Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School
Program of Study
2014-2015
David L. Norman, Principal
601 Bruin Parkway, Orangeburg SC
Office: 803-534-6180
Fax: 803-533-6310
ORANGEBURG-WILKINSON HIGH SCHOOL
Program of Studies
Table of Contents Pages
School Mission Statement for Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School 3
Orangeburg-Wilkinson H.S. Program Selection 4
Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five Curriculum/Career Cluster Concept 5-6
Curriculum Requirements for a South Carolina High School Diploma 7-9
Uniform Grading Policy for South Carolina High Schools 10-11
Scheduling Policies 13
High School Assessment Program (HSAP) 13
Humanities Cluster
§ English Courses 14-15
§ Mathematics Courses 16-17
§ Science Courses 18
§ Social Studies Courses 19-20
§ Foreign Language Courses 21
§ Fine Arts Courses 22-25
§ Physical Education Courses 26
§ AFJROTC Courses 27-28
§ Additional Electives Courses 29
§ Special Services Courses 30
The Honors/Pre-IB, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program with AP
Options, and Advanced Placement 31-42
ORANGEBURG-WILKINSON HIGH SCHOOL
Vision Statement
Working Together To Build a World-Class School System
Mission Statement
Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 exists to ensure academic success for all students.
GOALS
· Goal1: Increase Student Learning
· Goal 2: Improve Resource Management
· Goal 3: Improve Human Capital
· Goal 4: Increase Engagement
· Goal 5: Safety above all else
PROGRAM SELECTION
All students at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School will enter a course of study based on their career goals. All students should enroll in an individualized program, which will provide competencies necessary for employment as well as flexibility for entering a post-secondary institution. Six career clusters have been identified for students at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. The six clusters are:
1. Business/Marketing & Information Technology
2. Health & Human Services
3. Arts & Humanities
4. Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial Technologies
5. Agriculture & Natural Resources
6. International Baccalaureate
Students will not be "locked into" any course of study. Flexibility is allowed through electives and substitutions can be arranged to meet the needs of individual students. The programs listed on the following pages are guidelines that will enhance students' preparation to meet their career goals.
Students transferring from other school districts will have their portfolios reviewed, and their course of study will be articulated through the curriculum offered at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. The guidance counselor will review career goals at the time of enrollment, and each student will be assigned an advisor. Students will be encouraged to choose a career cluster and to identify a career major by the end of grade 10.
All instructional programs provided by Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School are available without regard to race, creed, color, sex, national origin, or disabled condition.
ORANGEBURG CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT FIVE
Orangeburg-Wilkinson strives to provide a comprehensive curriculum to address the individual needs of all of our students. The framework design allows for an integrated, multi-dimensional approach to planning that helps students become successful learners for high school and beyond.
A comprehensive curriculum framework includes the following elements:
· School of Study
· Clusters of Study
· Majors within each cluster of study
· Individual Graduation Plan
· Recommended curriculum for an IGP
· Standardized IGP form
A school of study is a way to organize the curriculum into broad program areas that are inter-related in nature and that relate to various professions and academic areas of study. There are four schools of study in our framework:
· School of Business and Agriculture
· School of Humanities and Public Service
· School of Engineering and Industrial Technology
· School of Health Sciences
A cluster of study is a means of organizing instructional and student experienced around broad categories that encompass virtually all occupations from entry level through professional levels. Clusters of study provide a way to organize and tailor course work and learning experiences around areas of interest. Clusters of study are designed to provide a seamless transition from high school study to post-secondary study and /or the workforce. Nationally and in South Carolina there are 16 national clusters of study.
A cluster of study has several majors. A major consists of the completion of at least four required units of study in that area. It is recommended that students take at least one course at the highest level offered. Students are asked to select a cluster of study prior to the tenth grade. By the end of the tenth grade, students are asked to select a major, focusing their academic and elective interest in a specific area.
Students can change a cluster of major if their interests change. Students are never locked into a specific cluster or major. Although students need to declare a major by the end of the tenth grade, completion of a major is not a requirement for a South Carolina High School Diploma.
