CUYAMA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION
It
is the policy of the Cuyama Joint Unified School District to promote a school
environment free from any action having the effect either directly or indirectly
of discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age,
sex, handicap, marital status and religious, political or sexual orientation.
Any act deemed discriminating by a student, employee or other citizen
should be immediately reported to school officials for investigation and
appropriate action.
Crop
Production and Soil Science (5-10 Units)
Grade
9-12, Prerequisite: None
Offered:
This
is a comprehensive course covering four related areas of agriculture, Crop
Production, Soil Science, Ornamental Horticulture and an Agriculture Production
lab. The curriculum will give
students a basic foundation in plant production, plant cell components, plant
physiology and growth, plant reproduction and plant pathology and pests.
Students will be expected to understand the principles of plant
classification and be able to identify a given selection of plants.
They will be expected to understand cell functions and components and
given a series of plants grown under different conditions, describe the plant's
reaction in terms of cellar function. Students will learn the principles of
plant physiology and growth and will know the difference between sexual and
asexual reproduction in plants. A
key component of this course will be the preparing, planting, cultivation and
harvesting of a 1-2 acre garden.
The
Soil Science unit is designed for students to learn the basic relationship
between soils and plant production. Students
will be asked to identify the basics of soil texture and structure, the types of
soil conservation. Students will
also learn and understand the effective management practice used in irrigation
drainage, watersheds and water conservation as they relate to the Cuyama Valley
and the Central Valley.
The
Ornamental Horticulture unit will introduce students to the horticulture
industry and provide information on career opportunities. This section will
stress the important science principles, particularly related to biology.
Objectives include an understanding of growing media, fertilizers and how
plant growth is regulated and how pests are controlled.
A major part of this unit will be greenhouse management and production.
This section will be enriched with numerous projects relating to bedding plants,
flowers and vegetable crops.
The
Agriculture Production Lab will be hands-on with content including the design,
construction and management of agriculture structures.
Student projects will include farming operations, handling and showing of
fair animals and record keeping and leadership training activities.
Livestock
Production
(5-10 Units)
Grade:
9-12, Prerequisite: None
Offered:
Livestock
production is a two-semester course that will help students understand the
importance of animals, their domestication, and their role in modern society.
This course will integrate a multitude of perspectives on animal
education. Basics of biology are
included as the foundation of the course while practical applications for beef,
sheep and swine are stressed. Materials
covered include major body systems (anatomy), animal genetics, animal nutrition,
and animal health. The content is
designed so that students with limited backgrounds as well as those with
extensive backgrounds in agriculture can be successful learners.
Included in this course are long-term projects involving the raising,
feeding, and showing, breeding and selling of livestock.
Accounting
Principles and Procedures
(5-10 units)
Grade: 9-12, Prerequisite: None
Offered:
This
course will help students understand basic accounting principles and procedures
affecting businesses. Students will
demonstrate competency buy preparing and maintaining accounting records.
Students will receive instructional content leading to the mastery of the
standards for the accounting side, accounting principles, cash management,
payroll and receivable and payable. A
primary project for this course is completion of the accounting process for a
simulated company.
Business
Law
(Units
5, One Semester)
Grade
9-12, Prerequisite: None
Offered:
Business
law is a two-semester course that helps high school students study the human
drama from the perspective of the evolving set of rules that form our legal
structure. Focus is on both the
substance and the process of our legal system.
Students encounter and explore many important social and ethical issues
and examine practical issues that affect their daily lives.
A course project involves a mock trial competition.
When students complete this course they should show improved insight and
appreciation of the legal system, the social impact of legislation and legal
decisions, the legal environment of business and personal transactions and the
legal consequences of decision making.
Business
Management (Units
5, One Semester)
Grade
9-12, Prerequisite: None
Offered:
This
is a two-semester course to help prepare students for executive, administrative
and human resources positions. Students
will study administrative theories and organizational policies plus receive a
foundation in economic principles and systems and the legal environment of
business. Students will have an
opportunity to explore and learn about the desirability, possibility, and
feasibility of entrepreneurship as a career option along with the importance of
entrepreneurship to the economy.
