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Accelerated Credit Courses
Accelerated Credit Courses
Any course taken for the first time at an accelerated pace to award initial credit. All accelerated original credit courses will be in person this summer.
Meeting Dates and Times:
Meeting Dates and Times:
Because accelerated original credit courses follow varying calendars, please see dates and times listed in the course descriptions.
Cost:
Cost:
Payment can be made via Skyward for credit/debit cards. Checks and money orders can be mailed to the high school C/O to Annuar Ortiz. Checks and money orders should be made out to HPHS Summer School.
Currently enrolled HPISD students: $450.00 per semester course
Not currently enrolled HPISD students: $550.00 per semester course
Information about financial assistance is located below
Latin 3 Honors
Latin 3 Honors
Prerequisite: Students MUST have received credit in Honors Latin 2
Grades: 10, 11, 12
Details: (1 credit) Category II
Dates: June 1 – June 29 (There will be no classes on Friday, June 19th)
Time: 7:30 - 3:30
Accelerated Original Credit: Face to Face/In-person setting. Latin III Honors continues students’ exposure to authentic Latin, including both prose and poetry. There will be an emphasis on reading various Roman authors, so students who wish to take this course should consider themselves proficient at reading Latin. The story line includes the Emperor Domitian in the first semester. The second semester introduces Pliny, Martial, Cicero, Caesar, Tacitus, Vergil, Ovid and Catullus. This course is for the student who enjoys Latin and wants a good preparation for AP Latin.
(Dictionary and Readers required.)
Teacher: Dana Caron
Email: CaronD@hpisd.org
Room #: NC215
Spanish 2
Spanish 2
Prerequisite: Spanish 1
Grades: 9-12
Details: (1 credit) Category III
Dates: June 1 – June 29 (There will be no classes on Friday, June 19th)
Time: 7:30 - 3:30
Accelerated Original Credit: Face to Face/In-person setting. This course focuses on the Interpretive, Interpersonal, and presentational modes of communication which include understanding of print and audio material, speaking and writing exchanges with another person, and presentations in written and spoken formats. It includes a review of all previous grammar concepts (present and preterite tenses and other grammar points). Students will be introduced to other tenses and structures in context. The class includes new vocabulary building strategies, and culture. At the end of the course the student will be able to reach the ACTFL proficiency levels of Novice High to Intermediate Low. This means the students will be able to express meaning in straightforward and personal contexts, by combining and recombining what they know, what they read, and what they hear in short statements and sentences.
Semester 1 Teacher: Amy Aldrete
Email: aldreta@hpisd.org
Room #: TBD
Semester 2 Teacher: M. Carmen Moises
Email: moisesm@hpisd.org
Room #: TBD
Geometry
Geometry
Prerequisite: Algebra I
Grades: 9, 10
Details: (1 credit) Category III
Dates: June 1 – June 29 (There will be no classes on Friday, June 19th)
Time: 7:30 - 3:30
Accelerated Original Credit: Face to Face/In-person setting. This course emphasizes primarily plane geometry but includes space and coordinate geometry. Formal geometric proof is emphasized. Algebraic concepts will be thoroughly integrated into the course. Algebra II is the next course.
This course is intended for highly motivated, self disciplined students who have extremely strong Algebra I skills. Students will be required to take a pre-test prior to enrollment in the course to help determine readiness for this fast paced course. The pre-test is mandatory to take the course.
Pre-test dates: May TBD and May TBD at 3:45 in WC217
Teacher: William (Andy) Speir
Email: SpeirW@hpsid.org
Room#: NC223
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