Students of all abilities will learn and apply the elements and principles of design by using a variety of media. Aesthetics, criticism and art history will be explored.
Prerequisite: These classes are a basic foundation and prerequisite for all other art classes unless waived by a demonstration of proficiency of established criteria.
Civics
Civics ( NON Spokane Schools Students ONLY ) - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 12
Civics is a one semester course designed to give you knowledge of the American political system and an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States. This course will include both the study of general concepts used to interpret US politics and the analysis of specific examples. Throughout the course of the semester, you will become familiar with the various institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas that constitute US politics. You will also become familiar with a variety of political perspectives and their explanations for various political behaviors and outcomes.
It is expected that to be successful, you will need to spend approximately 5 hours each week engaged in your work for this class.
Prerequisite: This class is only for students who DO NOT attend Spokane Public Schools.
Computer
Digital Web Design 1 - CTE - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 8-12
Digital Design: Foundations
of Web Design is a two-semester, project-based curriculum
that teaches digital communication skills
in the context of the professional web
design and development process, using
Adobe web tools. Digital Design develops
four key skill areas:
• Project management and collaboration
• Design
• Research and communication
• Professional web-authoring tools
Students develop these key skills
in a spiral—each project adds more
challenging skills onto the foundation
proficiencies.
Adobe collaborated with the Washington
State Office of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction and the Wilderness
Technology Alliance to create career-track
course materials that focus on digital
media and web development.
Digital Design addresses each of these
areas, using a project-based approach.
Each project has phases that follow
a design and development process,
from project planning to evaluation
and launch. To simulate a professional
work environment, students gradually
migrate their design work from an
individual process to a group process.
Design and technical work by its very
nature is iterative, so the projects
contain activities that require students
to evaluate and then redesign and
rework their communications. Specific
attention has been paid to developing
concepts and principles for thorough,
effective design. The following concept
map is one way to represent the design
process.
First semester projects
The first semester of Digital Design
(Units 1–4) develops skills that lay
the foundation for producing web-ready
communications: graphic design principles,
storyboards, web development, shared
project management skills such as
interviewing and project scheduling,
peer review, and redesign. Project
activities focus on developing effective
communications that can be deployed
on the web. Students develop a variety
of graphical images, a web portfolio,
and a client website. A great deal
of flexibility is implied in the curriculum.
The key skills emphasized in this
semester are:
• “Soft” skills such as interviewing
and responding to feedback
• Designing a website for clients
• Problem solving that helps support
multiple perspectives
• Reflection about the design process
and effective communication
• Peer teaching and evaluation in
a collaborative environment
• Technical web publishing
In the first semester, students use
Adobe Fireworks CS4 to develop static
and interactive graphics. They use
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 to design and
build websites. This content prepares
students for the Adobe Certified Associate,
Web Communication using Adobe Dreamweaver
CS4 examination.
Prerequisite:
Credit Retrieval
English 09A Credit Retrieval - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 9-12
THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE TO ONLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
FERRIS
LC
NC
SHADLE ROGERS
These credit retrieval courses are available for students who were unsuccessful in the course at least once and need to make up credits for graduation. By taking pretests, students can demonstrate mastery of concepts and focus on areas where they need assistance in demonstating achievement on essential standards.
CLASS WILL BE TAKEN FOR PASS/FAIL. STUDENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER GRADE
Prerequisite: Students must have been unsuccessful in their first attempt at a class before they can take credit retrieval.
English 10A Credit Retrieval - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2009 Grades: 10-12
THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE TO ONLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
FERRIS
LC
NC
SHADLE ROGERS
These credit retrieval courses are available for students who were unsuccessful in the course at least once and need to make up credits for graduation. By taking pretests, students can demonstrate mastery of concepts and focus on areas where they need assistance in demonstating achievement on essential standards.
CLASS WILL BE TAKEN FOR PASS/FAIL. STUDENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER GRADE
Prerequisite: Students must have been unsuccessful in their first attempt at a class before they can take credit retrieval.
World History A Credit Retrieval - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 9-12
THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE TO ONLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
FERRIS
LC
NC
SHADLE ROGERS
These credit retrieval courses are available for students who were unsuccessful in the course at least once and need to make up credits for graduation. By taking pretests, students can demonstrate mastery of concepts and focus on areas where they need assistance in demonstating achievement on essential standards.
