RICHTOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 227

SUMMER SCHOOL2018

Dear Students and Parents/Guardians,

WelcometoSummerSchoolatRichTownshipHighSchoolDistrict227!ClasseswillbeheldatRichSouththissummer.SummerSchoolisanopportunityforcurrentstudentstotakeclassesforenjoymentandenrichment.Italsogivesstudentsachancetoexperiencesuccessincoursesinwhichtheyhavenotdonewellinthepast.Pleaselookoverthecourseofferingsandchooseonepersemesterthatinterestsyou.Studentsmayearn½credituponsuccessfulcompletionofthesemester.

TuitionPerSemester

Tuitionmustbepaidattimeofregistrationbycash,creditcard,moneyorderorcashierscheckonly.PersonalcheckswillNOTbeaccepted.Registrationswillnotbeprocessedwithouttheappropriatefullpayment.Registrationswillbeacceptedatallthreecampuses(RichCentral,RichEast,andRichSouth)orbymail,postmarkedbytheregistrationdeadlinesbelow.

**PleasenotethattherewillbeanEvening Registrationheld at Rich South in the Media Center onMay 30thfrom4:30pm-6:30pm.

*Registration for summer school will also be held at Rich South on June 5th, 6th, and 7th from 9AM – 12 PM.

Courseavailability:StudentsandteacherswillbenotifiedofclassavailabilitybyJune6thforsemesterIandJune27thforsemesterII.
DeadlineforregistrationforSemesterIwillbeJune6st
Deadline for registration for Semester II will be June 21st

District227ResidentFees:$155.00persemester

(ResidencyverificationthroughtheRegistrar’sOfficewillhavetobeprocessedpriortoregisteringifstudentisnotcurrentlyattendingRichCentral,RichEastorRichSouth.Pleasebringwithyouaphotostateidordriver’slicense,copyofyourcurrentmortgagestatementorlease,andthreeadditionalproofsdatedwithinthelast60dayssuchasutilitybills,carinsurance,bankorcreditcardstatement.)

Out-ofDistrictStudentFees: / $200.00 / persemester
BusTransportationFee: / $41.00 / persemester

NOtuitionrefundswillbegivenafterthefirstdayofclass. NOtuitionrefundswillbegivenandNOcoursecreditwillbeappliedifastudentisdroppedforanyreason.

Toensurethatyouareregisteredforthecorrectcourse,pleaseseeyourGuidanceCounselorpriortoMay30thforapproval.NOtuitionreimbursementwillbegiventoanystudentthatisenrolledintheincorrectcourse.

SummerSchoolwillbeLocatedat:

RichSouthHighSchool

5000 Sauk Trail

Richton Park,IL60471

District 227 students thatregisterand pay in full on orbefore May 25thwill receive a $20.00 discount persemester.

Bus Transportation

SummerSchoolbustransportationisavailableuponrequestforthosewhoqualify.Thefeeis$41.00foronesemesterand

$82.00forbothsemesters.

AttendancePolicy

StudentswhoareabsentformorethanONEdaywillbedroppedautomaticallyfromsummerschool,regardlessofthereasonfortheabsence.Familyvacationsshouldnotbescheduledduringsummerschool.

TardyPolicy

SummerSchoolclassesbeginpromptlyat8:00am andendat1:00pm.Studentswhoaremorethan15minuteslatetoclasswillbecountedasABSENTforahalf-day,nottardy.Fourtardieswillcountasone-halfofanabsence.Ifastudentaccumulatesenoughtardiestoequalanabsence,thentheattendancepolicywillbeapplied.

Eligibility/Behavior

CurrentDistrict227students,incomingfreshmen,andout-ofdistrictstudentsareeligibleforSummerSchool.District227behavioralrulesandregulationsapply.

Class Schedule

Monday—Thursday8:00a.m.—1:00p.m.