Grade
9-12, Prerequisite: None
Offered
Marketing
is a two-semester course based on the discipline of marketing plus the skills
that are transferable from one marketing occupation to another.
Students will learn how to apply economic and human resources as well as
marketing functions and foundations to solve business problems and develop
competence I areas such as product/service planning, selling, pricing, risk
management, and promotion. Students
will be involved in marketing an actual product or service as a major project of
the class.
Students
in the Cuyama High School District are required to take 4 years of English in
grades 9 through 12. Every course
will devote time to the development of the language arts skills-reading,
writing, speaking and listening. We
believe students will benefit greatly from practicing all the language arts
skills in every English class. Four
years of any of the English courses offered will meet the University of
California requirements for entrance with the exception of Individualized
Reading.
English
9 (Units 10)
Grade
9
English
9 focuses on development of Basic English skills in reading, writing, listening,
and speaking. Emphasis will be on
skill work, reading various forms of literature-poetry, plays short stories,
novels, and non-fiction. The
overall goal should be to develop reading and writing skills, which will allow
students to pass the competency tests given.
In addition the class will read a work of Shakespeare, complete a poetry
notebook, read a work of American drams such as the Miracle Worker.
This novel will be studied in detail. Outside reading and analytical
writing assignments will be required.
English
10 (Units
10)
Grade:
10
English
10 provides a broad language arts curriculum that picks up where 9th grade
leaves off, carrying on with more challenging literature and emphasizing an
array of specific writing modes. Reading
is drawn from a full range of literary genres-novels, short stories, poetry,
drama and non-fiction. Students
practice critical reading skills, analytical writing and gain an understanding
of literary fundamentals. Literature-based
vocabulary building is a common practice. Writing
assignments offer practice with autobiographical incidents, reflective writing. Generalizations supported with examples, interpretation,
comparison /contrast, evaluation, persuasive writing, report of information,
imaginative writing and combinations thereof. Outside reading and analytical
writing assignments will be required.
English
11
(Units
10)
Grade:
11
English
11 expands on the themes and concepts studied in English 10.
The class is specifically designed for the reading analysis, and
appreciation of American literature. Emphasis
will be on selections organized by genre to encourage comprehensive study of
literature in America from the Colonial period to the Twentieth Century.
Reading will be drawn from such genres as the novel, short story, poetry,
drama, and non-fiction. Outside
reading and analytical writing assignments will be required.
English
12
(Units
10)
Grade:
12
English
12 is a continuation of the language arts skills developed in English 11.
The course stresses the importance and relevance of grammar skill,
emphasizing both literature and the writing process.
English 12 serves as an overview of the major literature of Britain.
All major periods, such as Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Renaissance, 17th
Century, Restoration and the 18th Century, Romantic, Victorian and Modern will
be featured, and a variety of themes will be investigated.
Composition skills will be developed through the summary and analysis of
literature, with emphasis on college preparatory vocabulary building skills.
Outside reading and analytical writing assignments will be required.
Grades: 10-12, Prerequisite:
Teacher approval
This course is designed to teach students basic
journalistic skills such as layout, editing, copywriting, and photo design and
selection. It culminates in the
production of the school’s yearbook and periodic publication of “Big Blue
News” the school’s newspaper. This
is a hands-on student driven course. There
is no formal expectation of homework however students will be expected to work
after school and some weekends to meet deadlines.
Advanced
Literature (Two
Semesters, Units 10)
Grades 11-12 Prerequisite: Must have a grade of A or
B in both English 9 and English 10.
The course will focus on understanding and analyzing
a variety of complex writing styles by studying works from various authors and
genres. Literary works such as
poetry, prose passages, novels and plays will be included. Analysis will center on group discussion, with some written
analysis, and outside reading will be required. The class will cover a minimum of six literary works per
semester.
