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Jesuit High school is making AVLI courses available to students as a way of providing additional course options so students can pursue interests that will help them grow. Beyond challenging course content, an AVLI experience fosters important life and learning skills, and provides opportunities to learn with and from teachers and students from schools across North America.
The AVLI Learning Experience
Learning
Learning
Beyond mastering the subject material, our hope for you is that you grow as a learner. Working hard in your online course will help you develop time management skills, discipline, self-advocacy, and more. You will also come to better appreciate your learning strengths and areas of growth, thus maturing into an independent learner which will serve you well in college and beyond.
Instructors
Instructors
AVLI teachers are seasoned educators. They are experienced in the subject area in which they teach and have gone through extensive training in the development and delivery of online courses.
Format & Time Commitment
Format & Time Commitment
Our courses run on a traditional semester-based schedule utilizing the type of platform and online format that students might expect to experience in college. Though the formats and schedules differ from course to course, most are very flexible in design to allow students to complete their AVLI work around their existing school and extra-curricular schedules. Here are some important points about the AVLI experience:
At AVLI we value your time and try to use it well. Our courses require as much time as any other course. If you add up the time you spend in class, doing homework, and studying for any given course, that’s about how much time each week your AVLI course will require. Obviously, higher-level courses like AP courses require more time just like they would in your face-to-face school. Generally, this falls into the range of 5-7 hours per week.
At AVLI regular engagement matters. You can’t skip weeks in an AVLI course just like you can’t skip weeks at your face-to-face school. Teachers monitor participation and assignment submission to help students stay on track.
AVLI courses are largely Asynchronous, Teacher-led, and Cohort-based. These are important distinctions that warrant careful explanation.
Asynchronous: While each course will offer one synchronous (i.e. “live”) online meeting time per week, course tasks and activities are mostly asynchronous, meaning students do not have to be present online at a certain time each day. This allows students to work around their other in-school classes. Courses often use learning activities such as recorded lessons, discussion forums, readings, and assignments. Students usually complete many of these tasks independently during their school day. Teachers are available throughout each week via email should a student have questions or need support. Synchronous sessions are then often used for supplemental instruction, Q&A, group work, or extension activities.
Teacher-led and cohort-based: While students often work quite independently, our courses are not considered “independent” or “self-paced”. Our teachers design their course materials, set the course schedule, work closely with students to facilitate, and monitor their progress, and support the building of a community among the class cohort. Learning tasks are assigned deadlines throughout each week to which students are expected to adhere.
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY DUAL CREDIT OPTION AVLI has a dual credit partnership with Creighton University, a premier Jesuit university based in Omaha, Nebraska. Students are eligible to receive 3 hours of college credit for select AVLI courses (identified in the course listing). To qualify, students enroll in the course and pay the traditional course fee. They will then be provided the option of applying for credit for an additional fee of $110* paid to the University.
AP Microeconomics - ECO 203: Introductory Microeconomics (3.0 credit hours)
* This was the fee charged in 2023 but is subject to change at the discretion of Creighton University.
Students enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses with AVLI are required to take the the AP exam in May.
Jesuit High School AVLI Requirements
Jesuit High School AVLI Requirements
AVLI classes are offered to students with the demonstrated ability to work independently.
Students must request Vice Principal approval to take a AVLI class.
Students must have a current cumulative GPA 3.5.
An AVLI class cannot replace a core class requirement; it is for elective credit only
AVLI/JHS agreement outlining expectations signed by student, parent/guardian, AVP.
Students enrollment in AVLI Advanced Placement (AP) courses are required to take the AP exam and pay the additional exam fee.
This must be a 7th class, taking 6 Jesuit classes. A student cannot have prep period while taking an AVLI class.
A student in a zero period (Calc or Jazz) may take an AVLI class with permission from their Vice Principal.
Students will be assigned to a classroom for one period a day with attendance taken.
