New Courses
Arts
Music Tech (Grades 11 & 12): Learn to create your own re-mixes, mash-ups, and original compositions even if you have never had any musical experience. Students will learn notation, sequencing, editing, and basic keyboard skills using computers, digital recorders, and electronic instruments. Class projects include a class album and a podcast.
Competitive Speaking & Acting (Grades 10-12): This course will offer students opportunities to grow proficient in a variety of presentation styles. The course will cover: Dramatic, Humorous, Oratorical, and Duo Interp, Prose-Poetry, Impromptu, Extemp, Congress, and Debate. Students will work with their teacher to "specialize" in different areas of competition while gaining experience in all. Students will also participate in a variety of other competitive speech contests such as The Voice of Democracy Speech Contest, The Shakespeare Competition, The Flower Hospital Speech Contest, and the American Legion Speech Contest. It is a great opportunity for students to hone presentation skills that will serve them throughout life.
Musical Theatre Dance (Grades 9-12): A dance class for both inexperienced and experienced dancers. Students will learn dance with a concentration on styles found in musical theatre.
Foreign Language
Chinese III: Students will continue their development of fluency through listening, speaking, reading, and writing of the Chinese language. Students will learn to utilize the Chinese dictionary and Chinese input software. The students will learn 280 new words and 123 sentence patterns. They will work on reading and writing the Chinese language in the form of short articles/paragraphs.
Chinese III Honors: In addition to the Chinese III standard class requirements, the Honors class will learn to translate a series of children's stories from Chinese into English. Instruction in the class will gradually move from English explanations to Chinese with occasional English clarifiers.
Journalism
Broadcast III (Grade 12): The Journalism III students in Broadcast continue to work on the daily WNDA broadcasts and take on managerial positions.
Physical Education
Individual Activities (Grades 9-12): This course is designed to teach basic techniques and fitness in a variety of individual activities including tennis, golf, archery, fencing, aerobics, self defense, and gymnastics.
Team Activities (Grades 9-12): This course is designed to give the students the opportunity to learn individual skills, sport-specific fitness, and team strategy while participating in volleyball, basketball, soccer, softball, and field hockey.
Lifetime Activities (Grades 11 & 12): This semester course has an emphasis on fitness training and conditioning to promote a healthy lifestyle. It also expands on activities taken during the Individual and Team Activity courses. Transportation is needed for off-site activities such as golf, tennis, yoga, spinning, skating, and disc golf. Course includes CPR training with certification.
Fitness/Nutrition (Grades 10-12): This course is an activity-based class that will emphasize many aspects of fitness - cardiovascular, strength, balance and coordination, and flexibility. Activities include yoga, tai chi, balls and bands, and weight training. The students will develop a personal fitness plan. In addition, nutrition concepts will be incorporated into the course.
Theology
Faith & Revelation (Grade 9): This course gives students a general knowledge and appreciation of the Sacred Scriptures. Through study of the Bible, students will come to encounter the living Word of God, Jesus Christ. They will learn about the Bible, authored by God through Inspiration, and its value to people throughout the world. Students will learn how to read Scripture and will become familiar with the major sections and books of the Bible. Particular attention will be given to the Gospels, where students will grow to know Jesus Christ more personally.
Who is Christ? (Grade 9): The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the mystery of Jesus Christ, the living Word of God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. In this course students will understand that Jesus Christ is the ultimate Revelation to us from God. In learning who HE is, the students will also learn who HE calls them to be.
Faith in Action (Grades 11 & 12 - elective): The Christian understanding is that God desires a world in which all aspects of life are guided by justice and charity. This course explores the implications of living in suc a world through a discussion of the principles of Catholic Social Teaching as modeled by such persons as Dorothy Day and Mother Teresa. Emphasis is placed on how students can respond to justice through a service component where they may take part in service projects in the greater community.
Service Learning
Athletics Videographer/Editor (Grades 10-12): Students will record athletic events and contests under the supervision of the athletic director and athletic coaches. Students will also work with the coaches to edit the recorded video for multiple purposes.
International Baccalaureate Courses
English Higher Level
Spanish Standard Level
History Higher Level (with AP History)
Biology Higher Level (with AP Biology)
Physics Standard Level
Mathematics Standard Level
Mathematics Higher Level
Theatre Arts Standard Level
Visual Arts Standard Level
Visual Arts Higher Level
Theory of Knowledge
