Course Title:
Religion

Faculty Name:  Mrs. J. Mueller

 Explain the Apostles’ Creed/Nicene Creed

• Define faith as a supernatural gift received through free cooperation with God’s grace
• Examine the sources and beliefs of the other religions and ascertain what the Catholic Church teaches about other religions
• Internalize the truth that God’s deepest self is revealed in Jesus Christ
• Analyze the characteristics of faith   
• Recognize God as eternal, almighty, all-knowing, and all-present  
• Reexamine the doctrine of the Blessed Trinity as the central teaching of the Christian religion
• Elaborate on the Church’s teaching about evolution and other matters of science and faith
• Explore the effects of original sin
• Compare historical records that support the existence of Jesus
• Present Jesus as a historical person
• Explore the relationship between the Holy Spirit and Jesus
• Understand the meaning of advocate and paraclete
• Examine other New Testament images of the Church
• List and distinguish the four marks of the Church
• Analyze the ways bishops succeed the apostles in their office of teaching, governing, and sanctifying in the name of Christ
• Recognize that our human struggle to make good moral choices is based on Gospel principles and a well-informed conscience
• Generate a decision-making process for confronting moral dilemmas
• Explain the basic rights of all people
• Analyze some global and local social injustices e.g. hunger, poverty, discrimination, sexism, war and violence
• Portray the concern for the well-being of others by practicing the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy
• Evaluate the dignity of human life in the midst of social abuses, medical practices, and scientific practice
    

Faculty Name: Mrs. Brungo and Mrs. Kalish

Course Title:  Accelerated Algebra 8 and Algebra 8

Textbook:  Prentice-Hall Mathematics:  Algebra

Publisher:  Prentice Hall

Copyright:  2004

Workbook:  Prentice-Hall Mathematics:  Algebra Practice Workbook

Publisher:  Prentice Hall

Copyright:  2004

Website:  www.PHSchool.com

Significant Curriculum Guidelines

Students will:

• Utilize the rules of the order of operations
• Identify and apply mathematical properties to justify solutions
• Understand properties of different types of functions
• Identify and interpret functions by analyzing data
• Understand and utilize polynomials
• Apply knowledge of solutions and graphing of linear equations with one or more variables
• Apply knowledge of solutions and graphing of linear inequalities
• Demonstrate the calculation of rates of change using slopes and lines
• Utilize operations with positive, negative and zero exponents
• Solve quadratic equations and square roots
• Demonstrate a knowledge of factoring of binomials and trinomials
• Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships
• Apply and adapt a variety of appropriate methods to solve problems
• Solve real-world problems by creating a mathematical model

Teaching Strategies used

• Large group instruction
• Practice by example
• Board work
• Small group instruction
• Individual class work
• Daily homework
• Reviews
• Computation skills for speed and accuracy
• Standardized test preparation
• Skills practice utilizing the internet
• Problem solving discussions
• Question and answer sessions
• Quizzes
• Tests

Special Features

• Assess mastery and diagnose weaknesses before, during, and after each concept
• Challenge abilities with both speed of instruction and problem solving of varying difficulty
• Emphasize vocabulary used in Algebra
• Prepare students for high school mathematics
• Tutoring available on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM

Evaluations

• Periodic grading of homework
• Class work
• Internet assignments
• Quizzes
• Tests

Other Descriptions

• Accelerated Algebra moves through the concepts at a faster pace than Algebra

Course Title:
Science

Faculty Name:  Charlotte Leibach

Textbook: Physical Science and Science Plus Supplemental Text

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston

Copywrite: 2007

Website: Go.hrw.com and  www.scilinks.org

Significant Curriculum Guidelines

Students will:

·        Demonstrate an understanding of the property and states of matter

·        Identify symbols and correct formulas in chemistry

·        Display knowledge of the periodic table, chemical bonding and chemical reactions

·        Explain factors related to force and motion

·        Complete activities related to work, machines, and energy

·        Explore electricity waves, sound, and light

·        Complete a project related to scientific method

·        Review of concepts mastered in grades six and seven

Teaching Strategies Used

Students will:

·        Attend lectures, small group assignments

·        Cooperative learning groups

·        Note taking, group projects and evaluations

Special Features

Students will:

·        Conduct experiments, record data, prepare charts and graphs interpretations and findings presented in written and oral form

·        Special projects completed for display to demonstrate an understanding of the lesson

Evaluations

Classroom participation, completion of assignments and projects, quizzes and tests

Other descriptions

·        Review of biological science concepts such as the cell, heredity factors, reproduction and human body systems

·        Review of main concepts from sixth and seventh grade

·        Participation in an assigned project or Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science