Course Catalog
Elementary Grades K-5
- Math
- English/Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- Character Education
- World Languages
- Art
- Health & Physical Education
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Math
Leading Curriculum
Supplemental Resources
Wowzers (Grades K-5)
In Wowzers every question is mapped to both state and Common Core math standards. Student progress toward standard mastery is reported online in real time. Wowzers curriculum adapts to everyone, creating a customized curriculum that focuses on what the student has yet to learn.
Rocket Math (Grades 1-5)
Rocket Math believes all students can learn math and are motivated by seeing their own learning and success. It is a program that helps young students become fluent in math and enjoy the process.
NWEA Accelerator (Grades 3-5)
A personalized learning tool for grades 3-8, MAP Accelerator reduces the manual work of differentiating math instruction by automatically integrating class rosters, MAP® Growth™ scores, and Common Core-aligned Khan Academy content to generate learning pathways—complete with lessons, instructional videos, and practice problems.
English/Language Arts
Leading Curriculum
FLVS
FLVS ELA offers a rigorous, robust digital curriculum to ensure students are college and career ready. FLVS courses are designed to provide a seamless learning experience within Canvas.
Learning A-Z
Learning A to Z provides an extensive collection of resources and tools that make teaching easier. Provide high-quality resources needed to reach curriculum goals, and help students develop the 21st century skills needed to excel in the classroom and beyond.
Headsprout:
Headsprout is an online kids reading program for K-5 students that provides teachers and parents with one adaptive, individualized reading solution. The program is designed to tailor its instruction to the needs and learning pace of every student. Its patented research-based teaching methods have been tested and verified in real classroom environments to improve kids' reading skills at various reading levels, from non-readers and early readers to established readers already reading above their grade level.
Vocabulary A-Z
Writable supports schools in organizing their writing programs around research-based instruction and feedback. Many students struggle with writing in elementary school, and Writable is a program to support students in becoming better writers.
Writing A-Z
Writing A-Z delivers online writing lessons, resources, and tools to meet the needs of every student, at every learning level.
Raz-Plus
Raz-Plus provides leveled Books and Resources to Support Reading Development at School and at Home. It is a comprehensive blended learning platform that includes the curricular support teachers need and the personalized resources necessary to improve students' reading skills.
Supplemental Resources
Write Score
Write Score fully aligns to the Georgia Standards of Excellence for English Language Arts K-12 for Writing and provides materials to help measure and instruct on those standards.
Mindplay
MindPlay Universal Screener™ is a fully computerized, comprehensive diagnostic reading assessment program. It automatically tests and diagnoses basic reading skills and weaknesses for a single student, a classroom, the entire school or a school district population.
MindPlay Reading Fluency™ is an online program that makes reading fun and easy by improving reading speed and knowledge.
MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach® (MVRC) is an effective online reading program that improves reading abilities. It permits students with diverse skills and unique needs to read with control and precision.
Book Taco
Book Taco is a highly engaging, inclusive, program that helps teachers manage, assess, and motivate student independent reading. The more students read, the more they earn in the form of game coins, cyber swag and virtual pet play. With customizable avatars, interactive reading logs, books quizzes, writing opportunities, and Book Talk video submissions, Book Taco fosters student voice while making reading fun. Whether you’re administering a state student choice award program, school reading lists, Battle of the Books competition or summer reading initiative, Book Taco provides the perfect interactive platform for analyzing student reading data and motivating participation through sustained engagement.
Discovery Ed
Discovery Education Experience provides engaging high-quality content, ready-to-use digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment.
Moby Max
MobyMax provides personalized learning experiences through an adaptive curriculum. The site creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need."
Newsela
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. It provides a database of informational articles paired with assignments and activities for educators to use in their classrooms. The content within each piece of news can be adjusted to 5 different lexile levels, so the differentiation is built in to make the material accessible to all students.
Writable
Writable supports schools in organizing their writing programs around research-based instruction and feedback. Many students struggle with writing in elementary school, and Writable is a program to support students in becoming better writers."
Sora
The Sora student reading app is a state-of-the-art reading experience that allows K-12 students to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from their school's digital library collection. GCA has a collection of titles for students of all grade levels for both academic and aesthetic reading.
Brain Pop
BrainPOP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. BrainPOP offers curriculum based animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, and a breadth of additional resources for students.
Twinkl
Twinkl provides instant access to inspirational lesson plans, schemes of work, assessment, interactive activities, resource packs, PowerPoints, and teaching ideas. Our teacher-created resources provide entire schemes of work, lesson planning and assessments right through to online educational games, augmented reality and so much more. "
Brain Pop Jr
BrainPOP Jr. is an essential engagement tool for students in grades kindergarten through third grade, that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. BrainPOP Jr. offers curriculum based animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, and a breadth of additional resources for students. "
Spelling Classroom
Spelling Classroom is an interactive spelling & vocabulary program that rewards student effort and makes it easy for teachers to create, assign, assess and manage word lists.
Wordly Wise
Wordly Wise 3000® provides direct academic vocabulary instruction that develops the critical link between vocabulary and reading comprehension. Direct instruction of important, useful, or difficult words for each grade level helps students successfully comprehend content-area texts and improve test results"
Type to Learn
Type to Learn is game-based to ensure full student engagement. The Type to Learn solution supports teachers in teaching proper technique by providing visual and auditory instruction on proper posture, body and hand positions, and finger striking techniques. Detailed explanations of the home row position, posture, and key stroking technique are provided in the earlier lessons, and shorter reminders are provided throughout the rest of the program. 3D model reference hands on the keyboard demonstrate the proper location for each finger, key press, or reach.
FLOCABULARY
Flocabulary is a vocabulary focused engaging digital resource that using videos to introduce standard based Science content. With Flocabulary, every lesson is an opportunity to bring the curriculum to life and reinforce core knowledge and skills.
Handwriting Heroes
Playful heroes teach students how to form their letters through captivating stories, hilarious animations, and catchy songs. The multisensory program is easy to implement and presented in various formats including an iPad App, videos, and printable materials (such as workbooks, activity cards, and letter strips) to support all learning styles.
Science
Leading Curriculum
FLVS
FLVS Science offers a rigorous, robust K-12 digital curriculum to ensure students are college and career ready. FLVS courses are designed to provide a seamless learning experience within Canvas.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education Science provides engaging high-quality content, ready-to-use digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment. This resource is accessible through Canvas.
Supplemental Resources
Brain Pop Jr
BrainPOP Jr. is an essential engagement tool for students in grades kindergarten through third grade, that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. BrainPOP Jr. offers curriculum based animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, and a breadth of additional resources for students. "
Brain POP
Brain POP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. Brain POP is an engaging learning online program designed with relevance, depth, and humor to encourage kids on their unique learning paths.
Moby Max
MobyMax provides personalized learning experiences through an adaptive curriculum. The site creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need.
Newsela
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. It provides a database of informational articles paired with assignments and activities for educators to use in their classrooms. The content within each piece of news can be adjusted to 5 different lexile levels, so the differentiation is built in to make the material accessible to all students.
IXL
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. IXL is an adaptive tool, so questions adjust to an appropriate level of difficulty to assess what students know and to provide next steps for academic growth.
FLOCABULARY Flocabulary is a vocabulary focused engaging digital resource that using videos to introduce standard based Science content. With Flocabulary, every lesson is an opportunity to bring the curriculum to life and reinforce core knowledge and skills.
Learning A-Z
Learning A to Z provides an extensive collection of resources and tools that make teaching easier. Provide high-quality resources needed to reach curriculum goals, and help students develop the 21st century skills needed to excel in the classroom and beyond.
Social Studies
Leading Curriculum
Supplemental Resources
Brain Pop Jr.
BrainPOP Jr. is an essential engagement tool for students in grades kindergarten through third grade, that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. BrainPOP Jr. offers curriculum based animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, and a breadth of additional resources for students.
Brain POP
Brain POP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. Brain POP is an engaging learning online program designed with relevance, depth, and humor to encourage kids on their unique hearning paths.
Education Galaxy
Education Galaxy provides award-winning online assessment for students to help prepare them for state testing. Education Galaxy is built 100% to your state standards and provides a highly-engaging and amazingly effective way for students to master all their state standards. Education Galaxy is a great tier 1 solution for practice, instruction, and assessment.
Moby Max
Moby Max provides personalized learning experiences through an adaptive curriculum. The site creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need.
Study Island
Study Island, an Edmentum product, helps students in kindergarten through 12th grade master state-specific, grade-level academic standards in a fun and engaging manner. Study Island combines rigorous content that is highly customized to specific state standards in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies with interactive features and games that engage students and reinforce and reward learning achievement. Our online suite of products uses technology to transform education. All of our programs are designed to create a very user-friendly experience for students and teachers.
Newsela
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. It provides a database of informational articles paired with assignments and activities for educators to use in their classrooms. The content within each piece of news can be adjusted to 5 different lexile levels, so the differentiation is built in to make the material accessible to all students.
IXL
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. IXL is an adaptive tool, so questions adjust to an appropriate level of difficulty to assess what students know and to provide next steps for academic growth.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education Science provides engaging high-quality content, ready-to-use digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment. This resource is accessible through Canvas.
Character Education
Core Essentials character education program involves the entire school community including students, teachers, and families. Each month the counselor teaches about the character education word of the month via class session. Each month, videos, activities and lessons will center on a value word and its accompanying definition (or application). Values reinforce three big ideas: treating others right, making smart decisions, and maximizing potential.
World Languages
Course Descriptions
Rosetta Stone- Grades 1-5
Offered to students in good academic standing only
The best way to learn a new language is to surround yourself with it, so our proven Dynamic Immersion® method does just that. Interactive activities and contextual lessons advance you far more quickly than memorizing a long list of vocabulary. Sound like a local and fine-tune your pronunciation with our patented speech recognition engine–TruAccent. Learn on any device–including full access to our award-winning mobile app
Art
Course Descriptions
FLVS- Grades K-5
Kindergarten- Get creative and express yourself! This course is all about inspiration, expression, and boosting self-confidence in each student’s creativity. Budding artists will explore music and movement and find inspiration in the world around them to create their own artwork. Students will learn about Spain through Picasso’s art, study textures in animals, and even travel to China’s Forbidden City!
