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Grades: 10, 11, 12 Duration: Year Long Course guage arts and mathematics. Stu-
Prerequisite: Application/In- Credit: 10 Units dents learn high school success
structor approval and college preparatory skills such
Duration: Year Long Course Advanced Placement Computer as note taking, time management,
Credit: 10 Units Science Principles is a yearlong and organization. One semester
course that is designed to be an will focus on the graduation re-
quired Health Course.
The focus of this course is the de- equivalent to a first semester col-
velop- ment of student leadership lege computing course. Consisting
skills through practical experiences of 5 units, approximately 6 weeks Advancement Via Individual
that include communication, ser- each, the course is based on the Determination (AVID 10)
vice learning, government, per- Computational Thinking Prac- Prerequisite: Instructor ap-
sonal and social development and tices(CTP) Framework( Connecting proval and enrollment in Uni-
business skills. Through teamwork Computing, Creating Computa- versity of California A-G
students set goals, coordinate tional Artifacts, Abstracting, Analyz- course sequence
committees, and create and imple- ing Problems and Artifacts, Com- Grade: 10
ment programs to recognize stu- municating and Collaborating). Duration: Year Long Course
dent achievement. The Renais- Topics in this course include but Credit: 10 Units
sance Leadership program is de- are not limited to binary conver-
signed to promote and encourage sion, numbering systems, binary
academic excellence and leader- encoding, internetworking, algorith- This course is an A-G course. Stu-
ship, unity amongst students and mic thinking, cybersecurity, privacy dents are tutored in all academic
faculty, school spirit, and exem- and crime, abstraction, String pro- areas by college students both indi-
plary models of citizenship. Renais- cessing, loops, arrays, and big data vidually and in small groups. AVID
sance students will be positive role structures. At the conclusion of this teaching methods and materials
models and display the expecta- course, students will create a per- are used with particular emphasis
tions of all high school students. As formance task, and explore a per- given to English-language arts and
mentors, leaders, and motivators formance task in preparation for mathematics. Students are helped
they will guide students on campus submission to the college board. to see themselves as potential col-
on what it takes to be successful lege students by taking part in ex-
throughout their academic career. WORK EXPERIENCE tensive college and career re-
Grades: 11, 12 search as they prepare to choose
AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A Prerequisite: Paid Legal job their university and major.
Grades: 11, 12 and instructor approval
Duration: Year Long Course Duration: Semester OR Year Advancement Via Individual
Credit: 10 Units Long Course Determination (AVID 11)
Credit: 5-10 Units Prerequisite: Instructor ap-
Computer Science Advanced proval and enrollment in Uni-
Placement/AB places major em- This course combines supervised, versity of California A-G
phasis on programming methodol- paid employment in selected occu- course sequence
ogy, algorithms, and data struc- pational fields with related class- Grade: 11
tures. Applications of computing room instruc- tion in employability Duration: Year Long Course
provide the context in which these skills. Each student creates an indi- Credit: 10 Units
subjects are treated; applications vidual career portfolio.
are used to develop student aware-
ness of the need for particular algo- Advancement Via Individual This course is an A-G course in
rithms and data structures, as well Determination (AVID 9)/AVID which students are tutored in all ac-
as to provide topics for program- HEALTH ademic areas by college students
ming assignments to which stu- Prerequisite: Instructor ap- both individually and in small
dents can apply their groups. AVID teaching methods
knowledge. A particular program- proval and enrollment in Uni- and materials are used with partic-
ming language constitutes the vehi- versity of California A-G ular emphasis given to English-lan-
cle for implementing computer- course sequence guage arts and mathematics. Stu-
based solutions to particular prob- Grade: 9 dents practice and prepare for col-
lems. Treatments of computer Duration: Year Long Course lege entrance tests like the SAT
systems and the social implications Credit: 10 Units and ACT.
of computing are integrated into the
course and not isolated as sepa- This course is an A-G course in
rate units. JAVA will be the lan- which students are tutored in all ac- Advancement Via Individual
guage of Computer Science Ad- ademic areas by college students Determination (AVID 12)
vanced Placement/AB. both individually and in small Prerequisite: Instructor ap-
groups. AVID teaching methods proval and enrollment in Uni-
AP PRINCIPLES OF COM- and materials are used with partic- versity of California A-G
PUTER SCIENCE ular emphasis given to English-lan- course sequence
Grades: 11, 12 Grade: 12