De vakken die Sophia koos

Aangezien het nu eenmaal zo is dat als er één persoon is die vraagt er vast wel meer zijn die het willen weten, hier de vakken die Sophia koos:

(Eigenlijk zijn er maar twee keuze vakken; ze moeten van de Texas wet elk jaar engels, math, science, en social studies nemen in een min of meer bepaalde volgorde)

• ENGLISH I PreAP
  Course Description: English I Pre-AP, an advanced English course of 9th grade students, is composed of thematic units incorporating
  the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills including reading/literary study, writing, inquiry and research, listening,
  speaking, viewing and representing. This course is designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement
  courses and testing offered at junior and senior levels. It equips the student with the communication and thinking
  skills essential for success in social, academic (including SAT, ACT, and TAKS) and business situations.
  Summer reading, out-of-class reading, timed-writing and major projects are also important ingredients of the
  curriculum.
• GEOMETRY PreAP
  Course Description: This course develops an appreciation of an axiomatic system through the observation of patterns. The exploration
  of these patterns, whether in a plane or space, allows the student to make conjectures about geometry which can
  then be proven deductively. The techniques and skills learned in Algebra 1 are integrated throughout the course in
  order to reinforce the skills previously learned and to enhance the study of geometry as part of a mathematical
  sequence. Students study properties and relationships having to do with size, shape, location, direction and
  orientation of figures. Geometry students solve meaningful problems using geometric ideas, relationships and
  properties. Topics include plane, coordinate and transformational geometry as well as reasoning, justification and
  proof. A variety of problems will be used to challenge an advanced mathematics student.
• BIOLOGY PreAP
  Course Description: This course extends and deepens the topics covered in Biology, includes a strong emphasis on field and
  laboratory investigations and may include research activities in preparation for Advanced Placement Biology
• WORLD GEOGRAPHY STUDIES PreAP
  Course Description: This advanced level course is an enriched and more comprehensive coverage of the regular World Geography
  course. Emphasis is placed on in-depth study of topic areas, critical analysis and writing skills to prepare students
  for AP level courses. This course requires a significant amount of time on the part of the student. A summer
  reading program may be required.
• HEALTHY LIFESTYLES                                                                                                                                                                                                                Course Description: This is a required course for graduation for those students entering 9th grade in 2010-11 and beyond, and the
  course is specifically geared to help all students at NEISD benefit from the curriculum geared to encourage
  healthy lifestyle choices. The course develops a structural environment in which students will enhance their total
  well-being and gain knowledge and skills to make healthy lifestyle choices for a lifetime. Students will have the
  opportunity to experience the joy of movement and to discover for themselves its value as a part of their everyday
  lives. Personal fitness, mental and physical health issues, the human body and the functions of the systems,
  drug abuse, diseases, pollution nutrition and human sexuality and abstinence education are among the many
  topics that are fundamental to this course.
• THEATRE ARTS II
  Course Description: Theatre Arts II is designed to emphasize advanced study in two areas: acting and design. Course units will
  include the study of advanced acting techniques and application of the design elements for the stage through
  group and individual projects. Involvement in co curricular productions, contests and/or other such activities is an
  integral requirement of the class.
• DANCE I - PEP SQUAD (hiermee voldoet ze aan de eis 1 credit = 1 jaar gym/sport te hebben om het diploma te behalen)
  Course Description: The student will be offered opportunities to explore the vocabulary of dance movement and to acquire
  fundamental skills in ballet, jazz, novelty, military, pom, high kick and prop. The student will explore hand
  routines, cheers, chants and marching fundamentals. Further the student will develop creative expression
  through movement, develop an awareness of space, time and energy as design factors in dance and develop self confidence
  through dance and appreciation for dance as an art form.

Voor het geval hun keuze vakken vol zijn of niet gegeven kunnen worden op een uur dat ze niet al een verplicht vak hebben, moesten ze nog twee alternatieve keuzevakken kiezen en daarbij koos ze Frans of Spaans.  Voor het diploma moet je in Texas 2 jaar dezelfde vreemde taal in het pakket hebben voor het recommended diploma en 3 jaar voor het distinguished diploma.  Er zijn niet meer punten verbonden aan het distinguished diploma, maar de universiteiten weten wel in één oogopslag dat er meer en soms moeilijkere vakken zijn genomen.

Nieuw volgend schooljaar is ook, dat Texas niet meer een eindexamen zal hebben voor high school, maar dat je in de vier basis vakken (engels, math, science, en social studies) elk jaar een eindexamen moet doen en al die examens moet halen om een diploma te krijgen.