1st Grade- Get inspired and embrace your artistic side! In this course, students will learn art techniques in drawing, painting, sculpture, and paper making. Explore the Elements of Art like line, space, color, shape, and texture in the world around them, and connect them to artworks of master artists like Jessica Dismorr and Helen Frankenthaler. Join Cassatt Color, Salvador Space, Frank Form, and their friends while they explore the streets of Havana, Cuba and the landscapes of Guatemala in search of art.
2nd Grade- Be inspired to grow as an artist and learn from the masters! This course is not just about learning art, it is about creating art inspired by great artists. From the works of Jackson Pollock to Antoni Gaudi, students will explore the Elements of Art like color and line to learn how artists use them to tell a story, and then tell a story of their own! Discover where artists find inspiration in their own culture and tradition and how they show it in their art.
3rd Grade- Learn how to create Mexican papel picado or observe Dutch paintings in the Netherlands! In this course, students will learn the Principles of Design while they explore art from around the world. From the gestural lines of Edgar Degas to the organic glass sculptures of Dale Chihuly, students will learn art techniques that will fuel their creative spirit.
4th Grade- Explore the Lascaux Caves in France or lacemaking and street art in Brazil! From Impressionism to Pop Art, students will learn about many styles of art and how to appreciate artists in their own community. By creating works of art inspired by Andy Warhol and Frank Stella, students will build their art techniques by practicing rhythm, pattern, symmetry, and other Principles of Design.
5th Grade- Discover how Bridget Riley and Salvador Dalí use optical illusions to trick your eye with their artworks! No matter what a student’s interest—painting, pottery, glassblowing, sculpting, or graphic design, this course introduces students to all types of careers in the artistic field. Students will build on their art techniques, learn the art of critique, and travel across the world to explore how language and music influence art in different countries.
Supplemental Resources
Health & Physical Education
Course Descriptions
FLVS Grades K-5
Kindergarten: On your mark, get set, move! Follow Frank, Miriam, and Ziggy the dog, as they guide students in ways to live a healthy lifestyle. Learn how to throw, catch, kick, strike, dance, swim, and do basic gymnastics while playing fun games, exciting drills, and completing a variety of moderate and vigorous activities. As students’ progress through the course, they will get to do Banana Stretches, hydrate at Hydration Station, read storybooks, and challenge themselves to fitness fun.
1st Grade: Jump to your feet and pump up your heartbeat! Gain locomotive tips by playing games like Walk, Run, Shuffle with Salvador, kick up those heels while learning cultural dances with Aiko, and design a lunch menu for the whole family. Whether you are learning athletic skills, gaining fitness resources, or working on strength and conditioning, this course gives students the tools they need to live a healthy lifestyle and hit 60 minutes of daily fitness. Ready, set, go!
2nd Grade: It's time to commit to be fit. In this course, students learn how to throw, catch, kick, strike, dance, swim, and do basic gymnastics while hitting their 60 minutes of daily fitness. Tag along with Riley and Ralph as they hustle for the muscle, play games, dance the Itsy-Bitsy Spider, and stretch the Cooked Spaghetti. Packed full of physical activities, this course empowers students as they design an exercise circuit, create fitness goals, plan a healthy meal, and imagine the perfect team mate.
3rd Grade: Get fit, feel great! In this course, get physical while having fun on the journey to becoming fit and staying safe. Join Maya and Kyle as they learn about healthy bodies, throwing and catching, dancing, and how to do it all while having a blast. Games like Guess That Sketch and activities like Heart Beat the Clock will keep students engaged and active for 60 minutes per day.
4th Grade: Pump it up! Throughout this course, students will develop skills in how to throw, catch, kick, strike, dance, swim, and do basic gymnastics. Follow Gene and Ava to learn stretches, develop workout plans, gain sportsmanship, and create manageable fitness goals. Lift more, stretch farther, and get your heart racing faster to feel the burn as you hit your 60 minutes a day of fitness.
5th Grade: Turn up the intensity! Dive into this course and learn how to throw, catch, kick, strike, dance, swim, and do basic gymnastics. Amp up the cardio with Kristen and gain tips on a healthy diet with Henry. Develop teamwork and sportsmanship while striving for 60 minutes of daily activity. Using videos and demonstrations, students will discover ways to jump-start their fitness through drills, games, and activities to meet their goals and improve their skills.
Health Resources
The following are suggested sites. Certain links may contain subject matter not every parent chooses for their students to study. We strongly recommend that the Learning Coach make certain the material is appropriate for their student.
Learn To Be Healthy: health related games and information on topics such as nutrition, adolescence and the five senses. You will also have access to many other health related resources such as recipes and health tips directly from this site. Students will need to register and have an email account in order to login.
Kids Health for Kids: explore ways to keep bodies, minds, and insect bites clean and healthy! Students can research recipes, ways to deal with feelings and even how to prevent mosquito bites. There are games as well as a kid friendly medical terminology glossary. Also available in Espanol!
Children, Youth, and Women’s Health Services: health and practical information, recipes, kid friendly solutions to common problems and concerns, and interactive games.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia children’s website: take a tour of a ‘children’s hospital’ and meet the staff. Explore the many floors of the hospital as well as learn the terminology used.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: The NIEHS has developed this site to help kids make the connection between the environment and their health. The Read all about it! page covers information on environmental health, and the rest of the site brings together jokes and riddles, games and activities, art and word puzzles, and even a section on rewarding careers in the environmental health sciences. This page is more for fun and reinforcement than introduction of new material.
Colgate Kid’s World: learn about healthy teeth, play teeth related puzzle games, and print a teeth- brushing chart.
Children’s First For Health: read real stories written by children about their medical journeys.
The National Center for Environmental Health: understand what important jobs are done to keep the world safe and healthy! Learn what steps are taken in a natural disaster, how cruise ships and airplanes are made safe for vacations as well as learning about babies and children born with birth defects.
Medtropolis: articles about health, body, and medicine. Information about college, jobs, peer pressure, exercise, and recipes.
Dole 5 a Day: create and print personalized recipes, learn the history of fruits and vegetables using the online fruit and veggie encyclopedia, and play nutrition games.
K-5 All Systems Are Go: Students are presented with a body system and a variety of organs. Students drag and drop all the organs that belong in that particular body system.
BrainPOP Health: a multitude of health topics complete with animated videos and follow-up activities.
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.): material that reinforces the D.A.R.E. message. Areas that promote a positive self-concept, sections that encourage kids to say "No" to drug use.
Explore Your Dream World: an exploration of sleep and how it can affect health.
The Food Timeline: how foods have evolved throughout the ages.
Health Smart: education about germs, hygiene, and safety practices.
Abduction Prevention Program: Topics include “Abduction, Kids and Guns, General Safety, and Internet safety”
National Crime Prevention Council: topics on Crime Prevention, links on bullying, child abuse and neglect, child development, and child safety. Access to on-line publications, books, articles, agencies and organizations.
Safe Kids: explore online safety.
PE Resources
The following are suggested sites. Certain links may contain subject matter not every parent chooses for their students to study. We strongly recommend that the Learning Coach make certain the material is appropriate for their student.
KID-FIT: an exercise program for young children. Warm-up, stretch, do aerobic exercise to strengthen hearts and lungs, strengthen muscles then cooldown and stretch for improved flexibility. Learn how to develop healthy lifestyles from early on and why it's important.
KIDS GAMES: list of kids’ games that can be played indoors and outdoors.
CAN TEACH: a lesson that shows children how to control the ball with their feet.
AEROBICS DICTIONARY: defines aerobics terms and gives illustrations to help better understand the term.
KIDNETIC.COM: quizzes, food analysis, and more to help your child become more interested in physical activity.
PE WARMUP AND COOLING DOWN: specific tasks for warming up and cooling down during physical activity.
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Science Curriculum
Leading Curriculum
FLVS
FLVS Science offers a rigorous, robust K-12 digital curriculum to ensure students are college and career ready. FLVS courses are designed to provide a seamless learning experience within Canvas.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education Science provides engaging high-quality content, ready-to-use digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment. This resource is accessible through Canvas.
Supplemental Resources
Brain POP
Brain POP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. Brain POP is an engaging learning online program designed with relevance, depth, and humor to encourage kids on their unique learning paths.
Moby Max
MobyMax provides personalized learning experiences through an adaptive curriculum. The site creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need.
Newsela
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. It provides a database of informational articles paired with assignments and activities for educators to use in their classrooms. The content within each piece of news can be adjusted to 5 different lexile levels, so the differentiation is built in to make the material accessible to all students.
IXL
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. IXL is an adaptive tool, so questions adjust to an appropriate level of difficulty to assess what students know and to provide next steps for academic growth.
USA TESTPREP
USATestprep, LLC, a leading nationwide provider of state standards-aligned curriculum resources and assessments, has evolved into a comprehensive teaching platform for grades 3-12.
FLOCABULARY
Flocabulary is a vocabulary focused engaging digital resource that using videos to introduce standard based Science content. With Flocabulary, every lesson is an opportunity to bring the curriculum to life and reinforce core knowledge and skills.
Learn more:
Middle Grades 6-8
Math
Leading Curriculum
Supplemental Resources
NWEA Accelerator
A personalized learning tool for grades 3-8, MAP Accelerator reduces the manual work of differentiating math instruction by automatically integrating class rosters, MAP® Growth™ scores, and Common Core-aligned Khan Academy content to generate learning pathways—complete with lessons, instructional videos, and practice problems.
Prodigy
Prodigy is an engaging game-based learning platform for 1st to 8th Grade that Johns Hopkins University links to independent learning and higher standardized test scores by engaging and motivating students according to their individual needs.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education Math provides standards-aligned content specifically developed for diverse student learners and curated by experts. By adding real-world context to everyday math concepts, Discovery Ed transforms traditional math problems into relatable and relevant problems worth solving. It combines conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application to help all students develop a long-lasting mastery of mathematics.