SemesterI(60hours)June11-June28,2018

SemesterII(60hours)July 2 - July23,2018

(NoschoolJuly4th)

Electivecreditcourseswillnotfulfillgraduationrequirementsincoreareas.SummerSchoolcoursesareofferedforbothsemesters.Eachsemesterisawardedone-halfcredituponsuccessfulcompletionofthecourse.

Driver Education

Registrationfordrivereducationisalsohandledateachcampus.Onlyindistrictstudentsareabletoregisterfordrivereducation.Pleasecompletethedrivered.registrationformthatisattached.Hoursfordriver'sed.isslightlydifferentfromregularsummerschoolprogram.Foranyspecificquestionsregardingdrivereducation,pleasecontactoneoftheindividualsbelow:

RichCentral / 708-679-5859 / DaveStanko
RichEast / 708-679-6110 / JohnnieBass
RichSouth / 708-679-6128 / BrieanneMorache

Business

BusinessConcepts (willfulfilltheStateConsumerEducationrequirement)ForFreshmenandSophomoreStudents

#J14SSSemesterI

#J14SSSemesterII

ThiscourseoffersageneraloverviewoftheAmericanfreeenterpriseenvironment.Thevariousformsofbusinessownership,includingtheconceptsofentrepreneurship,areincludedinthecourse.

ConsumerEconomics(willfulfilltheStateConsumerEducationrequirement)ForJuniorandSeniorStudents

#J80SSSemesterI

#J80SSSemesterII

Thiscourseisdesignedtoprovideexperiencesthatenablestudentstodevelopthebroadknowledgebasenecessarytounderstandtheroleoftheconsumerintoday’seconomy.

English9
#C14SSSemesterI

#C15SSSemesterII

LanguageArts

Inthisone-year9thgradecourse,studentswillanalyzeliterature,expandgrammarandvocabularyskills,developcompositionabilities,anddemonstratecriticalthinking.Thefocuswillbethecharacteristicsofeachgenreaswellastheartandmeaningofliteraryworks.Basicparagraphwritingandmulti-paragraphessaysareemphasized.

English10
#C24SSSemesterI

#C25SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:English9

ThiscoursecontinuestoemphasizethedevelopmentofbasicskillsinEnglish9.Itincludesanadditionalawarenessofliteracytechniques,thebasicsofspeech,andgroupdiscussionunits.

English11SemesterI
#C42SSSemesterI

*Prerequisite:English10

ThisonesemestercoursewillintroducestudentstothemaincurrentsofAmericanthoughtasexpressedthroughshortstories,poetry,essays,andnovels.EmphasisisplacedontheliterarymovementsandtraditionsrepresentedbyawiderangeofAmericanauthorsandparallelrelationshipsbetweentheculturalhistoryoftheUnitedStatesandthedevelopmentofitsliterature.

English11ResearchSemesterII
#C43SS SemesterII

*Prerequisite:English10

ThiscourseisofferedbothSummerSchoolsessions.Clearwritingisstressed,includingtheuseoflogicalthemesandtheconstructionof thesisstatementsanddirectionalstatements. Thestudentsalsowillusethewritingprocessastheyimprovevocabularyandwordusage.Aresearchpaperisrequired.

ContemporaryLiterature(FORCREDITRECOVERYONLY!!)
#C52SSSemesterI

#C73SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:Grade12andTeacherRecommendation

Studentswillread,examine,anddiscussavarietyofmodernliteraturesuchasshortstories,fiction,andnonfiction.Studentswillberequiredtoreviewandexpanduponinterpersonalandsmallgroupcommunicationskills.Thefocusisonintrospectivepreparationfortheworkforcethroughwrittenprojectsandoralpresentation.Studentswillbeexpectedtocompleteafinalprojectutilizingwrittenandverbalskillsbasedoncareer-relatedresearch.

HZEnglishComposition**
#HZ128SSSemesterI

#HZ129SSSemesterII

StudentswillapplypreviouslyacquiredEnglishskillsthroughdifferenttypesofwritinginthiscourse.

