Curriculum

DRIVER'S EDUCATION
  • Driver's Education - Summer

SCHOOL-TO-WORK APPRENTICESHIP

BLOCK (Grade 12)

(with Board of Education approval)  

TEACHER AIDE/OFFICE AIDE

Course Outline:  Driver Education is a summer course offered to all students.  The course itself is divided into two parts--classroom and actual driving.  In the classroom, emphasis is put on the complete understanding of the driver's manual, reaction in simulated accident situations, identification of important driving situations.  In the actual driving, emphasis is put on rural, city, and highway driving, with special emphasis on the basic driving operations, stopping, starting, steering, backing, etc.

Class Requirements:  The classroom involves about 30 hours of instruction time.  The driving instruction allows each student six hours or more actual behind-the-wheel instruction.  At the completion of driver education the students will complete a "driving test" that will be the same as the one they would take if given by the DMV.

Prerequisite:  Only students fourteen years of age or students who will be fourteen by October 15 of the next school year may take Driver Education.  The fee for 2006-2007 is $200.00.

SCHOOL-TO-WORK APPRENTICESHIP BLOCK Grade 12 Only

School-To-Work Apprenticeship Block is a combination of school site preparation and actual work site experiences designed to enable students to acquire attitudes, skills, and knowledge for career and other life roles in real work settings.  The School-To-Work Apprenticeship Block helps students to:

- strengthen broad social and technical skills;

- develop personal responsibility;

- explore career options;

- gain job/site specific skills;

- foster positive relationships with adults;

- understand the relevance of and application to academic learning.

                Prerequisite:  Senior year

              Application required

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