English/Language Arts
Leading Curriculum
Supplemental Resources
Moby Max
MobyMax provides personalized learning experiences through an adaptive curriculum. The site creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need.
Writable
Writable supports schools in organizing their writing programs around research-based instruction and feedback. Many students struggle with writing in elementary school, and Writable is a program to support students in becoming better writers.
Write Score
Write Score fully aligns to the Georgia Standards of Excellence for English Language Arts K-12 for Writing and provides materials to help measure and instruct on those standards.
Newsela
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. It provides a database of informational articles paired with assignments and activities for educators to use in their classrooms. The content within each piece of news can be adjusted to 5 different lexile levels, so the differentiation is built in to make the material accessible to all students.
Sora
The Sora student reading app is a state-of-the-art reading experience that allows K-12 students to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from their school's digital library collection. GCA has a collection of titles for students of all grade levels for both academic and aesthetic reading.
BrainPOP
BrainPOP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. BrainPOP offers curriculum based animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, and a breadth of additional resources for students.
FLOCABULARY Flocabulary is a vocabulary focused engaging digital resource that using videos to introduce standard based Science content. With Flocabulary, every lesson is an opportunity to bring the curriculum to life and reinforce core knowledge and skills.
Wordly Wise
Wordly Wise 3000® provides direct academic vocabulary instruction that develops the critical link between vocabulary and reading comprehension. Direct instruction of important, useful, or difficult words for each grade level helps students successfully comprehend content-area texts and improve test results
Science
Leading Curriculum
FLVS
FLVS Science offers a rigorous, robust K-12 digital curriculum to ensure students are college and career ready. FLVS courses are designed to provide a seamless learning experience within Canvas.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education Science provides engaging high-quality content, ready-to-use digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment. This resource is accessible through Canvas.
Supplemental Resources
Moby Max
MobyMax provides personalized learning experiences through an adaptive curriculum. The site creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need.
Newsela
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. It provides a database of informational articles paired with assignments and activities for educators to use in their classrooms. The content within each piece of news can be adjusted to 5 different lexile levels, so the differentiation is built in to make the material accessible to all students.
IXL
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. IXL is an adaptive tool, so questions adjust to an appropriate level of difficulty to assess what students know and to provide next steps for academic growth.
Brain POP
Brain POP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. Brain POP is an engaging learning online program designed with relevance, depth, and humor to encourage kids on their unique learning paths.
FLOCABULARY
Flocabulary is a vocabulary focused engaging digital resource that using videos to introduce standard based Science content. With Flocabulary, every lesson is an opportunity to bring the curriculum to life and reinforce core knowledge and skills.
Social Studies
Leading Curriculum
Supplemental Resources
Brain POP
Brain POP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. Brain POP is an engaging learning online program designed with relevance, depth, and humor to encourage kids on their unique learning paths.
Study Island
Study Island, an Edmentum product, helps students in kindergarten through 12th grade master state-specific, grade-level academic standards in a fun and engaging manner. Study Island combines rigorous content that is highly customized to specific state standards in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies with interactive features and games that engage students and reinforce and reward learning achievement. Our online suite of products uses technology to transform education. All of our programs are designed to create a very user-friendly experience for students and teachers.
Education Galaxy
Education Galaxy provides award-winning online assessment for students to help prepare them for state testing. Education Galaxy is built 100% to your state standards and provides a highly-engaging and amazingly effective way for students to master all their state standards. Education Galaxy is a great tier 1 solution for practice, instruction, and assessment.
Moby Max
Moby Max provides personalized learning experiences through an adaptive curriculum. The site creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need.
IXL
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. IXL is an adaptive tool, so questions adjust to an appropriate level of difficulty to assess what students know and to provide next steps for academic growth.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education Science provides engaging high-quality content, ready-to-use digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment. This resource is accessible through Canvas.
Character Education
Each month a character trait is featured in the Middle School Counseling newsletter. Teachers and staff are encouraged to nominate students who display the character trait of the month. Students who have been identified by their teacher as displaying the character trait of the month are recognized with a description of how the student has displayed the character trait of the month. To see if your child was recognized by a teacher or staff member, go to the Character Crusaders section of the Middle School Counseling newsletter.
August: Patience
September: Integrity
October: Respect
November: Tolerance
December: Compassion
January: Courage
February: Determination
March: Empathy
April: Honesty
May: Kindness
Electives
Art
Using the tools, tricks and techniques of professional artists, you’ll create people and objects that leap off the page. You’ll start with your sketchbook, and put down your ideas and impressions. You’ll develop those ideas by creating artwork based on the Elements and Principles of Art with an overall theme in Comics. You’ll finish with a collection of original artwork in a variety of formats that tells the story your way. We will have sketchbook, vocabulary, and art history activities in addition to Art projects. Expect each week to spend 1-2 hrs. to work on your art curriculum asynchronously. We will meet one time a week and while optional it is highly encouraged to attend as we will walk through the assignments and projects for that week. Contact Ms. Counts for 7th and 8th grade if you have any questions regarding this course.
Keyboarding
Required Courses
Optional Courses
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Secondary Grades 9-12
Mathematics
Mathematics Courses
- Foundations of Algebra
- GSE Algebra I
- GSE Algebra Support
- GSE ALGEBRA I HONORS
- GSE GEOMETRY
- GSE GEOMETRY HONORS
- GSE ALGEBRA II
- GSE ALGEBRA II HONORS
- GSE PRE-CALCULUS
- GSE ACCELERATED PRE-CALCULUS HONORS
- ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL DECISION-MAKING
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) STATISTICS
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) CALCULUS AB
- SCHOLASTIC ASSESSMENT TEST PREPARATION
Foundations of Algebra
PREREQUISITE(S): None / Student must qualify with MS Data Points
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
QUALIFICATIONS: MS/HS administrators/teachers will identify students who Did Not Meet expectations on at least two of the following three assessments: 5th, 6th, and 7th grade Georgia Milestones End of Grade Assessments and/or showed little progress in their mathematics classes in 6th – 8th grade. These are students who may have significant gaps in their mathematics achievement.
Foundations of Algebra is a first-year high school mathematics course option for students who have completed mathematics in grades 6– 8 yet will need substantial support to bolster success in high school mathematics. The course is aimed at students who have reported low standardized test performance in prior grades and/or have demonstrated significant difficulties in previous mathematics classes. The course will provide many opportunities to revisit and expand the understanding of foundational algebra concepts, will employ diagnostic means to offer focused interventions, and will incorporate varied instructional strategies to prepare students for required high school mathematics courses. The course will emphasize both algebra and numeracy in a variety of contexts including number sense, proportional reasoning, quantitative reasoning with functions, and solving equations and inequalities. This course precedes GSE Algebra I. It is recognized as a math credit for graduation. It will be recognized by some four-year universities as meeting minimum admission requirements, but not all. Please visit any potential post-secondary institutions for admission requirements. (This course does have qualifying criteria.)
GSE Algebra I
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
The fundamental purpose of this course is to extend the mathematics that students learned in the middle grades. The critical areas of study are linear and exponential relationships, applying linear models to data, and analyzing, solving, and using quadratic functions. At the end of the course each student will be required to take the Georgia Milestones Algebra I End of Course assessment. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
GSE Algebra Support
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
THIS COURSE IS AN ELECTIVE AND DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD CORE MATH. ONLY CERTAIN QUALIFYING STUDENTS WILL TAKE MATH SUPPORT. Students recommended for GSE Algebra Support will complete this course concurrently with GSE Algebra. The contents of this course supplement the GSE Algebra curriculum and provide students with additional review of basic math skills. It serves as a medium for preview and review of material. This course is strongly suggested for students not meeting the standards set forth on the eighth-grade math EOG. It is also encouraged for students who narrowly met the standards, and for students who have historically struggled in the math classroom.
GSE ALGEBRA I HONORS
(Student must qualify according to GCA’s Advanced Student Placement)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
The fundamental purpose of this course is to extend the mathematics that students learned in the middle grades. The critical areas of study are linear and exponential relationships, applying linear models to data, and analyzing, solving, and using quadratic functions. Students will explore concepts at a greater depth in Honors Algebra I and may participate in an Honors project. At the end of the course each student will be required to take the Georgia Milestones Algebra I End of Course assessment. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
GSE GEOMETRY
PREREQUISITE(S): Algebra I
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
The course builds on the geometry covered in middle school to explore more complex geometric situations and deepen students’ ability to explain geometric relationships, moving towards formal mathematical arguments. Specific topics include similarity and congruence, analytic geometry, circles, the Pythagorean Theorem, right triangle trigonometry, analysis of three-dimensional objects and geometric modeling. At the end of the course each student will be required to take the Georgia Milestones Geometry End of Course assessment. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
GSE GEOMETRY HONORS
PREREQUISITE(S): Algebra I Honors (Student must qualify according to GCA’s Advanced Student Placement)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
The course builds on the geometry covered in middle school to explore more complex geometric situations and deepen students’ ability to explain geometric relationships, moving towards formal mathematical arguments. Specific topics include similarity and congruence, analytic geometry, circles, the Pythagorean Theorem, right triangle trigonometry, analysis of three-dimensional objects and geometric modeling. Students will explore concepts at a greater depth in Honors Geometry and may participate in an Honors project. At the end of the course each student will be required to take the Georgia Milestones Geometry End of Course assessment. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
GSE ALGEBRA II
PREREQUISITE(S): Algebra I and Geometry
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Building on their work with linear, quadratic, and exponential functions, students extend their repertoire of functions to include polynomial, rational and radical functions. Students also expand their abilities to model situations and solve equations, including solving quadratic equations over the set of complex numbers and solving exponential equations using the properties of logarithms. The course covers sequences and series, probability distributions, and more advanced data analysis techniques.
GSE ALGEBRA II HONORS
PREREQUISITE(S): Algebra I Honors and/or Geometry Honors (Student must qualify according to GCA’s Advanced Student Placement)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Building on their work with linear, quadratic, and exponential functions, students extend their repertoire of functions to include polynomial, rational and radical functions. Students also expand their abilities to model situations and solve equations, including solving quadratic equations over the set of complex numbers and solving exponential equations using the properties of logarithms. The course covers sequences and series, probability distributions, and more advanced data analysis techniques. Students will explore concepts at a greater depth in Honors Algebra II and may participate in an Honors project.
