Course Catalog 2018_w_ CTE draft

This course is designed to allow the student who is academically advanced to enroll in a college course during his senior year in high school. This course develops writing ability for study, work, and other areas of writing based on experience, observation, research, and reading of selected literature. It guides students in learning as a writing process: understanding audience and purpose, exploring ideas and information, composing, revising, and editing. The course will support writing by integrating, composing, revising, and editing as well as by integrating experiences in thinking, reading, listening, and speaking.

ENGLISH 12 II DUAL ENROLLMENT

1121(1 high school credit) (NRCC classes English 243 and English 244, 6 college credits) Grade Level: 11 or 12 Prerequisite: A letter grade of C or better in English 12 Dual Enrollment

This course is designed to allow the student who is academically advanced to enroll in a college course during his senior year in high school. This course studies major English works from the Anglo-Saxon period to present, emphasizing ideas and characteristics of the British literary tradition. It involves critical reading and writing.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION

1127(1 credit) Grade Level: 12 Prerequisite: English 11

Advanced Placement English 12 is a college level course for students with exceptional ability. The content of the course carefully examines notable works from world literature. Through such a study, the students will sharpen their awareness of language and their understanding of the writer’s craft. The approach to the study of various literary forms is interpretive, analytical, comparative and critical. This course prepares the student to demonstrate mastery of specific state and lock standards in English language skills (SOLs). AP English 12 requires a summer reading component. For information regarding advanced placement courses, see page 2 in this Course Catalog.

YEARBOOK I, II, AND III

1028/1029/1030(1 credit) Grade Level: 10, 11, and 12 Prerequisite: Application required

This course will provide an opportunity for students to produce a yearbook, the Cougar Pinnacle , for the school. Students will participate in activities, discussions, and assignments that are designed to increase their journalistic knowledge while they assemble photographs and reports that tell the story of one year at Pulaski County High School. The course will focus on yearbook financing, photography, composition, productions and publication.

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Early childhood education is a two-year program for students interested in careers and occupations that focus on young children. The program includes the study of child growth and development of preschoolers and the preparation of preschool learning activities. Students are provided work-related experiences in the lab at PCHS Childcare Center. Co-curricular activities are provided through participation in FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America).

INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND SERVICES

8234(1 credit, 1 block) Grade Level: 9 and 10