Students will explore a broad set of literacy skills and strategies that are essential to critical thinking, academic success, and college/career readiness. Students will learn the difference between the ACT/SAT and their various applications. Students will learn to deconstruct test questions and increase their ability to decode challenging vocabulary in context. In addition, students will sharpen timed writing skills and develop an individual study plan to address identified areas of improvement. Through these exercises, students will gain a set of tools that will be useful, both for test success and overall literacy development.

Graded: Conventionally
Grade: 9-12
Credit: 0.50
Location: Virtual
Cost: $250

Art Foundations is an introduction to various art processes such as drawing, painting, and three-dimensional art. An emphasis is placed on composition, which involves the use of formal art elements and principles. This course includes studio projects, history, criticism, and aesthetics. Students will be encouraged to create personally expressive art works. Students will supply some materials.

Graded: Conventional
Grade: 9-12
Credit: 0.50 
Location: Virtual
Cost: $250

Students are eligible to enroll in Credit Recovery course(s) only if they have received a failing grade for the course in high school.  This program is not for grade replacement.  Credit recovery students must have been at 9th-12th grade status during the 2021-22 school year.  All classes will be face-to-face instruction at Emerald Campus.

For Credit Recovery, all class options are listed on the registration form.  

Grade: 9th-12th status during 2021-22 school year
Time Frame: May 31- June 24, 2022  8:30-12:00
Location: Emerald Campus, 5175 Emerald Pkwy
Cost: $225

The dynamics of global interactions among nations and regions present issues that affect all humanity.  These dynamics include: competing beliefs and goals; methods of engagement, and conflict and cooperation.  Contemporary issues have political, economic, social, historic and geographic components.  Approaches to addressing global and regional issues reflect historical influences and multiple perspectives.  Students will connect understandings of the contemporary and comparative political systems and global issues.  Through the lens of a geo-political world, current events, political debate, and how the past impacts present day foreign and domestic policy of nations, regions and international  systems and organizations will be analyzed. 

Graded: Conventional

Grade:  11

Credit:  0.50

Location: Virtual

Cost: $250

Financial Literacy/Personal Finance is open to students who will be entering 11th or 12th grade for the 2022-23 school year. 

This course introduces students to real-world concepts related to personal finance and money management.  More specifically, it examines financial matters such as saving, investing, student loans, debt repayment, credit cards, risk management, and budgeting.  Students engage in hands-on scenarios in which they will learn to prepare for, overcome, and avoid financial crises.  Based on the skills and knowledge applied in this course, students will develop financial goals, and create realistic and measurable objectives to be financially literate and money smart.

Graded: Conventional
Grade: 11-12
Credit: 0.5
Location: Virtual
Cost: $250

Students in this course will participate in a variety of aerobic activities, evaluate personal fitness levels, develop and track personal fitness goals, and demonstrate knowledge of nutrition and responsible eating plans. Activities may include, but are not limited to: low and high impact aerobics, circuit training, Pilates, core/stability work, jump rope, and jogging. Students will develop an understanding of the components of physical fitness and the benefits of an active lifestyle.  Students will be able to track progress through the use of technology.  Students will develop an understanding of the components of physical fitness and the benefits of an active lifestyle.

Graded: Conventional
Grade: 9-12
Credit: 0.25
Location: Virtual
Cost: $125

Note: Health - only ONE session of Health is required to earn credit.

Health Education stresses the individual's physical, mental, emotional, and social development.  The intent of the Health course is to help young people make independent, informed decisions concerning their well-being.  Course topics include First Aid and CPR; diseases and disorders; mental health; stress; nutrition; the structure of specific body systems; human sexuality; and substance abuse. *This course may be taught in a blended format to include a combination of intentional learning activities and student created projects.

Graded: Conventional
Grade: 9 -12
Credit: 0.50
Location: Virtual
Cost: $250

This course focuses on the study of behavior and mental processes.  Topics include the brain and neuroscience, behavioral genetics, cognitive and social development, perception, learning, memory, decision-making, emotions, motivation, psychological disorders, social identity, and culture.  Students will examine and engage with various in an effort to better understand human behavior and the motivations behind it. 

Graded: Conventional

Grade:  10-12

Credit:   0.50

Location:  Virtual

Cost: $250

Note: This class is not on the registration form - please read below for directions to participate.

Summer intervention and graduation testing are open to current high school students who need to retest in one or more of the Ohio State End of Course graduation assessments.  High school counselors and administrators will share additional information with students who need to participate in this intervention and testing opportunity.  Students will have access to a digital remediation resource and to a teacher during the structured intervention hours.  This intervention will not be credit-bearing.  All testing will be held during the state-assigned testing window of June 27 - July 1, 2022.  The sign-up form for this opportunity will be shared directly with those students who need to participate. 

Dates: May 31 - June 24, 2022
Testing Weeks: June 27 - July 1, 2022

This course is designed for the individual who has interest and goals that may be more individualized than those available in other courses. Students will pursue personal goals in targeted exercise and general conditioning programs tailored to student need. They will develop an exercise program to meet their individual goals and track their progress towards those goals over time. Additional topics and class activities may include, but are not limited to: Pilates, agility training, plyometrics, flexibility development, cardiovascular exercise and other health related topics. This class will also emphasize the benefits of exercise in relation to relieving stress and anxiety in the school day.

Graded: Conventional
Grade: 9-12
Credit: 0.25
Location: Virtual
Cost: $125