GSE PRE-CALCULUS
PREREQUISITE(S): Algebra II or Algebra II Honors
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students will build upon their understanding of Geometry and Algebra II. They will understand and use matrices; investigate and use conic sections; use probability to evaluate outcomes and to calculate expected value; analyze and use trigonometric functions, their graphs, and their inverses; use trigonometric identities to solve problems and verify equivalence statements; solve trigonometric equations analytically and with technology; find areas of triangles using trigonometric relationships; understand and use vectors.
GSE ACCELERATED PRE-CALCULUS HONORS
PREREQUISITE(S): Accelerated Geometry B / Algebra II Honors OR Algebra II Honors(Student must qualify according to GCA’s Advanced Student Placement)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Accelerated Pre-Calculus is the third in a sequence of mathematics courses designed to ensure that students are prepared to take higher‐ level mathematics courses during their high school career, including Advanced Placement Calculus AB, Advanced Placement Calculus BC, and Advanced Placement Statistics.
ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL DECISION-MAKING
PREREQUISITE(S): Algebra II
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students learn about the many practical applications of math in everyday life. Topics of study in this course include statistics, probability, statistical graphs, regression, finance, budgeting, and mathematical modeling. Proficiency is measured through frequent online and offline assessments, as well as class participation.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) STATISTICS
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITE: Algebra II, Algebra II Honors, Accelerated Geometry B / Algebra II Honors, Pre-Calculus or Accelerated Pre-Calculus Honors
The AP Statistics course is equivalent to a one-semester, introductory, non-calculus-based college course in statistics. The course introduces students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. There are four themes in the AP Statistics course: exploring data, sampling and experimentation, anticipating patterns, and statistical inference. Students use technology, investigations, problem solving, and writing as they build conceptual understanding. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) CALCULUS AB
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITE: Pre-Calculus or Accelerated Pre-Calculus Honors
AP Calculus AB is roughly equivalent to a first semester college calculus course devoted to topics in differential and integral calculus. The AP course covers topics in these areas, including concepts and skills of limits, derivatives, definite integrals, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. The course teaches students to approach calculus concepts and problems when they are represented graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally, and to make connections amongst these representations. Students learn h ow to use technology to help solve problems, experiment, interpret results, and support conclusions. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
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English/Language Arts
- NINTH GRADE LITERATURE/COMPOSITION
- NINTH GRADE LITERATURE/COMPOSITION HONORS*
- WORLD LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
- WORLD LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION HONORS*
- AMERICAN LITERATURE/COMPOSITION
- AMERICAN LITERATURE/COMPOSITION HONORS*
- MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
- JOURNALISM/YEARBOOK
- WRITER’S WORKSHOP
- ORAL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION/SPEECH
- Dramatic Arts/Film/Video & Television I
- BASIC READING AND WRITING SKILLS
NINTH GRADE LITERATURE/COMPOSITION
(ENG108A/B English 9)
Semester 1: 23.0610001
Semester 2: 23.0610002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Ninth Grade Literature and Composition is a study of literary genres that is aligned to state standards, created to engage and motivate students. While completing this two-semester course, students will apply effective reading strategies to a wide variety of literary and informational texts including the novel, short story, informational texts, drama, and poetry. Throughout the course, students will practice narrative, literary analysis, persuasive, and informational writing as well as refine language skills related to writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. This course prepares students for college. At the end of this course each student is required to take the Georgia Milestones End of Course assessment in Ninth Grade Literature. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
NINTH GRADE LITERATURE/COMPOSITION HONORS*
(ENG109A/B English 9)
Semester 1: 23.0610041
Semester 2: 23.0610042
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Ninth Grade Literature and Composition is a study of literary genres that is aligned to state standards, created to engage and motivate students. While completing this two-semester course, students will apply effective reading strategies to a wide variety of literary and informational texts including the novel, short story, informational texts, drama, and poetry. Throughout the course, students will practice narrative, literary analysis, persuasive, and informational writing as well as refine language skills related to writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. This course prepares students for college. The honors version of this course features advanced writing assignments and projects, additional reading selections, as well as increased rigor overall. At the end of this course each student is required to take the Georgia Milestones End of Course assessment in Ninth Grade Literature. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
WORLD LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
(ENG403 British & World Literature)
Semester 1: 23.0630001
Semester 2: 23.0630002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
British and World Literature, students read and analyze works of British and world literature that reflect the rich and diverse history of the Western world. As students’ progress through centuries of literature in a loose chronological arrangement, they will see how British and world literature has been shaped by concerns, values, and ideas that have intrigued, delighted, and challenged people throughout time. Throughout the course, poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and nonfiction provide opportunities for critical writing, creative projects, and online discussions. Students develop vocabulary skills and refresh their knowledge of grammar, usage, and mechanics in preparation for standardized tests.
WORLD LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION HONORS*
(ENG404 British & World Literature)
Semester 1: 23.0630041
Semester 2: 23.0630042
PREREQUISITE(S): 9th Grade Literature
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
British and World Literature, students read and analyze works of British and world literature that reflect the rich and diverse history of the Western world. As students progress through centuries of literature in a loose chronological arrangement, they will see how British and world literature has been shaped by concerns, values, and ideas that have intrigued, delighted, and challenged people throughout time. Throughout the course, poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and nonfiction provide opportunities for critic al writing, creative projects, and online discussions. Students develop vocabulary skills and refresh their knowledge of grammar, usage, and mechanics in preparation for standardized tests. Students enrolled in this challenging course will also complete independent projects that extend their knowledge and deepen their understanding of the themes and ideas presented in the curriculum. The honors version of this course features advanced writing assignments and projects, additional reading selections, as well as increased rigor overall.
AMERICAN LITERATURE/COMPOSITION
(ENG303 American Literature)
Semester 1: 23.0510001
Semester 2: 23.0510002
PREREQUISITE(S): 9th Grade Literature, World or 10th Grade Literature
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In this course, students read and analyze works of American literature from colonial to contemporary times, including poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and nonfiction. The literary works provide opportunities for critical writing, creative projects, and online discussions. Students develop vocabulary skills and refresh their knowledge of grammar, usage, and mechanics in preparation f or standardized tests. This course prepares students for college. At the end of this course each student is required to take the Georgia Milestones End of Course assessment in American Literature. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
AMERICAN LITERATURE/COMPOSITION HONORS*
(ENG304 Honors American Literature)
Semester 1: 23.0510041
Semester 2: 23.0510042
PREREQUISITE(S): 9th Grade Literature, World or 10th Grade Literature
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In this course, students read and analyze works of American literature from colonial to contemporary times, including poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and nonfiction. The literary works provide opportunities for critical writing, creative projects, and online discussions. Students develop vocabulary skills and refresh their knowledge of grammar, usage, and mechanics in preparation f or standardized tests. Students enrolled in this challenging course will also complete independent projects that deepen their understanding of the themes and ideas presented in the curriculum. At the end of this course each student is required to take the Georgia Milestones End of Course assessment in Ninth Grade Literature. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course
MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
(CS Multicultural Literature)
Semester 1: 23.0670001
Semester 2: 23.0670002
PREREQUISITE(S): 9th Grade Literature, World or 10th Grade Literature, and American Literature
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Multicultural Literature and Composition is a two-semester course which focuses on literature by and/or about people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Selected pieces are organized into a genre-study style, beginning with short stories, research, and drama in Semester A, then wrapping up with a novel study, poetry, and culminating project in Semester B. Throughout, students explore themes of linguistic and cultural diversity by comparing, contrast. The students observe and listen critically and respond appropriately to written and oral communication. Conventions are essential for reading, writing, and speaking; therefore, instruction in language conventions and vocabulary will occur within the context of reading, writing, and speaking rather than in isolation. Students are assessed via quizzes, discussion posts, projects, essays, and tests. To maximize student learning, the teacher acts as a facilitator and the student as an active participant and learner.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Typically 11th GRADE STUDENTS (ENG500 AP English Language and Comp)
Semester 1: 23.0530051
Semester 2: 23.0530052
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITES: Please refer to College Board - https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse
The AP English Language and Composition course aligns to an introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum, which requires students to develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays that proceed through several stages or drafts. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to support their arguments. Throughout the two-semester course, students develop a personal style by making appropriate grammatical choices. Additionally, students read and analyze the rhetorical elements and their effects in non-fiction texts, including graphic images as forms of text, from many disciplines and historical periods. At the end of this course each student is required to take the Georgia Milestones End of Course assessment in American Literature if they are taking the course for American Literature credit. The EOC counts as 20% of the final grade; students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP English Language are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site. All 11th grade students enrolled in AP English Language are required to take the American Literature Milestones End of Course Assessment.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
Typically 12th GRADE STUDENTS (ENG510 AP English Literature and Comp)
Semester 1: 23.0650051
Semester 2: 23.0650052
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITES: Please refer to College Board- https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse
The AP English Literature and Composition course aligns to an introductory college-level literary analysis course. The two-semester course engages students in the close reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature to deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes, as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Writing assignments include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays that require students to analyze and interpret literary works. It is highly recommended that AP Language be taken first. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP English Language are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
JOURNALISM/YEARBOOK
(ENG010 Journalism)
Semester 1: 23.0320001
Semester 2: 23.0320002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students are introduced to the importance of journalism. They study the basic principles of print and online journalism as they examine the role of news media in our society. Students will learn the advances in journalism through developments in technology with use of Web 2.0 tools. They learn investigative skills and the ethical responsibility of reporting. They will discuss journalistic ethics and think critically about bias in reporting. Much of the course will focus on the students developing and improving their writing in a variety of styles and formats; voice, tone, syntax, vocabulary, structure, and editing techniques will also be addressed. Open to 10th - 12th grade students.
