These courses are designed to be taken by 12th grade students.

AP - Business Statistics

Course Overview

AP Statistics is an introductory college-level statistics course that introduces students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Students cultivate their understanding of statistics using technology, investigations, problem solving, and writing as they explore concepts like variation and distribution; patterns and uncertainty; and data-based predictions, decisions, and conclusions.

AP - Environmental Science

This is a 12th grade science course. 

English 4 - Journalism

Course Purpose

The purpose of this course is to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and ethical grounding necessary to produce high-quality, publishable journalism for real-world audiences. Students will learn to detect bias, verify facts, write clearly in AP style, report with independence, uphold professional standards, and create multimedia news packages. Through a combination of rigorous news literacy training, hands-on reporting, ethical decision-making, and multimedia production, the course develops both technical proficiency and a commitment to truth, transparency, and fairness in journalism.

Course Description

This comprehensive, project-based journalism course transforms the classroom into a working student newsroom. Over the span of the program, students engage in authentic reporting assignments that blend traditional and emerging media skills.

They will:

  • Build foundational news literacy using platforms such as PBS Student Reporting Labs, Checkology, and Poynter’s MediaWise, with an emphasis on bias detection, verification, and responsible source evaluation.
  • Master reporting fundamentals including newsworthiness, interviewing, fact-vs.-opinion analysis, and source diversity.
  • Develop strong writing abilities in AP style, crafting leads, nut grafs, and balanced stories while practicing bias mitigation techniques.
  • Produce multimedia packages—planning, scripting, filming, and editing SRL-style segments—aligned with broadcast journalism best practices.
  • Explore solutions journalism to frame evidence-based stories that address community challenges.
  • Understand and apply student press law, ethics, and rights, creating editorial policies that safeguard independence and credibility.
  • Gain AI literacy for the newsroom, learning to detect, disclose, and responsibly integrate AI tools according to AP and Reuters standards.
  • Complete a capstone project showcasing investigative or solutions-based reporting, prepared for publication or award submission.

By the end of the course, students will graduate as skilled, ethical storytellers capable of producing professional-quality journalism that informs, engages, and impacts their audiences.