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Program of Studies

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  • Performing Arts

This course is designed to make you familiar with the fundamental principles of acting through the use of musical theatre texts (songs and scenes).

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  • Social Studies

This semester-long class is designed to study several eras of Africans and their descendants’ experiences in the New World and make connections with current issues in the African American community. 

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  • Math

This course is required for all freshmen except those who have earned credit in Algebra I. 

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  • Math

This course is an applications-based learning approach incorporating Algebra I and Algebra II topics while connecting math to the real world and encouraging students to be actively involved in applying mathematical ideas to their everyday lives.

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  • Social Studies

This course will concentrate on Ohio’s 21 new content standards. 

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  • Social Studies

AP U.S. Government & Politics is designed to provide students an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States. 

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  • Science

This is a college-level biology course covering in-depth the areas of molecules and cells, genetics and evolutionary theory, and organisms and populations. 

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  • Math

This Advanced Placement Calculus course is comparable to a semester Calculus I course offered in college.

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  • Math

AP Calculus BC is a full-year course that covers all of the topics covered in AP Calculus AB plus approximately ten additional topics.

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  • Science

This is a college-level chemistry course covering topics such as periodicity, gasses, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, thermochemistry, electrochemistry, and acid/base properties.

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  • English Language Arts

Students in this introductory college-level course become more aware of the influence of rhetoric in the world around them, and they develop their own style of writing and speaking as their understanding of the power of language evolves.

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  • English Language Arts

AP Literature and Composition is a course designed to engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature.

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  • World Languages

The AP Spanish Language and Culture course emphasizes communication (understanding and being understood by others) by applying interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational skills in real-life situations. 

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  • Math

This Advanced Placement Statistics course is comparable to a semester Statistics course offered in college. 

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  • Social Studies

AP United States History is a challenging course that is meant to be the equivalent of a freshman college course and can earn students college credit. 

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  • Visual Arts

This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the ideas and processes that are basic to making and understanding art.

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  • Visual Arts

Students will develop a portfolio of works in aligned mediums that may include ceramics, photography, digital design, drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, and mixed media. 

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  • Science

This course will be taken by all sophomores who have previously taken Physical Science.

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  • Science

In this capstone course, students apply their knowledge and skills to answer questions or solve problems related to the biomedical sciences. 

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  • Business

This is the first course for the Business and Administrative Services, Finance and Marketing career fields.

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  • Technology

The first course in the CCNA curriculum introduces the architectures, models, protocols, and networking elements that connect users, devices, applications and data through the Internet and across modern computer networks - including IP addressing and Ethernet fundamentals. 

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  • English Language Arts

CCP English 1100 is a beginning composition course offered by Columbus State Community College which develops processes for critically reading, writing, and responding to a variety of texts in order to compose clear, concise, expository essays.

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  • English Language Arts

English 2367 is an intermediate composition course offered by Columbus State Community College that extends and refines skills in expository and argumentative writing, critical reading, and critical thinking.

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  • Math

This course is a dual enrollment semester course in which students will earn four semester hours of college credit through Columbus State Community College. 

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  • Visual Arts

This studio art course provides an opportunity for students to explore various hand-building methods and techniques in clay. 

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  • Visual Arts

This is an introduction to wheel throwing.

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  • Visual Arts

This course is designed for the serious student who has a desire to advance their skills and techniques in hand-building or on the potter’s wheel as an in-depth study.

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  • Science

Topics covered include the historical development of atomic structure, classification of substances, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, chemical bonding, gas laws, solutions, acid/bases, experimental methods and design, and methods of communicating experimental results. 

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  • Performing Arts

The Chorale is an auditioned choral ensemble open to any CWHS soprano and alto voice in grades 9-12. 

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  • Math

This course does not grant college credit, but students who elect to attend CSCC are permitted to continue in their current course of study. 

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  • Pre-Engineering

Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) is the study of manufacturing planning, integration, and implementation of automation.

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  • Technology

Students will learn the object-oriented programming language of Python through structured activities and open-ended projects that include making creative designs and creating visual games. 

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  • Math

This is a traditional Algebra II course that focuses on the topics of linear, absolute value, quadratic, rational, radical, and exponential functions and their related equations. 

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  • English Language Arts

College Preparatory English 10 is designed to reinforce skills which are aligned with Ohio’s Learning Standards.

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  • English Language Arts

College Preparatory English 11 is designed around the Ohio State Learning Standards.

