Schedule Requests for 2023-2024

Description: This semester long introductory course explores the differing, yet
varied facets of the field of forensic psychology and will cover landmark legal cases relevant to the field of forensic psychology, potential careers in forensic psychology, police psychology, expert testimony, legal consultation, forensic assessment in the justice system, psychological profiling, ethics, correctional psychology, and issues in working in the juvenile justice system.

Careers in forensics are noted to have a 27% increase between 2014 and 2024 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics and it is being added as a major at many universities due to an increased demand for professionals trained in the field.

Course Length: Year
Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation from current social
studies teacher. Introduction to Psychology or A.P. Psychology
are recommended but not required
Grade Levels: 11,12

Peer Mentorship is a yearlong course where selected students
have the opportunity to work with the students enrolled in the
Options Program, a non-diploma track program for students with
moderate to severe special needs. The peer mentors act as
academic role models, working with the Options students to create positive study skills. They assist in one to one tutoring and accompany the Options students to their classes. These mentors also help facilitate social participation by eating with students at
lunch and attending school functions with them. The Options
Program is not only beneficial to its students, but to its peer mentors as well. Mentors learn lifelong skills such as: patience, character, tolerance, compassion, and respect. Peer mentors make excellent role models for other students on campus and
show daily examples of living out our school’s four core principals:
Compassion, Humility, Justice and Goodness

Course Length: Year
Grade Levels: 12

Description: This course introduces students to the art, language, business and career concepts of and about the international motion picture industry. Students are required to learn the process of how a film is made from idea to seeing the idea on the silver screen. The students are taught to “read” a film, analyzing its structure, genre, technical and artistic factors and purpose. Students study the wide variety of careers required to make films and support the motion picture industry. Lastly, students learn how to view film, talk about film, write about film, critique films and research film. Also, with film viewing, students analyze film, research topics on specific areas of the motion picture industry, write original short scripts, create a short film of their own and do the necessary preparation to make a million-dollar feature film.

Course Length: Year
Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11,12

This course is designed to help the student build a portfolio for submission to the College Board for AP credit. With this in mind, the course is twofold. First, to continue to build on the “Breadth” work a student has continually been creating. This is important for the student
to maintain a wide scope in which to work. The second goal is to find a
“Concentration” that the art student wishes to pursue. The exploration in itself should be artistically motivating and should be the culmination of a
student’s search for visual creativity
This yearlong course will allow the highly motivated student to create a serious portfolio of individual work that will ultimately be submitted for
review and possible college credit. This course is designed for the self motivated student who is actively pursuing growth in their art skills or wishes to concentrate in art during college and wants to look at art as a
profession and or to create social change through their art.

Course Length: Year
Prerequisites: Completion of Drawing and Painting
Grade Levels: 12

In this yearlong course, through the creation of drawings, sketches, physical models, constructions, and architectural plan reading, students will gain an understanding of architectural three-dimensional art concepts and theory, technics, design elements, and principles, related to historic and contemporary architects. Students will gain an understanding of space, form, function and will be introduced to the various fields of architecture, such as construction, interior design, and urbanism. In addition, students will learn the history of architecture design, architectural styles, and related careers.
Students will use both hands on and digital approaches. They will engage in projects throughout the semester that teach creative problem solving, critical thinking and the development of technical skills.

Course Length: Year
Grade Levels: 9, 10, 11, 12

Description: This is a yearlong elective course designed to teach students how to appreciate and understand the medium of film. Students will develop their critical, visual, compositional, and analytical skills through the viewing of some of the best films ever made. Beginning with the early days of film and culminating with the 21st century developments, this is a comprehensive film study course covering the history of film, the aesthetics of film, prominent film movements and influential filmmakers. It is also a genre studies film course in which one of more films representing the following genres are presented: Westerns, Action/Adventure, Musicals, Suspense, Comedies, Science Fiction, War/Documentary, Animation, Foreign, Romance, Biographies and Horror.

Course Length: Year
Grade Levels: 10, 11,12