By viewing and discussing each director's films, the class will trace the development of the key themes, motifs, characters, and techniques of each director. The types of journalism writing, e.g., news, sports, editorials, features and arts will be learned. A brief history of journalism and issues of journalistic ethics are covered. The class produces the school newspaper, The Chief Advocate. This course develops a mastery of the essential topics of chemistry including atomic structure, periodic properties of elements, stoichiometry, gas laws, acid and bases and categories of organic compounds.
Emphasis is placed upon laboratory work and problem solving.
Students should have good language and math skills and have completed Level 2 math courses in Algebra I and Geometry. Department approval is required. This third course in the accelerated science program is designed for the student who has advanced skills in math and science and intends to pursue a post-secondary education in the fields of science, premedical, engineering or mathematics. Topics covered include mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and sound and light. The student should be concurrently enrolled in Honors Precalculus and have department approval.