CURRICULUM/CAREER CLUSTER CONCEPT
A student’s strengths and weaknesses help determine their chosen career path for the future. Academic success can be correlated with curriculum choices to ensure successful career paths. In Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five, we realize the significance of student interest and curriculum performance. All students entering ninth grade will be required to choose a career major from the newly devised Curriculum/Career Cluster Concept. This new concept was derived from an education and career-planning guide for South Carolina students. The process of selecting a career major will involve (1) career assessments and results, (2) students’, parents’, guardians’ and counselors’ planning sessions, and (3) selection of a career major from a student guide.
A student’s future career can be exciting or can be boring, depending heavily on the method used to select the right career path. Learn more about “choosing the right career major” from your school guidance counselor.
The chart listed below identifies the six (6) Curriculum Clusters offered in our school district and the 31 majors a student can choose from to begin planning his/her career path.
Curriculum Requirements for a South Carolina High School Diploma
All students must earn a total of twenty-four (24) units of credit in state-approved courses.
The unit requirements are distributed as follows:
SUBJECT / UNITS REQUIREDEnglish/Language Arts / 4.0
Mathematics / 4.0
Science / 3.0
U.S. History and Constitution / 1.0
Economics / .5
U.S. Government / .5
Other Social Studies / 1.0
Physical Education or Junior ROTC / 1.0
Computer Science (including keyboarding) / 1.0
Foreign Language or Career and Technology Education 1 / 1.0
Electives / 7.0
TOTAL / 24.0
*For a student in a College Prep program to meet the state’s high school diploma requirements, one unit must be earned in a foreign language (most four-year colleges/universities require at least two years of the same foreign language); for a student in a Tech Prep program, one unit must be earned in career and technology education.
The student must demonstrate computer literacy before graduation.
*Students must pass the High School Assessment Program (HSAP) for English and Math.
College Preparatory Course Prerequisite Requirements
Effective Date: Academic Year 2011-12 Entering College Freshmen
FOUR UNITS OF ENGLISH: At least two units must have strong grammar and composition components, at least one must be in English literature, and at least one must be in American literature. Completion of College Preparatory English I, II, III, and IV will meet this criterion.
FOUR UNITS OF MATHEMATICS: These include Algebra I (for which Applied Mathematics I and II may count together as a substitute, if a student successfully completes Algebra II), Algebra II, and Geometry. A fourth higher-Level mathematics course should be selected from among Algebra III/trigonometry , pre-calculus, calculus, statistics, discrete mathematics, or a capstone mathematics course and should be taken during the senior year.
THREE UNITS OF LABORATORY SCIENCE: Two units must be taken in two different fields of the physical or life sciences and selected from among biology, chemistry, or physics. The third unit may be from the same field as one of the first two units (biology, chemistry, or physics) or from any laboratory science for which biology and/or chemistry is a prerequisite. One unit of Biology is required. Courses in earth science, general physical science, or introductory or general environmental science for which biology and/or chemistry is not a prerequisite will not meet this requirement. It is strongly recommended that students take physical science (taught as a laboratory science) as a prerequisite to the three required units of laboratory science outlined in this section. It is also strongly recommended that students desiring to pursue careers in science, mathematics, engineering or technology take one course in all three fields.
TWO UNITS OF THE SAME FOREIGN LANGUAGE
THREE UNITS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: One unit of U.S. History is required; a half unit of Economics and a half unit in Government are strongly recommended.
ONE UNIT OF FINE ARTS: One unit in Appreciation of, History of, or Performance in one of the fine arts.
ELECTIVE: One unit must be taken as an elective. A college preparatory course in Computer Science (i.e., one involving significant programming content, not simply keyboarding) is strongly recommended for this elective. Other acceptable electives include college preparatory courses in English; fine arts; foreign languages; social science; humanities; laboratory science (excluding earth science, general physical science, general environmental science, or other introductory science courses for which biology and/or chemistry is not a prerequisite); or mathematics above the level of Algebra II.
