Students experience a survey of major ideas from physical science including the structure of matter, energy, heat, light, sound and electricity plus their applications and impact on the environment. High School Physical Science will not meet the science requirements at most colleges. The course covers the make-up of living systems, from simple forms to humans and stresses the environmental issues of everyday living. High School Life Science will not meet the science entrance requirements at most colleges. Students can register for one or both semesters.
Credit varies by student.
In addition, students are asked to spend 20 hours in a civic activity outside of the classroom. A good deal of reading and writing is expected of students, as well as classroom discussion. Students consider the social, political, economic and foreign affairs developments during this period as a basis for understanding the world today. Economics provides students with a study of important concepts which are applied in our economic system. Students will learn about research in human behavior, decision making, communication, emotions, stress and crisis situations, relationships and aspects of socialization that are pertinent to high school age people.