Health - S1

Course Code: OPE016
State Code: 08051
Grades: 9-10th
Length: Semester
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: Health/GE
Course Designation: Online
Description: Everyone needs to take care of their body, but we aren’t necessarily born with the knowledge of how to go about it. It’s important to invest time and energy into understanding what it means to be healthy. There are many activities you can engage in which are dangerous for your long-term health, so you need to know how to identify and avoid these activities. It’s also important to identify lifestyles which will lead to a longer, more enjoyable life. This course will guide you through lifestyle choices you will make which will ultimately impact your life in meaningful ways. Includes 11 days of comprehensive sexual health education*.

Physical Education 1

Course Code: OPE001
State Code: 08001
Grades: 9th
Length: Semester
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: PE/GE
Course Designation: Online
Description: Your body is a machine that has certain needs—if you treat it well, it should be able to serve you well. But what can you do to promote a fit and healthy body? A course in physical education can show you. By definition, physical education is instruction in exercise and physical activity. It teaches you how to maintain your personal fitness, how to measure different aspects of physical fitness, and how to avoid injury while exercising. It’s all about getting active and setting your body in motion. By measuring health and fitness with objective data, it’s possible to improve your health in a methodical way. Exercise helps you feel good about yourself and helps you sidestep the health problems that often accompany poor levels of fitness.

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*Comprehensive sexual health education is required by state law. Opt-outs are available. Visit battlegroundps.org/page/high-school-health for more information

Early Childhood Education – S1 & S2

Course Code: OHC018/218
State Code: 19052
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Edmentum
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: OCC ED/GE
Course Designation: Online
Description: Are you curious to see what it takes to educate and nurture early learners? Use your curiosity to explore the fundamentals of childcare, like nutrition and safety, but also the complex relationships caregivers have with parents and their children. Examine the various life stages of child development and the best educational practices to enrich their minds while thinking about a possible future as a childcare provider! Semester 2: Building on the previous semester course, discover the joys of providing exceptional childcare and helping to develop future generations. Learn the importance of play and use it to build engaging educational activities that build literacy and math skills through each stage of childhood and special need. Use this knowledge to develop your professional skills well suited to a career
in childcare!

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Childhood Development - S1

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Medical Terminology

Course Code: OVT149/249
State Code: 10011
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: OCCED/GE
Course Designation: Online
Description: This semester-long course introduces students to the structure of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, combining forms, and singular and plural forms, plus medical abbreviations and acronyms. The course allows students to achieve comprehension of medical vocabulary appropriate to healthcare settings, medical procedures, pharmacology, human anatomy and physiology, and pathology. The knowledge and skills gained in this course will provide students entering the healthcare field with a deeper understanding of the application of the language of health and medicine. Students are introduced to these skills through direct instruction, interactive tasks, and practice assignments.