In AP Seminar: English, students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives, gathering and analyzing information from various sources in order to develop credible and valid evidence-based arguments. This course is a foundational course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Using an inquiry framework, students practice reading and analyzing articles, research studies, and foundational, literary, and philosophical texts; listening to and viewing speeches, broadcasts, and personal accounts; and experiencing artistic works and performances. Students learn to synthesize information from multiple sources, develop their own perspectives in research-based written essays, and design and deliver oral and visual presentations, both individually and as part of a team. Ultimately, the course aims to equip students with the power to analyze and evaluate information with accuracy and precision in order to craft and communicate evidence-based arguments.

In AP Seminar: English, students investigate real-world issues from multiple perspectives, gathering and analyzing information from various sources in order to develop credible and valid evidence-based arguments. This course is a foundational course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Using an inquiry framework, students practice reading and analyzing articles, research studies, and foundational, literary, and philosophical texts; listening to and viewing speeches, broadcasts, and personal accounts; and experiencing artistic works and performances. Students learn to synthesize information from multiple sources, develop their own perspectives in research-based written essays, and design and deliver oral and visual presentations, both individually and as part of a team. Ultimately, the course aims to equip students with the power to analyze and evaluate information with accuracy and precision in order to craft and communicate evidence-based arguments.

Part of the English department at Juarez Community Academy High School.

Part of the English department at Juarez Community Academy High School.

High schools that have opted in should assign the 094201N Alternate Screener code to the student schedules of students who will be administered SANDI. This code ensures access to the SANDI platform and its data for both students and the teachers requiring access. The code must be applied by the first day of each semester. Note that this code does not include a gradebook or attendance component. Only teachers needing access to SANDI should be added to these rosters. For further clarification regarding this roster, please contact assessment@cps.edu and review rostering guidance.

Part of the English department at Juarez Community Academy High School.

Part of the English department at Juarez Community Academy High School.

Part of the English department at Juarez Community Academy High School.

Part of the English department at Juarez Community Academy High School.

Honors Literary Activism investigates the ways writers of essay, poetry, drama, criticism, fiction, and emerging digital media use their writing to explore historical and contemporary issues through a social justice lens. Throughout this course students will explore the work of other writers to examine how they build arguments, provoke thought, and effect change. Students will engage in reading, research, and writing to develop the content and skills needed to use their voices on issues of importance to them.

The two-semester course Finance and Entrepreneurship builds students’ understanding of how financial principles operate in both their personal lives and in the larger economy. Students develop a solid understanding of fundamental personal finance skills and then expand the scope of their inquiry to investigate the creation, management and effects of entrepreneurial enterprise. Students participate in a year-long experiential entrepreneurial project to develop and apply a diverse set of mathematical skills to the study of personal and professional finance. The first semester of the course focuses on the personal finance that all individuals must master in order to secure a sound financial future. Topics include: income and taxes; budgeting and banking; credit and debt; and saving and investing. In the second semester, the scope of the course expands to examine how basic financial principles operate in the larger economy. A theoretical understanding of such topics as the interaction between consumers and producers, supply and demand, the profit motive, markets, interest rates and credit, inflation, unemployment, and GNP will develop as the foundation for students’ practical experience. The course is presented in a mathematical context and is computationally intensive. Students will need to have demonstrated proficiency in algebraic and geometric skills gained in their Freshman and Sophomore years in order to be successful in the course.

The two-semester course Finance and Entrepreneurship builds students’ understanding of how financial principles operate in both their personal lives and in the larger economy. Students develop a solid understanding of fundamental personal finance skills and then expand the scope of their inquiry to investigate the creation, management and effects of entrepreneurial enterprise. Students participate in a year-long experiential entrepreneurial project to develop and apply a diverse set of mathematical skills to the study of personal and professional finance. The first semester of the course focuses on the personal finance that all individuals must master in order to secure a sound financial future. Topics include: income and taxes; budgeting and banking; credit and debt; and saving and investing. In the second semester, the scope of the course expands to examine how basic financial principles operate in the larger economy. A theoretical understanding of such topics as the interaction between consumers and producers, supply and demand, the profit motive, markets, interest rates and credit, inflation, unemployment, and GNP will develop as the foundation for students’ practical experience. The course is presented in a mathematical context and is computationally intensive. Students will need to have demonstrated proficiency in algebraic and geometric skills gained in their Freshman and Sophomore years in order to be successful in the course.