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IDEA (CP)
0.50 Credits, semester course
*Summer Course Available
IDEA – Innovation, Design, Engineering, Application - Freshman STEM course (.5 credit 9th grade)
This course introduces freshmen students to technology-centered, hands-on, inquiry-based learning. Through assorted projects, students will gain the software and technical skills necessary for success in high school, college and beyond. Students will have repeated opportunities to use design mindset, learn collaboratively, practice task-management, and cultivate teamwork, communication, and critical-thinking skills.
The course learning objectives for students are critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, and communication. This will come through practice and is built into the projects throughout the course. Student teams will be provided basic knowledge and objectives and then tasked to design solutions to meet those objectives. The big picture goal of the course is to expose students to a variety of technology to jump start their minds into seeing the possibilities of innovation, think in a design mindset and engineer solutions in a variety of applications.
*Students may elect to take this course during the summer session. Once summer credit is earned, students will receive a study hall in place of the course during one semester of freshman year. Please note that the summer course is a two-week intensive program that requires a high level of motivation.
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Introduction to Health and Wellness (CP)
0.5 Credits, semester course
The overall goal of the Health and Wellness curriculum is to introduce St Joseph’s incoming freshmen into the basics of health, fitness, nutrition and creating healthy lifestyles using the SJHS gymnasium, fields, and the Health and Wellness Center. At the conclusion of this course students will be able to navigate the Wellness Center, understand the basics of nutrition, weight management, proper hygiene essentials and how to develop a personalized plan to create “fitness for life.” This course will introduce students to the Plt4m digital application which will track student progress as they are introduced to weightlifting and basic athletic development.
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