Elective Course Presentations: Agenda

2. Elective Course Presentations: Agenda January 14, 2011 • Introduction from Bill Travers (11:00-11:05) • Air Force Junior ROTC - 5 minutes (11:05-11:10) • Art Department – 5 Minutes (11:10-11:15) • Business Administrative and Technology Department – 5 Minutes (11:15-11:20) • Break (11:20-11:25) • Family Consumer Science – 5 Minutes (11:25-11:30) • Music Department – 5 minutes (11:30-11:35) • Technology Department – 5 minutes (11:35-11:40)

3. JROTC Program • What is Air Force Junior ROTC all about? • Great Group of Friends • Giving Back to the Community • Exploring Aviation and Space Flight • Did you Know? • There is NO commitment to the military – NONE! • Wearing the uniform is YOUR OPTION --so keep your hair as long & multi-colored as YOU like • Counts as a Science Elective • As a 9th grader YOU can take classes at the High School – get a jump on your Middle School peers! • JROTC participation looks great on college applications and opens windows for potential college scholarships and also admission to America’s Service Academies

4. JROTC Curriculum • Aerospace Science: • Science of Flight (9th-12th Grade) • History of Aviation (9th-12th Grade) • The Exploration of Space (12th Grade) • Leadership Education: • Intercommunication Skills • Life Skills • Principles of Management • Summer Leadership School Class Flight Simulators History of Aviation • AND YOU CAN EARN • College Credit • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) • $130 per course • “B” Grade Required • 2 Elective College Credits/Class, which equals • 8-10 College Credits while attending High School Spacecraft Design/Flight

5. ART COURSESFOR ALLSOPHOMORES

6. ART COURSESFOR ALLSOPHOMORES “Employment of artists and related workers is expected to grow 16 percent through 2016, faster than the average for all occupations.”- The U.S. Department of Labor

7. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

8. COMPUTER COURSES – Minor Electives – Meet 2 times per cycle • Advanced Word for Windows – continuation of the more advanced features of Microsoft Word – sorts, tables, graphics, merges. • Multimedia Presentations 1 - Adobe Flash and Adobe Director • Desktop Publishing – QuarkXPress – Students will create school publications such as the Basketball Program • Electronic Simulation Design – Students will learn how to create a working computer game. Can take these courses in any order based on student interest.

9. COMPUTER COURSES – Minor Electives – Meet 2 times per cycle • Web Page Design – Students will create their own personal web page. • Computing for College and the Workplace – Students will use the entire Microsoft Office Suite to prepare students for the demands of college and the modern office. • ESL Microcomputer Applications – Students will learn the basic components of Microsoft Office.

10. SEMESTER MAJOR COURSES – Meet every day for one semester Each of these courses has a project as part of the course that will fulfill the Graduation Project Requirement. Sophomores can take any of these courses in any order based on interest.

11. SEMESTER MAJOR COURSES – Meet every day for one semester • Personal Finance • Economics in Practice • Business Law and Legal Practices • Global Business • Marketing Strategies • Sports and Entertainment Marketing • Entrepreneurship • Personal, Estate, and Corporate Law

12. YEAR-LONG MAJOR COURSES – Meet every day for entire year • Accounting 1 – Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors • For future planning: • Accounting 2 – Juniors and Seniors • Business Administration - Seniors

13. FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA • FBLA is a national organization that is organized on the local, regional, state, and national level. • As an FBLA member, students can • Work in school store • Compete with students at the regional, state, and national level in various business events • Travel to various conferences/workshops

14. The FCS Skills for Life… Nutrition and Wellness Fashion Retailing and Design Child Development Housing and Home Design Financial and Resource Management Career Choices and Employability Balancing Family, Work & Community Responsibility …are developed in the following FCS major/minor course options.

