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Course Descriptions
Intro to Art
Instructor: Mr. White
Predominately for for freshmen and sophomores.
Acquaints students with basic skills and theory. Introduces students to elements of art and design.
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Art I
Instructor: Mr. White
Focusing
on the elements of art and design,
students will learn two dimensional art skills with an emphasis on
drawing.
A variety of mediums will be used to create both black/white and color artwork.
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Art II
Instructor: Mr. White
Pre-requisite Art I.
Focusing on the elements of art and design students will utilize skills from Art I to create two and three dimensional art.
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Drawing
Instructor: Mr. White
Students learn basic drawing methods using a variety of mediums, ie. pencil, charcoal, ink.
Focuses on the use of line, value, and composition to create a visually interesting image.
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Painting
Instructor: Mr. White
Pre-requisite Drawing I or Art I.
Students learn the basics of color theory and painting with water based mediums, watercolor, and acrylic.
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Ceramics
Instructor: Mr. White
Students will learn to use various hand building skills to create original pottery from clay. This is not ceramics poured into molds.
Keyboarding
Instructor: Mrs. Capper
All students can benefit from Keyboarding I. The touch method of keyboarding is taught a few letters at a time with the keyboard covered. The keypad numbers are also taught using the touch method. Computer softwares are used to teach the keys, analyze individual strengths and weaknesses, and to build their skills. After mastering the keyboard, the students apply their skills to learn basic business formatting for memos, letters, reports and tables. These basic skills are needed and used in other classes throughout high school, college as well as most careers.
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Word Processing
Instructor: Mrs. Capper
Pre-requisite: Keyboarding
Word Processing I uses Microsoft software to develop computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and the Internet. In Word, the students learn to set up business forms, letters, tables, reports, and charts. They also use pictures and desktop publishing to add eye appeal and professionalism to their projects. In Excel, the students develop worksheets or spreadsheets, apply mathematical formulas and functions, and analyze the data into useful charts and graphs. The students are also introduced to Access and PowerPoint. They learn to integrate the available computer tools into relevant useful skills that are used in their other classes as well as college and future careers.
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Video Technology
Instructor: Mrs. Capper
Pre-requisite: Word Processing
Video Technology integrates advanced computer skills with camera and video skills to produce the school morning show. Sports, school news, weather, current events, history, drama as well as English and grammar are all incorporated into the show throughout the year. Cameras, video equipment, lighting, computers, and the TV page system are used during production of each show. The students develop a script the day before with school and community news and then make adjustments as needed right before the show to allow for last minute changes. The students must develop speaking skills and learn body language and presentation skills for each show. This class also creates a video that shows pictures from throughout the year that highlights our seniors and is shown during graduation.
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Accounting
Instructor: Mrs. Capper
Accounting develops basic bookkeeping skills, both manual and computerized, for a sole proprietorship, a partnership and a corporation. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll are specialty bookkeeping skills that are covered in this class. Each section of the course builds upon the previous sections learned. Computerized accounting is integrated within this course using the Peachtree Accounting software. Thinking skills are developed and management skills are applied with case studies that are developed for each chapter. This course benefits anyone interested in taking business in college, pursuing a career in accounting or management, as well as anyone interested in running their own business. We hope to eventually make this a dual credit course that the students would receive college credit upon completion of the specified requirements.
English 9
Instructor: Ms. Craft
Ninth grade English students will begin the transition to learning the kind of reading and writing skills necessary for success at the high school level. Using literature(short stories, poetry, essays, plays and novels) suitable for the ninth grade level, students will develop rading comprehension and coherent sentence/paragraph writing skills. Grammatical principles that apply to good sentence structure will be studied and/or reviewed. Students can expect to read several short stories, poems, essays, and at least one play and one novel.
Academic English 9
Instructor: Ms. Craft
It is recommended that students have passed 8th grade English with at least a B average before enrolling in Academic English 9.
In addition to the content and skills covered in regular English 9 class, students in the academic class will have more reading and writing opportunities and should expect to be held to more demanding standards.
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English 10
Instructor: Mrs. Ramirez
The English 10 curriculum involves all facets of verbal communication: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Because final preparation for the reading and writing portions of the OGT are also priorities of this course, an OGT final preparation text is utilized in addition to literature, grammar, and vocabulary texts.
In the study of composition, the writing process and essay format are emphasized. Literature units emphasize theme and figurative language and are built around major literary concepts (plot, character, point of view, setting, symbolism) and poetic forms. Daily “bell ringers” include informal writing activities, grammar mini-lessons, literature responses, etc. Weekly vocabulary lessons focus on word origins (Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes) and build vocabulary that enhances both reading and writing skills. Over the course of the year, each student is to prepare a portfolio that reflects his or her progress toward mastery of Ohio’s language arts content standards. Additionally, students write essays, give various speeches and presentations, take tests and exams (including short cycle assessments), and complete a number of hands-on projects.