CLASS WILL BE TAKEN FOR PASS/FAIL. STUDENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER GRADE
Prerequisite: Students must have been unsuccessful in their first attempt at a class before they can take credit retrieval.
The Senior Advanced Placement course is structured to allow students to pass the College Board National Advanced Placement Test. Strong emphasis is placed on all genres of literature, grammar, usage, essay writing, research (both the process and the product), and other facets of written communication. Students must apply for admittance to this class. Students may elect, in the spring, to take the College Board Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Exam.
Through the AP Audit process, College Board approves of this course and allows SVL to use the Advanced Placement designation on student transcripts.
Prerequisite: none
English 09 A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 9-12
English 9 A - B will combine the many facets of language arts. An emphasis is placed on writing skills, including grammar, usage, and composition. Designated genre for literature includes short story, drama, and poetry. Units in library use, study skills, listening skills, and a variety of writing activities are also incorporated.
HEAR FROM THE TEACHER
Prerequisite: none
English 10 A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 10-12
English 10 is a continuation and refinement of skills from the 9th grade. English 10 A - B will further challenge sophomores in the language arts. Grammar usage and a variety of writing are included. Writing strategies and skills will make up the writing strand. Students will read a variety of texts, practicing and further exploring and refining the skills of careful readers, including marking and annotating texts. In addition to short story, novel, drama, and poetry, units on mythology, research writing and careers are presented. Students may choose their own level of rigor: the regular sophomore track or the honors track.
Prerequisite: none
English 11 A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 11-12
This course helps students become confident writers, analytical thinkers, and clear communicators. Because ours is a highly visual world, we will pair classic American literature and non-fiction with visual media such as photographs, advertisements, and film. Students will learn to be careful readers of visual and written text with the ability to synthesize materials from multiple sources into their own compositions. The class will observe MLA conventions and teach research skills.
Prerequisite: none
English 12 A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 12
This course is designed for students who plan to continue their post secondary education at the university/collegiate level. This course will provide “multiple and varied opportunities for students to read, inquire, and respond across disciplines, genres, and purposes.” Readings will include literature, non-fiction and technical texts. Students will practice “reading and responding to complex and sophisticated situations in order to be ready for the demands of the college curriculum.” Writing instruction will promote rhetorical awareness and will give students practice in a broad range of essay and rhetorical modes. College testing (SAT, ACT) and the personal essay for applications will be included. (College Readiness Project: http://www.learningconnections.org/clc/hecb.htm)
Prerequisite: none
Foreign Language
AP Spanish A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 9-12
Use this course to perfect your language skills and to stretch your ways of knowing Spanish. Take the advanced placement test to earn college credit for scores of 3-4-5. Participate in a comprehensive grammar and language investigation. Learn how to differentiate between language subtleties. Read a variety of media, from magazines and newspapers to short romantic fiction and mystical fantasy. Experience a short-time, world-language immersion: all instructions, explanations, examples, communication, and reciprocation will be conducted in Spanish. Perform for proficiency by speaking in conversations about “hot” topics; write letters of introduction, inquiry and complaint; listen in order to participate in two-way communication and to appreciate the meaning of language in pop and classical music, media, videos, and television. Broaden your cultural perspective by looking at modern and traditional Spanish-speaking societies.
Prerequisite: equivalent of Spanish III (two years study with native experience)
Spanish 5 ( 3rd Year ) - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 10-12
Know other languages! Expand your horizons and become a responsible global citizen. Imagína all the people and places you can know when you speak another language. This course will challenge your beliefs about yourself and your culture while helping you better communicate and understand la cultura espańola.
Develop your speaking, reading, and writing skills through a variety of interactive activities that will get you using the Spanish language pronto. To communicate in another language you’ll need a robust vocabulary, an imagination, a sense of humor, dedication, and an open mind! To be fluent in Spanish requires a sound understanding of how the parts of language interact and LOTS OF INTENSE PRACTICE. Communicate with purpose and meaning-- iVámonos!
Prerequisite:
Government
AP US Government - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 11-12
This one semester Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics program
is designed to teach you, the mature student, an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States. It also requires familiarity with the various institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas that constitute U.S. Politics. Emphasis will be placed on the United States Constitution, state and local government and their interaction with other branches of government, and your rights and responsibilities as a citizen of the United States, the state of Washington and your local community.
