ELECTIVES

Spanish I is offered to 11th grade students. The course includes 6 units, separated into themes relevant to students’ lives. Some of the topics that are addressed include: people, communities, school, clothing, food, health, and activities. There is also special emphasis on cross-curricular interaction and students will apply Spanish to work that they are doing in another class. We will also address the grade level question of “Who Are They?” by considering Hispanic culture, power dynamics, and minorities in Spanish-speaking countries, as well as Hispanic minorities in the United States.

Spanish II is offered to 12th grade students. The course includes 6 units, separated into themes relevant to students’ lives. This course extends many of the topics covered in Spanish I, expanding students’ vocabulary and fluency in the language. Students will learn the past tense and more advanced grammatical concepts such as prepositional phrases and direct object pronouns. There is also special emphasis on careers and life beyond high school. We will also address the grade level question of “What Will I Do?” by considering students’ goals for their lives following graduation.

General Units of Study
Basketball
Football
Baseball/Softball
Tennis/Racquet Sports
Ropes Course / Team Building
Indoor / Scooter Style Games
Weight Training/Personal Fitness
All grades will take the CT Physical Fitness test with the 10th graders results being reported to the state
 
Health Course
How Body systems function?
Personal Wellness/Taking Care of Our Bodies
Diet and Nutrition
First Aid / CPR
Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Disease Prevention/STI's

The purpose of this class is to give student a broad understanding of the many ways that art plays a leading role in life. Students will be exposed to a variety of mediums like pencil, colored pencil, printmaking, and painting while learning about the role art plays in history. This class will provide students with the ability to use art as a positive form to express their thoughts and become lifelong participants of the arts. In 9th grade, students will reflect on the guiding question Who Am I? through an interdisciplinary end of year project which is rooted in creating a Self-Portrait in art. Grades 10-12 will study the guiding questions through learning about art history and creating artwork inspired by master artists.