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Non-Departmental Courses

9999—Work Study Program
Grade: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 0
The Work Study Program (WS) exists to give stu-
dents the opportunity to contribute to the school by
working in a department or with a teacher. The WS
program is open to all students who are in grades
10 and 11. Limited positions are open for grade 12.
In addition, those awarded financial aid are auto-
matically included in this program, enabling sopho-
more and junior students to help their families and
their school while gaining valuable life experiences.
Students will be assigned one semester in either
their sophomore or junior year. Work study is a
non-credit earning program and assignments are
limited to a semester-only opportunity. All students
requesting work study will be required to complete
an application and submit it for approval through
their counselor. Students will be limited to two
work study opportunities during their enrollment at
Saint John Paul Students participate in the WS pro-
gram during the academic year. Our graduation
requirements are structured so that students who
participate in WS will be able to obtain the needed
credits for graduation on schedule. Work study is
not intended for students to use the time as an aca-
demic break in their schedule or as a study hall.
The WS Coordinator will work with the students to
plan their assignments once the school
year/semester begins.

9199—Freshman Seminar
Grade: 9 Credit: 0.5
Freshman Seminar is a required course designed to
provide real-time orientation to the John Paul com-
munity for first semester freshmen. Topics covered
in this course include: basic Google applications,
school charism and house system, time manage-
ment, organization and study skills, digital citizen-
ship, interpersonal communications, collaboration
and leadership, public speaking and copyright law.
Students will be given guidance in integrating these
skills into the rest of their academic courses. Stu-
dents in Laudare or ASP will not be required to take
this class.

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