GENERAL ELECTIVES General Elective Courses Number
Course
Fee
802202
Multimedia School Publications (Eagle Techs) Gr 7 & 8 (Application)
$10
200038
Introduction to Theatre Gr. 7 & 8
NA
802110
Destination Imagination Gr. 7 & 8 (Application)
TBA
230212
World Issues and Civic Involvement Gr. 7 & 8
NA
Skills Lab Gr. 7 & 8
NA
Foreign Language Survey Gr. 7 & 8
NA
270174aa
Foreign Language Survey Extended Gr. 8 (Prerequisite Needed)
NA
802200ah
AVID Secondary Gr. 7 & 8 (Application)
NA
802200ac 270174
802202 MULTIMEDIA SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS (EAGLE TECHS) Year Course Grades 7-8 Teachers Approval Via Application Process Fee $10.00 and FBLA Students create, design, and produce the school’s yearbook; learn and use publishing tools; utilize desktop publishing skills; refine revising and editing skills; work under established deadlines; and create spectacular pictures by using PhotoShop. The yearbook staff may be required to stay after school on occasion in order to complete deadlines. Requirements for becoming a staff member are as follows: fill out an application, be interviewed by the adviser and present staff, and obtain three recommendations (one of which is the present English teacher), and possess a B or better in English. Fee: $10
creatively to solve a problem. Destination Imagination encourages students to have fun, take risks, and focus and frame challenges while incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), the arts, and service learning. Students participating in DI build on their individual strengths while learning patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process. The national DI challenge masters create new collections of team challenges each year which students work together to solve. The teams present their challenge solutions at a yearly competition along with other DI kids from around the state. Destination Imagination is an exciting way for students to practice higher order thinking, to improve creative and critical thinking, and to participate in collaborative problem solving. 230212 WORLD ISSUES AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT Semester Course Grades 7 & 8 The goal of this course is to have open discussions of current issues and raise awareness of the civic responsibility students have as they become voters. Discussions for each class will focus on current events from that week, while in the second part of class students will discuss issue in greater detail in relation to the civic responsibilities. Scheduled issues include the wars, civic involvement, Citizens rights/ responsibilities, the future of the job market, and other modern issues. Discussions will be supplemented by readings, films, and
200038 INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE Semester Course Grades 7 & 8 This course will offer students exposure to basic theatre knowledge and acting skills. Students will build confidence and become more comfortable expressing themselves in front of others. 802110 DESTINATION IMAGINATION Semester Course Grades 7 & 8 Teachers Approval Via Application Process Fee: TBD Destination Imagination is a team based, competitive program which requires team members to work 25