Academic English 10
Instructor: Mrs. Ramirez
It is recommended that only those students who completed English 9 with at least a B average take Academic English 10.
Academic English 10 covers the same content as General English 10 but in greater depth, with more challenging and extensive tests, and additional required projects. While all sophomore English students have the opportunity to select and read fiction in class, Academic students have an independent reading requirement to read one novel per quarter from the recommended reading list.
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English 11
Instructor: Mr. Hensley
All Juniors will study American Literature and Poetry, complete a career research paper, complete a research paper of one's choice and finish the year with a project in which they, as teams of three, study a certain poet, orally present his/her biography complete with three of the best-loved poems. Students then have the option of drawing or painting an image that is evoked by a poem or creating a game (or program) using points from one of the poems. Students will study vocabulary, both connected with the literature and poetry and as a separate lesson. Students will write essays; descriptive, comparative, and reflexive. Students take part in the Audio/Essay contest sponsored by the VFW, and some of the students take part in the SCORES Academic Festival at Marshall University.
Academic English 11
Instructor: Mr. Hensley
Academic classes are held to a higher standard than regular classes but the study is over the same material. Academic classes conduct more independent studies and orally present more than the regular English 11 class.
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English 12
Instructor: Mrs. Zornes
Twelfth grade English Students will maintain a resource folder, study British literature, acquire an enhanced vocabulary, exercise oral and visual communication skills, and develop a career passport for graduation. Assignments are meant to meet all content standards set by the state of Ohio.
Academic English 12
Instructor: Mrs. Zornes
It is highly recommended that academic students be prepared for the extra work this class requires for graduation and to prepare them for college. It is to be understood that students in this class will be going to college.
Curriculum includes the same as Regular English 12, but in much greater depth. The class requires outside reading and extensive essay writing. All academic students must perform a 10 minute Power Point presentation based on the Research Project.
Healthy and Safe Foods
Instructor: Ms. Fields/Ms. L. Hardy
Students will utilize practical problem solving that influences cultural and social factors in our food choices; and discuss factors to help develop a healthy lifestyle. Food safety will be studied and applied in lab situations preparing healthy foods.
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Managing Transitions
Instructor: Ms. Fields/Ms. L. Hardy
Students will integrate management principles that will lead to more productive and meaningful lives. By enhancing goal setting skills, stress and time management techniques and relationship building, students will learn the skills needed to accept the responsibility of their changing lives.
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Healthy Living
Instructor: Ms. Fields/Ms. L. Hardy
Students will learn how to develop healthy lifestyles by utilizing time management, decision making skills, peer pressure, multicultural influences on our eating and food choices, and work and family goals that help sustain productive and meaningful lives. Influences on food choices and food safety will be discussed. Students will prepare food based on good nutrition.
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Careers
Instructor: Ms. Fields/Ms. L. Hardy
Students will learn how to build personal and professional relationships. They will investigate interests in careers they may want to work as adults. They will design a career blueprint for themselves and acknowledge career growth associated with that career. Conflict resolution techniques and social skills on and off the job and how career affects family relationships are all studied. Students will manage a life plan that will help them become healthy, caring, and responsible citizens.
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Personal Finance
Instructor: Ms. L. Hardy
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Child Development
Instructor: Ms. Fields
Students will learn about readiness for parenthood and how to nurture and care for children. Knowledge of how parents and childcare provides meet the needs of infants and young children to provide for healthy growth and development will be studied.
Spanish
Instructor: Mrs. Reed
In Spanish I, II, and III, it is suggested that students need to be a B average student in their English classes. Grammar skills, parts of speech, and memorization are required for students to be successful in a foreign language. The student must keep an open mind and accept other cultural beliefs and practices. It is necessary that the students study extremely hard and have self-discipline to succeed in this class. Throughout the year, daily quizzes, worksheets, and book exercises will be required of the students. In addition, Chapter Exams, Nine Week Tests, and Unit Tests will count as a major part of their grade. Extra projects and cultural readings are also mandatory in each level of the foreign language courses. A geography unit will be covered on foreign countries with students giving oral presentations and being assessed on map tests. The students will also view cultural films and documentations as part of the cultural connection. In order to receive State Honors, the student must pass three levels of Spanish.
Foreign Language Standards
Communication: students communicate in languages other than English. They initiate and sustain spoken, written, or signed communication by providing and obtaining information, expressing feelings and emotions, and exchanging opinions in culturally appropriate ways in the target language.
Cultures: students gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures.
Connections: Students connect with other disciplines and acquire information.
Comparisons: Students develop insight into the nature of language and culture by enhancing their understanding of the nature of the language by comparing their own language to another.
Communities: Students participate in multilingual communities with cultures at home and around the world. They use the language both within and beyond the school setting. Students show evidence of becoming lifelong learners by using the language of personal enjoyment and enrichment.