WRITER’S WORKSHOP
(ENG030 Creative Writing)
Semester 1: 23.0310001
Semester 2: 23.0310002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Semester
In Creative Writing, students read and analyze poetry, short stories, drama, and nonfiction in order to refine their own craft. Throughout this one semester course, students complete creative projects, online discussions, and journaling; develop vocabulary skills, and briefly refresh their knowledge of grammar, usage, and mechanics. Students enrolled in this course should be accomplished writers and are challenged to extend their knowledge and deepen their understanding of what it means to write creatively.
ORAL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION/SPEECH
(ENG020 Public Speaking)
Semester 1: 23.0420001
Semester 2: 23.0420002
PREREQUISITE(S): None LENGTH OF COURSE: Semester Companion Course: Dramatic Arts/Film/Video/TEL 1
This one semester course focuses on developing public speaking skills. The students will identify effective methods to arrange ideas and information in written form and then convert the written form into an effective oral delivery. The course focuses on critically thinking, organizing ideas, researching counter viewpoints, and communicating appropriately for different audiences and purposes. The students analyze professional speeches to enhance their knowledge of solid speech writing.
Dramatic Arts/Film/Video & Television I
(Film Studies)
Semester 1: 52.0710001
Semester 2: 52.0710002
Prerequisite Information: NONE
This one semester course provides an overview of film and television, and their relationship to literature and drama. Excerpts from literary fiction and non-fiction for film and television will be used along with companion film and television clips. Characterization, plot development, tone, and mood will be foundational aspects of this course as film and television comedy, drama, and non-fiction pieces are analyzed. Students are encouraged to choose their favorite examples of film and television to demonstrate knowledge of course skills and content.
BASIC READING AND WRITING SKILLS
23.8830000 - Year 1 (ENG001A-APL English Foundations)
23.8840000 - Year 2 (ENG001A-APL English Foundations)
PREREQUISITE(S): None (Teacher Recommendation Only)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
THIS COURSE IS AN ELECTIVE AND DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD CORE ELA. ONLY CERTAIN QUALIFYING STUDENTS WILL TAKE BASIC AND READING SKILLS. Reading and writing are the basic skills for all academic areas. In High School reading starts to grow more challenging as content becomes more complex. The Reading and Writing Skills class meets with the goal of supporting students as they strengthen basic skills. Students work in a small group setting in order to help them expand their vocabulary, improve reading comprehension and basic writing skills. In writing, they focus on basic grammatical conventions, word choice, sentence structure and details. In reading, they focus on main idea, context clues, parts of speech, root words, & fact vs opinion. The class is taught using both group and individual practice.
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Science
- Anatomy and Physiology
- BIOLOGY
- BIOLOGY HONORS*
- PHYSICAL SCIENCE
- Physical Science Honors*
- CHEMISTRY
- CHEMISTRY HONORS*
- PHYSICS
- PHYSICS HONORS*
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
- FORENSIC SCIENCE
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Anatomy and Physiology
Human Anatomy and Physiology
26.0730000
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Prerequisites: Biology, Environmental Science/Chemistry, and Physical Science/Physics
The human anatomy and physiology curriculum is designed to continue student investigations that began in grades K-8 and high school biology. This curriculum is extensively performance and laboratory based. It integrates the study of the structures and functions of the human body, however rather than focusing on distinct anatomical and physiological systems (respiratory, nervous, etc). Areas of study include organization of the body; protection, support and movement; providing internal coordination and regulation; processing and transporting; and reproduction, growth and development.
BIOLOGY
(SCI203 Biology)
Semester 1: 26.0120001
Semester 2: 26.0120002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
This two-semester course introduces the principles and concepts of biology. Emphasis is on basic biological chemistry, cell structure and function, metabolism and energy transformation, genetics, classification, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate understanding of life at the molecular and cellular levels. Students are required to take the Biology Georgia Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average. Students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
BIOLOGY HONORS*
(SCI204 Honors Biology)
Semester 1: 26.0120041
Semester 2: 26.0120042
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In addition to the general biology content, students will explore concepts at a greater depth and may participate in an honors project along with additional activities that will help develop a deeper understanding of the content in Honors Biology. Students are required to take the Biology Georgia Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average. Students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
(SCI102 Physical Science)
Semester 1: 40.0110001
Semester 2: 40.0110002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
This course is designed to develop scientific literacy, problem solving skills and an understanding of basic chemistry and physics that includes matter and energy. The goal of this course is to help students relate the physical and chemical behaviors of their environment. Students are required to take the Biology Georgia Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average. Students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
Physical Science Honors*
CHEMISTRY
(SCI303 Chemistry)
Semester 1: 40.0510001
Semester 2: 40.0510002
PREREQUISITE(S): Pre-algebra
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
This course covers the nature of matter and its classification, law of conservation of matter, modern atomic theory, the periodic table and properties of elements, kinetics, the kinetic-molecular theory, solutions, and acids and bases. Skills needed for this course are the ability to apply past learning to new concepts; the demonstration of abstract and higher-level thinking; the ability to perform algebraic manipulations easily, and the ability to read critically. Students will be required to apply chemistry concepts to word problems and complete multi step calculations.
CHEMISTRY HONORS*
(SCI304 Honors Chemistry)
Semester 1: 40.0510041
Semester 2: 40.0510042
PREREQUISITE(S): Pre-Algebra
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In addition to the general chemistry content, students will explore concepts at a greater depth and may participate in an honors project along with additional activities that will help develop a deeper understanding of the content in Honors Chemistry.
PHYSICS
(SCI403 Physics)
Semester 1: 40.0810001
Semester 2: 40.0810002
PREREQUISITE(S): Pre-Algebra
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
The Physics curriculum is designed to continue student investigations of the physical sciences that began in grades K-8 and provide students the necessary skills to be proficient in physics. This curriculum includes more abstract concepts such as interactions of matter and energy, velocity, acceleration, force, energy, momentum, and charge. This course introduces the students to the study of the correction to Newtonian physics given by quantum mechanics and relativity. Students investigate physics concepts through experience in virtual laboratories and home-based work using the processes of inquiry.
PHYSICS HONORS*
(SCI404 Honors Physics)
Semester 1: 40.0810041
Semester 2: 40.0810042
PREREQUISITE(S): Pre-Algebra
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In addition to the general physics content honors assignments include debates, research papers, and extended virtual, independent and collaborative laboratories. The course gives a solid basis for moving on to more advanced college physics courses.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(SCI010 Environmental Science)
Semester 1: 26.0611001
Semester 2: 26.0611002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Environmental Science integrates the study of many components of our environment, including the flow of energy and the cyclin g of matter, the interconnection of all life, the stability and change in an ecosystem, conservation and resource allocation, and evaluation of human activity and technology, and environmental politics and legislation. Instruction focuses on student data collection and analysis and interpretation of data gathered on global concepts.
FORENSIC SCIENCE
(SCI030 Forensic Science)
Semester 1: 40.0930001
Semester 2: 40.0930002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In this course students will learn the scientific protocols for analyzing a crime scene, how to use chemical and physical separation methods to isolate and identify materials, how to analyze biological evidence and the criminal use of tools, including impressions from firearms, tool marks, arson, and explosive evidence.
** The GCAHS Administration would like you to be aware that some content in the Forensic Science course may not be appropriate for all families. This class pertains to the study of past events, particularly as they relate to criminal activity and/or crime scenes. Since the focus is on past events and techniques used to investigate these e vents, some images and language could be graphic or offensive in nature- including the study of body decomposition and blood splatter. Also note that although this can be considered an elective, this course comes with a heavy workload.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY
(SCI500 AP Biology)
Semester 1: 26.0140051
Semester 2: 26.0140052
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITE: Please refer to College Board-https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse
AP Biology is an introductory college-level biology course. Students cultivate their understanding of biology through inquiry-based investigations as they explore the following topics: evolution, cellular processes — energy and communication, genetics, information transfer, ecology, and interactions. Twenty-five percent of instructional time is devoted to hands-on laboratory work with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations. Investigations require students to ask questions, make observations and predictions, design experiments, analyze data, and construct arguments in a collaborative setting, where they direct and monitor their progress.
The course is based on four Big Ideas, which encompass core scientific principles, theories, and processes that cut across traditional boundaries and provide a broad way of thinking about living organisms and biological systems.
The following are Big Ideas:
- The process of evolution explains the diversity and unity of life.
- Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
- Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes.
- Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties. Students enrolled for biology credit are required to take the Biology Georgia Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average. Students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course.
Moreover, all students enrolled in AP Classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(SCI503 AP Environmental Science)
Semester 1: 26.0620051
Semester 2: 26.0620052
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITES: PREREQUISITE: Please refer to College Board-https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse
The AP Environmental Science course is designed to be the equivalent of a one-semester, introductory college course in environmental science, through which students engage with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world. The course requires that students identify and analyze natural and hu man-made environmental problems, evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them. Environmental Science is interdisciplinary, embracing topics from geology, biology, environmental studies, environmental science, chemistry, and geography. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
Social Studies
- WORLD GEOGRAPHY
- WORLD GEOGRAPHY HONORS*
- WORLD HISTORY
- WORLD HISTORY HONORS*
- UNITED STATES (U.S.) HISTORY
- UNITED STATES (U.S.) HISTORY HONORS*
- ECONOMICS
- Honors Economics/Business/Free Enterprise
- AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) WORLD HISTORY
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) UNITED STATES (U.S.) HISTORY
- ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) U.S. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
- SOCIOLOGY
- PSYCHOLOGY
- CURRENT ISSUES
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
(HST213 Geography and World Cultures)
Semester 1: 45.0711001
Semester 2: 45.0711002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
World Geography is a foundation course to World History, providing an overview of the regions of the world and developing investigative and decision-making skills necessary for social studies courses. In this course, students will investigate the regions of the world and how they influence historical, economic, political and cultural development in the modern world. This course includes geographic concepts, physical phenomena and the relationship of people to their environment, as well as, global social and environmental issues. It covers regions, location (position on earth's surface), place (physical and human characteristics), and relationships within places and movement (human interaction on the earth). Students will be assessed using a variety of written and computer-based methods.
