In the Park Academy High School Program, students are able to choose between the following elective courses. All elective courses can count toward standard high school diploma credit requirements in the form of general electives or specific subject area requirements. The frequency and scheduling of courses are subject to change based on staffing and student needs. Although we make every effort, we are not always able to accommodate first choices based on those schedules.
The following electives are currently offered:
High School Art develops organization through works of art. Students focus on the creative process as they express themselves through their own work and an exploration of the works of others. They experiment and develop skills through a variety of mediums, techniques and reflective processes. Students who have had art experience in the past may be placed in advanced art based on teacher recommendation.
Requirement Category: The Arts
This class focuses on life and job readiness through career exploration, interview process, resumes, and skill development.
Requirement Category: Careers & Technical Education
This class will provide additional support to students in their effort to meet the standards of more rigorous and relevant mathematics courses. This course will be taught concurrently with a student’s regular math class, giving extra time and utilizing a variety of strategies to help students build a stronger foundation for success in their current and future mathematics courses.
Requirement Category: General Elective
Students learn about the science and art of music composition and performance through active participation.
Requirement Category: The Arts
Students will seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other. Students who study philosophy are perpetually engaged in asking, answering, and arguing for their answers to life’s most basic questions.
Requirement Category: The Arts or Social Science
Students will learn about what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and will engage in fitness training, games and activities in order to promote fitness and teamwork. *Senior students may be automatically enrolled in this elective if they have not yet met their physical education credit requirement.
Requirement Category: Physical Education
Students learn the basics of robotics including construction, physics and coding in a fun, engaging course which involves building robots and competing against peers.
Requirement Category: Careers & Technical Education
Students will create, present, and/or perform a work of theater and explore how the essential elements and organization principles shape the ideas, moods, and feeling found in the work.
Requirement Category: The Arts
Videography will focus on creating school announcements, news, and stories for the Park Academy community. Students will learn about different aspects of video planning, shooting, editing, and publishing. All class members will alternate between varied crew-member positions, both in front of and behind the camera.
Requirement Category: Careers & Technical Education
Sometimes electives change and evolve based on student needs and staff training. Although not offered every year, Culinary Arts, Coding, Communications, Leadership and Health are often available as High School Electives.