**Studentsrecommendedforextendedschoolyear(ESY)asapartoftheirI.E.P.shouldcontacttheSpecialEducationcampusadministrator.
ESL(EnglishasaSecondLanguage)Tutorial±

#C128SSSemester1

#C128SSSemester2

Readingandwritingstrategiesforacademicsuccessthatcanbeappliedtoallcontentareas.Courseisopentoallgradelevels.Noprerequisiteclassesareneeded.Thiscourseisfreeofcostforqualifiedstudents.

Mathematics

Algebra1
#G14SSSemesterI

#G15SSSemesterII

Firstsemesterstudentswillbesolvingequationsandgraphingequationsandfunctions. SecondsemesterofAlgebra1studentswillbefocusingonsystemsofequations,powers,polynomials,rootsandquadratics.

Geometry
#G24SSSemesterI

#G25SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:CreditEarnedinAlgebraI

Thisisasecond-yearsequencecoursecoveringconceptsandbasicfoundationsfromlogic,developmentofproofs,andpracticalapplicationsofgeometricconcepts.

AlgebraII/Trigonometry
#G36SSSemesterI

#G37SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:CreditearnedinAlgebraIandGeometry

Thiscourseincludestraditionalintermediatealgebratopicstogetherwiththoroughtreatmentoftrigonometry.Topicsinclude:expressions,equations,fractionsinpolynomial,radical,rational,exponential,andlogarithmicform;systemsofequationsandinequalities;rightangletrigonometry;lawsofsinesandcosines;periodic,circular,andtrigonometricexpressions,equations,andfunctions.Agraphingcalculatorisrequiredforthiscourse.

HZIntroductiontoAlgebra**
#HZ314SSSemesterI

#HZ315SSSemesterII

Thismathclassisoffered tostudentswithanI.E.P.whoneedtomakeupacreditinmath. ThecoursewillcoverbasicmathoperationsleadinguptobeginningAlgebraskills.

HZGeneralAlgebra**
#HZ316SSSemesterI

#HZ317SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:Teamrecommendation

ThiscourseisdesignedtoexpanduponbasicalgebraicconceptsobtainedintheIntroductiontoAlgebra.Thisincludesapplyingtheuseofvariablestobasicmathematicoperations,workingwithalgebraicexpressionsandsolvingalgebraicequations.

**Studentsrecommendedforextendedschoolyear(ESY)asapartoftheirI.E.P.shouldcontacttheSpecial

Educationcampusadministrator.

Physical Education

PhysicalEducation(FORCREDITRECOVERYONLY!!OnGradPointOnly)

Thecurriculumwillofferawidevarietyofactivitiesaimedatincorporationbothskillandfitnessdevelopment.Thecurriculumplacesemphasisonhealth-relatedconcepts.Theunitsaredesignedtointroducethestudenttoactivitiesthatwillcontributetoahealthylifestyle.

Biology

#H52SSSemesterI

#H53SSSemesterII

Science

Biologyisalab-basedcoursethatstressestheinterrelationshipsthatexistamongthescienceswithanemphasisonchemicalprinciplesrelatedtobiology.Themajorareasofstudyincludethechemicalbasisoflife,theanatomyandphysiologyofthecell,cellularenergyandreproduction,DNAandproteinsynthesis,DNAtechnology,genetics,taxonomyandevolution.

Chemistry

#H62SSSemesterI

#H63SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:CreditEarnedinAlgebraandBiology

Conceptsandgeneralizationsofchemistryaredevelopedbasedonevidencemeaningfultothestudents.Studentsmakeobservations,seekpatterns,anddevelopinterpretationofthewaymatterinteractsbasedonitscomposition.Thiscourseisdesignedforthestudentwhohasaninterestinsciencebutdoesnotintendtopursuechemistryatthehonorslevelofdifficulty.Amongthe topicsdiscussed arethe periodictable,chemicalsymbols, formulasandequations,chemical reactions,energychanges,atomicstructure,chemicalbondingandmeasurementofmatter.Additionaltopicsmayincludestoichiometry,gaslaws,and/orsolutions.**Possibleextrahourordayforlabset-up.