Through the AP Audit process, College Board approves of this course and allows SVL to use the Advanced Placement designation on student transcripts.
Prerequisite: none
Math
AP Statistics A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 11-12
Statistics are used everywhere from ordering hamburger patties in a fast food business to predicting a student’s future success by the results of a test. Students will become familiar with the vocabulary, method, and meaning in the statistics which exist in the world around them. The TI-83 calculator will be used to explore the world of data and the patterns which can be found by analyzing this information. Students who want to take the Advanced Placement Statistics test may receive college credit.
Through the AP Audit process, College Board approves of this course and allows SVL to use the Advanced Placement designation on student transcripts.
Prerequisite: Integrated Math 3 A-B
Integrated Math 2 A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 9-12
Integrated Math 2 is an extension of the learning in Integrated Math 1. By the completion of this course, students will learn the concepts and procedures from basic algebra and geometry along with strands from statistics, probability, and discrete math. Integrated Math 1 is a prerequisite for Integrated Math 2.
Prerequisite: Completion of Integrated Math 1
Middle School Math - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 8-12
1. Mathematical Models-this includes several kinds of algebraic relationships including linear, inverse, and exponential relationships used to model real-life situations
2. The Pythagorean Theorem-irrational numbers, connecting coordinates, slope, distance, area
3. Exponential Relationships-recognizing and representing exponential growth and decay in tables, graphs, words, and symbols
4. Algebraic Reasoning-equivalent expressions, orders of operations, solving linear equations and simple quadratic equations
5.Symmetry and Transformations-symmetries of designs, transformations, connecting geometry and algebra
6. Data and Statistics-using samples to reason about populations and make predictions
7. Probability-counting techniques including trees, lists, tables, and diagrams
Prerequisite:
PE / Health
Lifetime Fitness A - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 10-12
This is a multidisciplinary science course that provides students the opportunity to lunderstand science concepts and principles, acquire reasoning, develop problem solving abilities, and use inquiry skills. The four major units in the course are chemistry, physics, biology, and earth science. The ninth grade course is designed to enable students to achieve a fundamental level of scientific literacy that will provide the competencies needed for successful participation in our scientifically and technologically oriented society.
Prerequisite: none
WASL Prep
WASL Math Prep - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2009 Grades: 9-12
This is a non-credit class. Prep for the WASL Math assesment.
Assist student's development of skills by expanding the students' competencies using contextual-based activities, on-line interactive learning format, and immediate feeback
Build student's confidence
Series of activities that focus on process with content embedded
Support from the teachers in developing test-taking skills
Support in developing technical reading skills and developing better written communication skills
Prerequisite:
WASL Reading Prep - Closed
School
Year:
2009 Start
Date: 08/27/2009 End
Date: 01/15/2010 Grades: 9-12
This is a non credit class. This class is a prep for the WASL Writing assesment.
In this class, you will study both persuasive and informative (or 'expository') writing. Understanding these two types of writing will provide a strong foundation for your success on both the WASL and in life.
In our expository writing units, you will learn how to: choose and narrow a topic, brainstorm and develop proof for your position, and add those little details (called 'elaboration') that make your writing exciting and fun to read.
During the persuasive writing units, you will learn to develop a position, to concede to the other side without losing the argument (the WASL calls this 'anticipate and refute'), and to use persuasive strategies to really convince your reader. Other skills you will develop include the ability to write compelling introductions and conclusions.
Of course, no writing course would be complete if we didn't talk about punctuation, spelling and grammar. (The WASL and your teachers call these 'conventions'). While this may be your least favorite part of the course, the big secret no one tells you is that getting a good conventions score can really help you to pass the test! And really, earning that score isn't terribly difficult; anyone who looks at your writing, scorers included, looks primarily for a few simple things. We'll decide together what skills you need to work on, and those are the ones on which we'll focus.
This required course is an integration of history, geography, civics, and economics. The three themes
covered over the course of the year are Conflict/Crisis, Pluralism, and Systems in the time frame of 1877 to the present. The students will cover pre-1945 in the first semester and post-1945 in the second semester. The course contains instruction on critical thinking strategies and social studies skills that will help the students gain a fuller understanding of the American experience.
Prerequisite: Counselor approval or successful completion of either a ninth or tenth grade Social Studies course.
