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Follow the Four-Year Plan starting with 9th Grade. Check the latest NEWS by subject in the right-hand menu. ♦ REMEMBER to log your subject hours (including ESS classes & homework, Girl Scouts, everything...)

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  • English (4.0 cr)
  • Math (3.0 cr)
  • Science (3.0 cr)
  • Social Studies (3.0 cr)
  • Arts (2.0 cr)
  • Career/Tech (1.0 cr)
  • Health (0.5 cr) & PE (1.5 cr)
  • NEWS
  • ESS

NEWS

  • Common Dreams
  • Democracy Now
  • Mother Jones
  • Alternet
  • eScience News
  • United Nations News Centre 
  • Student News Daily
  • Channel One News
  • PBS News Hour
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 Scholarships


Start looking for scholarships. You can apply beginning in 9th grade. Check out the essay samples.

Learning Resources

Resources by Subject
Academic Earth
BrainPOP
Khan Academy
Khan Academy Library
TED Ed Lessons
Versal
Youtube Edu
Craftsy
Discovery Education

Required Subjects

Total (22.5 credits)
1 credit = 150 hours
Avg 3.5 hrs / weekday

UW CADR
Common Core
Running Start
Orca Program
Running Start: Cascadia

English (4.0 cr):
9th: English I (one-year novel)
10th: English II
11th: English III
12th: English IV

Math (3.0 cr + 1.0):
8th: Pre-Algebra
9th: Basics & Algebra I (1.0 cr)
10th: Geometry (1.0 cr)
11th: Algebra II & Trig (1.0 cr)
12th: Calculus & Probability (1.0 cr)

Social Studies (3.0 cr):
9th: Wa State History (0.5 cr)
10th: U.S. History (1.0 cr)
11th: Government (0.5 cr)
12th: World Problems (1.0 cr):
(Contemp. World History, Geography, Economics, Civics,Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Model UN)

Science (2.0 cr):
9th: Enviro Science
(geology, astronomy, botany, zoology)
10th: Biology
11th: Chemistry
12th: Physics

PE (1.5 cr):
Outdoor Rec
(taekwondo, biking, hiking, yoga, 7-minute workout)

Health (0.5 cr):
Nutrition, anatomy, fitness

Fine Arts (1.0 cr):
9-10th: Advanced Artists
11-12th: Master Artists

Career/Technology (1.0 cr):
Career Exploration
Technology

Electives (6.5 cr):
Grade 9 & 10: World Languages (2.0)
Grade 10, 11, 12: Art & Music (3.0)
Grade 11: Computer Science (0.5)
Grade 12: Calculus & Probability (1.0 cr)
DIY projects, Girl Scouts, home econ.

Volunteer hours:
Girl Scouts camp staff
Daisy troop assistant
HEARTS community service
Visitor Center volunteer

ESS High School (4.0 cr):
English Lit/Comp (1.0 cr)
Contemporary World Issues (1.0 cr)
Integrated Science/lab
Chemistry & Earth Science (1.0 cr)
Field Science (0.5 cr)
Outdoor Recreation (0.5 cr)
Biology
Geography
Environmental History
FIVE-YEAR PLAN (June 15, 2015 - June 2019)
8th Grade (2015-16)
Algebra Basics & Algebra I (1.0 cr)
Science / Social Studies / English
One-Year-Novel
8th Grade Health
Fiddle! Bluegrass Daddy
ESS High School
Pimsleur Irish
Irish Dance
NWAC: Advanced Artists
NWAC: Gadgeteers Club
Taekwondo 		9th Grade (2016-17)
Geometry (1.0 cr)
Earth Science (0.5 cr)
Wa State History (0.5 cr)
English I (1.0 cr)
Fine Arts (1.0 cr)
Latin I (1.0 cr)
PE (0.5 cr)
ESS High School

5.5 cr = 825 hours 		10th Grade (2017-18)
Algebra II & Trig (1.0 cr)
Biology (0.5 cr)
U.S. History (1.0 cr)
English II (1.0 cr)
Advanced Artists (1.0 cr)
Latin II (1.0 cr)
PE (0.5 cr)
Model U.N. ?
Driver Education

6.0 cr = 900 hours 		11th Grade (2018-19)
Running Start - ORCA
Calculus & Probability and Statistics (1.0 cr)
Chemistry (0.5 cr)
Government (0.5 cr)
English III (1.0 cr)
Master Artists (1.0 cr)
Comp Sci (0.5 cr)
PE (0.5 cr)

5.0 cr = 750 hours 		12th Grade (2018-19)
Running Start - ORCA
College Math
Physics (0.5 cr)
World Problems: Economics, Civics, Geo (1.0 cr)
English IV (1.0 cr)
Master Artists (1.0 cr)
Career/Tech (1.0 cr)
Health (0.5 cr)

6.0 cr = 900 hours

 

LINK LIBRARY

Feel free to add your favorite links.

PORTFOLIOS

  • Artsonia Portfolio
  • Girl Scout Projects

Mathematica et Pecuniam

  • Federal Reserve
  • IXL - Practice Math Skills
  • Moneyville
  • NOVA Anatomy of a Bill
  • U.S. Mint

Geographia et Historia

  • USA Kids
  • Team Marco Polo
  • National Geographic
  • Ancient Wonders

Sanitatem et Medicina

  • Dental Defender
  • Gross Cool Body
  • Inner Body
  • Land of Cyke
  • The Brain
  • Virtual Surgery - Ed Heads

Art et Musica

  • Manga University

Scientia

  • Head Rush Science Channel
  • Interactive Periodic Table
  • NASA TV
  • SciShow
  • Smithsonian Ed

Biologia Marinus

  • Aquarium of the Bay
  • BBC Blue Planet
  • Chateau Meddybemps: Deep Blue Sea
  • Diving Associations
  • Dragon's Fire: Oceanography
  • Keep Oceans Clean
  • Kids Konnect Oceanography Index
  • Leonard the Goldfish
  • Magic School Bus Marine Tour
  • Monteray Bay Aquarium
  • National Aquarium Baltimore
  • Ology: Marine Biology
  • Save Our Seas
  • Shedd Aquarium
  • Smithsonian Hall of Mammals

Paleontology

  • Ology: Paleo
  • Primeval Creatures
  • Tour Through Time

Zoology

  • Enzoology
  • Smithsonial Hall of Mammals
  • Wild Earth TV

Cryptozoology

  • Cryptid Zoo
  • Cryptozoology.com
  • Fortean Zoology
  • Lost Tapes
  • Mermaids
  • Monster Quest
  • Myth Web

Related Websites

  • Kalea's Website!
  • Ilanaאִילָנָ
  • Maia's Girl Scout Projects
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