American
Literature A Honors (Units 5)
Prerequisite:
teacher approval,
This
is the first of a two semester course designed to provide a rigorous curricular
experience for students considering going on to a two or four year institution;
The course will survey modern American Literature from the 1920 to the present
covering short stories, novels, poetry, drama and non-fiction. Works from major
American authors may include Hemingway, Steinbeck, Bradbury, Faulkner, Frost,
Sandburg, Jarrell, Thurber, O’Neil, Wilder, Miller and Williams will be
discussed. The study of five works will be required as a minimum as well as five
essays. This is class is offered on line
through our on-line Honors and AP lab.
American Literature B Honors
Prerequisite:
Teacher approval
This
is the second semester of the American Literature honors series.
Students will study novels written by Americans. The class will deal with
themes that emerge and reoccur throughout American fiction.
Besides reading the novels, the class may from time to time look at short
stories and poems. Student will be
required to read a minimum of four novels and write at least four papers or
essay tests. This is class is offered on
line through our on-line Honors and AP lab.
Individualized
Reading (Units
5-10)
This
class is designed for students who need to improve their reading skills to pass
the High School Exit Exam, improve their STAR scores and to have the necessary
reading skills to become productive citizens.
The class will focus on a variety of reading strategies and skills
necessary for today’s readers.
Language
Acquisition (Units
5-10)
Prerequisite:
Teacher approval
This
class is offered to students in the intermediate range of English acquisition.
It is intensive study of the language for the purpose of enabling student
top successfully function in the core curriculum.
To this end, students will develop skills in grammar, vocabulary, reading
comprehension, written expression and speaking ability.
English
Composition Honors (Units 5)
Prerequisites:
A or B in recent English courses. Must
have completed sophomore English.
This
course teaches students to write college-level essays by acquainting them with
each step in the writing process and providing practice in writing descriptive
narrative, and various forms of expository writing. Students will read and write about a variety of essays and
books. This is class is offered on line through our on-line honors and
AP lab.
Shakespeare
Honors (Units 5)
Prerequisite:
A or B in recent English course.
This
course focuses on five of Shake’s plays as literature of immense cultural
importance and also as popular entertainment, both in Shakespearean language and
literary forms and a critical awareness of the continuing use, reinterpretation,
and reinvention of Shakespeare’s plot and characters. Text included: The
Taming of the Shrew (Penguin, 190); Macbeth (Penguin, 1987); Othello (Penguin,
1984); The Tempest (Penguin, 1987). This is class is offered on line through our AP lab.
AP
English Language
(Units 10)
Prerequisite:
A of B in recent English course. Must
have completed sophomore English.
Learn
to understand and analyze complex styles of writing by reading the works of
varied author, including other students. The
richness and complexity of language is explored through resources such as
syntax, imitation, word choice, and tone. Students learn about their own composition style and process,
focusing on exploration, planning, writing, editing, rewriting, and polishing of
text. Texts include: The Norton
Reader, 10th e. (WW Norton & Company, 1966) and writing, a college handbook
WW Norton & Company. This is class is
offered on line through our AP lab.
AP
English Literature-2
Semesters (Units 10)
Prerequisites:
A or B recent English course. Must
have completed sophomore English
Learn
to read and analyze poems and prose passages.
Develop the ability to write critical or analytical essays based on
poems, prose passages and complete novels and plays. Text include: The Norton Anthology (WW Norton & Company,
1960) ANAND The Story and its Writer. An
Anthology of Short Fiction (Bedford/st. Martins, 1980). Novels include: Beloved,
Twelfth Night, Hedda Gabler, A Streetcar Named Desire, Gulliver’s Travels,
Annie John, The Great Gatsby and Jane Eyre. This
is class is offered on line through our AP lab.
Art (Units 10) Prerequisite: None
Art is explored through various hands-on projects. Students will engage in creating various works of art in different mediums throughout the school year.
Grade:
9-12, Prerequisite: none
This
class is an introduction to pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and syntax.
Practice in the four basic language skills of oral comprehension,
speaking, reading and writing and understanding of Spanish speaking people and
culture.
