Seminar

The goals of this course are to provide students with the foundational skills to be successful at Lebanon High School and beyond.  Students will complete various orientation activities to acclimate themselves to LHS, including knowledge of curricular and extra-curricular, as well as learn essential academic skills.  Students will also participate in Pathways to Success Planning that includes the following: Students will explore various career paths and analyze the affects those career paths have on basic financial management. Activities stressing self-awareness and required skills and education will be incorporated. This course utilizes Naviance as a primary tool for developing a career plan to accomplish students’ individual goals.

Students will also need to complete one of the student involvement opportunities to earn credit. 

The goals of Sophomore Seminar are to continue building key academic skills to be College and/or Career Ready, as well as begin exploratory content for a student’s chosen Career Pathway.  All students will select Sophomore Seminar, and will be placed with a teacher based on their career interest.  Additionally, students will be required to complete all 10th Grade Naviance activities. 

The goal of Junior Senior seminar is to provide more in-depth learning to the student’s career choice.  Students will be required to complete all 11th grade Naviance activities. 

The goal of Senior Seminar is to provide additional earning in a student’s career choice.  Students will be required to complete all 12th grade Naviance activities. 

Students are enrolled in this seminar if they are in programs that require a mix group of students. 

The purpose of this course is to give gifted students an opportunity to put sustained academic effort into an area of personal passion and interest while working with intellectual peers, which is the most appropriate grouping model for the gifted population. In doing so students will learn academic endurance, productive creativity, collaborative skills, communication and presentation skills, and research skills.

The Driver’s Education Course is designed to help students become safe drivers. We will cover how students can get their permit and driver’s license.  The course will cover how to drive in different conditions, handle emergencies, and taking care of a vehicle. Identify, Predict, Decide, and Execute is used to help students become better drivers. Students will also learn how to buy a car and insurance.

Course Code: 0836B

Credits: 0.5

Course Description:

To serve as guided exploration where students can create products for a specific consumer and work through the technology design process. As the students work through this process the students will gain the problem-solving skills while meeting the consumer’s needs.

Prerequisite – Materials Processing 1 (or Wood Technology 1) grade B or higher

Course Code: 0049A, 0049B(2), 0049C (3)

Credits: 0.5

Course Description:

Recommended for students in the Mass Communications Program of Study.

This course introduces the students to current concepts in photography, techniques of layout and design, and the art of journalistic writing.  The culmination of the latter concepts and techniques are displayed in the school's annual publication, The Lodestone.  A student questionnaire and a student/teacher interview will be mandatory before any approvals will be made. Each year requires differnet enrollment into Yearbook 1 (0049A), Yearbook 2 (0049B), or Yearbook 3 (0049C)

Course Code: 0031A (1), 0031B (2), 0031C (3)

Credits: 0.5

Course Description:

Recommended for students in the Mass Communications Program of Study.

Mass Comm 1 (0031A):This course is designed for students who have an interest in journalism and learning about being on camera, as well as what happens behind the scenes. Students who elect to take this course may wish to major in journalism or English in college or pursue careers in the news industry or where they otherwise would need high-quality writing and speaking skills. Areas of study include news style, writing, grammar/mechanics, reporting, interviewing, camera shots/angles, ethics, video production, and related vocabulary. Students will read/analyze newspapers and newscasts regularly, participate in discussions and group work, and complete long- and short-term assignments to achieve course goals. Presentations are required in this course. Eventually, students will assist with WLHS and The Cedar Times in order to begin building a personal portfolio of work.

Mass Comm 2 (0031B): This course is designed for students who have an interest in journalism and learning about being on camera, as well as what happens behind the scenes. Students who elect to take this course may wish to major in journalism or English in college or pursue careers in the news industry or where they otherwise would need high-quality writing and speaking skills. Areas of study include news style, writing, grammar/mechanics, reporting, interviewing, camera shots/angles, ethics, video production, and related vocabulary. Students will read/analyze newspapers and newscasts regularly, participate in discussions and group work, and complete long- and short-term assignments to achieve course goals. Presentations are required in this course. Eventually, students will assist with WLHS and The Cedar Times in order to begin building a personal portfolio of work.

Mass Comm 3 (0031C): This course is designed for students who have an interest in journalism and learning about being on camera, as well as what happens behind the scenes. Students who elect to take this course may wish to major in journalism or English in college or pursue careers in the news industry or where they otherwise would need high-quality writing and speaking skills. Areas of study include news style, writing, grammar/mechanics, reporting, interviewing, camera shots/angles, ethics, video production, and related vocabulary. Students will read/analyze newspapers and newscasts regularly, participate in discussions and group work, and complete long- and short-term assignments to achieve course goals. Presentations are required in this course. Eventually, students will assist with WLHS and The Cedar Times in order to begin building a personal portfolio of work.