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2020-2021 Course Catalog
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Advanced Placement
Administrator: Tiffany Goodson
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AFJROTC
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Centers for Advanced Study
It is the goal of Lexington County School District One to prepare a new generation of leaders and global citizens. Our desire is to develop self-directed and reflective students who accept ownership and responsibility for their learning. We want our students to develop self-confidence in their academic abilities and competence in using 21st-century knowledge and skills to achieve sophisticated learning.
Most of all, we want to ensure that Lexington One graduates maintain their competitive edge. This means that our graduates must possess the necessary skills to compete, contribute, and succeed both locally and globally. They must be well-equipped to meet the anticipated needs of jobs, challenges and technologies that currently do not even exist.
Advanced Study Programs Opened to Achieve Academic Goals
To support this vision for our graduates, six Centers for Advanced Study located throughout the district provide students with focused knowledge and skills at the advanced level. Students from all the district’s high schools are eligible to apply to and participate in these centers:
- The Center for Advanced Agribusiness Research located at Pelion High
- The Center for Advanced STEM Studies at Lexington Technology Center
- The Center for Law and Global Policy Development at River Bluff High
- The Center for Media Arts, Design and Production at River Bluff High
- The Center for Public Health and Advanced Medical Studies at White Knoll High
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Lexington High
Students at each Center explore advanced coursework for two to three years (depending on the Center) for a half-day all year long.
Center students have many opportunities for self-directed learning. They have opportunities to develop their research skills, pursue a deeper understanding of a subject area of their own interest, and interact with experts in their particular field of study.
Each Center focuses on preparation for post-secondary study and careers through specialized research projects, dual credit courses, Advanced Placement courses and externships (work-based experiences that are short in duration). Such cutting edge opportunities enhance student motivation to become academically confident and competent.
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Dual Enrollment
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International Baccalaureate
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Summer 2020 - AP/Dual Enrollment Pre-Reading Assignments
AP/Dual Enrollment Pre-term Reading
If you signed up to take an AP/Dual Enrollment English class during the 2020-2021 school year, check the list below for your course to be sure you get a head start on the reading needed for your specific class. Happy reading!
English AP Literature
In this course, students will develop the ability to interpret and discuss a literary work critically and insightfully by considering a work's structure, style, and theme, as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone.
To prepare for the course, students need to READ and ANNOTATE the following book: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. During the semester, we will apply the observations Foster makes in his book regarding how to read a work of literature to every selection we read in the course, so it is very important that you read and annotate this text carefully and thoughtfully.
Annotations should include highlighting and/or underlining AS WELL AS marginal notes.
English AP Language and Composition
Is everything an argument? This course focuses on rhetorical analysis rather than literary analysis. We examine HOW a text means, not just WHAT a text means. We examine the stylistic choices writers and speakers make in order to argue. In preparation for our semester together, please complete the following.
READ and ANNOTATE Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs. Annotations should include highlighting and/or underlining AS WELL AS marginal notes.
Dual Enrollment: English 101/102
To prepare for the course, students need to READ and ANNOTATE the following book: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. During the semester, we will apply the observations Foster makes in his book regarding how to read a work of literature to every selection we read in the course, so it is very important that you read and annotate this text carefully and thoughtfully.
Annotations should include highlighting and/or underlining AS WELL AS marginal notes.
