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Algebra II will build upon the knowledge previously learned in Algebra I and Geometry. It will provide students with the reasoning skills necessary for many careers the mathematical tools they will need to be successful in advanced mathematics classes.

Take this Online Art History and Criticism course and get one step closer to receiving your High School Diploma. Sign up today!This is an entry-level course for the High School Visual Arts Core Curriculum. It is designed to provide an overview and appreciation of the Visual Arts. With an overview of studio production, this course is designed to develop higher level thinking, art-related technology skill, art criticism, art history, and aesthetics.

Take this Biology course and get one step closer to receiving your High School Diploma. Sign up today!The Biology Core Curriculum has two primary goals: (1) students will value and use science as a process of obtaining knowledge based on observable evidence, and (2) students’ curiosity will be sustained as they develop and refine the abilities associated with scientific inquiry.

This course offers the student an opportunity to explore and understand the world of business law as the implications of the law in their lives and the lives of their family and friends. There are great sections on ethics in your lives personally, the role of morals, borrowing money, using credit, equal opportunity employment, divorce laws, custody, and owning a car. The class will help provide students with an array of activities and exercises that will help one for years to come whether pursuing a career in law or simply using the information to be a more informed citizens.

A course in calculus consists of a full academic year of work in calculus and related topics comparable to courses in colleges and universities.

The purpose of this course is to achieve basic scientific literacy in chemistry. Project 2061's Benchmarks For Science Literacy and The National Science Education Standards were used as a guide to determine appropriate content and process skills for students.

This is a beginning to intermediate course in Computer Programming. It is an introduction to software design and methodology. This course assumes NO PRIOR computer programming experience. The emphasis of the course will be on proper program design and coding. You will learn to design, test and code your own programs. At the successful conclusion of this course, you will have the background to advance to code in a high level language such as C++, Java, Visual Basic. This course will use the programming language "Java" to teach the introductory concepts. The curriculum is focused on modern program design principles. It illustrates these ideas through a wide range of examples that are interesting and practical, and build a solid base of understanding for higher level concepts in subsequent courses. JAVA was developed by Sun Microsystems and is on the cutting edge of computer programming and a significant part of current PC technology You will enjoy your experience with JAVA.

In this course, you will learn how to use a digital camera through photographic assignments designed to understand and control the camera in a variety of situations. This class is a self-paced course. Your responsibility to receive credit will be to read and follow all the instructions, read the course materials, complete the on-line tests and use your digital camera to photograph the assignments and turn them in.

Earth Systems is an exciting course that offers you the opportunity to study Earth, physical, space, and life sciences as they relate to each other. Earth has a myriad of complex, interacting, and, might I add, fascinating, systems that directly influence our lives. These interacting, fascinating systems are the focus of this course.

Eleventh graders are seeking greater and greater independence. Where they are demanding more autonomy and respect as adults, they are still maturing and reaching for adulthood. This course focuses on reading and writing experiences that are developmentally appropriate. Vocabulary instruction looks at the cultural and contextual meanings of words. Reading instruction continues to offer young adults opportunities for improvement through growing sophistication in interaction with a variety of texts. Writing moves to analysis and interpretation of multiple ideas and perspectives to extend thinking and demands synthesizing of ideas to form conclusions and recommend actions. Analytical evaluation and assessment of writing are further nuanced, and editing skills are more sophisticated and specifically and clearly delineated. Inquiry skills are focused on synthesizing information in preparation for presenting research results.

The needs of ninth grade students transitioning to high school are a fundamental concern to middle-level language arts teachers. This course focuses on reading and writing experiences that are developmentally appropriate: vocabulary instruction that compares connotation with denotation and identifies word meanings using sentence structure (grammar), reading instruction that focuses on inference and the difference between interesting and important information in informational text, and character development and more complex figurative language in narrative and poetry. Writing focuses on comparing multiple ideas and perspectives to extend thinking through writing, and concentrates on persuasive writing. Skills in analytical evaluation and assessment of writing become more nuanced, and editing skills are specific and clearly delineated. Inquiry skills are focused on questioning as a research technique and evaluating sources of information.

Fitness for Life is an individualized, concepts- based, one-semester course designed to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to self-assess, create, conduct, evaluate, and redesign personal fitness programs. It is required of all students and there are no substitutions.

Take this Food and Science course and get one step closer to receiving your High School Diploma. Sign up today!This course is designed for students who are interested in understanding the principles of nutrition and in maintaining a healthy life style. Attention will be given to selection and preparation of food and personal health and well-being.

Parlez-vous Francais ... now speak it even better!This course helps those who have taken French I develop more proficiency in the written and spoken word This is the second year class in French language.

