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FORESTRY & NATURAL RESOURCES

Course Length: Semester

Credit: 0.5

Grades: 11-12

Prerequisite(s):

Course Description: From providing clean air and habitats for wildlife to supporting the lumber industry and offering countless resources, forests are at the heart of a healthy planet. In this course, students will explore forest ecology, management, and conservation while learning how humans impact these vital ecosystems. We’ll dive into topics like sustainable harvesting, forest management techniques (including the use of fire), and the ongoing debate about whether such methods do more harm or good. Students will also examine the role humans play in forest destruction and discover ways we can better manage forests to ensure their health for future generations. Through the lens of ethics, ecology, and industry practices, this course will help students understand the challenges and opportunities in protecting our forests while meeting the demands of the lumber industry.

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GLOBAL CULTURAL STUDIES 

Course Length: Yearlong

Credit: 1.0 English +1.0 Social Studies

Grades: 10

Prerequisite(s): None

Course Description: This course fosters an interdisciplinary approach to studying world history, social life, literature, politics, arts, and popular culture in global contexts. Our curriculum is directly aligned with fostering students’ critical, ethical, and global thinking. At the core, our courses explore the question, “What does it mean to explore how the past shapes our world today?” We will focus on the three enduring outcomes of English: reading with intent, writing with purpose, and speaking with clarity. We will also focus on the three enduring outcomes of Social Studies: thinking critically, engaging civically, and communicating clearly.

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HEAVY EQUIPMENT FUNDAMENTALS
(was Basic Equipment Fundamentals)

Course Length: Semester Course

Credit: 0.5 credit

Grades: 10-12

Prerequisite(s): Heavy Equipment Explorations (or Construction Explorations if taken before the 2026-2027 school year)

Course Description: Introduces students to heavy equipment used in the construction industry. Students will also be instructed on basic safety, maintenance, and communication methods that operating engineers may be exposed to.

Notes: Completion of this course, along with Basic Grade & Construction Math and Basic Equipment Maintenance, at a C or better makes the student eligible for a Pre-Apprenticeship Certification endorsed by Local 139–International Union of Operating Engineers. / Completion of this course at a B or better can earn apprenticeship credit at Fox Valley Technical College.

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INTEGRATED MATH 1 A/B

Course Length: Yearlong Course

Credit: 1.0 credit

Recommended Grade Level: 9-12

Course Description: This first-year high school integrated math course focuses on Number Properties, 1 & 2 Variable Equations & Inequalities, Working with Functions, and Radicals and Exponents.        

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INTEGRATED MATH 2 A/B

Course Length: Yearlong Course

Credit: 1.0 credit

Recommended Grade Level: 10-12

Course Description: This second-year high school integrated math course focuses on systems of equations and statistics. The statistics in the course cover both univariate and bivariate data. For univariate data, students learn about measures of center and spread. For bivariate data, they learn about correlation and fitting data to a line. The topics in geometry include transformations, reasoning, congruence, construction, and analytic geometry.                                                                                                                                      

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INTEGRATED MATH 3 A/B

Course Length: Yearlong Course

Credit: 1.0 credit

Recommended Grade Level: 10-12

Course Description:   Integrated Mathematics III, a third-year high school math course, introduces students to polynomials, including the factoring of polynomials, before moving onto quadratics equations and sequences and series. There are many geometric topics in the course, including similarity, circles and right triangle trigonometry.

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INTEGRATED MATH 4 A/B

Course Length: Yearlong Course

Credit: 1.0 credit

Recommended Grade Level: 11-12

Course Description:   Students expand on previous high school math topics including systems of equations and inequalities, polynomials, trigonometry, statistics, and functions. The introduction of complex numbers leads to new adventures in factoring polynomials, solving polynomial equations, and graphing polynomials. Students work with radical and rational expressions and equations and extend their knowledge of exponential functions to inverses and logarithmic functions. They learn about the unit circle and use trigonometric functions to model periodic processes. Geometric topics include three-dimensional visualization, design and optimization, and real-world modeling. Students are introduced to piecewise and logistic functions and perform quadratic and exponential regressions. Finally, students use statistical and probability tools, such as the standard normal distribution, to understand data, and use simulations, experiments, and surveys to make inferences.

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INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Course Length: Semester Course

Credit: 0.5 credit English Credit

Grades: 10-12

Prerequisite(s): None

Course Description: In this course, students will pursue a greater understanding and appreciation for cultures of various races, ethnicities, socio-economic classes, and genders by analyzing modern and classic literature. Students will practice using textual references, inferring, and critical thinking. This course continues to focus on applying the three enduring outcomes of: strengthening the ability to read with intent, write with purpose, and speak with clarity.