Cost $475 yearlong class, $310 per semester class
AP Environmental Science (AVLI)
Open to: 12th grade
Course length: Two semesters
Prerequisite: Minimum grade B in Chemistry & Biology
The goal of the Advanced Placement Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them. Students will be expected to view daily videos on the AP Classroom website and answer topic questions to check their comprehension. Unit Progress Checks and Unit Tests will be accessed on the AP Classroom site at the conclusion of each topic. A variety of virtual lab activities will also be completed for each unit. Following through with this protocol, students should be well prepared for the AP Environmental Exam offered by the College Board at their school in May. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous which allows students to work around their school schedule. There is a synchronous meeting that will take place one evening per week for students to attend. Meeting times to be determined at the beginning of the term.
AP European History (AVLI)
AP European History (AVLI)
Open to: 10th, 11th, 12th grade
Course length: Two semesters
In Advanced Placement European History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes from approximately 1450 A.D. to the present. Students develop and use the same skills, practices, and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary & secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change over time. The course also provides seven themes that students explore throughout the course to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: interaction of Europe & the world, economic & commercial development, cultural & intellectual development, states & other institutions of power, social organization & development, national & European identity, and technological & scientific innovations. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous which allows students to work around their school schedule. There is a synchronous meeting that will take place one evening per week that students are expected to attend. Meeting times to be determined at the beginning of the term.
AP African American Studies (AVLI)
AP African American Studies (AVLI)
Open to: 11th, 12th grade
Course Length: Two semesters
APPROXIMATE RESOURCES COST: $75
AP African American Studies is an interdisciplinary course that examines the diversity of African American experiences through direct encounters with rich and varied sources. Students explore key topics that extend from early African kingdoms to the ongoing challenges and achievements of the contemporary moment. Coursework is rigorous and will prepare students to sit for the AP College Board exam in the spring. The course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous, allowing students to work around their school schedule. A required synchronous meeting takes place one evening per week. Meeting times will be determined at the start of each term.
American Sign Language III (AVLI)
American Sign Language III (AVLI)
Open to: 11th, 12th grade
Course Length: Two semesters
Prerequisites: ASL I and II
APPROXIMATE RESOURCES COST: $65
On the next step of your journey through the worlds of EARth and EYEth, you’ll follow three friends: a Deaf chef, a drummer, and an inspiring actress through their daily lives and friendship. Get ready to slice and dice like a chef, critique some entertainment for a vlog, reminisce on childhood memories, play some games, and do a little traveling. Along the way you will get to dive deeper into Deaf culture and even get an inside look into the lives of some famous Deaf people. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s hit the road! The course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous, allowing students to work around their school schedule. One-on-one synchronous teacher drop-in support time is offered each week for students, as well as on demand, by appointment.
Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship (AVLI)
Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurship (AVLI)
Open to: 11th, 12th grade
Course length: Fall Semester
So you want to be an entrepreneur. There’s more to it than you might think! This course introduces fundamental components of business and entrepreneurship by giving participants the opportunity to work with entrepreneurs on real-world problems. Students will practice working in groups, scoping deliverables, setting deadlines, talking to stakeholders, and making presentations. In the final segment of the course, participants will put their entrepreneurial knowledge and group management skills to work creating startups and competing for a fictional $50,000 in seed funding. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous which allows students to work around their school schedule. There is a synchronous meeting that will take place one evening per week that students are expected to attend. Meeting times to be determined at the beginning of the term.
Accounting I (AVLI)
Accounting I (AVLI)
Open to: 11th, 12th grade
Course length: Fall Semester
Accounting is an essential aspect of every business organization. In this course, students will learn accounting for a service business organized as a Sole Proprietorship. Students will analyze financial statements and learn the accounting cycle by working through application problems and applying accounting concepts to real-world situations. This course is primarily asynchronous and allows students to work at their own pace for weekly assignments. There is a synchronous meeting that will take place one evening per week that students are expected to attend. Meeting times to be determined at the beginning of the term.
