By Sierra Priebe
Next year the Olympia High
School course catalog will undergo some significant changes; with new classes
being added, names being changed and new requirements, the students will face
tough decisions.
A major change in scheduling
next year is the emphasis on STEM related fields. Students will be required to
take four science credit classes. All students are required to take Physical
Science and Biology, after that they have a choice of either BSAA,
Environmental Science or Advanced Bio. After completing one of those three
classes students must take one of the following classes, Physics, Chemistry,
Engineering Design (formally called POT class) or a new class called STEM
Research.
STEM Research is a class
designed to motivate creative, inquisitive students. This class is more
flexible, allowing students to conceive and design their own experiments. One
main goal of the class is to give the students experience controlling and
manipulating variables.
OHS Guidance Counselor Alex
Castillo said, “The idea of more STEM classes is because STEM fields are
expanding and have lots of available jobs.”
Next year more dual credit
options will be available for students. Computers, which wasn’t a dual credit
class in previous years, will be offered as a dual credit next year. A new
class called music appreciation will also be added for dual credit.
A few classes will be
returning next year just with new names. Principals of Technology will be
changed to Engineering Design and Drawing and Design will be changed to 2D art.
Drawing and Design is being changed to 2D art because that is what it is called
most places and on the college level.
Junior Jenna Wood said, “I’m
really excited about the changes being made next year. I want to take some of
the new classes if my schedule allows.”
New classes will offer the
students more opportunities to take classes on things they’re interested in.
Hopefully the new classes will help prepare students for college or even future
careers.
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