Grade:
9-12, Prerequisite: Grade of B in Spanish I or permission of the instructor
This
class is designed to increase student proficiency and to advance conversational
skills and the continuation in understanding and appreciation of Spanish
culture.
Grade:
9-12, Prerequisite: none
Introduction
to French stresses basic oral, written and spoken communication with meaningful
cultural contexts, This course introduces the people, country, history and
emphasis on daily life which incorporates cooperative learning strategies and
self expression. This class
features several adventurous videos, oral and written activities.
Vive La France.
Grade
9-12
Prerequisite:
Grade of B in French I or permission of the instructor
This
class is designed to increase student proficiency, vocabulary, grammar and
syntax. Continues to improve the
four basic language skills of I writing, speaking, hearing and reading as well
as introductions of basic readings of French literature. A video and compact disc program facilitates learning
and adds understanding of the people, history and people of this wonderful
country. A fieldtrip to a French
restaurant is planned at the end of the course of study.
Wood
Manufacturing
(Units 5-10)
Prerequisite:
None Offered 2003-2004
This
course introduces students to various technologies including drafting, Auto CADD,
construction and woodworking. Students
will learn the safe and proper use of commonly used hand and power wood shop
tools as well as commonly used wood joints and fasteners.
Students will learn the various stages required to take a project through
all of its phases from planning to drawing to manufacturing.
At the conclusion of this course students will have planned, drawn and
built a storage shed that will be sold to the community.
The class is designed to help students form opinions and make decisions
about how to use technology wisely.
Metals
and Welding
(Units 10)
Prerequisite:
None
This
course provides a foundation of theory and knowledge relating to the welding
process. Industrial applications
and occupational opportunities are introduced as well as facility, equipment,
and safety aspects. The metals and
welding class consists of the processes required for mastery of essential and
manipulative skills. Welding exercises are also provided in selected sections of
the text to aid the learner in acquiring and retaining these skills.
Materials requirements set-ups, and welding procedures are listed in
concise steps within the exercises. Specific
welding tasks to be practiced are selected from the weld types, weld joints and
positions detailed in the respective exercises.
This class will be divided into introduction to metals and shop safety,
introduction to welding, oxyacetylene welding, gas shielded and arc welding,
special welding process and supplementary welding data.
Electricity
and Electronics
(Units 10)
Prerequisites:
Teacher Approval Offered 2003-2004
Electricity
and electronics introduces the basic principals of electricity with a minds on
hands on experiment approach. Each
experiment is designed to illustrate how electricity is controlled and stored
using devices called components. Each experiment it designed to illustrate an
important principal of electronics and demonstrate what different components are
and how they work. Students will
design, draw and manufacture several projects involving electricity and
electronics.
Algebra
A (Units
5-10)
Grades
9-12, Prerequisite: none
This is a required course to assist students in passing the High School Exit Exam. This course emphasis general mathematics and algebra principles using cooperative learning and concrete instructional strategies. The course is designed to expose students to all seven strand of the California Mathematics Framework: numbers measurement, geometry, patterns and functions, statistics and probability, logic and algebra.
Algebra
B (Units
5-10)
Grades 9-12, Prerequisite: None
This is a required course which is a continuation of
algebra A and meets the high schools graduation requirement for Algebra I.
The courses is designed to assist students in passing the High School
Exit Exam. This course emphasis general mathematics and algebra principles using
cooperative learning and concrete instructional strategies.
The course is designed to expose students to all seven strand of the
California Mathematics Framework: numbers measurement, geometry, patterns and
functions, statistics and probability, logic and algebra.
Algebra
I (Units 10)
Grade
9-12, Prerequisite: none
This
is designed to be a freshman level math class.
Students will be exposed to abstract thinking. The course covers the basic concepts of using a variable to
solve word problems, using variables to cover polynomials, graphing linear
functions, and learning parabolic functions and factoring. They will also learn the number line and its importance to
inequalities and rational expressions.
Geometry
(Units10)
Grade:
10-12, Algebra I
In
this sophomore level math class, students will do an indepth study of shapes and
figures as they apply to their use in construction and space.