AP Microeconomics (AVLI; DC eligible CU ECO 203)
AP Microeconomics (AVLI; DC eligible CU ECO 203)
Open to: 10th, 11th, 12th grade
Course length: Fall Semester
Dual Credit offered through Creighton University (additional fee required) ECO 203: Introductory Microeconomics (3.0 credit hours)
How should faithful Catholics think about economics? This course integrates selected themes from the Neoscholastic School of economics with the content of the Advanced Placement economics syllabus in microeconomics. The course prepares students to do well on the AP Microeconomics exam as well as offers a way to view our redeemed creation through the prism of social science. The economic way of thinking does not begin with Adam Smith. It is based on insights from Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Aquinas, the Jesuit and Franciscan theologians at the University of Salamanca in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and on the Popes’ social encyclicals. We develop our understanding of basic economic concepts and analytic tools by anchoring them to our faith’s moral traditions and foundations. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous which allows students to work around their school schedule. There is a synchronous meeting that will take place one evening per week that is optional for students to attend. Meeting times to be determined at the beginning of the term.
Intro to Sociology (AVLI)
Intro to Sociology (AVLI)
Open to: 11th, 12th grade
Course Length: Fall Semester
Prerequisites: None
APPROXIMATE RESOURCES COST: $0
Sociology touches on the essential concepts of sociology with an emphasis on contemporary American social themes. The main units of study are cultural analysis, family dynamics, gender studies, racial and ethnic inequality, socioeconomic stratification, and crime and deviance. The course requires students to perform scholarly research, prepare and perform numerous presentations, engage in class dialogues, and process information through various writing exercises. The sociology classroom demands academic determination and a desire to engage in discussions. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous, allowing students to work around their school schedule. An optional synchronous meeting takes place one evening per week. Meeting times will be determined at the start of each term.
Genocide and the Holocaust (AVLI)
Genocide and the Holocaust (AVLI)
Open to: 11th, 12th grade
Course length: Spring Semester
This course looks at both the academic and social constructions of genocide. We will view the Holocaust as the paradigmatic example of, but not only, genocide in modern history. Students will study the causes and processes of genocide as well as other contemporary crimes against humanity. Students and parents should be advised that this course utilizes intense and disturbing materials. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous which allows students to work around their school schedule. There is a synchronous meeting that will take place one evening per week that is optional for students to attend. Meeting times to be determined at the beginning of the term.
Introduction to Veterinary Careers (AVLI)
Introduction to Veterinary Careers (AVLI)
Open to: 11th, 12th grade
Course length: Spring Semester
In Introduction to Veterinary Careers, students will investigate the vast field of veterinary medicine, from entering the field to living and growing within it. They will explore educational and licensing requirements, the varied jobs within the profession, and the reality of everyday life as a veterinarian (or veterinary support staff). The class will emphasize personal discovery of an individual’s options for education and careers as well as considering his or her own strengths, weaknesses, and interests as they relate to veterinary careers. Finally, students will consider social and ethical challenges they may encounter to help them discern if veterinary medicine is right for them. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous which allows students to work around their school schedule. There is a synchronous meeting that will take place one evening per week that is optional for students to attend. Meeting times to be determined at the beginning of the term.
Medical Terminology (AVLI)
Medical Terminology (AVLI)
Open to: 11th and 12th grade
Course Length: Spring Semester
Approximate text/Resource cost: $50
Medical terminology is a specialized language used by health care practitioners and, just like a foreign language, it has its own vocabulary and ways of stringing together words. This course combines an introduction to fundamentals of medical terminology and terms associated with the various bodily systems with the opportunity for students to learn more about professions throughout the medical field.
Computer Game Development (AVLI)
Computer Game Development (AVLI)
Open to: 10th, 11th and 12th grade
Course Length: Spring Semester
Prerequisites: None
APPROXIMATE RESOURCES COST: $0
Please not this course should not be seen as a substitute for Intro to Computer Science and it does not prepare students for AP Computer Science. It is a stand alone elective course.
In this course, students will explore the variety of technologies and art forms that go into game design and development. Video games are the biggest entertainment industry in the world. They are also multimedia experiences that incorporate storytelling, music, art, and technology. This course examines the impact that games have on our society and exposes students to wide variety of video games and genres, while teaching students to create their own video games and think critically about the games that they play. Students will learn to use a basic game engine to bring their video game ideas to life. Some previous experience in computer science is helpful but not required. This course requires weekly engagement but is primarily asynchronous which allows students to work around their school schedule. One-on-one synchronous teacher drop-in support time is offered each week for students, as well as on demand, by appointment.
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