Please note that core courses
may also be taken as electives such as an additional
math, science or social studies.
Credit-1.0
Grade Placement: 9, 10,
11, 12
Prerequisite: RISE is a required reading course for
students in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade who did not score
proficient in reading on the 8th grade PSSA Reading test.
Fall placement is based on results from the Gate MacGinite
Reading Achievement Test given in the spring. Content varies
from basic decoding (phonics) skills to higher order thinking
(comprehension) skills. The Corrective
Reading program by SRA is the series used for this
class.
Credit 1.0
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: PLATO is a required mathematics
course for students in 9th , 10th , and 11th grade who did
not score proficient in math on the 8th grade PSSA math test.
Fall placement is based on results from the PLATO PSSA
Assessment given in the spring. Students are assigned modules
to complete in the areas of numbers and operations, measurement,
geometry, algebraic concepts, data analysis and probability.
Credit 0.5
Grade
Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: none
This course helps students to develop a sense of responsibility
by presenting themselves in ways that maintain dignity
and respect for themselves and others. Students learn
how to stick to commitments, relate in ways that promote
cooperation and decrease conflict, deal productively
with anger, and cope with "real world" life
choices.
Credit 0.5
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Prerequisite: none
This course is designed to teach students the six core
elements of character: respect, responsibility, trustworthiness,
fairness, caring and citizenship.
The emphasis will be on students learning the basic social
skills used to get along well
with people in any type of environment. Students will
be taught to develop critical thinking skills thereby
being able to resolve most issues in the workplace.
Credit 1.0
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: none
This course introduces the student to the basic skills
of speaking, reading, writing and understanding the Spanish
language. The student will learn the grammatical
structures of the language. Certain aspects of the culture
are discussed.
Credit 1.0
Grade Placement:
9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Spanish I
The
Spanish II course will introduce more complex grammatical
structures and review and expand the vocabulary. The
course will also introduce the history and geographical aspects
of Spain. Students must have passed Spanish I with a
77% final average to enroll.
Credit 1.0
Grade Placement:
9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Spanish II
The Spanish III course will introduce more complex grammatical
structures and review and expand the vocabulary. The
course will also introduce the history and geographical
aspects of Spain. Students must have passed Spanish II
with a 77% final average to enroll.
Credit 0.5
Grade Placement: 10,11
Prerequisite: none
This is an introduction to mechanical drawing. Students
will work on basic drafting principles on the drawing board. Students
will advance to CAD drawings in AutoCAD. There
is no prerequisite for this course. This course is
designed for 1st year Precision Metals students or students
interested in an introductory mechanical drawing course.
Credit 0.5
Grade Placement: 11 or 12
Prerequisite: Technical Drawing 1
This is an advanced mechanical drawing course. Students
will work on 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional CAD drawings
in AutoCAD or ProDESKTOP. This course is designed
for Precision Metals students.
Credit0.5
Grade Placement: 11 or 12
Prerequisite: Technical Drawing 2
This is an advanced mechanical drawing course. Students
will continue work on 3D CAD drawings in AutoCAD or ProDESKTOP
and also with cnc software MasterCAM. Students will
also work on reading blueprints including welding drawings. This
course is designed for Precision Metals students.
Credit
0.5
Grade Placement: 10 or 11
Prerequisite: none
This is an introduction to Architectural Drawing. Students
will design a house. This course will work with the
CAD program Softplan Architectural Design Software. There
is no prerequisite for this course. This course is
designed for construction students or students interested
in an introductory architectural drawing course.
Credit
0.5
Grade Placement: 11 or 12
Prerequisite: Architectural Drawing 1
This is an advance course in architectural drawing. Students
will continue work on the house plans created in architectural
drawing 1. This course will continue work with the
CAD program Softplan Architectural Design Software. This
course is designed for construction students. This
course will include construction detail drawings and
some construction estimating.
Credit 0.5
Grade Placement: 10 or 11
Prerequisite: none
This course is designed for the students in the construction
areas. Students study the basics of blueprints including
basic symbols, lines, scales and standard drawings included
in a set of plans. This course includes exercises
in reading residential and light commercial blueprints. The
emphasis of this course is to aid the future construction
workers in proper interpretation of drawings. Additionally,
the areas of construction specifications and construction
estimating will be covered.
Credit 0.5
Grade Placement: 11 or 12
Prerequisite: Architectural Blueprint Reading 1
This is an advanced course in blueprint reading. Students
will study blueprints of commercial buildings. The
emphasis is on various types of construction, and construction
stages from excavation to completion.
Credit
0.5
Grade Placement: 11, 12
Prerequisite: none
This course is designed for the learning support student
who plans to attend a two or four year college. This
course will focus on academic writing, writing abstracts
and the improvement of summarizing and paraphrasing skills.
