High School Program of Studies 2019-2020 School Board Presentation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

▶

Jan 22, 2023 265 likes •362 views

High School Program of Studies 2019-2020 School Board Presentation Eric Powell October 23, 2018 Change in Process - Shuttle Diplomacy Worked the edits through various meetings Lets look at the changes Reorganized to make more student and

SLIDE 1

High School Program of Studies 2019-2020

School Board Presentation

Eric Powell

October 23, 2018

SLIDE 2

Change in Process - Shuttle Diplomacy

Worked the edits through various meetings

SLIDE 3

Let’s look at the changes

Reorganized to make more student and parent friendly:

Moved all general information to

the front and reorganized in a more logical flow

Added index back at the end
Added tabs along the side of

subject-area pages

SLIDE 4

New Courses

IB Mathematics: Applications

& Interpretation

IB Mathematics: Analysis
Environmental Science
Digital Applications
Cybersecurity & Information

Technology Fundamentals

SLIDE 5

Courses Removed

The following courses were removed due to low enrollment or lack of staffing for the past five years.

Advanced Composition
DE Calculus
Mathematics Capstone
Hotel Marketing
Principles of Technology I & II

SLIDE 6

Other Changes of NOte

Condensed course descriptions to make them more

student and parent friendly

SOL Requirements updated to reflect the 2017

Standards of Accreditation

New VDOE diploma seal for Excellence in Science and

the Environment

Weighted credit in individual IB classes is no longer

based on students taking the end-of-year exam Parallels AP weighted grade and exam practice

SLIDE 7

Updated the flow

chart for the math sequence to reflect the variety of

ptions students

could take

Expanded the grade

levels of some electives to afford more opportunities for students

SLIDE 8

Next Steps:

School Board Approval by November 13 Convert to Adobe InDesign Printing in December Copies to Schools in January Student registration begins on January 21

SLIDE 9