ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)
1. read, write, listen and speak
for information and understanding.
2. read, write, listen and speak
for literary response and expression.
3. read, write, listen and speak
for critical analysis and evaluation.
4. read, write, listen and speak
for social interaction.
THE
ARTS
1. Actively engage in the
processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music,
theater and visual art) and participate in various roles in the arts.
2. Be knowledgeable about and
make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts
in various roles.
3. Respond critically to a
variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and
to other aspects of human endeavor and thought.
4. Develop an understanding of
the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the
arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of the past and present society.
HEALTH,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION & HOME ECONOMICS
1. Have the necessary knowledge
and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical
activity and maintain personal health.
2. Acquire the knowledge and
ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment.
3. Understand and be able to
manage their personal and community resources.
CAREER
DEVELOPMENT & OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES
I. Knowledgeable about the
world of work, explore career options, and relate personal skills, aptitudes,
abilities to future career decisions.
2. Demonstrate how academic knowledge
and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
3. Demonstrate mastery of the
foundation skills and competencies essential for success in the workplace.
4. Choose a career major and acquire
career-specific technical knowledge skills necessary to progress toward gainful
employment, career advancement, and success in postsecondary programs.
LANGUAGES
OTHER THAN ENGLISH (LOTE)
I . be able to use a language other
than English for communication.
2. develop cross-cultural skills and
understandings.
MATHEMATICS,
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. Use mathematical analysis, scientific
inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek
answers, and develop solutions.
2. Access,
generate, process and transfer information using appropriate technologies.
3. Understand mathematics and become mathematically confident
by communicating and reasoning rnathematically, by applying mathematics
in-real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of
number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.
4. Understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and
theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize
the historical development of ideas in science.
apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate
products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.
5. Understand the relationships and common themes that
connect Mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and
other areas of learning.
6. Apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics,
science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed
decisions.
SOCIAL
STUDIES
1. Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning
points in the history of the United States and New York.
2. Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their,
understanding of major ideas, themes, developments, and turning points in world
history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of
perspectives. use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their
understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live -
local, national, and global - including the distribution of people, places, and
environments over the Earth's surface.
3. Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their
understanding of how the United States and other societies develop economic
systems and associated institutions to allocate scarce resources, how major
decision-making units function in the Unites States and other national
economies, and how an economy solves the scarcity problem through market and
non-market mechanisms.
4. Use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their
understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental
system of the United States and other nations; the United States Constitution;
the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles,
rights and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.
