Agricultural education is vital to the health and well being of our nation. Modern agriculture’s diversity, technological complexity, and financial impact predicate a highly applied and eclectic course mixture. The procurement of food, fiber, and shelter is essential to the welfare of individuals and societies. Course work will expose students to information and skills that will serve them well in collegiate and vocational settings.
Southern Tioga School District’s Agribusiness program is housed in Liberty Junior-Senior High School. Access and transportation to this program are provided to all high school students in the district.
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It is the intent of the Art Department to use art as a vehicle to develop strategies necessary for succeeding in the production of creative programs. In addition, students will be encouraged to appreciate their artistic cultural heritage.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | 7th Grade Art | |
| 8 | 8th Grade Art | |
| Electives | 9th Grade Art | |
| Drawing and Painting | ||
| Ceramics and Sculpture |
The Business Education Department offerings are designed to encourage business exploration for students. In selecting these classes, students are given the opportunity to do the following: investigate business related careers, learn how to become better informed consumers, develop keyboarding and computer application skills, and discover how business affects their lives every day
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | Computers: Keyboarding/Word Processing/Internet | |
| 8 | Computer Applications: Database, Spreadsheet, Presentations | |
| 9 | Internet | |
| Electives | Business Exploration | |
| Accounting I | ||
| Marketing I | ||
| Business Math | ||
| Accounting II | ||
| Marketing II | ||
| Business Law | ||
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This program is designed for students with Individualized Education Programs (IEP) that identify the need for interdisciplinary support in order to progress through the regular education curriculum. A student may access this course each semester and receive one credit each time the course is completed.
Communications is a research based curriculum that prepares students to become proficient readers, writers, and speakers. Students will become skilled in the acquisition, synthesis, analysis, and transferals of information. This course is designed to reflect the integration of several curricular areas to lead to the completion of a graduation project.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | Communications/Standards Reading | |
| 8 | Communications/Standards Writing | |
| 9 | Communications | |
| 10 | Communications | |
| 11 | Communications | |
| 12 | Communications |
The Community service Volunteer service Program is designed to help our students focus on the needs of individuals within our local community and schools. This is consistent with the goals of our character education program.
The purpose of this class is to have the students learn and be familiar with the rules, laws, and skills a driver needs to be a safe driver. The students will also incorporate these rules, laws, and skills during the behind the wheel instruction out on the highway.
It is the goal of the Southern Tioga School District English Department that all students speak and write with skill and proficiency. Students will become familiar with major literary works and with various literary genre. Students will study vocabulary development and the grammar and mechanics of the English language.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | 7th Grade English | |
| 8 | 8th Grade English | |
| 9 | 9th Grade English | |
| 10 | 10th Grade English | |
| 11 | 11th Grade English | |
| 11th Grade Advanced English | ||
| 12 | 12th Grade English | |
| 12th Grade Advanced English | ||
| Electives | Journalism | |
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Forensics |
The goal of the Family and Consumer Sciences program of the Southern Tioga School District is to prepare all students for the roles of living and working in a global society, as they become members of tomorrow’s families, workplaces, and communities. It focuses on the needs of individuals and families, and integrates knowledge, skills, and reasoning processes with other disciplines, community, and work.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | Foods and Nutrition / Personal Development | |
| 8 | Clothing and Textiles / Family Roles | |
| 9 | School to Work Portfolio | |
| Electives | Housing and Interior Design | |
| Parenting / Child Development I | ||
| Parenting / Child Development II | ||
| School to Work Field Experience | ||
| Advanced Foods |
It is the goal of the Foreign Language Department to insure that its students will be given a choice of three foreign languages to study: French, German, and Spanish. Students will be prepared in the language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking in the target language, be instructed in important cultural, historical, and contemporary information pertinent to understanding the people and countries that speak the target language, be expected to actively participate with a positive and purposeful attitude in class, and be challenged to meet the expectations for college foreign language courses.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 8 | French I | |
| German I | ||
| Spanish I | ||
| 9 | French II | |
| German II | ||
| Spanish II | ||
| 10 | French III | |
| German III | ||
| Spanish III | ||
| 11-12 | French IV | |
| German IV | ||
| Spanish IV |
The vision of the health education department of the Southern Tioga School District is that all students will be capable of making wise choices contributing to their physical and mental well being.