Students will also come in contact with inductive and deductive reasoning
as they are used in the reasoning of constructing proofs.
Through it’s many theorems, postulates, and corollaries; this class
will explore the abstract concepts involving parallel lines, triangles, and
quadrilaterals. Polygons, circles and their applications in real life.
Finally, trigonometry will be taught as a means for preparing the
students for
Algebra
II (Units
10)
Grade:
10-12, Prerequisite: At least a “C” or better in Algebra I and Geometry or
teacher recommendation.
This
is a two-semester course, which expands on the mathematical content of Algebra I
and Geometry. Emphasis is placed on abstract thinking skills including
mathematical deduction and induction, the concept of functions and the algebraic
solution of various “real life” and hypothetical problems.
This course will include laboratory investigations, gathering and
organizing statistical data, probability, arithmetic and geometric series and
sequence, solving linear and quadratic systems by factoring, using a matrix,
graphing, substitution, elimination, and Cramers rule, applying the fundamental
counting principles using combinations and permutations, logarithms and inverse
functions, polynomial functions and complex numbers.
Graphing calculators (TI-82 or 83) are required and it is recommended
that all college bound students purchase their own personal calculator.
Advanced
Topics (Units
5-10)
Prerequisite: Algebra
II and teacher approval
This is an advanced level math course leading to
Calculus. The course will be a
continuation of algebra and cover trigonometry and pre-calculus.
Prerequisites:
Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, and pre-calculus (Math Analysis/Functions). Grade A or B
This
Calculus course teaches students to understand change geometrically and visually
(by studying graphs of curves), analytically (by studying and working with
mathematical formulas), numerically (seeing patterns in sets of numbers) and
verbally. A pretest needs to be
taken before enrollment. This is class is
offered on line through our AP lab.
AP
Statistics
(10 Units)
Prerequisite:
Algebra II, Grade A or B
This
course gives students hands-on experience in collecting, analyzing, graphing,
and interpreting real-world data. Texts
include: Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 10th e.
(Brooks/Cole, 1999). This is class is
offered on line through our AP lab.
Students
are required to take 20 units or 4 semesters of science.
This requirement may be satisfied by taking 10 units of general science
and 10 units of general biology.
Biology I, II (Units
10)
Prerequisite:
none
This
course covers the structure and function of cells as the basic unit of life, the
chemistry underlying all life, a survey of all forms of life from viruses and
single cell organisms to plants and animals, genetics, and the process of
scientific discovery. Students will
use the Internet as a resource for writing research papers and completing class
projects. This is a laboratory
course that will include dissections. Successful
completion satisfies college entrance requirements.
General Science 1a, 1b (Units 10)
Prerequisite:
none
This
survey course covers the atomic structure of matter, mechanics, electricity,
force and motion, sound and light, astronomy, the universe, and some aspects of
the physical environment including earthquakes, volcanoes, minerals, and rocks.
Students will use the Internet as a resource for writing research papers
and completing class projects.
Through laboratory investigation, students will become familiar with the
process of scientific discovery.
Ecology (Units
10)
Prerequisite:
completion of Biology with “C” or better OR permission of the teacher
This
is a lab course. During the first
semester, students will investigate all aspects of biomes, ecosystems, and
habitats. Special attention will be
given to the study of how things have adapted to factors in their environment.
During the second semester, students will explore the environmental
impacts of such things as air pollution, water pollution, and hazardous waste.
Students will come up with and present possible solutions as part of several
projects they will participate in. Students
will use the Internet as a resource for writing research papers and completing
class projects. This course will be offered again 2004-2005.
Chemistry I, II (Units 10)
Prerequisite:
“B” or better in Algebra I, II (or concurrent enrollment in Algebra II)
Through
laboratory investigation and problem solving techniques, the student will
explore the elements and compounds that make up living and non-living matter and
the changes these substances undergo. Topics
include measurement, atomic structure, the periodic table, bonding, solutions,
chemical reactions, and introductions to nuclear, organic, and biochemistry.
