Class for Kicks  

There are several lesser-known courses being offered this year at Norwood High School that many students may not know about. 

One course that has been offered intermittently is called Greek Mythology taught by Ms. Moriah Holmes who tries to teach this class every year. She said that this class focuses on, “taking a look at Greek religious stories that we call myths and we go back to their original sources, the way they were first told by the Greeks.” 

Ms. Holmes says that students will be, “looking at English translations of the Greek texts and how myths have changed over time from the way they were originally presented around 700 B.C.” 

Students that take this class will gain “maybe 3” credits per class according to Ms. Holmes. 

Ms. Holmes stated that students that join this class should expect to, “look at the origins of these myths in language that is sometimes hard to read.'' 

All grades from 9th to 12th can take Greek Mythology. Students can take this class anytime in their high school career if it is offered. 

Ms. Laura John teaches a class called AP Seminar which is combined with Honors World History 2. Ms. John explained that the class focuses on, “the World History 2 requirement which all freshmen take, which is basically the Renaissance through today. The other component of the class is AP seminar and that focuses on research techniques and making well researched and well supported arguments through evidence.” 

If students take this class they should expect to “move faster than the other classes...because they will be seeing each other nine times per 7-day cycle because of lab which meets three times per seven days.” 

Only freshman are offered this class because, “AP seminar leaves them as sophomores to take AP research if they want, then take 4 more AP credit courses and if they get a 4 or a 5 on those they will receive a special AP capstone diploma at the end of their time at Norwood High School”. 

Mr. Steven Conant teaches History of Rock and Roll. Conant expresses that students should expect, “to get an understanding of how music is put together with a backtrack through history...get a knowledge of how the music industries like to put funny titles on things in a way to sell more music.” 

Any grade can take this class. Mr. Conant is a self-described “retired [slash] current rock and roller.” 

He used to work in the music industry as a sound person and stagehand at the Xfinity Center.  Mr. Conant has a lot of behind the scenes knowledge and has met a lot of people attached to the industry, so he, “shares some of that [in the class] as we travel through time in music.”