- West High School
- Registration/Course Selection
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Class of 2023 (12th) Registration information
Future Seniors - Registration Information
Priority Registration: January 26th - February 4th
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 18thFor all information pertaining to the registration process, please refer to this Future Senior Registration Information Handout
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Class of 2024 (11th) Registration Information
Future Juniors - Registration Information
Priority Registration: February 7th - February 11
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 18thFor all information pertaining to the registration process, please refer to this Future Juniors - Registration Information Handout
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Class of 2025 (10th) Registration Information
Future Seniors - Registration Information
Priority Registration: February 14th-February 18th
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 18thFor all information pertaining to the registration process, please refer to this Future Sophomore Registration Information Handout
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Class of 2026 (9th) Registration Information
Future Freshmen - Registration Information
Priority Registration: February 21st-February 25th
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 25thRecording of the zoom webinar for new 9th grade students from Tuesday evening, February 22nd, 2022.
For all information pertaining to the registration process, please refer to this Future Freshman Registration Information Handout
New Classes for 2022-2023
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Human Anatomy & Physiology
This Course is an introduction to the structure and function of the human body. Students will study the basic principles of human anatomy and physiology with laboratory investigations of histology slides, organ models and dissections being the foundation of learning. As the anatomy of each system is studied, students will determine the principles of the functions for each body system and how they relate to each other.
GRADE LEVEL: 10-12
CATEGORY: Science Elective
PREREQUISITE: Biology
LENGTH: 1 Year
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Intro to Business - KCC Dual Credit
Focuses on American and global business and introduces the student to each primary facet of operating a business. This course will help the student understand economic, social, and political influences that affect business success.
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
CATEGORY: Elective
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH: 1 Semester
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Behavioral Health Studies
Dialectical Behavioral Training (DBT) in Schools is a research-based, proven effective approach for working with youth. The focus of this course is skills training for emotional problem solving for adolescents. Content taught in this course will include student learning: Mindfulness – how to focus attention, pay attention to one thing at a time and increase awareness of the present. Emotion regulation-increasing skills to reduce unpleasant emotions and learning skills to increase positive emotions. Distress tolerance – increase the ability to handle elevated emotions and reduce impulsiveness across different environments. Interpersonal effectiveness -develop and maintain better interpersonal relationships by improving assertiveness, reducing conflict, and increasing self-respect.
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
CATEGORY: Elective
PREREQUISITE: Building teams will review requests for participation.
LENGTH: 1 trimester
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Mentoring in Violence Prevention (MVP)
MVP uses the bystander model to target the role and responsibilities of friends, teammates, and classmates. The bystander model focuses on increasing awareness of coercive/violent events, increasing one’s sense of ownership and investment in the cessation of such behaviors and providing skills training to safely intervene. 11th & 12th grade student mentors are trained to lead 9th grade homeroom/advisory lessons on topics of violence prevention and how to be an active bystander.
GRADE LEVEL: 11-12
CATEGORY: Elective
PREREQUISITE: Building teams will review requests for participation.
LENGTH: 1st trimester
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Music Fundamentals for Digital Music Production
Students without any formal music training are encouraged to enroll. Students will be taught the fundamentals of musical scales, chords, and rhythm to the extent necessary to interface and create music on a Digital Audio Workstation (Logic Pro X). Students will learn the basics of recording sound through a microphone as well as inputting pitches using a MIDI keyboard and percussion instruments through a drum pad. This course is a prerequisite for any student without prior musical experience wishing to enroll in Electronic Music Production. Students that participate in the first trimester will have the opportunity to continue in an advanced music production course in the second and third trimester.
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
CATEGORY: Elective
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH: 1 trimester
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Construction Materials Processing (Woodworking)
This is the foundational course for the architecture and construction cluster. Students will learn proper construction terminology and safe instruction in hand and power tool usage through project construction. Students will experience plan development, reading project drawings, material identification, cost estimation and production (that leads into and includes an individual building or team project).
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12
CATEGORY: Elective
PREREQUISITE: None
LENGTH: 1 Trimester
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Adv. Construction Materials Processing (Adv. Woodworking)
This course continues to expand upon the skills and techniques acquired in Construction Material Processing to include real-world employability skills. Construction skills that will be acquired will include machine skills and equipment usage, hand and power tool capabilities, time management, interpreting plans, specs, and working drawings, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and material usage (that leads into and includes an individual building or team project).
GRADE LEVEL: 10-12
CATEGORY: Elective
PREREQUISITE: Construction Materials Processing
LENGTH: 1 Trimester