English IV – Technical Writing is a two-semester course intended to equip students with the writing skills needed to succeed in the workplace. It is designed for students who struggle with formal essay writing or who intend to enter the workforce immediately after graduation. All projects focus on refining technical writing skills, and each unit of the course contains quizzes and tests that evaluate progress and student mastery.

Units covered throughout the year include the worth of words, language structure, reading and research, medieval English literature, Elizabethan literature, 17th and 18th century English literature, romantic and Victorian poetry, and creative writing. Students spend time studying work by authors including John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelly, John Keats, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The course also examines selections from Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Paradise Lost, and William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet in its entirety.

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English III is a prerequisite for this course.

Ignitia Spanish III is a high school foreign language course that builds upon skills and concepts taught in Spanish II. The online course emphasizes the five c’s of communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities. Course materials support students as they work to gain an understanding of the Hispanic culture, as well as proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in Spanish. Conversation projects are included at the end of each unit.

Upon completion of the year-long course, students should be able to carry on an everyday conversation in Spanish, write accurately and appropriately to communicate with other Spanish speakers, listen to and understand passages spoken in Spanish, read and understand passages in Spanish, and demonstrate an understanding of Hispanic countries and their corresponding cultures.

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Spanish II is a prerequisite for this course.

Open the door to a nursing career with this engaging, semester-long career course. This elective provides students in grades 9-12 with opportunities to compare and contrast the various academic and clinical training pathways that lead to an entry-level position in nursing.

Throughout the semester, students study the expanding scope of professional practice for registered nurses and explore the growing number of opportunities for professional advancement within the field. Students also gain an understanding of the important changes proposed in the education and ongoing professional development of nurses.

Discover the fundamental concepts of computer programming with this semester-long career course for students in grades 7 and 8. Throughout the semester, students learn how particular programming concepts work and put them into practice using a platform called Scratch.

This hands-on course requires a lot of critical thinking as students design, write, and troubleshoot computer programs. By the end of the semester, students gain the skills they need to write programs in Scratch that show a presentation, run a simple video game, run a simulation, and design graphics.

Take an introductory look at the fundamental foundations of teaching and training with this semester-long career course for students in grades 9-12. Throughout the semester, students examine effective strategies for conveying new information and knowledge to students and employees.

By exploring pedagogy, curriculum, standards and practices, and the psychological factors proven by research to affect learners, students get a glimpse of the art and science of teaching. Through engaging, hands-on lessons and projects, students also gain practical experience that prepares them for teaching and training careers.

Give students the skills needed to become accountants, vice presidents, and business owners with Office Applications II: Microsoft® Excel® and Access®. This practical elective for students in grades 9-12 teaches high school students how to design, develop, create, edit, and share business spreadsheets and database documents.

Perfect for soon-to-be graduates, this online course teaches marketable skills to enhance resumes for employment and college. Lesson topics include data entry, formatting, formulas, functions, charts, and more. Course units contain quizzes and tests to evaluate progress and student mastery.

Note: Students enrolled in this course are required to have the 2013 version of Microsoft® Office® software for completing course projects.

Prepare students for the real world after graduation with Office Applications I: Microsoft® Word®, PowerPoint®, and Publisher®. This online elective for students in grades 9-12 dives into the basics of office software applications, including using applications to design, develop, create, and share business documents.

Great for building practical skill sets, this five-unit course introduces students to general computer usage needs that employers look for and colleges recommend. Lesson topics include mail merge, tab stops, reference features, modification of documents, and collaboration of presentations. Course units contain quizzes and tests to evaluate progress and student mastery.

Note: Students enrolled in this course are required to have the 2013 version of Microsoft® Office® software for completing course projects.

Careers in Marketing Research shows students in grades 11-12 what marketing research is and how it is used to make business decisions. The class is ideal for students interested in establishing a career in marketing or advertising after graduation.

Throughout the semester, students study methods of collecting and processing data for marketing research using tools such as surveys. They also spend time exploring ethical practices in marketing research and presenting the results they obtain from their work.

This semester-long elective goes beyond a survey of careers within the banking industry to explore the services banks offer and how they operate. Throughout the course, students in grades 9-12 gain the skills and confidence required to land their dream job within the market.

Topics of study during the semester include different types of financial reports and how they are used, different types of banks and how they are structured, the lending process, bank products, customer relationships, financial planning services, and banking careers.

During this semester-long course, students in grades 11-12 receive an overview of the finance industry and the services that different sectors provide. Specific topics of exploration include investments, equity, risk and return, corporate finance, financial statements, capital budgeting, banking, risk management, and insurance.

As the course explores these topics, students receive an inside look at the different careers in finance that serve those sectors and gain the skills and confidence required to land their dream job within the market.