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SCIENCE & MATH ADVANCED CONSORTIUM
Open to a limited number of seniors who have completed and excelled in at least one AP Science and/or AP Mathematics course. Tests scores (standardized and AP), grades, interview, essay, teacher recommendations and transcript rigor are all factors in the application process.
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A year-long core academic class that seeks to provide rigorous interdisciplinary study in a collaborative and project-based setting, this class quickly becomes a student-driven format with significant critical thinking applied throughout the course.
First semester topics include Team Building, Effective Collaboration, Learning Styles, Analysis, Methodology, Innovation and Design Thinking as well as day-long mini projects and three team-based collaborative projects with presentations. Second semester is designed around a thesis project that is significant in scale, interdisciplinary in nature, and collaborative in format. Teams work toward creating a significant document and large-scale presentation that will be delivered to both small and large panels. Teams build a website to track and display their project and a physical design model or equivalent display (ex., a piece of music, a computer program, etc.) depending on each individual project’s aim and components. Clearly defined individual roles will be identified in all facets of the project, while ensuring a collaborative approach among the team throughout the venture.
Introduction To Sports Medicine
No prerequisite. Open to students in all grade levels.
Introduction to Sports Medicine is a semester-long course that provides the student with a basic knowledge of athletic training. This course is not intended to be “all inclusive,” rather a course directed at the practical aspects of taking care of oneself. The course is designed to help students understand what their bodies are telling them when they participate in athletics. The techniques included in this course—particularly the taping, wrapping and rehabilitative exercises—expose students to the skills of athletic injury prevention.
