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SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL Curriculum Night

SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL Curriculum Night . March 10, 2009. Goals. Introduction of the SHS leadership team Highlight important information about course enrollment, required classes, progress towards graduation Inform you about the course offerings for 9 th graders at SHS. Leadership .

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SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL Curriculum Night

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  1. SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL Curriculum Night March 10, 2009

  2. Goals • Introduction of the SHS leadership team • Highlight important information about course enrollment, required classes, progress towards graduation • Inform you about the course offerings for 9th graders at SHS

  3. Leadership • Administration/Guidance • Lawrence Murphy, Principal • Frank Kowalski, Dean of Students/Athletic Director • Bryan Menegoni, Assistant Principal • John Solazzo, Director of Guidance, Guidance Counselor for 9th grade • Judy Pressler, Guidance Counselor, 10th-12th grade • Anna Skillings, Guidance Counselor, 10th-12th grade • Content Leaders • Joanna Defeo, English • Mary Alice Murdoch, Math • Bernie Kravitz, Science • Susan Haggerty, Social Studies • Pat Shanahan, Foreign Language • Curriculum Specialists • Liliana Litle, Special Education • Linda Portnoy, Career/Technical Education • Jim Pearse, Fine Arts: Art, Music, Theater • Cindy Lavender/Buck Harris – Wellness

  4. Course enrollment • Current eighth graders are recommended for core subject areas by 8th grade teachers • English and math placement process • Students submit elective course selection sheets to guidance March 20th • All recommendations and elective choices will be sent home to parent the first week of May • Overrides due May 15th • The goal is to have schedules for next year in students hands at the step up day in June • The Program of Studies for the class of 2013 is available on the high school website

  5. Requirements • All students must carry at least 30 credits (6 classes per semester) • Typically enroll in 5 core academic courses • Freshmen are automatically enrolled in first semester physical education • They choose two of the following requirements for freshmen year • Expository writing, Computer Applications, Health

  6. Guidance • Freshmen should carry at least 30 credits • MCAS testing for 9th grade • Biology – beginning of June • Student must pass ONE science MCAS exam to graduate • The math and ELA MCAS exams are given in 10th grade

  7. Course offerings • Content leaders and curriculum specialists will take you through the sequence of course offerings in their departments…

  8. SCOPE AND SEQUENCE The English department provides a developmental program designed to teach students: * how to see and appreciate the world and the art around themwith critical insight and understanding; * how to communicate articulately what they see in both oral and written expression. Freshmen: Fundamentals/The Hero’s Journey Sophomores : Literary analysis of genres Juniors: American Literature Seniors: Comparative Literature SUMMER READING EXPOSITORY WRITING REQUIREMENT VOCABULARY PROGRAM/ USAGE PROGRAM NOTEBOOK

  9. Mathematics Courses 09/10

  10. Biology (9th) Chemistry (10th) Physics (11th or 12th) or Science Elective Note: must complete Physics in grade 12 Science Elective Physics (all levels) if not completed by grade 12 Current Scope and Sequence. Scope and sequence prior to 2007 -2008 school year. Why change? Prepares students to take 9th grade science MCAS. Allows more students to take physics at a time when their mathematics skills better developed. Keeps students together by grade.

  11. SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE. 11th Grade Physics Or Elective Must take physics in 12th grade 10th Grade Chemistry * Chemistry MCAS if student failed or failed to take the Biology MCAS 12th Grade Physics Or Elective Must have completed core science program. • Science Graduation Requirements. • 3 Years of Laboratory Based Science: • Biology (9th), Chemistry (10th) and Physics (11th or 12th ) • Successful completion of one MCAS in Science • Science MCAS :biology, chemistry or physics. • Target grade for MCAS is 9th Grade Biology. 9th Grade Biology and Biology MCAS

  12. Math Skills play a primary role in course selection. Student may opt to take physics during senior year, allowing math skills to reach an appropriate level.

  13. Welcome to the Swampscott High School Foreign Language Department • Program consists of five years of Spanish, five years of French, three years of Chinese and Latin, and the option of a year of Intensive Language in Italian or German for advanced students. AP is offered in French and Spanish. • WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT? Beginning with the class of 2010, all students must have two years of foreign language to graduate from SHS. Study at the Middle School counts as one year toward the high school requirement. • Some colleges require two years of successful completion of a language. Some schools recommend a third or fourth year of study, but a third year is not required. www.collegeboard.com • Global Competence: 4 years of a spoken language is recommended • Meilleurs vœux, muchos recuerdos, saluti cordiali, salutem plurimam, veile grüsse, s pozdravem, zai jian!

  14. Ways to Help Your Teenager be a Successful 9th Grader • Encourage your teenager to become familiar with the guidance counselor. • Empower your teenager to get involved by joining a club or sport; this will allow your teenager to develop new friendships. • Teach time management skills and help your teenager balance time for fun and time for work. • Ensure your teenager has necessary school supplies throughout the year. • Communicate with the teachers, especially if your teenager appears to be struggling. • Take active interests in academics: explore the Boston Museum of Science’s exhibits, read historical biographies, read the required summer reading together • Talk to your teenager about being prepared for situations that might happen. • Set a clear expectation that your teenager will have to work hard. Nothing worthwhile comes easy.

  15. Video, Television & Media Literacy Courses* TV Production I, Grades 9-12, Semester, 2.5 credits* TV Production III, Grades 9-12, Semester, 2.5 Credits (Requirements – 80 Average in TVI and Permission of Instructor)*Media Literacy I: The History of Film & TelevisionGrades 11 & 12, Semester, 2.5 credits*Media Literacy II: Modern Media Grades 11 & 12, Semester, 2.5 credits*Lifetime Health, Fitness & Media LiteracyGrades 11 & 12, semester, 2.5 credits

  16. CAREER TECHNOLOGY COURSE SELECTIONS ----FRESHMEN---- COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (GRADUATION REQUIREMENT) EXPLORATORY TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING

  17. Art, Music and Theater for Grade 9 • Survey of Studio Art • Band-Marching and Concert • Piano Lab I • Music in America • Mixed Chorus • Jazz and Rock Ensemble/Music Theory • Theater Major

  18. SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT • Teachers: • Bill Bush, Cindy Lavender, K. Buck Harris • PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS • Freshman Year • Physical Education I: (1st semester, 2.5 credits) • Sophomore Year • Physical Education II: (2nd semester, 2.5 credits) • HEALTH EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS • Freshman or Sophomore Year • Health: Contemporary Adolescent Issues I (1 quarter-1.25 credits) • Junior or Senior Year • Health and Media Literacy (1 semester-2.5 credits) or, • Health: Contemporary Adolescent Issues II (1 quarter-1.25 credits)

  19. Conclusion • Freshmen year is important! We want to make sure your student enrolls in the courses that will best support long-term success… • Questions and Answers

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