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  • English Language Arts

College Preparatory English 12: Portfolio is a course the centers around creating a student portfolio, which showcases how each student has met all six of CWHS' Portrait of a Graduate competencies: Respectful Citizen, Responsible Learner, Communicator, Problem Solver, Self-Aware Individual, and Collaborator.

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  • English Language Arts

College Preparatory English 12: World Literature will look at literary works from across the globe as we focus on developing students into responsible citizens in an ever-interconnected world.

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  • English Language Arts

College Preparatory English 9 is designed around Ohio’s Learning Standards.

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  • Math

This course is the study of geometric figures and their properties. 

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  • Math

This course will provide a solid base in statistical thinking. This course is designed for students planning to pursue a career in advertising, business, biology, economics, psychology, the health or social sciences or to pursue a pathway that doesn’t require calculus.

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  • English Language Arts

Creative Writing is a semester-long English elective course designed to foster imagination, develop writing skills, and to encourage student creativity.

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  • Social Studies

This repeatable course will help the student to analyze and discuss with understanding current local, state, national, and international problems and issues.

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  • Peer Model

The CWHS Peer Model Program is designed to provide an experience for students interested in service learning and volunteerism, or a career working with people with disabilities.

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  • Visual Arts

Introductory course focusing on the way art is created and displayed using technology as a tool.

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  • Visual Arts

Comprehensive course focusing on developing and advancing the techniques used in Digital Design 1. 

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  • Pre-Engineering

Digital Electronics is the study of electronic circuits that are used to process and control digital signals.

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  • Visual Arts

This studio course is designed for students to develop and improve their drawing skills in realistic and conceptual art forms. 

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  • Visual Arts

This course is designed to continue building on student's knowledge acquired from Drawing 1.

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  • Social Studies

This course explores the fundamentals that guide individuals and nations as they make choices about how to use limited resources to satisfy their wants. 

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  • Science

The focus of Everyday Physics is on activities that can be done to demonstrate physics principles.

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  • Health and Physical Education

This course is designed for students who have a passion for athletics/ team sports and are interested in becoming an official.

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  • Business

Bookkeeping is a course that covers the accounting cycle for a service business, including analysis of business transactions, journalizing, posting, adjusting and closing entries, and financial statement preparation.

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  • Social Studies

This course explores the world of Financial Literacy, defined as the ability to read, analyze, manage, and communicate about the personal financial conditions that affect material well-being.

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  • Health and Physical Education

This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn fitness and weight training concepts, as well as learn about basic nutrition and how to incorporate nutritional strategies into a personal fitness plan.

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  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Health and Physical Education

Through classroom lessons, weight training, and food labs, students will increase and actually practice their knowledge of nutrition and exercise relating to their personal wellness and fitness.

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  • Science

This course will introduce and reinforce some of the traditional concepts briefly taught/mentioned in our CWHS physical science, biology, honors biology, and chemistry courses. 

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  • World Languages

French I is an introduction to the language and culture of the French speaking world. 

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  • World Languages

This course continues the development of essential skills and structures (writing, reading, listening, speaking) with increasing cultural and literary competence.

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  • World Languages

This course is for students who have completed French levels I and II and provides intensive development of all language skills.

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  • World Languages

This course continues with language sequence and consolidates skills attained in previous levels, further developing them through the study of contemporary cultural and literary topics. 

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  • Family and Consumer Science

A focus on foods from around the world, students will learn about many countries, the people, their traditions, and their culture.

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  • Health and Physical Education

Health is a semester course required for graduation and is usually scheduled for the sophomore year. 

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  • English Language Arts

This is an English elective course that will provide students with an in-depth look at many aspects of the Holocaust.

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  • Math

This course is a traditional Algebra II course intended for highly successful mathematics students. 

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  • Science

This course explores concepts of human medicine and introduces students to modern biological concepts, including biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics, homeostasis, feedback systems, and metabolism through investigation of the human body.

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  • English Language Arts

Honors English 10 is a year-long course offered to students who have been identified in ninth grade as independent and self-motivated learners who are prepared for an accelerated pace that is not available through the CP English curriculum.

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  • English Language Arts

Honors English 9 is offered to those students who have been identified in eighth grade as independent, self-motivated, and driven to pursue English at an accelerated rate.

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  • Math

This course is the study of geometric figures and their properties.

