Page 381512 Advanced Journalism Yearbook 1Lowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1Prerequisite: Journalism (1502)Rank: NoneStudents use graphic, design, and layout skills to produce the schoolyearbook through the use of desktop publishing. Students plan, draft,and complete written and/or visual communications, with a deadlinein mind, on a regular basis. Students also cover such topics as copywriting, interviewing skills, proofreading, photography, advertising, andlegal issues of publications.1522 Advanced Journalism Yearbook 2Lowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Prerequisite: Advanced Journalism Yearbook 1Rank: NoneThrough the use of computers and software programs, students will usedesktop publishing to produce the school yearbook. There is a highemphasis on writing and leadership skills. Students also concentrateon the business aspect of yearbooks through public relations andadvertising.1532 Advanced Journalism Yearbook 3Lowest Grade Placement: 12Credit: 1Prerequisite: Approval and Advanced Journalism (1522)Rank: NoneThis course allows students to concentrate on advanced yearbooklayouts and graphic ideas and assist the adviser with planning theyearly publications. Through the use of computers and softwareprograms, students use desktop publishing to assist them in design andlayout. There is also a high emphasis on writing and leadership skills.Students also master such topics as copy writing, interviewing skills,proofreading, typography, photography, advertising, and legal issuesof publications.1542 Advanced Journalism NewspaperProduction 1Lowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1Prerequisite: Journalism (1502)Rank: NoneThrough the use of desktop publishing, students produce the schoolnewspaper. They write headlines, captions, and stories, withina time frame, on a regular basis. Students learn to improve theircommunication skills through interviews and learn journalistic ethicsand responsibilities.1552/1562 Advanced Journalism Newspaper 2-3Lowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Prerequisite: Advanced Journalism (1542)Rank: NoneThis course allows students to concentrate on specific phases of schoolnewspaper and spend time working with the publications adviserlearning to handle and correct current production problems. Throughthe use of computers and software programs, students use desktoppublishing to assist in design and layout.1572 PhotojournalismLowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1Prerequisite: Journalism (1502)Rank: NoneThis course allows student to take, develop and print photographs for theschool’s publications. A basic knowledge of photography is required.1582 Independent Study in JournalismLowest Grade Placement: 12Credit: 1Prerequisite: Advanced Journalism (1522 or 1552)Rank: NoneThis course allows students to concentrate on advanced newspapertheory and layout ideas and help the adviser with planning futureperiodicals. Through the use of computers and software programs,students use desktop publishing to assist them in design and layout.This course is specifically designed for those students who wish topursue journalism as a career.1662 Independent Study IN Speech (KMAC)Lowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Prerequisite: Broadcast Journalism, Media Technology 2Rank: Regular/NoneThis course provides opportunities for students to produce programs forschool projects and Channel 37. Students are also encouraged to seekmedia internships in the <strong>McAllen</strong> area.1701 Communication Application/ Advancementvia individual determination (avid) ILowest Grade Placement: 9Credit: 1/2 Comm. Appl. & 1/2 AVID ElectivePrerequisite: NoneRank: Regular/NoneThis program is designed to meet the educational and social needs ofstudent in the middle student who, with support have the potential tosucceed in a rigorous course of study and go on to a post secondaryinstitution through AVID/Speech, students are prepared to meet fouryear college entrance requirements by mastering college preparatorycurricula.1732 Debate 1Lowest Grade Placement: 9Credit:Rank: Regular/NoneThe Goal of this course are to enhance students’ skills in research,public speaking, logic, note-taking, an indepth analysis. This courseenphasizes Cross-Examanation policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas values,Public Forum debate, and Congressional debate Additionally studentswill develop extemporaneous speaking skills. Partipation in speech anddebate toutnaments and the administration of speech and debatetournaments are required.1752 Debate 2, 3Lowest Grade Placement: 10Credit:Rank: Regular/NoneThis course is designed as an informally structured class which followsthe guidelines set by the State. Students will work independently toenhance skills gained from Debate 1. Partipation in speech anddebate toutnaments and the administration of speech and debatetournaments are required.1762 INDEPENDENT STUDY/SPEECHLowest Grade Placement: 12Credit: 1/2 ElectivePrerequisite: Debate 3Rank: NoneThis course is designed as an informally stuctured class which followsthe guidelines set by the state. Students will work independently toenhance skills gained from Debate 1, 2, and 3. Partipation in speechand debate toutnaments and the administration of speech and debatetournaments are required.1841 CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE WRITINGLowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1/2 ElectiveRank: Regular/StandardThis course provides students with an opportunity to explore the worldof writing. Students write short stories, poems and feature articles inorder to publish their works. They also correspond with authors ofvarious kinds of literature to learn firsthand what is involved. The classalso compiles and publishes the campus literarymagazine1843 ADVANCED JOURNALISM: LITERARY MAGAZINELowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1/2 ElectiveRank: Regular/StandardThis course provides the staff for the literary magazine. The emphasisis on recognizing good writing for evaluating and editing submissions.Students also design the cover and layout sheets of the magazine andare responsible for its sale and distribution. The course, offered in thespring semester, also gives students an opportunity to write poetry,informal essays, short stories and drama.1852 INDEPENDENT STUDY ENGLISH (TEST PREP)Lowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1/2 ElectivePrerequisite: NoneRank: NoneThis course offers students practice in skills considered