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Semester 1 - All Categories

Modern World History (1st Semester of a 2-semester course)

Free

with Colleen Loveless

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length:  Yearlong Course   1st Semester of a 2-semester course

Credit: 1.0

Grade Level: 9-12

Course Description: – Throughout this course, students are encouraged to think critically, analyze different perspectives, and make connections between past and present events/places. They may also have opportunities for research projects, simulations, and discussions to deepen their understanding of key historical concepts and big ideas of human history from the Age of Exploration to the present.

Multicultural Literature

Free

with Alison Gillespie

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length: Semester

Credit: 0.50 credit

Grades: 11-12

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.

 

 

 

Pharmacy Technician Certification Course (1st semester of 2 semester course)

Free

with Alana Blechl

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length:  Yearlong Course (1st semester of a 2 semester course)

Credit:  1.0 credit (.5 credit for 1st semester)

Grades: 11-12 

Prerequisite(s):  Successful completion of any Health Sciences course at the Intermediate Level

Course Description:   This course is designed to educate and train students in the field of Pharmacy Technician. It utilizes MedCerts, which is a STRIDE-supported outside platform, and is taught in a hybrid model that uses mastery grading. Students will be given a semester course outline for independent study, but will still meet with the teacher at least once a month. The course covers the areas of prescription processing, biopharmaceutics, drug activity, types of medications, dosage calculations, and common mathematical formulas and conversions.  Students will also learn about HIPAA, drug regulation and control, inventory management, financial considerations, legal and ethical issues, sterile and non-sterile compounding, and units of measurement. After all coursework has been completed at 80% or better, the student will be able to sign up for the Pharmacy Technician Certification exam.

Physics (1st Semester of a 2-semester course)

Free

with Craig Lebakken

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length:  Yearlong Course   1st Semester of a 2-semester course

Credit 1.0

Recommended Grade Level: 10-12

Prerequisites: None

Course Description: This course provides a comprehensive survey of all key areas: physical systems, measurement, kinematics, dynamics, momentum, energy, thermodynamics, waves, electricity, magnetism, and more. The course uses a storyline structure that connects to real-world phenomena, and answers questions like: How can we design more reliable systems to meet our communities’ energy needs?; How do forces in Earth’s interior determine what will happen to the surface we see?; What can we do to make driving safer for everyone?; How have collisions with objects from space changed Earth in the past, and how could they affect our future?; and How do we use radiation in our lives, and is it safe for humans?

 

 

Pre-Algebra (1st Semester of a 2-semester course)

Free

with Ruthie Pirkl

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length:  Yearlong Course   1st Semester of a 2-semester course

Credit: 1.0

Recommended Grade Level: 9-12

Course Description: In this course, students take a broader look at computational and problem-solving skills while learning the language of algebra. Students extend their understanding of ratio to develop an understanding of proportions and solve problems. Students extend their understanding of numbers and properties of operations to include rational numbers. Signed rational numbers are contextualized and students use rational numbers in constructing expressions and solving equations. Students derive formulas and solve two-dimensional area problems including the area of composite figures. Students also investigate chance processes through experimental and theoretical probability models.

Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry (1st Semester of a 2-semester course)

Free

with Alex Riddle

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length:  Yearlong Course   1st Semester of a 2-semester course

Credit: 1.0

Recommended Grade Level: 11-12

Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II (or equivalents)    

Course Description: Pre-calculus weaves together concepts of algebra and geometry into a preparatory course for calculus. The course focuses on the mastery of critical skills and exposure to new skills necessary for success in subsequent math courses. Topics include quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, radical, polynomial, and rational functions; matrices; and conic sections in the first semester. The second semester covers an introduction to infinite series, trigonometric ratios, functions, and equations; inverse trigonometric functions; applications of trigonometry, including vectors; polar equations and polar form of complex numbers; arithmetic of complex numbers; and parametric equations.                                                                

 

Psychology

Free

with Colleen Loveless

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length: Semester Course

Credit: 0.5

Grade Level: 11-12 (Grade 10 with teacher approval)

Course Description: Do you ever wonder why you think the way you think or why you do the things you do? This course aims to introduce students to the fundamental concepts, theories, and methodologies of psychology, and the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Students will be evaluated based on their understanding of key concepts, critical thinking skills, and their ability to apply psychological principles.

Science Literacy

Free

with Olivia Jardas

Calendar Sep 8, 2025

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Course Length: Semester Course

Credit: 0.5

Recommended Grade Level: 10-12

Course Description: Fake news or good science? In a world where we have access to unlimited information, it is hard to sift through the echo chamber of opinions fueled by emotions and personal biases, rather than scientific evidence. Science Literacy will teach you about the process of science, how to think critically, how to differentiate science from pseudoscience, how indigenous wisdom can inform science, how to understand and design a scientific study, and how to critically evaluate scientific communication in the media. Every module will build your new skill base with real-life examples, and at the end of each module, you will have to apply these skills to scientific questions, talking points, and controversies in the world. Warning: this course requires an open mind and the ability to self-reflect.

 





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