Durham School of the Arts – Newspaper Journalism III Honors(10335) Newspaper Journalism IV Honors (10345)

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

(After-school time is required.) Students master newspaper production including article conception, story/art/photo assignment, reporting, writing/editing/proofreading, layout, desktop publishing, communication with the printer, business planning, advertising, and distribution of the newspaper. | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | MATHEMATICS | | Students earn 1 unit of credit for each successfully completed course. | | | | All courses use the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Mathematics | | | | | | | | Honors courses require students to manage greater complexity and apply mathematics concepts more | | | | deeply than in standard-level courses, thus are weighted +0.5 in the calculation of GPA. | | | | AP/ courses require students to master college level material, skills, and pacing. Students are epecte to take the AP/IB exam. AP/IB courses are weighted +1.0 in the calculation of GPA. | | | | All high school level mathematics courses will require the use of graphing technology. Students should | | | | have online access to graphing technology viahttps:/www.desmos.com/testing/northcarolina/graphing. | | | | Students can expect a deliberate focus on the mathematical practices to facilitate their learning of rigorous content: | | | | make sense of problems and persevere in solving them | | | | | | | 2. | reason abstractly and quantitatively | | | 3. | construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others | | | 4. | model with mathematics | | | 5. | use appropriate tools strategically | | | | attend to precision | | | | look for and make use of structure | | | | 8look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. |