Applying scientific methods and the quantitative nature of chemistry will
be stressed. Students will use the
Internet as a resource for writing research papers and completing class
projects. Chemistry and Physics are
offered in alternating years. Chemistry
will be offered 2003-2004.
Prerequisite:
“B” or better in Algebra I, II (or concurrent enrollment in Algebra II)
This
course covers topics in motion, energy, heat, sound and light, waves,
electricity, and magnetism, Newtonian mechanics, optics, and atomic and nuclear
physics. The concepts of physics
are explored using mathematics to solve problems and laboratory investigations.
Students will also use a variety of technology including the Internet and
Vernier probe are to complete research papers and projects. Chemistry and Physics are offered in alternating years.
Physics will be offered 2004-2005.
AP Physics B –
2 semester (Units 10)
A
pre-test needs to be taken before enrollment.
Physics
is the science of matter and energy-how the universe is put together.
This course is a non-calculus survey course covering five general areas:
Newtonian mechanics, thermal physics, electricity and magnetism, waves
and optics, and atomic and nuclear physics.
Students will get an understanding of the core principles involved and
learn to apply these principles in the solution of problems.
This course is accompanied by hands-on lab. This class is offered on-line through our AP lab.
AP Biology (Units
10)
Prerequisite:
Biology and Chemistry
This
course fosters an understanding of the general concepts of life including
reproduction, balance in nature and the nature of living things.
This course focuses on three broad sections: molecules and cells,
heredity and evolution, and organisms and populations.
This course will be valuable to all students planning to continue in
science or health sciences in college. This
course is accompanied by hands-on labs, which require a school lab facilitator.
This class is offered on-line through our AP lab.
World
History
(Units 10)
Grade:
10
This
course meets the California Social Studies stands guidelines by starting with a
review of geographical terms and having students create their own “fantasy
islands” incorporating these terms. Then,
it continues with a review of major world civilizations and historical events
from prehistory, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, the Dark and Middle Ages through the
Renaissance and Reformation. Far Eastern cultures and dynasties are researched in China,
Japan and Korea. This course
continues tin the study of explorers and colonial exploration and the global
impact of these voyages and colonizations. The course studies the concepts of
isolationism, imperialism, industrial revolution and diplomacy. It continues to study the cause and consequences of World War
I, the rise of Fascism, Communism, and the causes and consequences of World War
II. In addition the course will
explore nationalism in the contemporary world, and the unresolved problems of
these world nations. The major
emphasis in this course is on the major political and economic cultural
considerations in the world of the past and today.
The course has a variety of learning strategies including musical themes,
art and model projects, essays, book reviews and research papers.
United
States History
(Units 10)
Grade:
11
This
course commences with a geographical terms review and a model creation using
those terms. The course then
continues with a review of the age of exploration, colonization, revolutionary
war period, the rise a of a new nation, causes of the war of 1812, the age of
Jackson, Indian removal policy, expansionism and manifest destiny.
Students will study the causes and consequences of the civil war,
reconstruction, industrialization immigration, reform attempts that led to the
progressive era and the unionization of workers.
Students will also examine the concept of imperialism, World War I, the
jazz age, the roaring 20’s, the great depression, the rise of Fascism , the
causes and consequences for World War II, the cold war, hemispheric
relationships following the war, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam era, the
turbulent 60’s and finally the U.S. in recent times.
This course integrates music and involves students in active
participation to understand the history of America.
Grade:
12
This
is a two-semester course designed for students to learn the foundations and
political philosophical foundations of our U.S. Government.
Students study philosophers such as John Locke, Montesquieu and other
philosophical thinkers from which the constitution was formed.
Using the “We The People” curriculum, students will learn all levels
of Federal, state and local government by panel discussions, debate and other
group activities. Students will
study the Constitution, how the government operates and how students are
effected by it in their lives. Using
the “Project Citizen” booklet, students will research and create solutions
for a local community problem and then report their findings in front of a panel
of school administrators and/or local business owners.
