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Sophomore Course Descriptions
The following courses described are courses that are presently being taught. Year to year old courses are dropped and new courses are added. This is not conclusive of the the courses that will be offered this school year.
BIBLE
Survey of the Old Testament (10th grade, 1 credit) What's really in the Bible? How does it all fit together? And for that matter, what does it all mean to a sophomore in the 21st century? This course focuses on understanding God's plan, helping students see how it unfolds in Scripture and then embrace their part in it. Each lesson will traces God's plan from pre-creation to the unfolding of Heaven, emphasizing the connections between the events and their meaning for today's world. Personal Bible study and application of Scripture helps students move from belief in Scriptural truths to life action, or from faith to works.
ENGLISH
English II (10th grade, 1 credit) Includes Literature - Classics for Christians and Masterpieces from World Literature will cover European drama, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, and Eliot’s Silas Marner. Because the study of grammar is foundational to mastering the English language, grammar is given a place of major importance. Composition assignments allow s students the opportunity to practice applying the grammar concepts they learn.
MATH
Geometry (9th-10th grade, 1 credit) Prerequisite: Algebra I. The purpose of this course is to emphasize critical thinking skills involved in truth relationships and the ability prove fact through deductive reasoning. In this course, students discover the order and perfection of God’s world. Students study lines, planes, angles, triangles, congruence, area, volume, trigonometry, transformations and symmetry, similarity, geometric inequalities, polygons and circles, and constructions. Formal proofs are emphasized.
Algebra II (10th and 11th grade, 1 credit) Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra I. Algebra II reviews and adds depth to the skills learned in Algebra I. The course develops skill levels in solving equations, quadratic equations, and inequalities algebraically and graphically, solving systems, understanding relations and functions, polynomials and rational equations. This course introduces students to radicals and exponents, logarithms, complex numbers, conic sections, sequence and series, and trigonometry.
SCIENCE
Biology (10th-12th grade, 1 credit) The content should include lessons in botany, human anatomy and physiology, life sciences, zoology, cellular and molecular biology, laboratory safety, and use of apparatus.
SOCIAL STUDIES
World History (10th-12th grade, 1 credit) This class takes the advent of Christ as the focal point of all history. We look at history on a time line of a story about mankind and how sin has affected life, and that history does not just happen, but that God raises up, or puts down leaders.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish I (10th-12th grade, 1 credit) This course is designed to instruct students how to communicate basic feelings, needs, and desires in everyday contexts in Spanish with reasonable grammatical accuracy. Upon successful completion, the course enables the student to begin to converse freely in the language on his own.
PRACTICAL, VOCATIONAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Performing Arts (10th-12th grade, 1 credit) Performing arts includes music theory, music appreciation, musical (drama) productions and competition preparation and performance. With an emphasis on worship, students are responsible for leading Wednesday chapel worship time.
Art I (10th-12th grade, 1/2 credit) This class is taught in conjunction with Computer Graphics. Art I meets three days a week each semester. Students are taught a curriculum based on the elements (value, shape, space, form, texture, line and color) and the principles (balance, contrast, emphasis, proportion, pattern, rhythm, unity, variety) of art. Various media (oil, acrylic, pastels, watercolor, printmaking and clay) are used to help in learning the communication tools of art. Creativity, discipline and skill are encouraged in the art environment.
Computer Graphics (10th-12th grade, 1/2 credit) This class is taught in conjunction with Art I. Computer Graphics meets two days each semester. Students learn that the computer as a tool to produce art through graphics and layouts. Using Publisher, Pagemaker, Photoshop and Paint programs, the elements (value, shape, space, form, texture, line and color) and principles (balance, contrast, variety, emphasis, proportion, pattern, rhythm and unity) of art are learned and practiced in various publications and compositions. The computer as a tool to further communication through art skills is stressed. Design skills, computer graphic skills, computer ethics and communication through art are encouraged in this class.
Computer Applications (10th-12th grade, 1 credit) Prerequisite: Keyboarding Skills. Practical applications of Microsoft Office 2000. Each grading period is devoted to a different facet of MS Office to include MS Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheet), Access (data processing), and PowerPoint (graphic presentations). Course emphasis on completing hands on projects as each section is completed with a final project integrating all sections of Microsoft Office.