Foreign Language - French I
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Students in French I develop knowledge and skills to begin communicating in the target
language. They speak, listen, read, and write the language in short sentences and
paragraphs that contain the learned vocabulary words and phrases. Students also gain
insight into the target culture by examining literature, music, laws, foods, values,
traditions, and behaviors.

Foreign Language - French II
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Students in French II will participate in simple conversational situations using sentences
and groups of sentences. They create with the target language by combining and
recombining learned phrases and words. Students write simple messages, read texts
dealing with familiar topics, and understand main ideas when listening to conversations
dealing with familiar topics or themes. Students also gain an awareness and
understanding of, and appreciation for, cultural contributions made by people of the
target language.

Foreign Language - French III
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Students in French III initiate and sustain conversations by making statements, asking
questions, and giving appropriate responses. They communicate using correct time
frames on everyday topics, both orally and in writing. When writing, students compose
cohesive paragraphs related to familiar topics and personal experiences. Students
develop understanding of main ideas and significant details in extended discussions and
presentations, both live and recorded. They acquire new knowledge and information
from texts including short literary texts and media. Students continue to expand their
knowledge and understanding of the cultural significance of the target language.

Foreign Language - French IV
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Students in French IV speak and write the target language using coherent paragraphs.
They learn to initiate, sustain, and bring to closure a wide variety of communicative tasks
using appropriate time frames. They expand comprehension skills that allow them to
acquire knowledge and information from comprehensive, authentic texts including
literary texts and media. Students continue to develop insight into the nature of the target
language and culture.

Foreign Language - Spanish Grade 7
1 Semester: 18 units
Students in Grade 7 Spanish will be introduced or re-introduced to skills in order to begin or resume communication in the target language.  They will gain knowledge and understanding of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar structure and simple conversation as well as study the many cultures of the target language including music, dance, art, sports, literature, cuisine and festivals.

Foreign Language - Spanish Grade 8
1 Semester: 18 units
Students in Grade 8 Spanish will be introduced, or re-introduced, to skills in order to
begin, or resume, communication in the target language. Students will gain knowledge
and understanding of vocabulary, grammar structure, pronunciation and conversation as
well as study the many cultures of the target language, including music, dance, art,
literature, cuisine and traditions. Enrichment activities will challenge more advanced
students.

Foreign Language - Spanish I
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Students in Spanish I develop knowledge and skills to begin communicating in the target language. They speak, listen, read and write the language in short sentences and paragraphs that contain the learned vocabulary words and phrases. Students also gain insight into the target culture by examining literature, music, laws, foods, values, traditions, and behaviors.

Foreign Language - Spanish II
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Students in Spanish II participate in simple conversational situations using sentences and
groups of sentences. They create with the target language by combining and recombining
learned phrases and words. Students write simple messages, read texts dealing with
familiar topics, and understand main ideas when listening to conversations dealing with
familiar topics or themes. Students also gain an awareness, understanding of, and
appreciation for cultural contributions made by people of the target language.

Foreign Language - Spanish III
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Spanish III is offered to students interested in pursuing greater fluency in reading,
writing, speaking and understanding the target language. The students will be required to
recall previously learned words and phrases and build upon them as they learn to create
more native-like writing and conversation. This course also continues with a more intense
study of grammar and appreciation for cultural contributions made by people of the target
language.

Foreign Language - Spanish IV
2 Semesters: 36 Units
Spanish IV is offered to those students interested in becoming proficient in reading,
writing, speaking and understanding the target language. The students will be required to
review all grammatical structure and recall previously learned vocabulary to strive for a
native-like proficiency level as well as continue a more intense study of cultural aspects
including art and literature. The student will be responsible for comprehension and
discussion of these works in the target language as well as public presentation including
personal opinion.

Business/Technology - Business Math
1 Semester: 18 Units
This course is a semester course designed with lots of practical applications of mathematics. Students compute work wages, commission, piecework pay, tips, and net pay for an earnings statement. They record checkbook progress, reconcile checking account statements and examine various types of savings accounts; and use recursive functions such as determining compound interest for a financial investment. Students create and analyze tabular and graphical displays of data such as making and adjusting budgets and displaying results in circle graphs; determine measures of central tendency and create and interpret frequency tables, stem-and-leaf plots, and bar graphs. Students compute sales tax, use installment plans, and investigate finance charges associated with credit cards; examine comparative shopping techniques including best buys, discount prices, catalog orders, and the consumer price index. Students use scale drawings and estimate and compute perimeter, area, and volume in real-world problem situations; examine permutations and combinations and their applications in consumer situations; compute the probability of compound events, independent events, and dependent events. Students compute with matrices, representing and generalizing real-world problem situations; examine purchasing and owning a car including gas mileage, depreciation, insurance coverage and financing; determine the costs of financing a home including house payment, property taxes, insurance, maintenance, and improvements; estimate total costs for a trip by determining distance on a map, calculating gas mileage, finding best buy for lodging, and exchanging currency; and connect statistical techniques to consumer situations by evaluating health, sports and advertising data.