This required course is an integration of history, geography, civics, and economics. The three themes
covered over the course of the year are Conflict/Crisis, Pluralism, and Systems in the time frame of 1877 to the present. The students will cover pre-1945 in the first semester and post-1945 in the second semester. The course contains instruction on critical thinking strategies and social studies skills that will help the students gain a fuller understanding of the American experience.
Prerequisite: Counselor approval or successful completion of either a ninth or tenth grade Social Studies course.
Students of all abilities will learn and apply the elements and principles of design by using a variety of media. Aesthetics, criticism and art history will be explored.
Prerequisite: These classes are a basic foundation and prerequisite for all other art classes unless waived by a demonstration of proficiency of established criteria.
Information technology permeates our society and our entire educational system. More than just a series of courses and competencies, information technology is an information-gathering, organizing, and problem-solving tool that supports every discipline in the schoolhouse.
Digital Communication Tools is a 90-hour exploratory course designed to introduce project-based curriculum using specific skills and tools necessary for today’s world and the future. It is a foundational course for students in the Business and Marketing area and helps to prepare students for any of the five career clusters (identified by the U.S. Department of States Career Clusters) in the Business and Marketing Pathway. Communication is the theme and is integrated throughout. Using various technologies and inputting gives students the ability to effectively communicate in the various media they will encounter at school and in the workplace.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Computer Applications A
This yearlong, project-based class teaches the full process of designing, developing, and managing the creation of websites. Students create multimedia websites, web graphics, and digital photography using Adobe. Students interested in the area of web development are encouraged to take this class.
This course is a primer course for students who are interested in pursuing a career in digital game programming/development. Students will learn game character development, storyboarding, and foundational programming skills used in producing casual computer based games. The digital interactive entertainment industry has grown to become a multi-billion dollar industry and is still growing! If you think that you may want to pursue working in this rapidly changing industry, this course is right for you!!!
HEAR FROM THE TEACHER
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Intro To Digital Game Programming A.
THIS CLASS IS AVAILABLE TO ONLY THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
FERRIS
LC
NC
SHADLE ROGERS
These credit retrieval courses are available for students who were unsuccessful in the course at least once and need to make up credits for graduation. By taking pretests, students can demonstrate mastery of concepts and focus on areas where they need assistance in demonstating achievement on essential standards. CLASS WILL BE TAKEN FOR PASS/FAIL. STUDENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER GRADE
Prerequisite: Students must have been unsuccessful in their first attempt at a class before they can take credit retrieval.
These credit retrieval courses are available for students who were unsuccessful in the course at least once and need to make up credits for graduation. By taking pretests, students can demonstrate mastery of concepts and focus on areas where they need assistance in demonstating achievement on essential standards.
CLASS WILL BE TAKEN FOR PASS/FAIL. STUDENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER GRADE
Prerequisite: Students must have been unsuccessful in their first attempt at a class before they can take credit retrieval.
These credit retrieval courses are available for students who were unsuccessful in the course at least once and need to make up credits for graduation. By taking pretests, students can demonstrate mastery of concepts and focus on areas where they need assistance in demonstating achievement on essential standards.
CLASS WILL BE TAKEN FOR PASS/FAIL. STUDENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER GRADE
Prerequisite: Students must have been unsuccessful in their first attempt at a class before they can take credit retrieval.
World History B Credit Retrieval - Closed
School
Year:
2008 Start
Date: 02/02/2009 End
Date: // Grades: 9-12
These credit retrieval courses are available for students who were unsuccessful in the course at least once and need to make up credits for graduation. By taking pretests, students can demonstrate mastery of concepts and focus on areas where they need assistance in demonstating achievement on essential standards.
CLASS WILL BE TAKEN FOR PASS/FAIL. STUDENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER GRADE
Prerequisite: Students must have been unsuccessful in their first attempt at a class before they can take credit retrieval.
In this course, students will study
basic, practical economic concepts
within the framework of the personal,
local, national, and international
settings to help each student better
understand his/her contemporary world.
Through the examination of a variety
of topics students will be able to
analyze economic activity, identify
recurring problems, and make reasoned,
objective judgments about current
issues.
I believe that students graduating
from high school should have some
background in economics as it relates
to their personal lives as well as
at a societal level. Each student
should have a fundamental understanding
of consumer economics, business economics,
finance and investment economics,
and the role of government in economics.
