New classes offered for upcoming year

Chinese II will be offered as an expansion from Chinese I, building the new foreign language program. While Chinese I teaches the basics of Mandarin, Chinese II will go more in-depth with not only the language and grammar, but the culture itself.  A unique feature of the Chinese program is that there are no final exams. Instead, Chinese teacher Zhenzhen Zhang has projects at the end of each quarter...

The PIT Crew will be a standard elective credit that will require an application, and is open to juniors and seniors. If accepted, students will have the opportunity to interact and help out peers with disabilities.   The idea for PIT Crew originated when ESE teacher Heather Ambrosi and her students took a trip to Timber Creek in February of last year and thought it would be a great opportunity t...

AP Computer Science A will build on concepts of programming from AP Computer Science Principles. However, AP CSP is not a prerequisite to be able to enroll in AP CSA. It is being added back to the curriculum guide due to the number of students enrolled in AP CSP. Students will be able to use the programming language Java to create programs, starting from simple programming all the way up to Object-Or...

Law Studies III will build upon concepts from Law Studies I and II as the program expands and it will be offered as a semester-long course. While Law Studies I focused on criminal law and II focused on constitutional law, Law Studies II will have more of a focus on civil law. Students will learn about different civil cases and apply real-world scenarios.  Through the class, Law Studies teacher Elain...

Personal Financial Literacy will be offered as a semester course available to all grade levels to take. Previously, the school has offered Personal Family Finance,  using the Dave Ramsey method, where students are taught to pay off debt from the smallest amount to the largest amount, gaining momentum as they go.  The course will teach students how to do taxes, manage a bank account, understand...

As an alternative to AP Calculus, Calculus Honors will be added to the math department for juniors and seniors. Though it follows the same standards as AP Calculus, it will not be as rigorous, due to the absence of an AP exam. There will be more of a review at the beginning of the course, covering limits in-depth, as limits are the foundations of Calculus.  In the past, every other high school...

Personal Fitness Trainer will be a year-long class offered as an extension of Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries. It will go more in-depth with anatomy and diseases, while giving opportunities to go hands-on with advanced taping techniques.  Care and Prevention teacher Megan Wilkins wanted to add the class because of her previous experience at Lake Mary.  “I know there are a lot of ki...