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Description of High School Electives Animal Husbandry: Provides a condensed, highly illustrated, easy-to-read version of the wonders, as well as the technical aspects, of animal science. Text includes chapters on beef cattle, diseases, dairy industry, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, horses, and rabbits. Art,
Exploring: Takes a media approach to art, focusing on the
elements and principles of art and how artists use various media
and techniques, such as drawing, painting, printmaking, and
sculpting. The concepts of aesthetics, art criticism, art history,
and art production are applied and reinforced.
Art, Understanding: Takes a chronological approach to art, focusing on art works from ancient to contemporary times. The text blends art history with cultural and social traditions, emphasizing the role of art in everyday life. The images and content present art as historical evidence of the creative process. Automotive Mechanics: This course is correlated with federal, state, apprenticeship, and industry guidelines for automotive technician training. The text along with the consumable student workbook can be used for reference, study, and test preparation by anyone preparing for automotive technician certification programs. Business Law: Provides activities to let students monitor their progress while new unit end case activities prompt them to analyze the issues and "be the judge." Numerous examples and case anecdotes clarify concepts and enable students to "apply" the law to real life situations. All the important legal topics are covered. Composition & Grammar, Writer's Choice: Organized into three parts:
Conceptual Physics: Physics is treated conceptually in this course, which means concepts are presented in familiar English, with equations as "guides to thinking." Comprehension of concepts before calculation is the key to understanding. Consumer Mathematics: Develops mastery of skills and applies them to real life. Basic skills and problem solving are covered in the first two units; practical applications are covered in the remaining five units. Cosmetology: This course is available for up to 40 elective credits (10 each course). The introductory course covers topics such as looks, skin, hair, nails, anatomy and physiology, bacteriology and sanitation. The intermediate course covers shampoos and rinses, scalp treatments and hair conditioners, basic hair shaping, precision hair cutting, wet and thermal hair styling.
Food Service Careers: The perfect introduction to the food service industry. This overview emphasizes entry level jobs but also discusses the experience and knowledge needed for advancement. Marketing Practices and Principles: Contains 42 chapters dealing with the world of marketing, the consumer market, special markets, marketing research, the product, pricing, channels of distribution, wholesaling, advertising, marketing management, business management, and entrepreneurship.
Medical Controversy:
This subject can serve as either an advanced science course (student must have taken two prior sciences
such as Biology and Physical Science) or advanced language arts course.
During the course of his research in a project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Goldman discovered several inconsistencies while computing the risk associated with shingles, a disease he had been studying since January, 2000. The fact that shingles can cause excruciating pain and suffering even after the resolution of the rash, combined with the fact that shingles is a reactivation of the same virus that causes chickenpox, caused Dr. Goldman to pursue further scientific investigations.
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Developing
Child:
This course covers observing children, baby sitting, child care,
preschools, exceptional children, teen pregnancy and parenthood, and
family stresses. Comprehensive and up to date coverage of physical,
mental, social, emotional, and moral development theories of child
development Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg, parenthood, pregnancy and
birth. 
Experience Technology Manufacturing & Construction:
This book includes a science and math handbook, glossary of
terms, and chapters on topics such as Forming a Company,
Researching and Developing a Product, Materials, Controlling
Manufacturing Quality, Construction Processes, and many more. It
comes with a consumable student workbook that contains chapter
reviews, basic skills activities, and technology activities.
First Foods:
This course is a well-balanced introduction to foods and
nutrition that gives students the background knowledge and skills
to 
Office Systems and Procedures: Prepares students for the tasks of today's electronic offices correspondence, filing, scheduling, and more.
Photography: A basic course encompassing photographic materials, equipment and processes. The technical aspects of photography are thoroughly covered, but the underlying theme is to help students understand what makes a good picture. They learn the skills necessary to create a first rate image. Students explore light, film, lenses, close ups, and darkrooms.
Psychology: Provides a comprehensive introduction to all major areas of psychology. Concepts are consistently related to real life experiences and case studies address anorexia, team therapy, and winter depression.
Public Speaking, The Art of: A course supported by a text with numerous examples to assist the student. Chapters include such topics as speaking in public, selecting a topic and a purpose, analyzing the audience, gathering materials, delivery, speaking to inform, and more.
Recordkeeping: Provides skills training in one of the most common entry level accounting positions, plus skills development in reading and comprehension, communications, human relations, organizations, and other skills vital to job success.
Theater: Includes in depth instruction on acting, stagecraft, theater history, and participation in theater, with a wide range of scenes, monologues, activities, and a complete one-act play for student analysis and practice. Text contains a handbook on designing, directing, and play writing.
Typing: This course is supplied in text book form or the student may utilize any computer typing tutor program of their choice (usually available at any software retail store).
World Literature: Offers a rich collection of drama, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from across the centuries and around the world. Detailed time lines and background articles provide an illuminating historical context for the literature. Major selections include Oedipus the King, The Tempest, Tartuffe, Anhouil's Antigone, and A Doll House .
World of Work, Advancing in the: Shows how to meet challenges with confidence and provides knowledge needed to advance in your career. Explore skills such as communication, math, and computer skills.
World of Work, Succeeding in the: An easy-to-read and easy-to-comprehend text divided into seven units which lead students from Self Assessment, Exploring Careers, and Finding a Job through Joining the Workforce and Professional Development, and on to Lifelong Learning. Special features in each chapter are designed to engage students interest, for example Exploring Career Do's and Don'ts and others.