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  • Pre-Engineering
  • Science

Honors Physical Science is a 9th grade science course that connects the current Ohio learning standards for 9th grade Physical Science with current and accepted Engineering principles and practices, with an emphasis on a design-based/focused learning approach. 

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  • Science

Students examine the processes, structures, and interactions of the human body systems to learn how they work together to maintain homeostasis (internal balance) and good health.

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  • Work-Based Learning

Students will check with the internship coordinator and guidance counselor to find out if this is a good option for them.

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  • Technology

This course will expose students to a diverse set of computational thinking concepts, fundamentals, and tools.

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  • Technology

This course teaches the fundamentals of designing a game using the Unity game engine. 

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  • English Language Arts

In this class, students will learn how to write newspaper articles using short, concise sentences with carefully selected words. In addition to learning about news writing, students will work on video content for the morning announcements.

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  • Health and Physical Education

This course is crafted for students aspiring to create a personalized fitness program in a non-competitive and supportive environment.

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  • Science

Student projects investigate various medical interventions that extend and improve quality of life, including gene therapy, pharmacology, surgery, prosthetics, rehabilitation, and supportive care.

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  • Visual Arts

This studio course is designed for students who enjoy working with a variety of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional materials.

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  • Technology

Students will learn the process of automating the configuration and management of devices within a network.

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  • Visual Arts

In this studio course, students will be introduced to painting techniques using acrylic and watercolor.

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  • Health and Physical Education

This course will provide a solid base for personal development and growth.

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  • Visual Arts

Students will be introduced to traditional 35mm black and white film photography.

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  • Visual Arts

Students in Photography 2 will continue to explore and experiment with the techniques learned in Photography 1.

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  • Visual Arts

Advanced-level course designed for students who have a desire to extend their photography skills and techniques as an in-depth course of study.

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  • Science

This course will explore issues related to chemistry, physics, and astronomy. 

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  • Science

Most of the basic concepts covered in an introductory college physics course are covered. 

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  • Math

This is an exciting course that provides an opportunity for students to apply their study of functions to the real world.

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  • Pre-Engineering

This survey course exposes students to major concepts they'll encounter in a post-secondary engineering course of study.

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  • Family and Consumer Science

Students will gain knowledge in food selection criteria and apply preparation methods to promote a healthy lifestyle.

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  • Social Studies

Psychology is a semester course offered to juniors and seniors.

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  • English Language Arts

Public Speaking is an elective course that will provide students with the basic skills that are needed to be successful in a variety of public and daily interactions.

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  • Visual Arts

Students will have the opportunity to discover methods of creating sculpture using a variety of tools, techniques, and materials. 

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  • World Languages

Spanish I is an introduction to the Spanish language and culture. 

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  • World Languages

This course continues the development of skills and basic structures within increasing cultural and literacy competence.

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  • World Languages

This course, for students who have completed Spanish Level I and Spanish Level II, provides intensive development of all language skills. 

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  • World Languages

This course continues with language sequence and consolidates skills attained in previous levels, further developing them through the study of contemporary, cultural, and literary topics.

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  • Health and Physical Education

This course is designed for students who have a passion for athletics/ team sports and are interested in becoming an official.

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  • Business

Students will use the skills learned in Business Foundations and Fundamentals of Business and Administrative Services to create a real-life sole proprietorship business.

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  • Performing Arts

The Symphonic Choir is a mixed-voice ensemble open to any CWHS student in grades 9-12. Students will grow in musicality and understanding of the choral experience.

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  • Health and Physical Education

This class is tailored for students eager to engage in team sports and comfortable competing with peers. 

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  • Technology

The Technology Internship requires students to assess technology needs throughout the day and define the best approach to addressing or solving the problem in the District Chrome Depot or classrooms.

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  • Social Studies

This course covers the development of the United States from the time of Reconstruction, through Industrialization, Imperialism, Foreign Involvement, World War I, the Twenties, the Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, the Civil Rights era, and concludes with a study of the U.S. as a present day power. 

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  • Performing Arts

Varsity Singers is an auditioned ensemble for CWHS students in grades 9-12.

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  • Work-Based Learning

Work Based Experience (WBE) requires students to have a part-time job or internship. 

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  • Work-Based Learning

Work-Based Learning provides an opportunity for students to participate in educational experiences that integrate classroom learning and productive work experiences. 

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  • Social Studies

This course is a continuation of the study of world history, covering the period from the Enlightenment and Age of Revolution (American Revolution, French Revolution) to the present.