WORLD GEOGRAPHY HONORS*
(HST213 Honors Geography and World Cultures)
45.0711040
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
World Geography is a foundation course to World History, providing an overview of the regions of the world and developing investigative and decision-making skills necessary for social studies courses. In this challenging course students will investigate the regions of the world and how they influence historical, economic, political and cultural development in the modern world. Students will be challenged to consider topics in depth as they analyze maps, current events, and complete projects - practicing conceptual and geographical thinking and writing skills as they explore the broad themes and big ideas of global human impact. This course includes geographic concepts, physical phenomena and the relationship of people to their environment as well as global social and environmental issues. It covers regions, location (position on earth's surface), place (physical and human characteristics), and relationships within places and movement (human interaction on the earth). Students will be assessed using a variety of written and computer-based methods and will be evaluated for later placement in Honors and AP level Social Studies courses as they progress.
WORLD HISTORY
(HST103 World History)
Semester 1: 45.0830001
Semester 2: 45.0830002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In this comprehensive survey of world history from prehistoric to modern times, students focus in depth on the developments and events that have shaped civilization across time. The course is organized chronologically and, within broad eras, regionally. Lessons address developments in religion, philosophy, the arts, science and technology, and political history. Emphasis is given to all regions, cultures, major religions, characteristics, and innovations.
WORLD HISTORY HONORS*
(HST104 Honors World History)
Semester 1: 45.0830041
Semester 2: 45.0830042
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In this challenging survey of world history from prehistoric to modern times, students focus in depth on the developments and events that have shaped civilization across time. The course is organized chronologically and, within broad eras, regionally. Lessons address developments in religion, philosophy, the arts, science and technology, and political history. Students will be challenged to consider topics in depth as they analyze primary sources and complete projects - practicing historical thinking and writing skills as they explore the broad themes and big ideas of human history.
UNITED STATES (U.S.) HISTORY
(HST303 US History)
Semester 1: 45.0810001
Semester 2: 45.0810002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
This course provides students with a comprehensive, intensive study of major events and themes in United States history. Beginning with early European colonization, the course examines major events and themes throughout United States history. The course concludes with significant developments in the early 21st century. Our goal is to deepen students’ understanding of U.S. history and help them become more civic-minded and conscientious global citizens. Students are required to take the Georgia Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average.
UNITED STATES (U.S.) HISTORY HONORS*
(HST304 Honors US History)
Semester 1: 45.0810041
Semester 2: 45.0810042
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students are required to take the US History Georgia Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average. Students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course. Students will be challenged to consider topics in depth as they analyze primary sources and complete projects - practicing historical thinking and writing skills as they explore the broad themes and big ideas of human history
ECONOMICS
(HST413 US & Global Economics)
Semester 1: 45.0610001
Semester 2: 45.0610002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester
Companion Course: American Government
The course focuses on the major economic principles and practices of the American and global economic systems. The course has five sections: fundamental concepts, microeconomics, macroeconomics, international economics, and personal finance. In each area, students are introduced to major concepts and themes concerning that aspect of economics. Students will participate in a number of interactive activities to encourage understanding of the modern American economic system. Students are required to take the Economics Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average.
Honors Economics/Business/Free Enterprise
45.0610041
PREREQUISITE(S): Grade of 85 or higher in Honors or AP US History
Length of Course: One Semester
Companion Course: American Government
Honors course discussing topics related to Fundamental Economic Concepts, Microeconomics Concepts, Macroeconomics Concepts, International Economics, and Personal Finance Economics. Students will analyze real world economic problems and propose creative solutions. Students are required to complete an Honors Project.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
(HST403 US Gov’t & Politics)
45.0570002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester
Companion Course: Economics
The government course provides students with a background in the philosophy, functions, and structure of the United States government. Students will explore foundations of United States government, the structure of our federal government as established by the Constitution, Georgia’s state and local government, media and political influences in our government, and civic rights and responsibilities.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) WORLD HISTORY
(HST560 AP World History)
Semester 1: 45.0811051
Semester 2: 45.0811052
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITE: Please refer to College Board-https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse
AP World History focuses on developing students’ abilities to think conceptually about world history from approximately 8000 BCE to the present and apply historical thinking skills as they learn about the past. Five themes of equal importance — focusing on the environment, cultures, state-building, economic systems, and social structures — provide areas of historical inquiry for investigation throughout the course. AP World History encompasses the history of the five major geographical regions of the globe: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with special focus on historical developments and processes that cross multiple regions. The AP World History course is structured around themes and concepts in six different chronological periods from approximately 8000 BCE to the present:
- Technological and Environmental Transformations (to c. 600 BCE)
- Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies (c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE)
- Regional and Transregional Interactions (c. 600 CE to c. 1450)
- Global Interactions (c. 1450 to c. 1750)
- Industrialization and Global Integration (c. 1750 to c. 1900)
- Accelerating Global Change and Realignments (c. 1900 to the Present)
Within each period, key concepts organize and prioritize historical developments. Themes allow students to make connections and identify patterns and trends over time. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) UNITED STATES (U.S.) HISTORY
(HST500 AP US History)
Semester 1: 45.0820051
Semester 2: 45.0820052
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
PREREQUISITE: Please refer to College Board-https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse
AP United States History focuses on developing students’ abilities to think conceptually about U.S. history from approximately 1491 to the present and apply historical thinking skills as they learn about the past. Seven themes of equal importance — identity; peopling; politics and power; work, exchange, and technology; America in the world; environment and geography; and ideas, beliefs, and culture — provide areas of historical inquiry for investigation throughout the course. These require students to reason historically about continuity and change over time and make comparisons among various historical developments in different times and places. The AP U.S. History course is structured around themes and concepts in nine different chronological periods from approximately 1491 to the present:
Period 1: 1491–1607 Period 6: 1865–1898
Period 2: 1607–1754 Period 7: 1890–1945
Period 3: 1754–1800 Period 8: 1945–1980
Period 4: 1800–1848 Period 9: 1980–Present
Period 5: 1844–1877
Within each period, key concepts organize and prioritize historical developments. Themes allow students to make connections and identify patterns and trends over time. Students enrolled for US History credit are required to take the US History Georgia Milestone End of Course Test and the EOC score will count as 20% of the overall course average. Students that fail to take the EOC will receive an incomplete and no credit for the course. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) U.S. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
(HST510 AP US Government & Politics)
Semester 1: 45.0520051
Semester 2: 45.0520052
LENGTH OF COURSE: Semester
PREREQUISITE: ‘A’ average in US History or ‘B’ average in Honors US History
AP U.S. Government and Politics is an introductory survey course on elected United States government and politics topics. This course covers the origin and development of the U.S. Constitution, including the American systems of federalism, separation of powers, and check and balances; the structure and powers of the institutions of national government, including legislative, executive, and judicial branches, and the processes of domestic and foreign public policy making; political beliefs, participation, and the factors that influence them; the national election process; the role of interest groups, political parties, and the media in the political system; and civil liberties and civil rights. The course encourages students to hone critical thinking skills as they analyze and interpret information and data in primary and secondary source readings, news reports, graphs, and tables to learn how to ask and respond to challenging questions and become responsible citizens. A fundamental theme of the course is active citizenship, with emphasis on critical thinking about political issues, while helping students learn how to become involved in the political process. Compelling and thought-provoking examples from contemporary politics are presented in the course to stimulate student engagement. Students are expected to develop strong higher order thinking skills and to implement them in all class work. Additionally, students, not parents, should take responsibility for their own learning daily. This AP U.S. Government and Politics course is designed to be equivalent with a one-semester introductory college–or university-level survey course. This course meets guidelines outlined in the College Board’s AP U.S. Government and Politics Course Description and incorporates the most recent changes required in course content and preparation for the AP U.S. Government and Politics Exam. Moreover, all students enrolled in AP classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
SOCIOLOGY
(HST050 Sociology) – Elective Credit
Semester 1: 45.0310001
Semester 2: 45.0310002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester
Companion Course: Psychology
Sociology is the scientific study of human social interaction. Students will explore the processes by which people form and interact within and between groups. Emphasis will also be placed on the functions and characteristics of the five main social institutions (family, education, religion, economy and government). As sociology is a science, students will be introduced to sociological research methods and use these methods to evaluate current findings and claims in the social sciences. Finally, students will define and explore current social issues and problems facing the world today.
PSYCHOLOGY
(HST020 Psychology) – Elective Credit
Semester 1: 45.0150001
Semester 2: 45.0150002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester
Companion Course: Sociology
Students investigate the principles of psychology, developmental psychology, heredity and environmental aspects of psychology, learning theory, personality, intelligence, social disorders and research methods used in the study of psychology. This course integrates and reinforces social studies skills.
CURRENT ISSUES
(HST222)- Elective Credit
Semester 1: 45.0120001
Semester 2: 45.0120002
PREREQUISITE(S): None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester (.5 credit)
This one-semester, .5 credit, elective course addresses the major socioeconomic and political events of the Post-World War II era. Students will study the following: current social, economic, and political issues; sources of information; the interaction of technology and society; the relationship between the environment and energy; criminal behavior; health and social welfare programs; education; immigration; human rights; issues surrounding the development and use of weapons of mass destruction; ideological and political conflict; world economic issues and international trade. A good historical understanding of these topics and well-developed communication skills (both oral and written) are strongly recommended for this course.
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Electives
Health and Fitness
GENERAL HEALTH
(OTH010 Health)
Semester 1: 17.0110001
Semester 2: 17.0110002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester (1/2 unit of credit)
This course introduces personal health and decision-making skills, mental health, emotions, stress, alcohol, drug and tobacco use/abuse, cancer, first aid and sex education.
PHYSICAL FITNESS
(OTH020A Physical Education)
Semester 1: 36.0510001
Semester 2: 36.0510002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester (1/2 unit of credit)
This course will offer instruction in the importance of Physical Fitness. It will encourage the student’s participation in weekly physical activities. It will educate the student on a variety of lifetime fitness activities and sports. Students fulfill the course’s exercise requirement by completing 30 minutes of exercise five days a week and taking weekly quizzes after completing this physical activity. Students will complete a Pre-Test, a Post-Test/Final Exam, Unit Quizzes, Interim Assessment and constructive response questions to check their understanding of the curriculum. Throughout the semester videos and readings will be assigned which will introduce students to different Lifetime Sports.
