11th & 12th Grade Course Offerings Accounting IA (Prerequisite: General Cooperative Work Experience Business recommended) (12th Grade Only) Accounting IB (Prerequisite: Digital Video Accounting I - 80% or higher) Entrepreneurship (Prerequisite: Accounting II (Prerequisite: Accounting I recommended) Accounting IA & IB - 80% or higher) Marketing (Prerequisite: Accounting III (Prerequisite: General Business recommended) Accounting II - 80% or higher) Personal Finance Animation Technology Exploration (Prerequisites: Business Math Web Design I & II, Computer Applications, Computer Graphics) Career Seminar Web Design I Computer Applications Web Design II (Prerequisite: Web Computer Graphics (Prerequisite: Design I - 80% or higher) Computer Applications - 80% or higher) AP Computer Science Principles
Future Business Leaders of America FBLA Community Service Regional and State Leadership Workshops Regional and State Competitions Business and Marketing Events
English • 9th Grade • 10th Grade Literature, Analysis, Literature, Analysis, and Composition I and Composition II • Full Year • Full Year • Writing Intensive • Writing Intensive • Topical Emphasis on • Topical Emphasis on American Literature British Literature
English - 11th Grade • Literature, Analysis, • AP Language and and Composition III Composition • 1/2 year OR OR • Writing • AP Seminar Intensive • Full Year AND • College credit or • English Core Elective advanced standing for successful score on AP Exam
English - 12th Grade • TWO English Core • AP Language and Electives Composition • Each Core Elective OR OR will be one • AP Seminar semester • Full Year • College credit or advanced standing for successful score on AP Exam
English Core Electives • Composition for the • Literature, Society, and College Bound Self • Creative Writing • Methods of Research • Delving into Disaster • Poetry • Drama in Literature • Science Fiction and Performance • Yearbook Management • Great Books • Introduction to • Literary Analysis and Literature* Cinematic Elements * “College in the High School” Credit
English Open Electives • Yearbook / Journalism • Television Production I I • Television Production II • Yearbook / Journalism • Television Management II • Yearbook Management (may also count as a senior core elective)
Summer Reading • All Literature, Analysis, and Composition (LAC) courses have a required summer reading component. • Intro to Literature and AP English Language and Composition also have required summer assignments. • Specific assignment information pertaining to summer reading will be linked from the ELCO High School webpage in May. • All summer reading assignments will be due on the first day of school.
YEARBOOK JOURNALISM • Photography • Graphic Design • Writing
YEARBOOK JOURNALISM • Interviews • Make the next ELCO Sigma!
TV PRODUCTION AND MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Family and Consumer Sciences s g n i r e f f O e s r u o C
Family and Consumer Sciences There are a plethora of course offerings for the Family and Consumer Sciences Department! If you like hands-on projects and activities and self discovery, then Family and Consumer Sciences, often referred to as FCS, is for you.
Course Offerings 9th - 12th Grade Offerings: Cooking Light and Easy (HS750) Culinary Café (HS751) Living On Your Own (HS756) Fashion, Textiles and Apparel (HS753) 10th - 12th Grade Offerings: Global Cuisine (HS754) Nutrition and Food Science (HS757)
Child Development Course Offerings Human Development (HS763) - Recommend students complete prior to Preschool Courses Preschool : Age 3 (HS760) Preschool: Ages 4-5 (HS761) Available Only to Grades 11 and 12: Child Development Independent Study (HS765) Education Seminar (HS762)
Wrapping up FCS “ Family and consumer sciences education empowers individuals and families across the life span to manage the challenges of living and working in a diverse, global society.”
MATHEMATICS
ELCO High School Music Courses ✴ Band and Chorus ✴ Concert Choir ✴ Wind Ensemble ✴ American Musical Theater ✴ Music Recording and Production ✴ Music Perspectives ✴ Music Creation ✴ Music Stage Production ✴ Advanced Music Stage Production ✴ AP Music Theory
ELCO Raider Band and Chorus • Year Long • Share the same period of the day • Will NOT count towards an elective choice • Do NOT conflict with any other courses
ONLINE FORM Band Band (w/chorus) Chorus Chorus (w/band)
Half-Year Music Electives Wind Ensemble • Open to all band students • No auditions • Improve musicianship • Small group and individualized instruction Concert Choir • Open to all chorus members • Audition required • Improve musicianship • More difficult repertoire
Half-Year Music Electives American Musical Theater • Open to all students 9-12 • History of Musical Theater • Impacts on culture and society Music Perspectives • Open to all students 9-12 • Survey history of Western Music • Create music in different styles and genres • Create intelligent listeners of music
Half-Year Music Electives Music Creation • Open to all students 9-12 • Music Theory • Piano Instruction • Create music with different types of technology Music Recording and Production • Open to all students 9-12 • Basics for recording all types of instruments • Learn how to edit, mix, and produce music using myriad of software and apps
Half-Year Music Electives Stage Production • Open to all students 9-12 • Theater tech basics • Help to construct sets for performances Advanced Stage Production • Open to all students 10-12 • Pre-requisite: Music Stage Production • Focus more on design of sets and advanced technical theater practices
Science Sequence 9th - Biology (Bio. Keystone exam administered) or Principles of Scientific Inquiry 10th - Chemistry or Applied Biology (Bio. Keystone exam administered) 11th and 12th - options - Ecology, HAP, Honors Chem. II, Forensics, Principles of Physical Science, various Physics courses, AP Bio or AP Envi. Sci. (alternating years)
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Social Studies Requirements for Graduation ‣ United States History III ‣ United States Government ‣ World History (May be fulfilled with AP Courses in each subject) Advanced Placement Courses • AP United States Government • AP World History • AP United States History Electives offered in the Social Studies • Current Issues • American Pop Culture • World Cultures • Psychology (alternates years) • Sociology (alternates years) Electives are semester courses (.5 credits) and do not fulfill graduation requirements for Social Studies.