Enduring Understandings for Course:
· People have to make
choices between wants and needs and
evaluate the outcomes of those choices.
· Economic Systems
approach decisions regarding scarcity
in differing ways.
· Governments have
specific roles within the economy.
· All societies face
some common economic issues and problems.
· Students must use
critical reasoning skills to analyze
and evaluate positions.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Economics A
The College Board offers two advanced placement courses in English: Language and Composition, and Literature and Composition. An AP course in English Language and Composition engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts, and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both the reading and writing should make students aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to the effectiveness in the writing. The content focus of the class is not the literary texts you are used to reading in the English classroom, but the rather the nonliterary texts often ignored. These texts, including essays, biographies, speeches, and reviews; as well as alternative texts, including advertisements, graphic images, cartoons, and photographs will help us study the fundamental elements of rhetoric.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of AP English 11 A
AP English 12 B - Literature and Composition - Open
The Senior Advanced Placement course is structured to allow students to pass the College Board National Advanced Placement Test. Strong emphasis is placed on all genres of literature, grammar, usage, essay writing, research (both the process and the product), and other facets of written communication. Students must apply for admittance to this class. Students may elect, in the spring, to take the College Board Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Exam.
Through the AP Audit process, College Board approves of this course and allows SVL to use the Advanced Placement designation on student transcripts.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of AP English 12 A
English 9 A - B will combine the many facets of language arts. An emphasis is placed on writing skills, including grammar, usage, and composition. Designated genre for literature includes short story, drama, and poetry. Units in library use, study skills, listening skills, and a variety of writing activities are also incorporated.
English 10 is a continuation and refinement of skills from the 9th grade. English 10 A - B will further challenge sophomores in the language arts. Grammar usage and a variety of writing are included. Writing strategies and skills will make up the writing strand. Students will read a variety of texts, practicing and further exploring and refining the skills of careful readers, including marking and annotating texts. In addition to short story, novel, drama, and poetry, units on mythology, research writing and careers are presented. Students may choose their own level of rigor: the regular sophomore track or the honors track.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of English 10A
This course helps students become confident writers, analytical thinkers, and clear communicators. Because ours is a highly visual world, we will pair classic American literature and non-fiction with visual media such as photographs, advertisements, and film. Students will learn to be careful readers of visual and written text with the ability to synthesize materials from multiple sources into their own compositions. The class will observe MLA conventions and teach research skills.
HEAR FROM THE TEACHER
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of English 11A
This course is designed for students who plan to continue their post secondary education at the university/collegiate level. This course will provide “multiple and varied opportunities for students to read, inquire, and respond across disciplines, genres, and purposes.” Readings will include literature, non-fiction and technical texts. Students will practice “reading and responding to complex and sophisticated situations in order to be ready for the demands of the college curriculum.” Writing instruction will promote rhetorical awareness and will give students practice in a broad range of essay and rhetorical modes. College testing (SAT, ACT) and the personal essay for applications will be included. (College Readiness Project: http://www.learningconnections.org/clc/hecb.htm)
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of English 12A
In World History, students are exposed to a global perspective of our world from 1450 to the present. Students will develop a greater understanding of the evolution of globalization. More specifically, students will study the development and interaction of cultures, the interactions between humans and the environment, and the creation, expansion and interaction of economic, political and social systems. This understanding will develop from a combination of factual knowledge, social science perspectives and analytical skills.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of World History A.
This CTE course will introduce you to skills and theories of basic
journalism, including news writing, ethics, law, and some introductory
design. The class it taught by the advisor of "the Vox," the Spokesman
Review's new publication by and for teens, and is a great stepping stone
if you are interested in applying for their staff. It's also a great
class for anyone interested in being on their school newspaper staff or
toying with a journalism career in the future.**Career and Technical OR ENGLISH Credit**
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Journalism First Semester
Integrated Math 1 will weave together a variety of concepts, procedures, and processes in mathematics including basic algebra, geometry, statistics and probability. Students will develop the ability to explore and solve mathematical problems, think critically, work cooperatively with others, and communicate their ideas clearly as they work through these mathematical concepts.
