The AP U.S. History course focuses on the development of historical thinking skills (chronological reasoning, comparing and contextualizing, crafting historical arguments using historical evidence, and interpreting and synthesizing historical narrative) and the development of student’s abilities to think conceptually about U.S. history from approximately 1491 to the present.
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Students must take the Advanced Placement Exam in order to receive Advanced Placement credit. Students who do not take the AP® Exam will be awarded Honors level credit.
This course is designed to provide college-level instruction on the concepts and tools for working with data.
The AP Spanish Language and Culture course emphasizes communication (understanding and being understood by others) by applying the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication in real-life situations.
AP Psychology is a college-level course providing students an overview of the development of human behaviors and thoughts.
You traveled to the Macro Islands to assist the leader in winning re-election. You came for a job, but you realized as you were working that you loved the islands and wanted to make your home there.
You have been called upon to assist the leader of the Macro Islands who is running for reelection next year. The economy is in shambles, and you need to come up with some feasible solutions.
The AP® Human Geography course is designed to provide college level instruction on the patterns and processes that impact the way humans understand, use, and change Earth’s surface.
The AP French Language and Culture course emphasizes communication (understanding and being understood by others) by applying the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication in real-life situations.
The goal of AP Environmental Science is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world and to identify and analyze environmental problems that are natural and human-made.
For a year, students participate in an Advanced Placement upscale dining experience in the AP English Literature and Composition course.
This course provides high school students with college-level instruction in studying and writing various kinds of analytic or persuasive essays on literary and nonliterary topics in language, rhetoric, and expository writing.
This course consists of a full high school year of work comparable to calculus courses in colleges and universities.
This course consists of a full high school year of work that is comparable to calculus courses in colleges and universities.
This challenging course is designed to provide a college-level experience and prepare students for the AP exam in early May.
This course is designed to provide college-level instruction in art history and prepare students for the AP exam in early May.
¡Bienvenidos! Welcome! Students are taking a virtual trip to Spain, Cuba, Colombia, and Argentina. As students explore each country, a student blogger is there to help them learn about the place and its unique characteristics.
In Spanish II, students travel virtually through Central America and the Caribbean, spending time in museums, traffic jams, and even the hospital.
In Spanish III, students will meet and virtually accompany four teens with Hispanic backgrounds as they learn about and travel to several Spanish-speaking countries.
The purpose of this course is to enable students whose heritage language is Spanish to develop, maintain, and enhance proficiency in their home language by reinforcing and acquiring skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, including the fundamentals of Spanish grammar.
The purpose of this course is to enable students whose heritage language is Spanish to develop, maintain, and enhance proficiency in their heritage language by reinforcing and expanding skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as Spanish grammar skills acquired in Spanish for Spanish Speakers 1.
In this course, students learn the basic French language.
The purpose of this course is to further develop the French communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
French 3 provides mastery and expansion of skills acquired by the students in French 2.
In this course, students learn the basic Chinese language. At the very beginning, the course starts by introducing students to a general knowledge of Pinyin, Mandarin Chinese, Chinese dialects, and Chinese characters.
Chinese II enables students to further develop the communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Mandarin Chinese at a more advanced level.
In Chinese III, students continue to expand their abilities in various aspects of Chinese Mandarin. Students continue to build their knowledge of vocabulary, sentence patterns, and grammar points in communicative contexts.
Students will use knowledge pertaining to history, geography, economics, political processes, religion, ethics, diverse cultures, and humanities to solve problems in academic, civic, social, and employment setting
Economic decisions affect us every day of our lives. Understanding economics means thinking about how scarcity, or limited resources, requires us to make choices and evaluate one option against others.
In this course, you will look at some of the most profound questions that thoughtful Americans still debate.
You will gain a greater understanding on the history of the country’s beginnings, and knowledge of how government functions at the local, state and national levels.
By taking this course you will feel the difference, both physically and mentally. You will start by assessing your current physical condition.
This course is all about you and the important decisions you make. It’s also about having the correct information before making those decisions.
The purpose of this course is to develop and enhance healthy behaviors that influence lifestyle choices and student health and fitness.
In this course, you will improve your flexibility, enhance your cardiovascular fitness, and increase your strength and endurance.
You’ll learn the concepts, theories and laws that govern the interaction of matter, energy and forces.
Topics include forces and motion, energy through waves, electricity and magnetism, the matter around us, chemical bonding and reactions.
In the marine science course, students will delve deep into Earth’s bodies of water and study geologic structures and how they impact the oceans.
This course is designed to serve as a foundation for the study of Chemistry.
This course provides an in depth look at the fundamental characteristics of living organisms.
Explore the organization of the human body and how it works.
Students, as mathematic analysts, investigate how advanced mathematics concepts are used to solve problems encountered in operating national parks.
Are you ready for college success? This course is intended for grade 11 or 12 students, whose test scores on the Postsecondary Educational Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.) are at or below the established cut scores for mathematics, indicating that they are not yet “college ready” in mathematics or simply need some additional instruction in content to prepare them for success in college level mathematics.
