840 Community Based Learning – Credit 1
Seniors only
Class Rank Value: 1.00
This class will promote both personal and intellectual growth in students. It will help students to develop civic responsibility, work collaboratively with community members, classmates, other schools and teachers to meet real community needs. Community Based Learning will encompass several components. The students will have required class time to discuss needed services within our community and to prepare for the types of services they will be doing at different sites. Students may visit sites off campus during the school day. At these sites students will serve as educators, mentors, buddies, or tutors. Students may work with relief agencies, food pantries, do clerical work, visit nursing homes and day care centers, role play skits for elementary and middle school students, research issues, and work with community agencies in the area. This community based learning course will be an evolving course that changes as new needs in the community become apparent. Assessment for this course will include a portfolio, personal and site evaluation, special projects, and teacher evaluations. 841 Child Development & Child Care Aide – (S) - Credit 1
Class Rank Value: 1.00
This course will focus on the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of children from the pre-pregnancy stage to school age. This course will include studies of the male/female anatomy, pregnancy, childbirth, family planning, birth defects, child abuse, nutrition, history of child development, child psychology, teaching children, and a look at careers related to working with children. Students interested in education and childcare service careers are encouraged to participate. The curriculum will consist of actual work with nursery school children and elementary students by taking trips to the elementary school and accumulation of creative and aesthetic projects for children, lesson planning, and observations. Speakers and films will also be incorporated. Class size is limited. 902 Health I – (S) – Credit ½
Required for all freshmen
Class Rank Value: 1.00
Health 1 is a requirement for all 9th grade students. This course covers multiple health content areas including consumer health, environmental health, family life education, personal, mental and emotional health, prevention and control of disease and disorders, alcohol and tobacco use and abuse and nutrition. The class will participate in hands-on projects and interact with speakers from the community. 904 Health II – (S) – Credit ½
Prerequisite: Health 1
Required for all sophomores
Class Rank Value: 1.00
Health 2 is a requirement for all 10th grade students. The Health 2 class includes a discussion of in-depth current health issues including the concept of wellness, issues of race and gender, crime and violent behavior, maintaining a healthy weight and eating disorders, sexuality issues. including reproduction and teen pregnancy prevention with a focus on abstinence, contraception and STD’s, the stages of life, and substance abuse and treatment. Students also have the opportunity to become first aid and CPR certified. This course provides an opportunity for students to talk candidly about issues that concern them. Students will debate, research, and present information. Speakers from the community will also be utilized.