parallelograms, and other polygons and build geometric constructions using both basic tools and technology.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
CREDIT RECOVERY AVAILABLE
HONORS OPTION
NCAA APPROVED
In this course, you will explore how the spheres of Earth are connected to create and maintain a habitable planet. You will apply principles learned previously about outer space, our solar system, and the planets to understand Earth’s place in outer space. You will evaluate how internal and external processes interact with one another and will analyze current and historical data to predict what future Earth may look like. By the end of the course, students will explore both the internal and external structures of the Earth, study the processes and cycles that enable life to exist on Earth, practice applying knowledge of Earth’s characteristics to case studies involving real-world scenarios, and practice using locations around Earth to describe processes, weather climate, sustainability, and other scientific phenomena.
