Lakeview High School

SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Special Education services are provided at LHS to students who qualify for services.    Services are provided in 1) a regular education setting with a single Regular Education teacher, 2) in a regular education setting in which a Regular Education and a Special Education teacher team teach the course, and/or 3) in a special education setting with a single Special Education teacher.  Courses are offered and placement in these courses is dependent upon the individual student’s progress toward graduation and identified disability.  The specific courses determined appropriate for each student is reviewed with teachers, counselors, parents and the student.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

This course covers material from the Reconstruction period immediately following the Civil War to the present, including the development of modern America, world wars, and movements for equality. Topics are covered from a political and economic standpoint and rely upon a diversity of skills and assessments.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

This course will cover how the American democracy has unique qualities. Students will learn about the three branches of government and how each has separate powers and responsibilities at the local, state, and federal levels.  Students will explore how American officials are brought into office, and how Americans have individual rights and freedoms.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Students will cover basic economic principles and terminology that will give them the knowledge and tools needed to make rational economic decisions for themselves and our nation. Examples of the topics covered are: economic principles, supply and demand, the investment sector, the Federal Reserve System, economic markets, financial institutions, and the business cycle.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Students will learn how to set and achieve goals needed to succeed. They will learn how to establish and manage a household, buy and care for clothing and set a budget.  They will discuss buying and preparing food, the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, and will explore relationships and raising a family.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Students will study and discover the earth and how people live on it. There will be five themes taught to organize geographic information about the planet.  Students will also utilize visual representations of geographic information.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Over the semester there will be six core areas discussed and introduced. Students will explore the human body systems, getting fit, nutrition, substance use and abuse first aid, and sex education.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Biology is a course in laboratory science where students investigate the living world around them, using field study and laboratory techniques. Students study the diversity, complexity and interconnectedness of living systems. Topics addressed are cell physiology, organ systems, disease-causing organisms, genetics, evolution, characteristics and classification of life forms, ecology and what impact humans have on the environment and ecosystems of our earth.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Over the semester, students will strengthen their skills in reading fluency and comprehension. Along with reading students will also explore daily living skills such as cooking, introductions, and learning signs that students need to follow in their everyday living.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Over a semester, students will engage themselves in many forms of writing. Students will become aware of strategies to help them with the writing process. They will be exposed to a variety of graphic organizers, computers, and other tools that are necessary to write. Students will also explore vocabulary, grammar, and daily oral language skills.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Students will apply math computation skills to real life situations and problems that may occur.  Using the four basic math functions, students will engage themselves in problem solving techniques that would be incorporated in their future lives.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Over the course of the semester, the students will focus on the four basic math functions. This will include solving problems with whole numbers, integers, and fractions. Students will also learn basic geometry skills.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Through the semester, students will gain an understanding of their interests, personalities, strengths and weaknesses along with how all of these categories shape career choices. Students will explore the hard and soft skills of a job, and that each career requires a specific pathway with unique skills. Students will also be exposed to local job opportunities and what is required to obtain that job.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Students will study and apply the concepts of chemistry and physics. Students will identify properties of common families of elements, how elements differ in structural parts and electrical charges, the risk/benefit balance of using household and agricultural products, and the development of the new products by the breaking of bonds and rearrangement of atoms. Students will also study kinematics to learn how to analyze the patterns of force and motion in the operation of complex machines, relate characteristics of sounds and the properties of waves and light, the formation of stars through astronomy, and the principles of electricity and circuits. The learning of these facts will involve problem solving, research, and practical application and products.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

This class is intended to help students become fluent readers by teaching strategies to increase reading comprehension.  Students will learn and apply strategies to increase both fluency and comprehension of informational and non-fiction text.  Students will develop their knowledge as they go through three units: Novels, Short Stories, and informational text application.

Gr.: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

This class is intended to help students build on strategies for reading comprehension and reading fluency gained through Reading Mastery 1 and prior language arts courses.  This course will revisit strategies previously learned as well as further develop reading comprehension and fluency skills.  Students will increase fluency and comprehension of informational and non-fictional text.  Students will develop their knowledge as they go through four units: Novels, Poetry, Short Stories, and informational text application.

Gr.: 9

Prerequisite: None

This course will be divided into two major categories.  First, students will explore how each disability has unique characteristics that influence learning.  Students will learn about self determination, goal setting, and how to better advocate for themselves.  Secondly, students will learn how to utilize study skill techniques to assist them with their current and future academic courses.

Gr.: 10

Prerequisite: None

This course will be divided into two major categories.  First, the students will explore occupational options and requirements for adult living.  Students will gain understanding that interest, personality, strengths and weaknesses all shape career choices.  Secondly, students will learn how to utilize study skill techniques to assist them with their current and future academic courses.

Gr.: 11

Prerequisite: None

This course will be divided into two major categories.  First, the students will explore the four main transition areas related to their individual educational plan.  These four areas are Adult Living Options, Community Participation, Post Secondary Options, and Occupational/Career Goals.  Secondly, students will learn how to utilize study skill techniques to assist them with their current and future academic courses.

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