necessary forsuccess in an academic environment. Included are test-taking strategiesfor college entrance exams such as ACT or SAT, as well as instructionon concentration, memory, test anxiety, note taking, and strategies toimprove confidence and time management. Vocabulary and readingflexibility skills are emphasized throughout the entire course.4502 ADVANCED STUDIESLowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1Rank: NoneThis course is a two semester elective course in which students conductin-depth research. Working in collaboration with a mentor, the studentinvestigates a problem, issue, or concern; researches the topic using avariety of technologies; and presents a product of professional qualityto an appropriate audience. The course requires field experience relatedto the area of investigation. Successful completion of this course mayresult in one advanced measure” credit toward the Texas Distinguishedachievement Program. NOTE: This advanced course serves theidentified gifted/talented student.TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONSNOTE: The following courses satisfy technology application credit,but are not career and technology education credit.1912 DESKTOP PUBLISHINGLowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1Prerequisite: 1/2 to 1 credit of Keyboarding or PREPRank: NoneThis course combines the skills of electronic design and editing toproduce a product using a variety of hardware and software tools. Thisproject-based course focuses on real-world audiences as customers.Students will learn to use a collection of software tools and designtechniques to create a variety of formatted products. Students enrolledin this course will be computer literate and have experience with thebasic electronic productivity tools.1914 WEBMASTERINGLowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1Prerequisite: 1/2 to 1 credit of Keyboarding or PREPRank: NoneThis course focuses on scripting, developing search strategies,publishing skills, and serving information on a web server. Ultimately,students, within an ethical framework, will be the webmasters forthe class, school, or district, participating in a real global communityof learners and collaborators. Students enrolled in this course willbe computer literate and have experience with the basic electronicproductivity tools.
7432 ADVANCED WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTLowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Rank: NoneThis course is designed to teach students how to plan, develop, design,and implement a website using various multimedia elements such astext, graphics, audio, video, animation and virtual reality. The studentwill learn and implement: Basic and Advance HTML, Basic WebArchitecture, Web Design Principles, Foundations in Digital Design,JavaScript, Introduction to E-Commerce, and Advance HTML SiteEditing using Adobe’s Go Live, and or Macromedia’s Dream weaver,or other WYSWYG software. The student will create Animated GIF’suse Image Editing Software (Adobe Photo Shop and /or MacromediaFireworks), and Animation Technology (Adobe Live Motion orMacromedia Flash MX) to create Dynamic Web Sites.NOTE: This course satisfies the Technology Applications graduationrequirement.1916 Independent Study/technologyapplicationsLowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Prerequisite: Technology Applications CourseRank: NoneThis course provides opportunities for students desiring to continue inthe acquisition of multimedia, telecommunications, or programmingskill sets, build portfolios, solve problems, and create products for schooland community. Instructional design principles and software skill sets,relevant to instruction are interwoven into real products, and are thefocus of this course. This course is designed to provide flexibilityto schools that want to offer more advanced courses or the continuationof courses that students have completed in Technology Applications.of experience for young people who are potentially interested in careersin education, counseling, or community service. Taught at McHi,Memorial and Options4955 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE, TOKLowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Rank: NoneThe Theory of Knowledge course is a requirement for the IB Diploma.This course focuses on student reflection and questioning. Students arechallenged to reflect critically on diverse ways of knowing and areasof knowledge, and to consider the role knowledge plays in a globalsociety. Students are encouraged to become aware of themselves asthinkers, to recognize the complexity of knowledge, and to accept theneed to act responsibly in an increasingly interconnected world.NOTE: The completion of 49553 and 49563 satisfy the local PREPCTE requirements.Page 39MISCELLANEOUS/PEER ASSISTANCE LEADERSHIP9944 AVID IVLowest Grade Placement: 12Credit : 1Prerequisite: AVID I, II, III, and be enrolled in a Pre-AP, AP orHonors ClassRank: NoneAVID IV is designed to meet the educational needs of students in grade12 for college preparation according to their career cluster. The materialspresented are intended to meet the requirements of a post secondaryinstitution mastering college preparatory curricula and/or the workforce.Students in AVID IV will be required to complete college applications/Admissions requirements to their choice of college, take collegeplacement examinations, apply for scholarships/financial aid, andcomplete a senior video presentation that will take 6 weeks to complete.4812 student leadershiplowest Grade Placement: 9Credit: 1/2 - 1Prerequisite: NoneRank: StandardThis course is designed to offer students the opportunity to explore whatit means to be a leader and to guide students first efforts at exercisingleadership. This course is taught in a hands-on manner that enablesstudent leaders to experience leadership in a variety of real settings.NOTE: Course offered at Mc<strong>High</strong> and Memorial.4822 Peer Assistance and Leadership (P.A.L.)Lowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Rank: RegularThis course allows students to become peer facilitators through workingwith elementary and middle school students, as well as students fromtheir own campuses. The in-class training for PAL students focuses onthe role of the helper, confidentiality/liability issues, group dynamics,self awareness, peer tutoring, listening and communication skills andmany other issues of concern. The course is intended to provide a field
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