Study Hall is a SAI support class for students who have an IEP that states that the student should be in regular education core courses. The Study Hall class gives support the the student, teaches organization skills, note taking skills and the Study Hall teachers monitors students grades and progress in their regular education classes. The Study Hall class typically is the only SAI support that a student with an IEP receives. Study Hall is also a course that students who are behind in credits meet to recover credits through our online credit recovery program. Regional Occupational Program – ROP

To improve the 21st Century learning and applications, the Junior High and Middle Schools are developing pathways to incorporate collaboration, critical thinking, communication and creativity. As a result, several exploratory classes have emerged. The exploratory concept is designed to assist students in developing college and career-ready interests.

Students will develop and improve writing skills through the study of grammar, punctuation, and sentence construction. Students will read works from the various genres of literature. Assignments and projects will require students to apply and develop critical thinking and analytical skills.

Students will study works from the various genres and develop and strengthen interpretive, critical thinking, and analytical skills. Students will write in-depth essays analyzing literature. This is a pre-advanced placement course designed to prepare students for the Cal State and UC systems. Special Comments: Recommended A or B in 8th grade English as well as strong writing and reading skills.

English II will continue to develop and improve writing skills. Students will read literary works paralleling the study of world history. Assignments and projects will require students to apply and develop critical thinking and analytical skills.

Students will study works from classical world literature, developing and strengthening interpretive, critical thinking and analytical skills. Special attention is given to writing that emphasize proofreading and revising. This is a pre-advanced placement course designed to prepare students for the Cal State and UC systems.

Students will read and study works from American literature. Assignments and projects will require students to develop and apply critical thinking, analytical, and writing skills.

This rigorous rhetoric-based reading and writing course provides college-bound junior extended preparation for the literacy demands of English IV Expository and higher education. Students will analyze the impact of structural and rhetorical strategies, examine the social, political, and philosophical assumptions that underlie texts, write expository, analytical, and argumentative essays, and employ appropriate research and documentation methods.

Students become skilled readers of American prose written in various period, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes and audience expectations. Students write effectively and confidently in a number of forms—narrative, exploratory, expository and argumentative. The desired goals are the effective use of language and the organization of ideas in a clear, coherent, and persuasive way, as well as the perceptive understanding of sophisticated masterpieces of American literature. Special Comments: Recommended for GATE students. Those passing the AP Exam may be granted college credit.

This course is designed for college-bound students, placing emphasis on rigorous reading and writing skills expected of first year college students.

This course focuses on the study of British Literature. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis and appreciation of the poetry, plays and essays that are masterpieces of the English language.

Students will gain critical and analytical thinking, research, and communication skills through the study of historical philosophical concepts, ideas, and world religions. Various questions of ethics, the nature of knowledge, and metaphysical questions will be considered.