High School
High School Curriculum
English Language Arts & Reading (ELAR)
MyPerspectives prepares students to be resilient readers, writers, thinkers, and communicators. The high school curriculum at Legacy Traditional School – Basse aligns with Texas state standards and embeds English language proficiency standards throughout the lessons. This curriculum offers robust opportunities for learning and enrichment and allows students ample opportunities to strengthen their reading, writing, analysis, and discussion skills. The textbook series, HMH® Into Literature Texas, provides a connected stream of content for all four grades levels. Students are exposed to essential questions, rigorous academic vocabulary, and both literary and informational texts from classic and contemporary genres. The curriculum offers instruction in tasks such as: personal, explanatory, argumentative, and narrative essays, research reports, literary analyses, and short stories.
Math
HMH® Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 address math standards and turn students into problem solvers who master concepts, become fluent with procedures, and apply the principles they’ve learned to real-world situations. While presenting algebra and geometry in a traditional three-course path, HMH AGA delivers this content with an innovative, adaptive approach, offering the rigor, depth of coverage, and guidance needed to prepare students for success on high-stakes assessments, in college, and in their careers.
Students who excel in math are able to move beyond school offered math courses and take accelerated math courses at local institutions.
Social Studies
Students learn about Texas History and US History through Reconstruction. The Texas social studies curriculum provides students with extensive social studies content geared toward learning through foundational practices. Aligned to TEKS and intended to broaden and deepen student’s understanding of history, each chapter contains a variety of modalities to engage in the content. Students are assessed formatively and summatively throughout the units and chapters to ensure processing of the standards and performance expectations.
Science
Students will deepen their understanding of scientific concepts and practices with In high school, students will extend their understanding of scientific concepts using the HMH Biology, Chemistry, and Physics curriculum. This curriculum is built on a multimodal approach with an infusion of inquiry to help students become curious and active learners. Students will continue to question their environment, carry out investigations, analyze data, draw conclusions, and develop ways to best share their findings with their peers. Student mastery will be measured formally and informally using written assessments, as well as interactive lab activities.
Endorsement Pathways
All students are encouraged to pursue careers in STEM fields. Graduation requirements include endorsements in:
STEM
(focus on Engineering) which includes classes in Concepts of Engineering, Electronics, and AutoCAD.
Business & Industry
(focus on Entrepreneurship) with classes in Principles of Hospitality, Accounting, and Entrepreneurship.
Public Service
(focus on Health Science) with classes in Health Science Technology, Medical-Terminology, and Anatomy and Physiology.
Engineering Track
The Engineering Track offers Principals of Applied Engineering, Electronics and Computer Programming.
Sports & Electives
Physical Education
When students receive a strong physical education, it is more likely that physical fitness and health will be an important part of their lives and they will continue to be physically active well into adulthood. Participation in sports and fitness at all ages leads to a longer, healthier life–and that is our goal for every student. Physical Education students will increase overall physical fitness and sport-specific skills. Students will develop essential core fitness components including muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular strength. Additionally, students will practice sportsmanship and learn sport-specific skills, rules, and the many health benefits of playing sports.
Music
At Legacy we know the importance of a well-rounded education. In music, we learn to sing, dance, play, and instill a lifelong love for music. Legacy’s older students have the opportunity to participate in a high quality choir class that includes two performances each year and a comprehensive study of music theory.
Art
At Legacy we know the importance of a well-rounded education. In music, we learn to sing, dance, play, and instill a lifelong love for music. Legacy’s older students have the opportunity to participate in a high quality choir class that includes two performances each year and a comprehensive study of music theory.
High School Campus
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