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A Career in Film, Theater and/or Television
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Department: Art
Students will learn to analyze the business behind the scenes of the movies they so often enjoy. They will develop a thorough understanding of the Hollywood studio system, the importance and implications of box-office performances, the five steps crucial to the filmmaking process…
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Accounting
Grades: 10, 11, 12
Department: Math
This course is recommended for students interested a business major in college. This course provides a student with an understanding of and experience in financial records and the effect of transactions upon a business using a double-entry accounting. It includes the complete acc…
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Advanced Acting Skills
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Department: Art
This course is for advanced theater students. Theater students will expand on improvisation and acting skills through comedic and dramatic selections; explore major playwrights and theatrical periods (Classical Greek –Twentieth Century American.) Students will also be able to e…
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Algebra I
Grades: 9
Department: Math
Algebra I begins the abstract study of numbers and their properties through the use of the variable. The students will build upon their problem solving skills by applying concepts of Algebra to work problems that range from everyday to scientific applications
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Algebra II
Grades: 11
Department: Math
This course is designed to reinforce skills previously learned in Algebra I while continuing to cover more aspects of Algebra including matrices, solving simultaneous equations, and factoring/quadratic equations. The student will also be introduced to probability and some topics …
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American Literature
Grades: 11
Department: English
American Literature incorporates the reading and production of various types of writing, expanding the use of the five paragraph essay to include persuasive, interpretative, and informative modes. Against the backdrop of the American literary experience, students will assert thei…
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American Society at War
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Department: Social Studies
American Society at War is a Social Studies elective with a focus of major American wars and the impact on the country’s history, specifically the majority of the population away from the war. Within this course, students will be examining the American Revolution, the Civil War…
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Anatomy and Physiology
Grades: 11, 12
Department: Science
This course provides the student with an introduction to the fundamental concepts of matter and energy. Some of the principles studied are force, momentum, energy and work, electricity, and thermodynamics. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on the scientific process as well …
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Anthropology
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Department: Social Studies
This introductory elective course will launch students into the multifaceted field of Anthropology and ask them to investigate subtopics from prehistoric archaeology to modern forensic anthropology. The course will be divided into four main subsections: cultural anthropology, bio…
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AP Biology
Grades: 11, 12
Department: Science
This course is designed to be the equivalent of a college introductory biology course usually taken by biology majors during their first year. AP Biology includes the topics regularly covered in a college biology course for majors, and the labs done by AP students are equivalent …
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