Crescent Valley High School

Introduction to Engineering offered at CVHS see the Applied Technology section of the CV handbookEngineering 2 offered at CVHS see the Applied Technology section of the CV handbookComputer ScienceOracle/Databases offered at CVHS see the Business section of CV handbookFamily and Consumer SciencesCulinary Arts Year One offered at CHS 1 applied arts creditCulinary Arts Year Two offered at CHS 1 applied arts credit Prerequisite: Food and Nutrition or teacher recommendation College Now availableThese courses use the Pro Start curriculum from the National Restaurant Association. The courses introduce students into theworld of professional cooking. Basic communication skills, safety and sanitation, food preparation, meal planning, and othertopics are taught in this course. Students will be presented information through readings, lectures, demonstrations and videos.Students will practice knowledge and skills through written expression, lab activities and food events. LBCC College Nowcredit available: Costing & Stations, Tools and Culinary Techniques. These courses do not have to be taken in order.MathematicsAP Statistics offered at CHS 1 mathematics credit Prerequisites: grades 11 – 12; Algebra 2 (with a B or better) and CV teacher recommendation College Now availableStudents will build on their knowledge of graphical displays of one and two variable data, descriptive statistics and basicprobability. New topics include: sampling procedures, experimental design, probability distributions, confidence intervals andhypothesis testing. Real data is used throughout the course and an extended learning project will be completed. Videos,software, and TI-83 calculators complement the course to prepare students for the Advanced Placement Statistics test in earlyMay. Students may also choose to earn LBCC credit if they register and complete the course with an A or B. Calculatorrequired: Graphing, TI-83+ family preferred.ScienceAP Physics offered at CHS 1 science credit Prerequisites: grades 11 – 12; Algebra 2 (with a B or better) and teacher recommendationThis is an in-depth, college-level course for juniors and seniors. The same subject matter covered in physics will be taught but withdeeper analysis of more complex problems. Basic calculus as applied to physical law will be included, but calculus is not aprerequisite. A student may earn up to 15 hours of college or university credit and/or placement by satisfactory performance on theAdvanced Placement examination.World LanguageAP German offered at CHS 1 world language creditAdvanced Placement (AP) Language StudyThis class provides an intensive review of grammar in preparation for the AP exam, Spanish excluded, (from which studentscould earn some college credit). Students will read from an increasing variety of authentic texts, practice listening to a wide variety ofdifferent voices, practice composition writing and converse on a wide variety of topics. Students should be highly motivated sinceindependent study is a large part of this class.Spanish 5 and 6 offered at CVHS see the World Languages section of the CV handbookAP Spanish Language offered at CVHS see the World Languages section of the CV handbook- 64 -