Students do best when they have an understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of calculus. This course stresses the dual concepts of conceptual understanding of calculus and fluency in the procedures that accompany those concepts. If students can grasp the reasons for an idea or theorem, they can usually figure out how to apply it to the problem at hand. We will study the following major ideas during the year: limits, derivatives, indefinite integrals, Taylor series, parametric functions, polar functions and vector-valued functions. Students practice the skills of calculus while they solve real-world problems with calculus concepts.
Students do best when they have an understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of calculus. This course stresses the dual concepts of conceptual understanding of calculus and fluency in the procedures that accompany those concepts. If students can grasp the reasons for an idea or theorem, they can usually figure out how to apply it to the problem at hand. We will study the following major ideas during the year: limits, derivatives, indefinite integrals, Taylor series, parametric functions, polar functions and vector-valued functions. Students practice the skills of calculus while they solve real-world problems with calculus concepts.
Prerequisite: Must have completed HONORS Pre-Calculus.
Statistics are used everywhere from ordering hamburger patties in a fast food business to predicting a student’s future success by the results of a test. Students will become familiar with the vocabulary, method, and meaning in the statistics which exist in the world around them. The TI-83 calculator will be used to explore the world of data and the patterns which can be found by analyzing this information. Students who want to take the Advanced Placement Statistics test may receive college credit.
Through the AP Audit process, College Board approves of this course and allows SVL to use the Advanced Placement designation on student transcripts.
Integrated Math 2 is an extension of the learning in Integrated Math 1. By the completion of this course, students will learn the concepts and procedures from basic algebra and geometry along with strands from statistics, probability, and discrete math. Integrated Math 1 is a prerequisite for Integrated Math 2.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Integrated Math 2A
Building on the skills developed in the first two years of high school math, students will continue to improve their ability to reason mathematically by applying and extending their learning in this third year math course. This course will broaden their ability to model situations and solve problems. Students will formalize their understanding of two- and three-dimensional geometric figures. Triangles will continue to be a primary focus as we deepen the understanding of right triangles, special right triangles, applying the Pythagorean Theorem and applying the basic trigonometry ratios of sine, cosine and tangent. Students will also review and expand their understanding of transformations and uses of the coordinate plane. Students will develop an understanding of quadratics, functions and probability.
After covering the material in each unit of this course, students need a way to solidify what they have learned. The final element of each unit will be to allow the student to apply, hands-on, the concepts covered in the unit. This will be in the form of a project or activity (ex. designing and racing a ‘stock’ car made entirely of poster board; using Google Sketch-Up for the layout and design of their car and then defend their design using precise mathematical reasoning and language.
A major component of any college music curriculum is a course introducing the first-year student to musicianship, theory, musical materials, and procedures. Such a course may bear a variety of titles (Basic Musicianship, Elementary Theory, Harmony and Dictation, Structure of Music, etc.). It may emphasize one aspect of music, such as harmony; more often, however, it integrates aspects of melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, form, musical analysis, elementary composition, and, to some extent, history and style. Musicianship skills such as dictation and other listening skills, sight-singing, and keyboard harmony are considered an important part of the theory course, although they may be taught as separate classes.
The student’s ability to read and write musical notation is fundamental to such a course. It is also assumed that the student has acquired at least basic performance skills in voice or in an instrument.”
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of AP Music Theory A
Areas of study include body systems, CPR, first aid, substance abuse, mental health, human growth and development, nutrition and personal hygiene. The course is continually modified by the district to include new health concerns that may develop.
Introduction to Fitness is a required course for 9th graders. This semester long course will focus on the basics of health-related fitness, including the components of fitness, the F.I.T.T. formula, and the principles of training. Fitness tests, goal-setting, videos, PowerPoint presentations, readings, written assignments, heart rate monitors, and the Fitness Center will be used to introduce, review, and apply fitness concepts. This information in this course will provide a foundation for completing the required culminating project in 10th grade.
As a teenager, it's time to take control of your health and fitness! Healthy habits that are established now can last a lifetime. The culminating project in Lifetime Fitness allows students to design their own plan for maintaining their fitness and health as they get older. Over the course of this year, students willl complete many activities, both physical and academic, that will guide them in the decision-making process regarding their personal plan. By the end of the course, these activities will help students achieve their goals that were based on the pre-test fitness scores conducted at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Intro to Fitness.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Intro To Fitness.
