AP exam required of all students. These courses do not apply toward English credit required for graduation. Combining reading with creative writing, this course offers the student the opportunity to experiment with the language in seeing and doing creatively. Through an exploration of the techniques of writers in poetry, short stories, and familiar essay, the students will be encouraged to develop their own styles of communication in these forms. Emphasis will be on the view through the writer's eye and the creative process through which this view is communicated to the readers.
Basic photography is taught with limited darkroom experience provided.
Layout and design are included in the course work, as is a study of press law and careers in journalism. Written work and photos generated by class assignments may be published in the school newspaper. Students will, however, be considered contributors to the newspaper as opposed to members of the staff. A student should have average grades or better in English as well as keyboarding skills. The concepts taught in Journalism will be put to use in actual production of the paper.