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	Journalism (Course ID: 30152 Duration: Full Year)
Top	It is recommended that students enrolling in Journalism have a "B" average or higher in English. Journalism students will produce and publish a school newspaper containing articles, advertisements, drawings, and other work completed by students. In preparation for publications, students will learn to gather news and write news articles, features, editorials, and sports copy. They will also learn the fundamentals of writing headlines, editing copy, and designing layouts. In addition, students will discuss the issues of fairness and objectivity, the ethics and responsibilities of journalist, and the rights granted to the press by the First Amendment.
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	Keyboarding 1 (Course ID: 31300 Duration: One Semester)
Top	This course provides students with an introductory knowledge of keyboard, key placement and an accelerated typing speed. Using keyboarding software and workbooks, students will learn each letter, number, and punctuation marks individually then work to combine all three to create letters, short research papers, memorandums, and tables. In addition to document creation, the course teaches typing rules such as capitalization, spacing, and proofreading marks. With weekly timed tests, students improve accuracy and speed while practicing correct finger placement and posture.
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	Keyboarding 2 (Course ID: 31302 Duration: One Semester)
Top	Students further refine and perfect keyboarding accuracy and speed while learning the advantages of current word processing software. Students use font and paragraph formatting, columns, replace and find functions, thesaurus, footnotes, headers and footers. Students use these functions to create professional quality documents designed for specific purposes such as letters, memos, and resumes.
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	Lifetime Sports (Course ID: 30534 Duration: One Semester)
Top	This course gives students the opportunity to receive a Physical Education credit through outdoor athletic activity and some indoor instruction. This course gives students an opportunity to research the wide world of sports, and then play those sports either indoors or outdoors. Students also learn about nutrition, drug and alcohol abuse, and life-saving techniques.
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	Math Analysis (Course ID: 30222 Duration: Full Year)
Top	Students planning to take Calculus should take this course. The topics include a study of the characteristics and the application of functions, matrices, trigonometry and an introduction to limits.
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	Physical Science (Course ID: 303000 Duration: Full Year)
Top	This course lays the foundation of science that will be built upon in later studies of the discipline such as physics, biology, and environmental science. Course content includes topics from physics, chemistry, earth science, and astronomy such as the scientific method, the role of mathematics in science, matter, mixtures, compounds, unique properties of water, force and work, and energy and light. The course is taught using traditional methods coupled with Internet research, online interactive learning activities, and hands-on application of principles through traditional labs and the creation of computer models.
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	Physics 1 (Course ID: 30322 Duration: Full Year)
Top	This course is based on a unifying approach to the study of the basic energy systems and integrates an understanding of principles and concepts with practice. The energy systems studied include mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems. Students build upon the important concepts learned in Pre-Physics such as force, work, rate, resistance, energy and power as well as leatrn new concepts such as states of matter, waves and light, and the electrical concepts of magnetic fields and magnetic levitation. Associated mathematical calculations related to these topics will also be studied.
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	Physics 2 (Course ID: 30324 Duration: Full Year)
Top	The concepts presented in this course are an extension of the conceptual physics principles presented in Physics 1. Physics 2 students will be introduced to theoretical physics concepts dealing with light, the wave nature of matter, and current astronomy theories. include energy, power, force, transformers, waves and vibrations, energy converters, and light/optics and lasers. Students will demonstrate proficiency in vectoring, mathematical calculations associated with optics, charge, voltage, current, etc., and they will use skills gained to create a white light hologram
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	Physiology of Exercise (Course ID: 30522 Duration: Full Year)
Top	This course gives students the opportunity to receive either Science or Physical Education credit due to the combination of physical activity and human anatomy instruction. Through outdoor athletic activity and indoor instruction, students gain a perspective of how the systems in their bodies work and then put those systems in action through exercise. Students also learn about nutrition, drug and alcohol abuse, and life-saving techniques.
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	Pre-Algebra (Course ID: 30206 Duration: Full Year)
Top	This course is for those students entering the freshman grade level who do not demonstrate a readiness for high school Algebra 1. It will include all those arithmetic, pre-algebra and problem-solving skills needed for a student to be successful in course work in Algebra 1.
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	Pre-Physics (Course ID: 30317 Duration: Full Year)
Top	This course is designed to introduce tenth grade students to basic concepts in physics in order to develop a foundation to be built upon in Physics 1. Pre-Physics is an applied physcis course in which students will be introduced to topics such as force, work, rate, and acceleration, as well as the mathematical calculations that accompany them. Lab application of concepts will be abundant. This course meets every other day throughout the year earning students 0.5 science credit.
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	Reading (Course ID: 030170 Duration: Full Year)
Top	This course is a skills-based course and could potentially cover all of the following areas, but could also focus more in depth on certain areas, depending upon students needs. Topics of study include phonemic awareness (sound within our language), phonics (sound and symbol relationships within our language), vocabulary, fl uency (reading with speed and accuracy appropriate to purpose), and comprehension. Direct instruction and strategies for student growth within these areas will be key.
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