As a teenager, it's time to take control of your health and fitness! Healthy habits that are established now can last a lifetime. The culminating project in Lifetime Fitness allows students to design their own plan for maintaining their fitness and health as they get older. Over the course of this year, students willl complete many activities, both physical and academic, that will guide them in the decision-making process regarding their personal plan. By the end of the course, these activities will help students achieve their goals that were based on the pre-test fitness scores conducted at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Intro to Fitness.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Lifetime Fitness A.
Digital Photography is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of photographyand related fields. This course will provide instruction in the fundamentals of digital photography, including: exposure control, shooting techniques, composition, and image editing software. **May be taken for Fine Arts or Career and Technical Credit**
HEAR FROM THE TEACHER
Prerequisite:
Photography Course Requirements:
You must have a digital camera with
Manual settings. To ensure that you
do, check your camera’s command
dial and look for an “M”.
Manual settings enable you to control
the Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO.
These are crucial for the course and
you will not be able to complete the
assignments if you don’t have
a camera that supports Manual operations.
Some possibilities if you don’t
have a camera with manual settings:
Purchase a new camera. There are some
reasonably priced cameras with manual
settings. Starting at $150 the Canon
Powershot A590 offers manual settings
and is priced at $150. Most Canon
point and shoot style cameras offer
manual settings. If you’re interested
in a more advanced camera, consider
a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex)
starting under $500. The Nikon D40
with a 18-55mm lens retails for $480.
Borrow a camera from a friend or
relative.
I have a limited number of cameras
similar to the Canon Powershot A590.
If the above two options are not a
possibility for you, contact me at
MichaelL@spokaneschools.org to explore
the possibility of checking out an
SVL camera.
DO NOT sign up for the course until
you have resolved the issue of retaining
a manual settings camera.
You should be comfortable using programs
such as:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Windows Media Player
After enrolling in the course, you
will receive a copy of Adobe Elements
to install on your personal computer.
Your computer should be able to handle
the minimum requirements required
for this program:
Windows®
Intel® Pentium® 4, Pentium
M, or Intel Centrino® 1.3GHz (or
compatible) processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with
Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista®
256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
1.5GB of available hard-disk space
Color monitor with 16-bit color video
card
1,024x768 monitor resolution at 96dpi
or less
Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display
driver
CD-ROM drive
Web features require Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6, Netscape Navigator 7.0,
or Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Macintosh
PowerPC® G4 or G5 or multicore
Intel® processor
Mac OS X v10.4.8 through 10.5.2
512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
64MB of video RAM
1GB of available hard-disk space (additional
free space required during installation)
1,024x768 display resolution
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7 software required for
multimedia features
Internet connection required for Internet-based
services
Now runs natively on PowerPC or Intel
based Macs
Experience native performance on Intel® and
PowerPC® based Macintosh computers.
Digital Photography is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of photographyand related fields. This course will provide instruction in the fundamentals of digital photography, including: exposure control, shooting techniques, composition, and image editing software. **May be taken for Fine Arts or Career and Technical Credit**
HEAR FROM THE TEACHER
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Digital Photgraphy1
Photography Course Requirements:
You must have a digital camera with
Manual settings. To ensure that you
do, check your camera’s command
dial and look for an “M”.
Manual settings enable you to control
the Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO.
These are crucial for the course and
you will not be able to complete the
assignments if you don’t have
a camera that supports Manual operations.
Some possibilities if you don’t
have a camera with manual settings:
Purchase a new camera. There are some
reasonably priced cameras with manual
settings. Starting at $150 the Canon
Powershot A590 offers manual settings
and is priced at $150. Most Canon
point and shoot style cameras offer
manual settings. If you’re interested
in a more advanced camera, consider
a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex)
starting under $500. The Nikon D40
with a 18-55mm lens retails for $480.
Borrow a camera from a friend or
relative.
I have a limited number of cameras
similar to the Canon Powershot A590.
If the above two options are not a
possibility for you, contact me at
MichaelL@spokaneschools.org to explore
the possibility of checking out an
SVL camera.
DO NOT sign up for the course until
you have resolved the issue of retaining
a manual settings camera.
You should be comfortable using programs
such as:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Windows Media Player
After enrolling in the course, you
will receive a copy of Adobe Elements
to install on your personal computer.
