This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to understand and explain the basic principles of food processing and marketing. Students will learn to interpret a nutritional label, conduct sensory evaluations, create food products, examine safety and sanitation procedures and understand how products are marketed to consumers. The examination of current trends and new technologies to the food science industry will be included. Field trips to local businesses, career exploration and hands on activities will be an important part of this course.

This course will give a general overview of world geography. Students will study various regions of the world with an emphasis on using maps and the components of understanding maps. Using maps, the student will learn how to better understand various elements of a particular region focusing on climate, physical topography, political aspects and culture. Current events will also be a significant component of the class.

This course will cover Early Man up to the Renaissance with the goal to create a better understanding of World History beyond the scope of the Eurocentric perspective. Topics to be covered consist of Early Man, Rise of Civilizations (Indus River Valley, Mesopotamia, and Egypt), Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Early African Civilizations, Ancient China, Ancient Japan, The Mongol Empire, and the Dark and Middle Ages in Europe. Within each topic we will focus on studying primary documents, secondary sources, literature, artifacts, art, and video material to study the various societies mentioned above.

This one semester class will teach students about the basics of Graphic Design. Students will learn the elements of Art including line, shape, form, texture, value, color and space and how they factor into effective Graphic Design. The class will begin with creating a business card. Other projects include creating a magazine layout, advertisement, Cereal Box Design and studying positive and negative space.

This course is an introduction to building character development, story, conflict, movement, dialogue, reacting to situations and spontaneity. Students will be introduced to improvisation games, techniques, developing ability to react to situations and to trust their instincts. This course will primarily focus on improvisational games but will touch on character development and scene work. We will explore the use of improvisation from Whose Line is It Anyways and the development of character and story in Saturday Night Live. Improvisation is a “Team Sport” and students will be expected to work with partners and in teams. This course is for students wishing to improve their communication skills and overall performance awareness. Students will attend a professional theatrical play. *Students will be required to perform or be on stage crew for school performance*