Business/Technology - Computer Applications
1 Semester: 18 Units
Who invented the computer?  This may seem like an easy question, but the answer may be a surprise.  In this course, students will explore the evolution of the computer.  They will investigate the role that early inventors played in the development of the personal computers used today.

Business/Technology - Introduction to the Internet
1 Semester: 18 Units
Students in Introduction to the Internet learn to use the Internet for school and personal reasons. They learn where the Internet came from and become experts at finding just what they are looking for. They use online study tools, find people, download useful software, and use the Internet to help plan for their futures. When students are finished with this course, they will have visited many websites and know how to organize those sites so they can use them in the future. Students learn to avoid viruses and hoaxes and how to stay safe while they are online. Students spend time becoming web experts!

Business/Technology - Microsoft Excel**
1 Semester: 18 Units
This course has been designed to help students learn to use the main features of Microsoft’s Excel software.  Excel is an electronic spreadsheet software that helps present data in an organized and graphical format. A spreadsheet is a document which helps organize data in rows and columns of cells. Each cell can contain words, numbers, or a formula that may be calculated accurately or sorted in an organized way.  The Excel chart wizard is used to create colorful graphs of the data. Spreadsheets were originally created as "number crunchers", programs to handle manipulating and calculating large amounts of numerical data.

Business/Technology - Microsoft PowerPoint**
1 Semester: 18 Units
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 is a computer program that is used to create visually compelling presentations.  With PowerPoint 2003, students can create individual slides and display them as a slide show on a computer, video projector, or even via the Internet.  In this course students will learn to create presentations, speaker’s notes, handouts, outlines, and web presentations using PowerPoint 2003.  Students will work with text, graphics, charts, animations, sounds, and templates.  
** This course requires a $30.00 lab fee.

Business/Technology - Microsoft Word**
1 Semester: 18 Units
This course will teach personal computer skills, as well as get students started on acquiring a valuable job skill. Microsoft Word is a computer program that will help create documents and communicate thoughts more effectively.   This software has many powerful tools that will be used for editing text, formatting pages, spell-checking a document, and creating many types of documents.

The textbook in this course is Microsoft Office Word 2003 Illustrated Series, CourseCard Edition, Introductory Edition. The Illustrated Series is designed to help students see a picture of what they are learning. It is perfect for the beginner because of the descriptive pictures and extra information in the margins and at the bottom of some pages.
** This course requires a $30.00 lab fee.

Art - Art History
1 Semester: 18 Units
In Art History, students use the elements of art and the principles of design. Although many elements and principles were never recorded nor even acknowledged throughout history, students may still use the ideas to study the rich diversity of art work. The elements of art are line, shape, color, value, shape, form, texture, and space. The principles of design are balance, emphasis, movement, harmony, contrast, pattern, proportion, and unity. In each unit, students examine an element and a principle using several masters of the Renaissance, Claude Monet, Picasso and Matisse.

Art - Renaissance Art
1 Semester: 18 Units
In Renaissance Art, students learn about the rebirth of ideas and art from the classical period of the Greeks and Romans. They study the lives and works of Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael, three primary artists featured in this course, and learn that versatility was a key to the greatness of Renaissance artists who were also writers, scientists, and mathematicians. Students learn how the arts flourished during the Renaissance period and about artists who were often individuals of great social stature, wealth and influence.

Other-ACT Preparation****
2 Semesters:36 Units
This course will prepare students to take the ACT test.  The textbook, ACT Victory: Classroom Text 8th Edition from Cambridge Educational Services, accompanies this course.  The instructions within each unit will direct students to the section of the book that they need to reference.
****This course requires a $45.00 lab fee.

Other-Student Leadership
1 Semester: 18 Units
The course is designed to prepare students for leadership roles and responsibilities. Students should be able to apply leadership principles and skills in their everyday lives.