ONE UNIT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR ROTC
College Preparatory SequenceOf the 24 units required for graduation, these courses are required for college entrance in the year 2011-2012 onward.
9th grade / 10th grade / 11th grade / 12th grade
CC English 1 (year long)* / CC English 2 (year long) / CC English 3 / CC English 4
CC Algebra 1 (year long)* / Geometry (year long) / Algebra 2 / Pre-Cal, Probability/Statistics,
or AP Calculus (Yr)
Environmental Studies / Biology* / Chemistry or Biology 2 / Physics
World Geography / American Government and Economics / US History and the
Constitution * / World History
Fine Arts Elective - Choose one course in grade 9, 10, 11 or 12.
Please see pages 20 to 25 for choices.
Foreign Language - Choose two courses back-to-back in grade 9, 10, 11 or 12.
Please see page 19 for choices.
AFJROTC or Physical Education Elective - Choose one course in grade 9, 10, 11 or 12.
Please see pages 26 to 31 for choices.
Elective
(0-2 choices) / Elective
(0-2 choices) / Elective
(0-4 choices) / Elective
(0-3 choices)
Students entering ninth grade in the 2008-2009 school year (class of 2011) and beyond are required by law (H.4328) to take and pass Biology I.
*Students are required to take an end-of-course exam that accounts for 20% of their final overall grade in the course.
The sequence for Honors, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program with AP options, and Advanced Placement are located on pages 34 – 46.
Grade Point Conversion Chart
South Carolina Uniform Grading Scale Conversions
Numerical Average / Letter Grade / College Prep / Honors / AP/IB/Dual Credit
100 / A / 4.875 / 5.375 / 5.875
99 / A / 4.750 / 5.250 / 5.750
98 / A / 4.625 / 5.125 / 5.625
97 / A / 4.500 / 5.00 / 5.500
96 / A / 4.375 / 4.875 / 5.375
95 / A / 4.250 / 4.750 / 5.250
94 / A / 4.125 / 4.625 / 5.125
93 / A / 4.000 / 4.500 / 5.000
92 / B / 3.875 / 4.375 / 4.875
91 / B / 3.750 / 4.250 / 4.750
90 / B / 3.625 / 4.125 / 4.625
89 / B / 3.500 / 4.000 / 4.500
88 / B / 3.375 / 3.875 / 4.375
87 / B / 3.250 / 3.750 / 4.250
86 / B / 3.125 / 3.625 / 4.125
85 / B / 3.000 / 3.500 / 4.000
84 / C / 2.875 / 3.375 / 3.875
83 / C / 2.750 / 3.250 / 3.750
82 / C / 2.625 / 3.125 / 3.625
81 / C / 2.500 / 3.000 / 3.500
80 / C / 2.375 / 2.875 / 3.375
79 / C / 2.250 / 2.750 / 3.250
78 / C / 2.125 / 2.625 / 3.125
77 / C / 2.000 / 2.500 / 3.000
76 / D / 1.875 / 2.375 / 2.875
75 / D / 1.750 / 2.250 / 2.750
74 / D / 1.625 / 2.125 / 2.625
73 / D / 1.500 / 2.000 / 2.500
72 / D / 1.375 / 1.875 / 2.375
71 / D / 1.250 / 1.750 / 2.250
70 / D / 1.125 / 1.625 / 2.125
69 / F / 1.000 / 1.500 / 2.000
68 / F / 0.875 / 1.375 / 1.875
67 / F / 0.750 / 1.250 / 1.750
66 / F / 0.625 / 1.125 / 1.625
65 / F / 0.500 / 1.000 / 1.500
64 / F / 0.375 / 0.875 / 1.375
63 / F / 0.250 / 0.750 / 1.250
62 / F / 0.125 / 0.625 / 1.125
0-61 / F / 0.000 / 0.000 / 0.000
61 / FA / 0.000 / 0.000 / 0.000
61 / WF / 0.000 / 0.000 / 0.000
~ / WP / 0.000 / 0.000 / 0.000
Computing Grade Point Averages