LIFETIME SPORTS
(OTH020B Physical Education)
Semester 1: 36.0220001
Semester 2: 36.0220002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester
This course introduces fundamental skills, strategies, and rules associated with lifetime sports such as bowling, golf, tennis, racquetball, baseball, badminton, roller skating, and skiing.
World Languages
SPANISH I
(WLG100 Spanish I)
Semester 1: 60.0710001
Semester 2: 60.0710002
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students begin their introduction to Spanish with fundamental building blocks in four key areas of foreign language study: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Students master common vocabulary terms and phrases; comprehend a wide range of grammar patterns; instigate and continue simple conversations, and respond appropriately to basic conversational prompts; generate language incorporating basic vocabulary and a limited range of grammar patterns; analyze and compare cultural practices, products, and perspectives of various Spanish-speaking countries; and regularly assess progress in proficiency through quizzes, tests, and speaking/writing submissions. Each unit consists of an ongoing adventure story, a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and multimedia cultural presentations covering major Spanish-speaking areas in Europe and the Americas.
SPANISH II
(WLG200 Spanish II)
Semester 1: 60.0720001
Semester 2: 60.0720002
PREREQUISITE: Spanish I
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students expand vocabulary and use new grammar concepts through reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Interactive activities solidify vocab and grammar in context. Strong emphasis is placed on student production of speaking and writing when responding to given prompts and communicating with others in class. The online platform offered by GCA allows many students to produce language in tandem. Students will become global learners by analyzing the cultural practices, perspectives, and products of various Spanish-speaking countries.
SPANISH III
(WLG300 Spanish III)
Semester 1: 60.0730001
Semester 2: 60.0730002
PREREQUISITE: Spanish II
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
In this expanding engagement with Spanish, students deepen their focus on four key skills in foreign language acquisition: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. In addition, students read significant works of literature in Spanish, and respond orally or in writing to these works. Students master common and some specialized vocabulary terms and phrases; comprehend a wide range of grammar patterns; instigate and continue increasingly involved conversations, and respond appropriately to increasingly involved or open conversational prompts; generate language incorporating basic and some specialized vocabulary and a range of grammar patterns; recognize and respond to significant works of literature in Spanish; analyze and compare cultural practices, products, and perspectives of various Spanish-speaking countries; and regularly assess progress in proficiency through quizzes, tests, and speaking/writing submissions. Continuing the pattern and building on what students encountered in the first two years, each week consists of a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and multimedia cultural presentations covering major Spanish- speaking areas in Europe and the Americas. The course has been carefully aligned to national standards as set forth by ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
SPANISH IV
(WLG400-AVT Spanish IV)
Semester 1: 60.0740001
Semester 2: 60.074002
PREREQUISITES: Spanish III
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
The focus will be to increase the facility to speak on a wide range of topics, to develop a greater vocabulary, to develop listening skills, and to enhance communication skills. The students will gain insight into Hispanic cultures and civilizations. This fourth year of Spanish is a continuation of the first three years. The student will continue to sharpen listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through activities that are based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign language instruction. Throughout the five units of material, students learn to express themselves using an ever-increasing vocabulary, present-tense verbs, past-tense verbs, articles, and adjectives. Grammar is introduced and practiced in innovative and interesting ways with a variety of learning styles in mind. Culture is sprinkled throughout the course to help the learner focus on the Spanish speaking world and their culture, people, geographical locations and histories. The course is aligned to the national Foreign Language standards.
FRENCH I
(WLG110 French I)
Semester 1: 60.0110001
Semester 2: 60.0110002
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Parlez-vous français? Learn to communicate in French and explore the Francophone world! In Level I, students develop the four skills of language learning: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing, while learning about the culture of Francophone countries. Students master common vocabulary terms and phrases; comprehend a wide range of grammar patterns; instigate and continue simple conversations, and respond appropriately to basic conversational prompts; generate language incorporating basic vocabulary and a limited range of grammar patterns; analyze and compare cultural practices, products, and perspectives of various Francophone countries; and regularly assess progress in proficiency through quizzes, tests, and speaking/writing submissions.
FRENCH II
(WLG210 French II)
Semester 1: 60.0120001
Semester 2: 60.0120002
PREREQUISITE: French I
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Family...Occupations...Weekend activities...Food...Sports. Health...House...Shopping
This course is a continuation of the four skills plus further concentration on reading short articles, basic writing, and cultural awareness. Technology is integrated into the curriculum.
FRENCH III
(WLG310 French III)
Semester 1: 60.0130001
Semester 2: 60.0130002
PREREQUISITE: French II
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Describing people...Chores...Environment...Shopping...Travel...Hotels
Further development of the language skills as well as reading of literary selections, viewing of authentic films, journal writing, and technology is covered.
Fine Arts
VISUAL ARTS/ COMPREHENSIVE I
(ART010 Fine Arts)
Semester 1: 50.0211001
Semester 2: 50.0211002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Introduces art history, art criticism, aesthetic judgment and studio production- Emphasizes the ability to understand and use elements and principles of design through a variety of media, processes and visual resources. Explores master artworks for historical and cultural significance.
VISUAL ARTS/DRAWING I
(CS Intro to Drawing)
Semester 1: 50.0311001
Semester 2: 50.0311002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Drawing 1 is a skill-based course in which we discuss and learn the fundamentals of design. It is intended to introduce students to the basic visual vocabulary and develop basic drawing skills. The emphasis of the course will include the elements and principles of design and focus on the improvement of visual composition through various drawing media and techniques. Aesthetic questions and lateral thinking exercises will be incorporated to enhance critical thinking skills.
VISUAL ARTS/PHOTOGRAPHY I
(TCH101 Digital Photography)
Semester 1: 50.0711001
Semester 2: 50.0711002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Introduces photography as an art form; covers the historical development of photography, design elements and its cultural influences. Emphasizes digital photography and web and digital editing. Covers proper photography techniques and use of camera equipment. Students are required to have access to a digital camera for participation in the course. A digital camera will not be provided.
CTAE Courses
- INTRO TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
- DIGITAL DESIGN
- WEB DESIGN
- COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES
- GAME DESIGN: ANIMATION AND SIMULATION
- AP Computer Science
- MARKETING PRINCIPLES
- MARKETING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- MARKETING MANAGEMENT
- EXAMINING THE TEACHING PROFESSION
- CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION
- TEACHING AS A PROFESSION PRACTICUM
- FINANCIAL LITERACY
- FOOD, NUTRITION, AND WELLNESS
- Introduction to Business & Technology
INTRO TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
(TCH010 Computer Literacy)
Semester 1: 11.4150001
Semester 2: 11.4150002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
This course is designed for high school students to understand, communicate, and adapt to a digital world as it impacts their personal life, society, and the business world. A foundational knowledge in hardware, software, programming, web design, IT support, and networks are all taught with hands-on, project-focused tasks. Students will not only understand the concepts but apply their knowledge to situations and defend their actions/decisions/choices through the knowledge and skills acquired in this course.
DIGITAL DESIGN
(TCH 030 Image Design and Editing)
Semester 1: 11.4510001
Semester 2: 11.4510002
PREREQUISITE: Intro to Digital Technology (TCH010 Computer Literacy)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Using web design as the platform for product design and presentation, students will create and learn digital media applications using elements of text, graphics, animation, sound, video and digital imaging for various format. The digital media and interactive media projects developed and published showcase the student skills and ability. Emphasis will be placed on effective use of tools for interactive multimedia production including storyboarding, visual development, project management, digital citizenship, and web processes.
WEB DESIGN
(TCH040 Web Design)
Semester 1: 11.4520001
Semester 2: 11.4520002
PREREQUISITES: Intro to Digital Design (TCH010 Computer Literacy) and Digital Design (TCH030 Image Design and Editing)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
This course will provide students with essential web page planning and development skills. Students will learn to write code manually and use graphical authoring tools. Students will also learn to work with web page layout and graphical elements, including images, hyperlinks, tables, forms, and frames. Class activities are project-based and give students an opportunity to practice web design fundamentals while learning technical skills including Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) coding and web design software.
COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES
(TCH036 Computer Science)
Semester 1: 11.4710001
Semester 2: 11.4710002
PREREQUISITE: Intro to Digital Design (TCH010 Computer Literacy)
This course emphasizes the content, practices, thinking and skills central to the discipline of computer science. Through both its content and pedagogy, this course aims to appeal to a broad audience. The focus of this course will fall into these computational thinking practices: connecting computing, developing computational artifacts, abstracting, analyzing problems and artifacts, communicating, and collaborating.
GAME DESIGN: ANIMATION AND SIMULATION
(TCH071 Game Design)
Semester 1: 11.4290001
Semester 2: 11.4290002
PREREQUISITES: Intro to Digital Design (TCH010 Computer Literacy) and Computer Science Principles (TCH036 Computer Science)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students completing this course will gain an understanding of the fundamental principles used at every stage of the game creation process, including exploring game genres, modes of play, concept drawing using 2D and 3D art, level design, storytelling and the development of a virtual gaming world.
AP Computer Science
Semester 1: 11.0160051
Semester 2: 11.0160052
PREREQUISITES: Intro to Digital Design (TCH010 Computer Literacy), Computer Science Principles (TCH036 Computer Science)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
The AP Computer Science Course conforms to the College Board syllabus for the Advanced Placement Computer Science Examination. Over the course of the year, the class will cover programming methodology, features of programming languages, fundamental data structures, algorithms, and computer systems. This course meets fourth science or fourth mathematics or world language requirement; Two computer science courses from the same pathway will satisfy two years of sequenced foreign language courses. All students enrolled in AP classes are recommended to take the AP Examination in May if they are passing this course prior to the AP Examinations. With the assistance of the Advanced Learner Program Coordinator, Rebekah Cooper, students must secure their own testing site.