15. Family and Consumer Sciences What FCS course interests you…

16. Family and Consumer Sciences FCS courses offered as North Penn School District Graduation Project Options: • Child Development • Preschool Laboratory 1 & 2 • Clothing, Textiles and Fashion Merchandising • Advanced Clothing, Textiles and Fashion Merchandising • Food Science • Challenges Across the Life Cycle • Challenges of the Aging Adult • Child and Family Studies FCS courses offered as a dual credit course: • Food Science • Preschool Laboratory 2 FCS courses offered for the MCCC Articulation Agreement (must be taken in course order): • Child Development, Preschool Laboratory 1, Preschool Laboratory 2

17. NPHS Music Department Mike Britcher Matt Klenk Anthony Mancuso Erica Milbourne Dan Tumolo

18. Performance Ensembles • Band – Chorus – Orchestra • All available as 6 or 4-day majors or 2-day minors • No prerequisite required • Enrollment is a requirement to participate in music extra-curricular offerings • Wind Ensemble • Only offered as 4 or 6 day major • Audition required • For all curricular ensembles, attendance at afternoon or evening rehearsals and performances is a requirement and counts as a portion of a student’s grade

19. Music Theory Courses • 3 Music Theory courses (tracked): • Music Fundmentals (no prerequisite) • Music Theory • AP Music Theory • Since both Fundamentals and Music Theory are required to take the AP course, students interested in AP Theory should take Fundamentals in their Sophomore year • There is an option to “test out” of Fundamentals (9th graders cannot do this), but if the Music Theory class fills up, preference is typically given to students who have taken Fundamentals

20. Music Technology • Music Technology I & II (minors) • No prerequisite for MT I • Computer based music production • Audio Engineering (minor) • Principles of acoustics, recording techniques, etc. • Contemporary Music (minor) • No music experience needed – kind of a Music Appreciation course • Comprehensive Music Technology (Major) • Combines concepts learned in Music Tech and Audio Engineering with live music rehearsals and performances

21. Other Elective Courses • Solo Performers • Students are required to prepare music and perform alone for their classmates • Available to instrumentalists and vocalists • Music Careers • Course for students who are considering continuing their musical pursuits beyond high school • Focus on different opportunities currently available in the music field

22. TheTechnology Education Department is now theTechnology and Engineering Education Department

23. North Penn Technology and Engineering Education Department & Forging New a Generation of Engineers

24. of PLTW and the Engineering Academy is to increase the nation’s technology workforce. The primary goal

25. Project Lead The WayCurriculum of the Engineering Academy • PLTW is a sequence of courses which, when combined with college preparatory mathematics and science courses in high school, introduces students to the scope, rigor and discipline of engineering and engineering technology prior to entering college.

26. The Solution is to…

27. Make a small change in the culture of American high schools by: • Strengthening the core academic curricula. • Participate in a technical program of study in pre-engineering leading to 2 & 4 year postsecondary degrees.

28. How does the North Penn Engineering Academy facilitate this change?

29. High School Course Program Introduction to Engineering Design Principles Of Engineering Digital Electronics Computer Integrated Manufacturing Foundation: Capstone: Engineering Design and Development Note: Course program requires college prep mathematics each year.

30. How does the Engineering Academy curriculum challenge students to meet higher academic standards?

31. The curriculum is: “Standards Based” • National Academy of Sciences • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics • International Technology & Engineering Education Association • English Language Arts

32. Exposure to Real Engineering • The PLTW classes are modeled after introductory engineering courses taught at the university level. • Students gain first hand experience in different facets of engineering and discover where their strengths lie.

33. Who should take Engineering courses?

34. The Student who is: • In the top 80% of his/her class. • Good in mathematics and science. • Interested in being an engineer or technologist. • Interest in art and design. • Interest in computers. • An underachiever who might get “hooked” by a high tech – hands on class.

35. The Student who is: • Willing to work hard!!!

36. A Rigorous Pre-engineering Curriculum+Highly prepared Faculty = Opportunities for Students

37. College credit for high school students • Eligible courses: POE, IED, DE, CIM • Students earn an 85% course average from the high school teacher • Students pass RIT college credit exam with: • A, 90-100% B, 80-89% C, 70-79% • Students register for 4 RIT credit/course--$200/course • RIT sends grade report and maintains transcript with the grade on the RIT exam

38. Visit Our Website WWW.NORTHPENNENGINEERING.ORG www.pltw.org

39. Back-Up Slides

40. Incoming 9th Grader with JROTC & TCC • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th & 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • JROTC • Geometry 5.0 • Western Tradition 9 • TCC, lunch & return to home bldg • Health/PE/Elective Minor • English 9 • Physical Science Option available based on minimum enrollment of 15