Non-Arts Electives
Creative Writing:
In this course, students will write essays, descriptive pieces, short stories and a variety of styles of poetry based on prompts. These prompts will include art, music, literature and class discussion.
World Cultures and Languages:
Explore cultures and languages of the world through the #1 language-learning software program, Rosetta Stone. This is a technology-based course that teaches language naturally through direct immersion process. Students will work at their own pace with their own choice of language. Spanish and other languages will be offered.
You Don't Have to be a Rocket Scientist (aka Rockets):
"Rockets" is a fun and exciting way to look at the world of physics. Students will design and build paper planes (of various types), hot air balloons, water bottle rockets, and finally a model rocket to gain a deeper understanding of how and why things fly. Discussions and activities revolve around the actual physics concepts behind how flight happens. Check out the photo gallery of previous projects!
Build-em and Bust-em (aka Bridges):
Bridges is a class designed for students to get hands on knowledge of bridge design and construction. This includes building several bridges using various construction materials, and building one bridge where cost analysis is critical. Once the bridges are built the true test comes.....How much weight can they hold??? The final measure of any model is the support and strength the designer has designed into it, thus the test with weight. Check out the photo gallery of this classes projects!
Hollywood - Fact or Fiction:
This course allows students to explore specific American historical events and issues through factual comparison of the events to the Hollywood film version. Parental permission to view films will be required.
CAD Drawing:
Technology has progressed to the point where we can take an idea, sketch it on a computer, see what it will look like in 2 dimensions and 3 dimensions, and make changes to it without having to draw a single line or do any erasing. CAD (computer assisted drawing) is used throughout the world in every phase of design, engineering, manufacturing, and production to communicate object ideas to products. We will explore mechanical drawing on computers to describe simple objects that will allow you to see and learn the ease and advantage of drawing with electronic media.
This class is taught using this awesome free design program .
Technology Tools:
This class will give an overview of some of the technology tools available to students. Students will also be able to improve skills they already have. Techniques and sources for scholarly research will be discussed. Students will be working with PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, as well as improving typing skills. The importance of how these skills can be applied to other classes will be emphasized. Here is the current class's webpage .
S.T.A.R. (Student Teacher Academic Resource):
Students will receive teacher oversight and additional instruction as needed in core academic areas. The objective is to improve learning and increase student success. Must have teacher recommendation.