MARKETING PRINCIPLES
(BUS060 Intro to Marketing I)
Semester 1: 08.4740001
Semester 2: 08.4740002
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Marketing Principles addresses all the ways in which marketing satisfies consumer and business needs and wants for products and services. Students develop a basic understanding of: Employability, Foundational and Business Administration skills, Economic s, Entrepreneurship, Financial Analysis, Human Resources Management, Information Management, Marketing, Operations, Professional Development, Strategic Management, and Global Marketing strategies. Students will have an opportunity to use and develop various marketing tools for theoretical businesses, as well as, for well-known businesses of their choice.
MARKETING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(BUS040 Intro to Entrepreneurship I)
Semester 1: 08.4410001
Semester 2: 08.4410002
PREREQUISITE: Marketing Principles (BUS060 Intro to Marketing I)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Marketing and Entrepreneurship is the second course in the Marketing and Management Career Pathway. This course may be taken as a part of a student’s Marketing Pathway or may serve as a stand-alone course for students in other disciplines wishing to explore business ownership. The Marketing and Entrepreneurship course builds on the theories learned in Marketing Principles by providing practical application scenarios and writing a marketing plan for a small business. Entrepreneurship is an imperative component of a strong economy and is based on individuals who are creative thinkers and risk takers. Therefore, students in this course focus on recognizing a business opportunity, starting a business based on the recognized opportunity, and operating and maintaining that business effectively. Preparation of a business plan allows students to apply the functional areas of accounting, finance, marketing, and management to the planned business, as well as to the legal and economic environments in which a new small business operates.
MARKETING MANAGEMENT
(BUS070 Intro to Marketing II)
Semester 1: 08.4420001
Semester 2: 08.4420002
PREREQUISITES: Marketing Principles (BUS060 Intro to Marketing I) and Marketing and Entrepreneurship (BUS040 Intro to Entrepreneurship I)
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students assume a managerial perspective by applying economic principles in marketing, analyzing operation’s needs, examining channel management and financial alternatives, managing marketing information, pricing products and services, developing product/service planning strategies, promoting products and services, purchasing, and professional sales. This course also includes global marketing where students analyze marketing strategies employed in the United States versus those employed in other countries.
EXAMINING THE TEACHING PROFESSION
(CS Teaching I)
Semester 1: 13.0110001
Semester 2: 13.0110002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Examining the Teaching Profession prepares candidates for future positions in the field of education. Teaching Profession candidates study, apply, and practice the use of current technologies, effective teaching and learning strategies, the creation of an effective learning environment, the creation of instructional opportunities for diverse learners and students with special needs, and plan instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, community, and curriculum performance standards. Candidates will be prepared to practice their skills and knowledge at a variety of elementary and secondary education sites. Mastery of standards through project-based learning, technical skills practice, and leadership development activities of the career and technical student organizations will provide students with a competitive edge for either entry into the education global marketplace and/or the post- secondary institution of their choice to continue their education and training.
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION
(CS_Teaching II)
13.0120000
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Year-long (Semester A/Semester B)
This course engages the candidate in observations, interactions, and analyses of critical and contemporary educational issues. The candidate will investigate issues influencing the social and political contexts of educational settings in Georgia and the United States and actively examines the teaching profession from multiple vantage points both within and outside of the school. Against this backdrop, the candidate will reflect on and interpret the meaning of education and schooling in a diverse culture and examine the moral and ethical responsibilities of teaching in a democracy. Mastery of standards through project-based learning, technic al skills practice, and leadership development activities of the career and technical student organization Future Educators of America (FEA) will provide students with a competitive edge for either entry into the education global marketplace and/or the post-secondary institution of their choice to continue their education and training.
TEACHING AS A PROFESSION PRACTICUM
(CS_Teaching III)
Semester 1: 13.0130001
Semester 2: 13.0130002
PREREQUISITES: Examining the Teaching Profession, Contemporary Issues in Education
LENGTH OF COURSE: Year-long (Semester A/Semester B)
The practicum offers a candidate in the Teaching as a Profession career pathway a field experience under the direct supervision of a certified teacher (mentor teacher). The practicum stresses observing, analyzing and classifying activities of the mentor teacher and comparing personal traits with those of successful teachers. The candidate intern will develop a portfolio of their skills, plan and teach a lesson or lessons, understand and practice confidentiality as it pertains to the teaching profession, meet the needs of students with special needs, maintain the safety of the students, practice professionalism, and demonstrate ethical behavior. Mastery of standards through project-based learning, technical skills practice, and leadership development activities of the career and technical student organization Future Educators of America (FEA) or Family, Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) will provide students with a competitive edge for either entry into the education global marketplace and/or the post-secondary institution of their choice to continue their education and training.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Independent Course not currently part of a pathway
(BUS030 Personal Finance)
Semester 1: 07.4260001
Semester 2: 07.4260002
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students need to be informed about their financial responsibilities today and to prepare for the real choices ahead. In this course they will learn about career decisions, money management, financial security, credit management, resource management, risk management, and consumer rights and responsibilities. Business partnerships with financial companies, guest speakers, and many, many other learning activities can be incorporated in this course. Want to know how to buy your own car? Open a checking account? Apply for a credit card? Learn to do your taxes? All this and much more will be explored as you develop an awareness of financial responsibilities with an emphasis on banking, credit, consumer rights, investing, taxes, and budgeting.
FOOD, NUTRITION, AND WELLNESS
Independent Course not currently part of a pathway
(OTH080 Nutrition and Wellness)
Semester 1: 20.4161001
Semester 2: 20.4161002
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Year-long (Semester A/Semester B)
Food, Nutrition and Wellness is an essential course in understanding nutritional needs and food choices for optimal health of individuals across the lifespan. Interrelationships with wellness are explored. This course helps develops a basic knowledge and the skills necessary to maintain a healthy diet. Cooking labs coordinate with some of the individual topics.
Introduction to Business & Technology
(TCH020 Business Fundamentals)
Semester 1: 07.443001
Semester 2: 07.4413002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Year-long (Semester A/Semester B)
Introduction to Business & Technology is the foundational course for several business-centered pathways. Emphasis is placed on developing fundamental computer skills required for all career pathways. Students will learn essentials for working in a business environment, managing a business, and owning a business. Employability skills are integrated into activities, tasks, and projects throughout the course. Various forms of technologies will be highlighted to expose students to the emerging technologies impacting the business world. Professional communication skills and practices, problem-solving, ethical and legal issues, and the impact of effective presentation skills are taught in this course as a foundational knowledge to prepare students to be college and career ready. Introduction to Business & Technology is a course that is appropriate for all high school students. After mastery of the standards in this course, students should be prepared to earn an industry recognized credential: Microsoft Office Specialist for Word Core Certification.
Additional Elective Offerings
TOOLS FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS
(OTH050 Achieving your College and Career Goals)
Semester 1: 35.0670001
Semester 2: 35.0670002
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
Students explore their options for life after high school and implement plans to achieve their goals. They identify their aptitudes, skills, and preferences, and explore a wide range of potential careers. They investigate the training and education required for the career of their choice and creates a plan to be sure that their work in high school is preparing them for the next step. They also receive practical experience in essential skills such as searching and applying for college, securing financial aid, writing a resume and cover letter, and interviewing for a job. This course is geared toward students new to virtual education and guiding them in using the tools at their disposal for future success.
SCHOLASTIC ASSESSMENT TEST PREPARATION
SOCIAL SKILLS
Year 1 - 35.8510000 (OTH090-AVT Life Skills)
Year 2 - 35.8520000 (OTH090-AVT Life Skills)
PREREQUISITES: None
LENGTH OF COURSE: Yearlong (Semester A/Semester B)
THIS COURSE IS AN ELECTIVE AND DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD CORE ELA. ONLY CERTAIN QUALIFYING
STUDENTS WILL TAKE SOCIAL SKILLS.
Social skills are those communication, problem-solving, decision making, self-management, and peer relations abilities that allow one to initiate and maintain positive social relationships with others. Social skills include far more than the ability to communicate with other people. They’re crucial to making friends, succeeding in school and, later in life, getting and keeping a job. During class, students are exposed to real life experiences through practice following directions, turn taking behavior, role playing and positively supporting peers during our class sessions. Desired behavior is modeled.
Honors
Advanced & Gifted learning options also include Advanced Placement (AP), Acceleration, and Honors courses. Georgia Cyber Academy plans to offer the following AP and Honors courses for the 2020-2021 school year:
- Honors 9th Grade Literature and Composition
- Honors World Literature
- Honors American Literature
- Honors Biology
- Honors Chemistry
- Honors Physics
- Honors Algebra I
- Honors Algebra II
- Honors Accelerated Pre-Calculus
- Honors Geometry
- Honors World History
Please review the Advanced & Gifted Manual for complete information on this program.
AP
Advanced & Gifted learning options also include Advanced Placement (AP), Acceleration, and Honors courses. Georgia Cyber Academy plans to offer the following AP courses for the 2020-2021 school year:
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AP English Language and Composition
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AP English Literature and Composition
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AP Biology
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AP Environmental Science
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AP Calculus AB
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AP Statistics
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AP World History
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AP US History
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AP US Government and Politics
In addition, Georgia Cyber Academy will allow qualifying students to take the following AP classes through Georgia Virtual School for the 2020-2021 school year:
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AP Art History
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AP Chemistry
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AP Physics 1: Algebra Based
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AP Physics 2: Algebra Based
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AP Physics C: Mechanics
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AP Human Geography
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AP Comparative Government and Politics
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AP European History
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AP Microeconomics
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AP Macroeconomics
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AP Psychology
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AP Calculus BC
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AP Computer Sciences A
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AP Computer Science Principles
Please review the Advanced & Gifted Manual for complete information on this program.
Work-Based Learning
The Work-Based Learning Program is a structured experience that connects the student’s career goal and classroom learning with a productive work environment. Work-Based Learning provides students with opportunities for instruction not only in academics but also in occupational skills, career exploration, and guidance in identifying employment and educational goals. Students have the opportunity to connect what they learn in school with work-site application, enabling a smooth transition into the workforce and/or postsecondary education. Students must be 16 years of age, have a 2.0 GPA, as well as a chosen CTAE Pathway. For more information, please contact our Work-Based Learning Coordinators.
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