Senior Program Info
Our school seniors have an exciting opportunity to prepare for and focus on their post-secondary plans. All seniors select a pathway for preparation. The students identify their immediate post-secondary education plans and are offered courses in that particular area of concentration.
The senior program is a “school within a school”. The courses within this program are completed in the afternoons on a trimester schedule.
Courses offered during the senior program:
Career Seminar
This course provides students the tools needed to enter into the workplace. Specifically, students identify their skills, knowledge and ability levels, locate job openings, identify career paths, complete job applications, prepare a resume and cover letter, master interview skills, and become comfortable with professional and appropriate behavior in the workplace and adulthood. Emphasis will also be placed on money management.
College Seminar
This course provides students with the tools necessary to enter the post-secondary education system. Specifically, students will identify schools of interest and their requirements, work on college applications, essays and interviews, understand and complete federal financial aid applications, search for scholarship opportunities, and become comfortable with the independence of college life. Emphasis will also be placed on money management and work-study opportunities.
Trade Seminar
This course provides the students with hands-on experience of the electrical and telecommunication industry. The course will be a lab-based course identifying routines and practices of the construction industry. Students will go off-site to receive additional training periodically from I.B.E.W. Local Union 98 instructors. Emphasis will be placed on trade test-preparation and Philadelphia Building Trades application information. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be certified in First Aid/CPR via Red Cross and receive an OSHA 10-Hour training certificate.
Senior Project
The Senior Project is a major piece of independent research and hands on work, based on the students’ individual career goals, which the student designs and completes. The Senior Project is required for graduation. This project will demonstrate the skills and knowledge that the student has acquired throughout his/her high school education. Successful completion of the Project shows the student’s ability to plan, manage, and create a project, and to set priorities and meet deadlines.
This is an on-line course opportunity that will allow the students to select an on-line course that interests them. The course will be completed in our school building under the supervision of the coordinator of on-line courses.
Computer Business Applications
This course is designed, so that students can develop a complete understanding of the fundamentals of business in society. The objective is to provide a solid foundation of business operations, such as ethical decision-making, consumer behavior and marketing strategies. The course will include all the functional areas of business and focus on practical skills, while students comprehend the basics and highlight important developments. Technology will play a major role in the preparation of marketing presentations, business documents, financial spreadsheets, comparison graphs and Internet research.
Creative Images on the Web
This course will introduce students to graphic design and web development. Because of their prior knowledge gained in their ICDL/Computer Science courses the students will have the confidence to explore the new applications of Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver. The class will consist of lecture and lab exercises. This will help the students develop basic design skills for the print and web medium. Students will produce creative projects following directional handouts and textbook exercises. Projects will include (but are not limited to): logo, flyer/poster, post card, book cover, CD cover, magazine advertisement, and movie poster. Students will create/edit a multi-page web site using Dreamweaver and add their graphical designs to the pages. Their web pages will contain text, images, and links. Students will learn how to upload (FTP) their web pages to a web server. And finally the students will also have the opportunity to create/edit a website about a classmate, historical figure, or organization.
Street Law
This course is a general study of law designed to provide students with a working knowledge about law that is of practical use in their everyday lives. Students will learn about purchases, leases, contracts, marriages, divorces, crimes, or even traffic violations. Recent legal controversies will be explored relating to the law and the legal system.
Mural Arts
This course works in conjunction with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. The students in the course create a mural from start to finish. Ideas are brainstormed, infused with technology, physically created and painted and transform our school’s hallways.