Your computer should be able to handle
the minimum requirements required
for this program:
Windows®
Intel® Pentium® 4, Pentium
M, or Intel Centrino® 1.3GHz (or
compatible) processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with
Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista®
256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
1.5GB of available hard-disk space
Color monitor with 16-bit color video
card
1,024x768 monitor resolution at 96dpi
or less
Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display
driver
CD-ROM drive
Web features require Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6, Netscape Navigator 7.0,
or Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Macintosh
PowerPC® G4 or G5 or multicore
Intel® processor
Mac OS X v10.4.8 through 10.5.2
512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
64MB of video RAM
1GB of available hard-disk space (additional
free space required during installation)
1,024x768 display resolution
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7 software required for
multimedia features
Internet connection required for Internet-based
services
Now runs natively on PowerPC or Intel
based Macs
Experience native performance on Intel® and
PowerPC® based Macintosh computers.
This course is designed to prepare students for success in their future through the exploration of different Science disciplines. Emphasis will be given to equip students with the skills and understandings required for success on the WASL. At the same time this course will cover topics, hands on experiments and simulations in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth Science giving students a broad background that will assist them in future Science courses.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Science 10A
This is a multidisciplinary science course that provides students the opportunity to lunderstand science concepts and principles, acquire reasoning, develop problem solving abilities, and use inquiry skills. The four major units in the course are chemistry, physics, biology, and earth science. The ninth grade course is designed to enable students to achieve a fundamental level of scientific literacy that will provide the competencies needed for successful participation in our scientifically and technologically oriented society.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of Science 9A.
project-based curriculum
that teaches digital communication skills
in the context of the professional web
design and development process, using
Adobe web tools. Digital Design develops
four key skill areas: 
Advanced Placement Test. Strong emphasis is placed on all genres of literature, grammar, usage, essay writing, research (both the process and the product), and other facets of written communication. Students must apply for admittance to this class. Students may elect, in the spring, to take the College Board Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Exam.
English 10 is a continuation and refinement of skills from the 9th grade. English 10 A - B will further challenge sophomores in the language arts. Grammar usage and a variety of writing are included. Writing strategies and skills will make up the writing strand. Students will read a variety of texts, practicing and further exploring and refining the skills of careful readers, including marking and annotating texts. In addition to short story, novel, drama, and poetry, units on mythology, research writing and careers are presented. Students may choose their own level of rigor: the regular sophomore track or the honors track.
This course helps students become confident writers, analytical thinkers, and clear communicators. Because ours is a highly visual world, we will pair classic American literature and non-fiction with visual media such as photographs, advertisements, and film. Students will learn to be careful readers of visual and written text with the ability to synthesize materials from multiple sources into their own compositions. The class will observe MLA conventions and teach research skills.
This course is designed for students who plan to continue their post secondary education at the university/collegiate level. This course will provide “multiple and varied opportunities for students to read, inquire, and respond across disciplines, genres, and purposes.” Readings will include literature, non-fiction and technical texts. Students will practice “reading and responding to complex and sophisticated situations in order to be ready for the demands of the college curriculum.” Writing instruction will promote rhetorical awareness and will give students practice in a broad range of essay and rhetorical modes. College testing (SAT, ACT) and the personal essay for applications will be included. (College Readiness Project: http://www.learningconnections.org/clc/hecb.htm)
United States Government and Politics program
is designed to teach you, the mature student, an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States. It also requires familiarity with the various institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas that constitute U.S. Politics. Emphasis will be placed on the United States Constitution, state and local government and their interaction with other branches of government, and your rights and responsibilities as a citizen of the United States, the state of Washington and your local community. 
students will learn the concepts and procedures from basic algebra and geometry along with strands from statistics, probability, and discrete math. Integrated Math 1 is a prerequisite for Integrated Math 2.
problem-solving tool that supports every discipline in the schoolhouse.
theories of basic
journalism, including news writing, ethics, law, and some introductory
design. The class it taught by the advisor of "the Vox," the Spokesman
Review's new publication by and for teens, and is a great stepping stone
if you are interested in applying for their staff. It's also a great
class for anyone interested in being on their school newspaper staff or
toying with a journalism career in the future.**Career and Technical OR ENGLISH Credit**
mathematics including basic algebra, geometry, statistics and probability. Students will develop the ability to explore and solve mathematical problems, think critically, work cooperatively with others, and communicate their ideas clearly as they work through these mathematical concepts.