The purpose of the Health Careers program is to introduce students to a variety of occupations available within the medical field. Students will have the opportunity to participate in both classroom and field experiences. This program represents a partnership between the Southern Tioga School District and the Laurel Health System.
The Industrial Arts curriculum provides students with an introduction to industrial arts materials, power technology, and graphic communication. Students will experience both traditional and technological approaches to industrial arts. The purpose of these courses is to enable students to have a strong grasp of the materials and processes of the world around them and be able to apply this knowledge to make them more affective consumers.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | 7th Grade Industrial Arts | |
| 8 | 8th Grade Industrial Arts | |
| Electives | Industrial Arts III | |
| Industrial Arts IV | ||
| Industrial Arts V | ||
| Computer Aided Drafting |
The Math Department of the Southern Tioga School District will equip all students with the basic math skills needed for modern daily living, will show the relevance of mathematics in today’s job market and the latest technology.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | 7th Grade Standards Math | |
| 8 | 8th Grade Standards Math | |
| 9 | Algebra I | |
| 10 | Algebra II | |
| 11 | Geometry | |
| Electives | Algebra III / Trigonometry | |
| Geometric Concepts | ||
| Probability and Statistics | ||
| Business Math / Finance | ||
| Calculus | ||
| College Algebra | ||
| Consumer Math |
The music curriculum is designed to develop and contribute to all aspects of music appreciation and expression. Balanced music programs in each of the high schools make provision for individual differences in musical capacity, ability and purpose at every level of instruction. Performers of music should be strongly encouraged to achieve higher levels of musicianship.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | 7th Grade Music Composition | |
| 8 | 8th Grade Music History | |
| 9 | Music Appreciation | |
| 7-12 | Chorus | |
| 7-12 | Band | |
| Electives | Theater | |
| Music Theory |
The physical education department of the Southern Tioga School District will provide an appropriate program that will enable students to develop practices and skills that will lead to lifetime wellness. At the junior high school level physical well-being is enhanced through practice and participation in team activities while lifetime activities are emphasized in the high school program.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | 7th Grade Physical Education | |
| 8 | 8th Grade Physical Education | |
| 9 | Physical Education | |
| 10 | Physical Education | |
| 11 | Physical Education | |
| 12 | Physical Education |
All students will gain an understanding of the physical and biological world around them. All students will have an opportunity to select a variety of courses designed to give them a solid foundation of scientific concepts and skills that will enable them to move on to higher education or enter the work force.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | 7th Grade Life Science | |
| 8 | 8th Grade Physical Science | |
| 9 | 9th Grade Earth Science | |
| 10 | Biology | |
| 11 | Chemistry I | |
| Electives | Ecology | |
| Chemistry II | ||
| Physics | ||
| Anatomy | ||
| Advanced Physics |
The goal for Social Studies is to help students become productive, responsible citizens. Students will broaden their knowledge of the world around them, will achieve a greater awareness of their rights and responsibilities as American citizens, and will understand that American citizenship begins at the most basic level. The importance of family, school, and community is emphasized because we believe that our nation’s values rest on these local concerns.
| GRADE | COURSE | |
| 7 | History of Civilization | |
| 8 | Pennsylvania Government and Civics | |
| Geography | ||
| 9 | American History I | |
| 10 | American History II | |
| 11 | World Cultures | |
| 12 | American Government | |
| Electives | Economics | |
| Geography | ||
| Psychology | ||
| Sociology | ||
| United States History in the 21st Century |
In today’s society, technology has come to mean many different things. The technology courses listed here are designed for every student. We in Southern Tioga School District believe that all students possess the ability to use technology as a tool of education. We believe that each graduating student should be able to demonstrate abilities in word processing, database management, spreadsheets, presentation skills and Internet research.