Suggested Course Selection in the Social Studies Electives may be taken after a student has completed U.S. History III and U.S. Government during the junior and senior year.
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Mr. Ken Miller
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION 9th Grade Course Selection • HS550 Introduction to Technology page 76
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION • HS553 Mechanical & Architectural Drawing • HS554 Metal Manufacturing I • HS563 Woodworking I • HS561 Visual Communications • HS557 Power Technology I • HS562 Welding & Industrial Machining (offered through the Ag Department)
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Future Options • HS552 Home Repair and Construction • HS564 Woodworking II • HS555 Metal Manufacturing II • HS558 Power Technology II • HS590 Tech. Ed. Independent Study
Fitness and Wellness Options
9 th Grade Requirement Physical Education (HS801) .25 credits • Required for graduation • MUST BE COMPLETED before taking any other elective physical education course • Emphasizes physical fitness and small team games
10 th Grade Requirements Health (HS810)-.25 credits Required for graduation • Examine mental, • emotional, physiological and social health issues Driver Education & Safety (HS811)-.25 credits • Required for graduation Prepares students to • become responsible drivers Comprehensive study of • the PA Driver’s Manual
Physical Education Options for Grades 10, 11 & 12 Students must successfully complete two of the following course options in order to fulfill graduation requirements… • Adventure Activity • Net Results-Racquet Attack • TAG-Team Aerobic Games • Strength Training • Optimal Performance • Creative Movement I & II
Adventure Activity Course activities include… • Orienteering • Team building challenges • Trust activities • Walking • Frisbee golf • Shuffleboard
NET RESULTS- RACQUET ATTACK Course activities include.. • Tennis • Pickleball • Ping Pong • Volleyball • Team handball • Badminton
TEAM AEROBIC GAMES (TAG) Designed for students who seek… -an experience with an intense game environment -rigorous activities in a competitive environment Course activities include… Football • Soccer • Softball • Floor hockey • Basketball • • Stx ball Volleyball • Handball • Gatorball • Speedball •
STRENGTH TRAINING Focuses solely on strength training (does not include games/recreational activities) Students will participate in… • Intense strength training • Aerobic training • Producing strength gains • Improving their overall health and well-being
OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE Prerequisites: 90% or higher in Strength Training or approval from any PE teacher Designed for any student who enjoyed and excelled in Strength Training. Course activities include… Olympic lifting • Endurance training • SAQ (Speed, Agility and • Quickness) Metabolic Conditioning •
CREATIVE MOVEMENT I Designed for students to experience alternative forms of fitness activities. Course activities include… • Pilates • Kick boxing • Step aerobics • “Core” exercises • Yoga • Circuit training • Dance choreography
CREATIVE MOVEMENT II Available to 11 th & 12 th grade. Course activities include… • Historical dance forms • Ethnic dance forms • Interpretive dance forms • More in depth dance choreography
WORLD LANGUAGES FRENCH- LEVELS 1 THROUGH 3; ADVANCED FRENCH COMPOSITION/ ADVANCED FRENCH CONVERSATION INDEPENDENT STUDY SPANISH- LEVELS 1 THROUGH 4; AP SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE
ACTFL STANDARDS COMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS COMPARISONS CULTURES COMMUNITIES Standards from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
WORLD LANGUAGE… OBJECTIVES • Communicate in the target language • Interpretive • Interpersonal • Presentational • Connect with other disciplines for academic and career-related success • Compare, investigate, and explain language and cultural similarities and differences • Interact culturally for deeper understanding and appreciation • Create communities for interaction and enrichment in our globalized world
WORLD LANGUAGE… OPPORTUNITIES • Cross-cultural understanding • Academic achievement • Cognitive benefits • Higher academic achievement on standardized tests and SATs. • Improved reading abilities • Employment prospects
WORLD LANGUAGE… ORGANIZATIONS • French Club • French Honor Society • Spanish Club • Spanish Honor Society
COURSE SELECTION PROCESS ▸ Online course request process . ▸ The system will open on Thursday, March 1st . ▸ Students will log in to their PowerSchool account to submit their course requests . ▸ Use the PowerSchool website at: https://powerschool . elcosd . org/public
COURSE SELECTION PROCESS WHEN SELECTING COURSES... ▸ Follow the instructions . ▸ Review the “Course Selection Guide . ” ▸ The selection screen will indicate which courses are required and how many courses to select in each section . ▸ Prerequisites are identified online . Students will not be able to select a course for which they do not meet the prerequisite . Students should select “counselor help requested” if they believe they do qualify to take a course for which they do not meet the prerequisite . ▸ Be sure to click through all of the pages that display course options, especially for the courses of choice .
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