Students will explore geometry through inductive and deductive processes, technology, constructions, manipulatives, and algebraic connections.The main goal of Geometry is for students to develop the structure of Euclidean geometry logically and apply the resulting theorems, proofs, and formulas to address meaningful problems. Students will use experimentation and inductive reasoning to construct geometric concepts, discover geometric relationships, and formulate conjectures. Students will employ deductive logic to construct formal logical arguments and proofs. Students will extend their pre-existing
experiences with algebra and geometry to trigonometry and coordinate geometry.

Students will use dynamic geometry software, compass and straightedge, and other tools to investigate and explore mathematical ideas and relationships and develop multiple strategies for analyzing complex situations. Students will apply mathematical skills and make meaningful connections to life’s experiences.

Health Education at the high-school level helps students establish patterns of behavior that will assist a person in achieving complete health. Complete health is accomplished by having a balance of physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to acquire knowledge, incorporate process and life skills, and develop positive attitudes about life. Development of a healthy body and a healthy mind will assist young people in living active, productive, and successful lives.

The Human Biology course is a set of learning standards that all students are expected to know and be able to do upon completion of this course. The only difference between the Human Biology and Biology curriculum is the degree of emphasis on the human organism. Biology is not a prerequisite. This course is designed to meet the requirements for biological science credit.

America's relationship with Japan has always been strong. Japanese proficiency can offer many opportunities in college and for a career. There are many opportunities to speak Japanese in America as well. The realization that Japanese is not the easiest language to learn must also be considered. The students are entering the class with no prior knowledge of Japanese.

This first year Latin course will acquaint the student with the Latin language and the connections is makes to many of the languages currently spoken.

Alea iacta est! ("The die is cast!"...that's what Caesar said before he crossed the Rubicon river and changed the world. You'll learn the rest of the story in this class!)This course continues to increase the student’s ability to communicate in Latin and the contributions Latin has made to today’s spoken languages.

This course is for the High School Visual Arts Core Curriculum. Photography includes the inventive use of light and photographic equipment to create art. With an emphasis on studio production, this course is designed to develop higher level thinking, art-related technology skill, art criticism, art history, and aesthetics. While you can use a digital camera for this course, this course does not focus on photography technique specific to digital camera use.

The Portfolio Project course focuses on preparing students for the "next step" whether that step is college or a career. In this course, students will compile samples of their work at The American Academy and produce artifacts such as cover letters, resumes, and applications for jobs or college.

Pre-calculus fills the minimum mathematics course requirement for students who plan to participate in post-secondary training. It also serves as the prerequisite for Advanced Placement Calculus or Statistics courses. In preparation for this course, students should have mastered linear and quadratic functions, concepts from discrete mathematics involving sequences and series, and data analysis and probability techniques. They should also be able to confidently work with expressions containing rational exponents and radical and rational terms.

This course is designed to familiarize students with the principles of physical science and its uses in every day life. While developing thinking and problem solving skill, students will work on projects using a computer, the internet and other media. This class will allow students to explore more fully the many facets of physical science with a focus on how physical science is impacted by and uses technology which includes the areas of Power, Energy, Transportation, and Communication.

Subjects to be covered include: How Sociologists look at the world-basic theories; Culture- values, beliefs, behavior and objects of our own and various world cultures and how cultures spread; How to conduct your own Sociological research using the scientific method; Groups and extreme movements- various types and their influence on our behavior; Socialization- how we learn the "right" ways to act; Race and ethnicity; World Religions.

Join the new genre of athletic spectators - readers!Sports Literature focuses on various genres of challenging work about sports by a wide variety of great writers, from Wordsworth to Updike and many, many more. Readings and activities will include essays, journalism, poetry, movies, short stories, and books of non-fiction. Students will write analytical essays, personal essays, journalistic pieces, short stories, and poetry. Students will learn to value, appreciate, and demonstrate literacy through expressive and receptive language skills, and to understand and investigate the self, others, the culture, and the environment. Reading continues to be taught, emphasizing literary analysis/criticism, historical commentary, political statements, and culturally and historically significant literary works with the intent of preparing students to enter the world of work or higher education. Writing to learn emphasizes cause and effect, analysis and refutation of opposing opinions, and important text connections as well as investigate the self, others, the culture, and the environment.

This course helps students understand and cope with personal, family, and social challenges. Emphasis is paced on communication, decision-making skills, and building stable relationships with family and peers. The course enables students to implement positive coping mechanisms and promotes understanding of self. It addresses issues that impact teenagers: self- concept, family and peer relationships, substance abuse, personal loss, dating and teenage pregnancy, and child abuse.

Understanding United States history is essential for the continuation of our democratic society. This course will help students make connections between their world and the rich heritage of United States history.

People not only interact with each other, they interact with the world around them in countless ways. In Geography you will be examining the relationships between people, their environment, and the places in which they live.