By doing this, students will have the opportunity to learn of their civic
role and responsibilities in the structure of local, state and national
government.
The
Economics course teaches theory and problems of economics, which involves the
choices they make in the market place, and how those choices impact the global
market. Students study supply and
demand curve possibilities, buying and spending habits, problem solving
approaches, geometric models, bar graphs, and schedule analysis.
Current economic world problems are discussed as well as solutions to
these and other social problems. Students
will also be active participants and learners in the “Stock Market Game”, in
which teams of four learn firsthand how to analyze and research companies,
investment and portfolio strategies, global and market analysis and how the
choices they make can influence their lives.
AP
U.S. Government and Politics
(Units 5)
Prerequisite:
US History and good writing skills.
This
course covers the nuts and bolts of the American political system including its
structure, operations, and the behavior of the electorate and politicians.
Students will gain an analytic perspective, enabling them to critically
evaluate political information, hypotheses, concepts, opinions, and processes.
Texts include: Lanahan Reading in the American Government, 6th
e. (WW Norton & Co., 2000). This is
class is offered on line through our AP lab.
Prerequisites:
A or B in recent Social Studies courses and good writing skills.
Students
build an understanding of the economic, political, and social changes that have
occurred in United States history. This
course encourages students to weigh evidence and interpret problems presented by
historians. Through assessment and
critical analysis of historical documents and interpretations of them, students
learn to analyze data, form conclusions, and present well-reasoned, persuasive
arguments in written form. Texts
include: America, A Narrative History, 5th e. (WW Norton & Co.). This
is class is offered on line through our AP lab.
Honors
Sociology-
(Units 5)
Prerequisites:
A or B in recent English Course
This
sociology course considers the influence of social phenomena on human behavior
using comparative multicultural and cross-cultural approaches and drawing on
current, relevant examples. Topics
include social ranking and mobility, crime and deviance, poverty, racial and
ethnic minority status, gender discrimination, aging as a social process, the
family, economic systems, political systems, religion, health care, education,
and types and theories of social change.
Texts include: Sociology: An Introduction, 6th e.
(McGraw-Hill, 1999). This is class is
offered on line through our AP lab.
Prerequisite:
A or B in recent English course
An
introduction to the principal areas, problems, and concepts of psychology.
Topics include development, learning, perception, emotion, personality,
stress, and pathology. Texts
include: Psychology, 3rd e. (Prentice Hall, 2000). This
is class is offered on line through our AP lab.
Technology
I -Introduction to the world of computers (Units 10)
Grades
9-12, Prerequisites: None
This
is a two-semester course, offered every year.
It is designed to take students into the world of computers.
This course is a required course for all freshmen. This course emphasizes
MS Office application. This
includes student mastery in computer applications for graphics, word-processing,
PowerPoint presentation, database, and spreadsheet.
A continued emphasis is also placed on student mastery of the keyboard
and computer literacy. This will also follow the State Technological
Certification program/level one proficiency which also ensures students will be
able to use related software to enhance personal productivity, locate
information and conduct research via e-mail, and the internet, and operate a
variety of common media display devices.
Grades
10-12, Prerequisites: Technology I, or teacher approval.
This
is a two-semester course that is offered every year. It is designed to further
enhance the student’s world of computers. This course is designed to take
students beyond the basics an further enhance the student mastery in
spreadsheet, word-processing, desktop publishing and other commonly used
software applications. This course
will also follow the state technological Certification program/level two and
three proficiency which will ensure students are able to apply technology skills
to: customize an electronic portfolio by using effective software selection
criteria and using classroom organization for technology use, Integrate
software/courseware into students curriculum, Improve student ability to access
relevant technologies, Use technology to more effectively meet individual
curriculum needs. Finally, each
student will learn to create their own web page and be involved in the continued
update and development of the Cuyama web page. Students will finally learn to
utilize and identify basic principles of instructional design associated with
the development of multimedia and hypermedia devices. The student will conclude the course by learning to take and
utilize digital pictures and incorporate this into desktop publishing,
animation, web page and print shop.
