High School Course Catalog - 2018-19 - hcpss

[Pages:160]Catalog of Approved High School Courses

2018-19

Members of the Board of Education of Howard County

Cynthia L. Vaillancourt

Chairman

Bess Altwerger, Ed.D.

Vice Chairman

Kirsten Coombs Christina Delmont-Small

Mavis Ellis Sandra H. French Ananta Hejeebu

Anna Selbrede

Student member 2017-18

Michael J. Martirano, Ed.D.

Interim Superintendent

Dear Student: The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) offers a wide variety of courses for high school students. The Catalog of Approved High School Courses can help you and your parents select the courses that are best for you and your future goals. Choosing the courses for your high school program is an important task that you should do thoughtfully with your parents. You should consider: ? What courses are required for graduation? ? When will you take each required course? ? What are your interests and areas in which you wish to develop? ? What courses are best suited to your goals? Teachers, school counselors and administrators are available to help you make wise choices. I encourage you to schedule an appointment with your school counselor to develop your Four-Year High School Plan, and meet with a counselor yearly to review your plan and select courses for the upcoming school year. High school is an exciting time of your life. This is a wonderful opportunity to plan an academic program that moves you toward reaching each personal milestone for achievement. On behalf of our entire school system, I wish you much success. Sincerely,

Michael J. Martirano, Ed.D. Interim Superintendent of Schools

10910 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 ? 410-313-6600 ?

William J. Barnes Chief Academic Officer

Frank Eastham Chief School Management and Instructional Leadership Officer

Marcy Leonard Community Superintendent

Theo Cramer Community Superintendent

Patrick Saunderson Community Superintendent

Central Office Personnel

Ebony Langford-Brown Executive Director Curricular Programs and School Improvement

Nancy FitzGerald Executive Director Special Education

Linda T. Wise Executive Director Student Services

Caroline Walker Director Curricular Programs

Secondary Curricular Programs

Maha Abdelkader Coordinator International and ESOL Programs

Julie Alonso-Hughes Coordinator Instructional Technology

Debbie Blum Coordinator Gifted and Talented Education Programs

Robert Cole Coordinator Digital Education Program

Jennifer Cornell Acting Coordinator World Languages

Nancy Czarnecki Coordinator English/Language Arts

Melissa Daggett Coordinator Library Media

Terry Eberhardt Coordinator Music

Sharon Kramer Coordinator Career and Technology Education

Gino Molfino Coordinator Fine Arts

Jennifer Peduzzi Coordinator Alternative Education Program

Linda Rangos Coordinator Physical Education and Health

Kelly Ruby Coordinator School Counseling and Related Services

Terrell Savage Coordinator Special Education

Mark Stout Coordinator Advanced Placement and Social Studies

Mary Weller Coordinator Science

Jon Wray Acting Coordinator Mathematics

Julie Wray Coordinator Digital Learning Innovation and Design

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Credit Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Credit for High School Courses Taken in Middle School 3 Career Preparation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Student Service Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Assessment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Maryland High School Required Assessments . . . . .4 Interventions and Retaking Assessments . . . . . . . .5 AP Substitute Exams for the Maryland HSA . . . . . . . 5 Bridge Plan for Academic Validation . . . . . . . . . . 5

Courses Meeting the Fine Arts Requirements . . . . .6 Fine Arts Course List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Courses Meeting the Technology Education Requirements . 7 Technology Education Course List . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Program Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Program Option 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Program Option 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Program Option 3 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Program Option 3 B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

General Information

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Release Time: Qualifications and Procedures . . . . . .10 Grading and Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Pathways for Language and Career Education (PLACE) . 15 JROTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Advanced Research Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Alternative Sources of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Weighted GPA and Class Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Digital Education Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Alternatives to Four-Year Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . 17

Academic Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Guidelines for Students Planning to Attend College or

NCAA Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Diploma Endorsements: HCPSS Certificate of Merit . . 13 Maryland High School Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Technical School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Jump Start Dual Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Early College Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Course Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Course Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

College Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Special Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Industry Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

504 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 ESOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Alternative Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Teen Parenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

STEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SAT Subject Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fee Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Career Academies

Career Academies - General Information . . . . . . . 26 Accounting Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Aerospace Engineering: Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Academy29 Agriculture Science Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Animation and Interactive Media Academy . . . . . . . 32 Architectural Design Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Automotive Technology Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Biotechnology Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Career Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Child Development Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Computer Programming Academy . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Construction Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Culinary Science Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Cybersecurity Networking Academy . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Engineering: Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Academy . 45 Finance, Academy of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Graphic Design Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Health Professions, Academy of . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Homeland Security and Emergency Management Academy 52 Hotel and Restaurant Management Academy . . . . . . 53 HVAC Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Marketing Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Systems and Project Engineering Academy . . . . . . .56 Teacher Academy of Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Course Descriptions

Course Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Course Description Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Advanced Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Career and Technology Education (CTE) . . . . . . . . 63 Business and Computer Management Systems . . . . 64 Career Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Engineering and Technology Education . . . . . . . . . 68 Family and Consumer Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Centralized Academy Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 JROTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ESOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Dance Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Theatre Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Health Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Student Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Physical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Special Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 World Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Appendix Course Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Four-Year High School Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Graduation Requirements

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Graduation Requirements

Science graduation requirements are under review by MSDE. See the school counselor for most current requirements.

Credit Requirements: Students must earn a minimum of 21 credits to graduate. Credits can be earned in

the following areas:

Core Requirements

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Subject Area

Current Specific Credit Requirements

Subject Area

Current Specific Credit Requirements

English

4 credits, including: ? 1 credit in English 9 ? 1 credit in English 10 ? 1 credit in English 11 ? 1 credit in English 12

Fine Arts

Physical Education

1 credit See course list on page 6.

1/2 credit, including: Lifetime Fitness

Mathematics

3 credits and 4 years of participation,* including: ? 1 credit in Algebra I ? 1 credit in Geometry

Health

1/2 credit, including: Health Education or Current Health Issues

Science

3 credits including: ? 1 credit in Biology ? 2 additional credits including laboratory

experience, in any or all of the following areas: ?? Earth Science ?? Environmental Science ?? Life Science ?? Physical Science

Social Studies

3 credits, including:

? 1 credit in U.S. History ? 1 credit in Local, State and National

Government

? 1 credit in World History

Technology Education

Program Choice

Electives

1 credit See course list on page 7.

2 credits in World Language OR

2 credits in American Sign Language** OR

2 credits in an approved Advanced Technology Program (see Program Choices on page 7)

OR 4 or 5 credits in a Career Academy (State-approved Career and Technology

Education Completer Program)

1-3 credits to include courses beyond requirements.

* In 2009, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents approved an academic policy that requires incoming freshman undergraduates to have completed four years of high school math. Accordingly, HCPSS students shall enroll in a mathematics course in each year of high school that the student attends in the HCPSS, up to a maximum of 4 years of attendance, unless in the 5th or 6th year a mathematics course is still needed to meet a graduation requirement. Three years of mathematics will consist of one credit of Algebra I, one credit of Geometry, and one or more credits in courses such Algebra II and subsequent mathematics courses that utilize algebra in a substantive way, so that the student does not lose the algebraic and numerical skills achieved in earlier courses.

** Students must complete both ASL I and II in high school to meet the graduation requirement. More details for 2015-16 and beyond are on the next page.

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