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General Curriculum Overview
Family and Consumer Sciences
- All Family and Consumer Sciences courses blend research and discussion
with practical, hands-on experiences for both young men and women.
From consumer education and food preparation to parenting, the Family and
Consumer Sciences Department provides young people with skills and knowledge
they will need to handle the situations they will face as adults.
 Family and Consumer Sciences
Web Site
Health
and Physical Education
- The elementary health program is
designed to provide students with basic life skill concepts in
mental health, personal hygiene, environmental health, safety,
nutrition, substance dependency, and human growth and development.
- Elementary Physical Education is a
progressive program of activities based upon student needs,
interest, readiness and physiological development.
Health
Education Web Site
Industrial
Technology
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The Industrial
Technology Department focuses on design and problem solving as an
approach to exploring past, current and future technologies. A
contemporary program, Industrial Technology provides students in
middle school with a broad exposure to communications, construction,
manufacturing, transportation and bio-related technologies. Senior
high students gain experience in design, engineering, architecture and
CAD/CAM. Students will gain insight into the technological world of
today and possibly discover their career interest.
Language
Arts
- The elementary language arts program
in Central Bucks integrates all the language arts - reading, writing,
speaking, listening, thinking, and researching - and helps students
apply those skills to meaningful tasks. The writing component
emphasizes the process that writers engage in during writing -
planning, drafting, responding, revising, editing, and publishing - as
well as the final product. Finally, the language component addresses
skills such as spelling, mechanics, usage, and grammar with in the
context of reading and writing tasks, rather than isolation.
- The secondary language arts program in
Central Bucks integrates reading, literature study, writing, speaking,
and research skills at each grade level. Our program goal is to have
students achieve high academic standards in the language arts: reading
independently, reading critically, analyzing and responding to
literature, writing in various forms for a variety of audiences,
producing compositions of high quality, speaking proficiently, and
using research skills. Students read and respond to literature
(classic as well as contemporary novels) in discussions called
literature circles. They respond to their reading in logs and
journals, and also learn to analyze the craft of literature. They
write personal narratives, informative pieces, persuasive pieces, and
creative stories, poems, or plays. They learn to respond to each
other's writing and to revise and edit their own work during writing
workshops. They learn research skills (including the web, of course)
and present their findings in speeches and papers.
In middle level, students engage in interdisciplinary units developed by
middle level teaching teams. The textbook Language and Literature (McDougal-Littell)
supports the curriculum, and additional novels, plays, and non-fiction
works are required each year. In grade 7, students have a double block
of language arts/reading each day. Some students are identified for
honors English each year. In grade 9, a double block of reading and
writing is also provided for students who need extra support to reach
the standards.
In senior high, students take core
English courses in grades 10, 11, and 12. Central Bucks uses block
scheduling, so all students have ninety minute classes for one semester
each year: American Literature in grade 10 (using McDougal-Littell's The
Language of Literature ), British Literature in grade 11 (using Holt's
Elements of Literature), and Contemporary World Literature in grade 12
(using a variety of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and short
stories from around the world). All three years of study are offered at
different challenge levels (honors, standard, and modified). In
addition, AP English is offered to qualified seniors and a remedial
reading and writing lab. is available for those needing additional
support.
The high school also offers a varied
elective program. Journalism, Debate, Creative Writing, Theater,
Shakespeare, SAT Preparation, Broadcasting, and Fiction into Film are
some of the offerings.
Elementary
Language Arts Web Site
Secondary
Language Arts Web Site
Recommended
Summer 2006 Reading Lists
The district's "Reading,
Writing, Speaking, and Listening" standards are available
online.
The "Writing
Research Papers" handbook for secondary students is also
available online.
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Elementary Contact: Teena
Olson, 267-893-5712
- Secondary Contact:
Michelene Bolsar, 267-893-2042
Library
- The library information skills
curriculum in the Central Bucks School District is designed to
provide today's information age students with the tools necessary to
become independent and self-guided life-long learners. By taking
part in this course of instruction students will become effective
users of information resources in a variety of formats including
traditional and emerging technologies. In addition, students will
engage in learning activities in the areas of information retrieval,
information management, critical thinking, and literature
appreciation. Students will also investigate the world around them
through print, non-print and technological resources. They will
become critical users of knowledge in an information rich society,
and they will experience and respond to quality literature.
Central to the library information
skills curriculum is the integration of skills instruction with the
subject area curricula. It is vital that students master information
management skills such as the ability to retrieve, organize, analyze,
interpret, evaluate, integrate, and present information. These skills
acquire value in context. When the skills instruction is correlated
with appropriate subject matter instruction, students will employ
information management skills to clarify and extend the learning of
the grade level/subject area curricula. Students will also have
opportunities to learn in different ways using varied resources and
strategies targeted to individual learning styles and abilities.
Classroom teachers and the school
librarians will work together to provide opportunities for students to
achieve information literacy and foster a lifelong interest in
knowledge.
- Secondary Contact:
Michelene Bolsar, 267-893-2042
- Elementary Library Contact: Melissa
Yates, 267-893-2056
Library
Resources Web Site
Mathematics
- The teaching and learning of
mathematics begins in a math rich environment. The activities,
tasks, and discourse provide a framework for the development of
mathematical power in all learners. Mathematical power (NCTM,
1991) is unmistakable in learners that exhibit conceptual and
procedural understandings. It is evident in learners that can
communicate mathematically, reason logically, problem solve, and
exhibit a disposition to persevere. The emphasis of the math
curriculum is on: Problem solving strategies, Interpretation of data,
Measurement, time, and money, Calculator skills, Number sense and
operations, Spatial and geometry concepts and patterns, and algebra.
The district's mathematics
standards are available online.
Elementary
Math Web Site
Elementary
to Middle School Transition
Secondary
Math Web Site
Internet
Resources for Mathematics Problems
Music
Reading
- Our district's reading program is
literature-based with students reading whole books in addition to
selections from a text. This reading serves as a starting point
for meaningful skill and strategy instruction. Higher level reading
and thinking skills are emphasized along with the connection between
reading and writing. Independent reading on self-selected books
is encouraged to help students develop a life-long enjoyment of
reading.
Summer
recommended reading lists for grades one through six are now
available online.
The district's "Reading,
Writing, Speaking and Listening" standards are available
online.
Science
Social
Studies
Visual Arts
Visual Arts Web Site
World
Languages
- Central Bucks World Language courses
allow students to study one language for several years so that the
language can be used as another learning tool. The language being
taught will be the language of the classroom. Beyond the expected
learning of writing and speaking the language, students learn how
other people live in other parts of the world. The knowledge of how
other people work, play, raise families and run governments can be
valuable in many classes outside the World Languages Department. The
possibilities of using language skills cannot be ignored. Many
government and international business jobs demand modern language
skills.
While Central Bucks emphasizes one world language, successful
language students are encouraged to study a second world language.
World
Languages Department Web Site
- Contact:
Jo Schuler, 267-893-2359
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