Technology
III-Advanced Computers and Technology (Units 5-10)
Grades
10-12, Prerequisite-Teacher Approval
This
is a hands-on mind-on elective course designed to further enhance the following
technology areas: Collaborate on projects that incorporate the use of
technology and student learning. Set-up,
Design, implement and troubleshoot our First Class e-mail service.
Evaluate the internet, software and help implement into our technology
curriculum. Provide leadership and
peer tutors for our beginning computer students.
Collaborate with others through electronic media and computer-based
collaborative tools. Set-up,
evaluate and incorporate online learning programs to meet student need in the
area of mathematics and algebra. Troubleshoot
and maintain the district network.
Physical
Education (Units
10)
Grades:
9-10, Prerequisites-None.
This
is a ten-unit course. This is a
yearly course for all freshmen and sophomore students. This course is designed
to help students gain an insight into the broad discipline of physical education
through team and individual activities. It is designed to acquaint students with
the organized body of knowledge embraced within the discipline of physical
fitness. This course begins and
ends with the state approved physical fitness performance test. This course is
designed to show the proper relationship of physical education to the fields of
Recreation and Health Education. PE
classes are co-educational. P.E.
uniforms must be worn during class. P.E.
classes may include the following activities: baseball, basketball, flag
football, jogging, physical conditioning, soccer, swimming, volleyball, and
weight lifting.
Sports,
(Units 5)
Prerequisite:
Teacher approval, Only 10 units per year may be earned.
Cuyama
Valley High School participates in several sports including, football,
volleyball, basketball, and baseball. Students
may receive P.E. credit to satisfy the state requirement for 9th and 10th grade
P.E if they participate in one or more of these sports. You must have permission of the coach for the sport,
counselor and administrative approval. All
9th and 10th grade students who elect to take sports in instead of P.E. must
attend a mandatory meeting with your parents, coach and counselor to sign a
contract outlining the requirements for a sports option. No exceptions!
Driver
Education/ First Aid and Health
(Units 10)
Prerequisites-None
This
is a required two-semester course for all Freshmen. The course designed to teach
students how to drive, basic emergency action principles, first aid, CPR, drug,
tobacco and sex education and nutrition and driver education.
This course is a required course for all freshmen.
The first semester is designed to focus on basic emergency action
principles, first aid and health education.
The second semester is designed to focus on driver education, nutrition
and sex education.
Journalism
(Units 10)
Grades 10-12, Prerequisite: Teacher approval
This course is designed to teach students basic
journalistic skills such as layout, editing, copy writing, and photo design and
selection. It culminates in the production of the school’s yearbook and
periodic publication of “Big Blue News”, the school’s newspaper. This is a
“hands-on”, student driven course. There
may not be assigned homework but there will always be deadlines that will need
to be met. This may require working
after school and weekends.
Prerequisite:
Administration approval
The
PASS program is available on a limited basis to students who need to make up
units in a specific subject area in order to graduate from high school.
The PASS program offers classes in all curricular areas.
This program is available through Sierra Madre on a self -paced
independent study basis.
Grade
12
The
Senior Seminar class is a graduation requirement for all seniors.
The class is designed to provide graduating seniors skills necessary to
successfully enter the world of work or to continue on with their education.
Students will learn job interviewing and hunting skills, vocational
awareness, how to create a resume, review survival math skills, participate in
the senior ambassador program, sponsoring a career day and complete a senior
project.
Student
Assistant
(Units: 5 units semester, 10 total/yr.)
Grades
11-12
Students
are assigned to work with a classroom teacher or in the school office.
Activities may include learning the fundamentals of office work, filing, switchboard operation, correcting papers, etc.
Special education support services are available to all students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to insure their access to an appropriate public education. The program provides support for a wide range of social, intellectual and emotional maturity of individuals with special needs, coupled with the concept of movement toward the least restrictive placement, necessitates great flexibility for courses of study for each individual. Electives or selected required course may be taken by students in Special Education programs when deemed appropriate by the IEP team composed of parents, teachers and support staff.
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