SocialStudies

FreshmanSocialStudies

#D12SSSemesterI

#D13SSSemesterII

Thiscourseconsistsofonesemesterofcivicsandonesemesterofgeography.Thecourseisspecificallyalignedtomeetstategoalsforpoliticalscience,earlyhighschooleconomics,andgeography.Thecoursewillexposestudentstoessentialskillsinsocialsciencesuchasinterpretingprimarysources,charts,graphs,andstatisticaldata.Geographystudentswillunderstandandapplythefivethemesofgeographyaswellasvarioustypesofmapinterpretation.CivicsstudentsmustpasstheUnitedStatedConstitutionandUnitedStatesFlagteststosatisfyIllinoisStateBoardofEducation’srequirementsandthestudent’sgraduationrequirements.

HistoryofWorldCivilizations

#D54SSSemesterI

#D55SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:Grade10

Thiscourseisastudy ofthedevelopmentofcommunicationandinterrelationshipsofpeopleofAsia,AfricaandtheWestern

Hemisphere.

U.S.History

#D24SSSemesterI

#D25SSSemesterII

*Prerequisite:Grade11

ThefirstsemesterfocusisonU.S.Historyfromtheexplorationtoreconstruction. ThesecondsemesterexploreshistoryfromtheIndustrialRevolutiontocurrenttimes.

AmericanGovernment

#D122SSSemesterI

#D122SS2SemesterII

ThiscourseisasemestercourserequiredbythestateofIllinoisforgraduation.Thefocusofthiscourseistopreparestudentstoparticipateinexercisingtheirpoliticalresponsibilitiesasthoughtfulandinformedcitizens.AmericanGovernmentprovidesabasisforunderstandingtherightsandresponsibilitiesforbeinganAmericancitizenandaframeworkforcompetentandresponsibleparticipation.Emphasisisplacedonthehistoricaldevelopmentofgovernmentandpoliticalsystems;thedevelopmentandroleofvaryingpoliticalparties;the importanceoflaw;theUSConstitution;Federal,Stateandlocalgovernmentstructure;andtherightsandresponsibilitiesofcitizenship.

HZFreshmanSocialStudies**

#HZ212SSSemesterI

#HZ213SSSemesterII

Thiscourseconsistsofonesemesterofcivicsandonesemesterofgeography.Thecoursewillexposestudentstoessentialskillsinsocialsciencesuchasinterpretingprimarysources,charts,graphs,andstatisticaldata.Geographystudentswillunderstandandapplythe fivethemes ofgeographyaswellasvarioustypesof mapinterpretation.CivicsstudentsmustpasstheUnitesStatesConstitutionandUnitedStatesFlagtesttosatisfyIllinoisStateboardofEducation’srequirementsandthestudentrequirements.

**Students recommended for extended school year (ESY) as a part of their I.E.P. should contact the SpecialEducationcampusadministrator.

On-LineGradPoint SummerProgram

TheOnlineSummerProgramisacomputer-based,onlinelearningsystemlinkingeducatorswithprogressivetechnologyandproventeachingmethods.ItisusedinSWS-School-with-inSchoolandisalignedwiththeIllinoisLearningStateStandards.

Whoiseligiblefortheprogram?

SWSStudentswhoeitherhaveincompletecourseworkorwouldliketousesummerschoolasacreditrecoveryoption

OR

Comprehensiveprogramregulareducationstudentswhoareinneedofmultiplecreditrecoverycoursesandwhowouldliketousetheonlineservicesasacreditrecoveryoption.Upperclassmenwillbegivenpriorityasspaceisextremelylimited!GradPointisforcreditrecoveryonly!!

StudentSelectionCriteria

Comprehensivestudentsmustattendanonlineservicesorientationandtaketheplacementtest.ReadingcomprehensionscoresMUSTbeataminimum8.0gradelevel.

CourseOfferings:

English9,10,11, and12Geometry

Historyof World CivilizationAlgebraII/Trigonometry

U.S. HistoryEarthScience

FreshmenSocialStudiesAlgebraI