Liberal Arts Mathematics 1 is a course designed to strengthen mathematical skills for study beyond Algebra 1.
Throughout this course, we’ll take you on a mathematical highway illuminated by spatial relationships, reasoning, connections, and problem solving.
Students in this course will walk in the footsteps of Newton and Leibnitz. An interactive text and graphing software combine with the exciting on-line course delivery to make calculus an adventure.
This course is designed to give you the skills and strategies for solving all kinds of mathematical problems.
This course will begin with a review of basic algebra, travel through systems of equations, factoring, and radical and quadratic equations in the first segment.
Advance Topics in Mathematics is a course designed for students who are following the Algebra- Geometry-Algebra II sequence and have successfully completed a year in each of those courses.
Great books, short stories, poems and plays convey messages and feelings that make them great.
Through the study of literature, nonfiction, and life, we will explore what it means to be human, what it means to be fulfilled, triumphant, empowered, and transformed.
In this course, you’ll gain an appreciation of American literature and the ways it reflects the times in which it was written.
You will be guided through a series of literary pieces that allow you to analyze the political, social, economic, and cultural messages of its time as well as its relevance to the world you live in today.
In Theatre, Cinema, and Film Production, a one-credit course, students explore the elements of theater and cinematic techniques used by those who create performance productions.
To improve and maintain optimum health, it is necessary for people of all ages to participate in physical exercise.
Sports and Entertainment Marketing can offer you a career in entertainment through the knowledge of traditional marketing, but with a whole lot more glamour.
The world is becoming more complex. How do your beliefs, values and behavior affect the people around you and the world in which we live?
The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop fundamental skills in the use of social media across print, multimedia, web, and broadcast platforms, including ethical and legal uses
This course is targeted for grade 12 students whose test scores on the Postsecondary Educational Readiness Test are below the established cut scores, indicating that they are not “college-ready” in reading.
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the psychological facts, principles, and phenomena associated with each of the subfields within psychology.
They say money makes the world go round; but how? In this course, students learn how money impacts their world.
The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop basic knowledge and skills in the college application process as well as financial planning, federal aid, and scholarships.
The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop basic knowledge and skills in communication, meeting human needs, and conflict resolution.
his course is targeted for students who are not yet “college ready” in mathematics.
In this course, students will acquire new power to succeed in high school, college, and life.
Laws affect the lives of American adults and teenagers differently. In this course, students examine laws and court decisions that apply to all citizens, as well as those that specifically outline the rights of teenagers.
Understanding the role of the free press in America helps students to be better informed and more able to analyze media.
In this course, students will learn how to start programming with JavaScript. Students will learn the basics of JavaScript including testing, functions, objects, arrays, loops, conditional code, operators and syntax basics.
With greater disposable income and more opportunities for business travel, people are traversing the globe in growing numbers.
The purpose of this course is to provide instruction that enables students to accelerate the development of reading and writing skills and to strengthen those skills so they are able to successfully read and write grade level text independently.
Foundations of Programming will teach students the fundamentals of programming using the computer language Python.
Fingerprints. Blood spatter. DNA analysis. The world of law enforcement is increasingly making use of the techniques and knowledge from the sciences to better understand the crimes that are committed and to catch those individuals responsible for the crimes.
This course provides an introduction and opportunities for leadership in the areas of service-learning and civic responsibility.
Students will study the Highway Transportation System, road signs, rules of the road, accident avoidance, and making good choices behind the wheel. Students will begin to develop the skills necessary to become safe, responsible Florida drivers.
This course is designed to introduce information technology concepts and careers. Students will explore the impact that modern information technology has had on the world, people, and industry.
Thinking of a career in the food service industry or looking to develop your culinary skills? This introductory course will provide you with basic cooking and knife skills while preparing you for entry into the culinary world.
Baking, Pastry, and More! Whether you aspire to be a world-class chef or just want to learn the skills needed to create your own dishes, Culinary Arts 2 will help you build a strong foundation and grow your knowledge of this exciting industry.
In Criminal Justice Operations 1, a one-credit course, is designed to introduce students to the fields of law enforcement, the court system, and the correctional system.
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For many hundreds of years, literature has been one of the most important human art forms.
Students explore the aesthetic foundations of art making using beginning photography techniques.
The purpose of this course is to further develop the career planning competencies mandated by section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes. This course will enable students to make informed career choices and develop the skills needed to successfully plan and apply for college or a job.
Who is the greatest artist of all time? Is it Leonardo daVinci? Claude Monet? Michelangelo? Pablo Picasso? Is the greatest artist of all time someone whose name has been lost to history? You will learn about some of the greatest artists while also creating art of your own, including digital art.
Students explore the role of art in history and culture through observation and analysis of significant works of art and architecture from Prehistory through the 16th century. Student historians investigate the societal context of works, considering traditional forms and conventions of representation, symbology, and the purposes for which the art was created.