CALM - Career and Life Management
Career and Life Management (CALM 20)
(3 credits)
CALM 20 is a core course required of all Senior High Students for graduation. The program will provide students with opportunities to develop and practice life skills through learning experiences.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- Realistically set and plan for personal goals
- Assess and consider their own abilities
- Determine how their personal characteristics affect their learning and decision-making processes
- Test their ideas and current expectations in a non-judgmental and safe environment
- The curriculum is structured into three interrelated core themes:
- personal and interpersonal challenges
- career explorations
- financial planning and consumer choices
Special Project 10/20/30
This program is designed to allow students to engage in the in-depth study, of an area or field, which is not provided for in the school program but is of specific interest to the student. Students, in consultation with school administration and a cooperating teacher, design their own program of study.
Special Projects perform two main functions
1. Students become involved in the selection, planning and organization of their own programs.
2. Students pursue activities in which they have considerable interest ability but which are not within the scope of the regular curriculum or the programs being offered in the school.
Requirements for special project credits are:
1. Each project shall be carried out under the supervision of a teacher.
2. Students are required to submit a clearly planned proposal to the principal for approval.
The proposal should include:
- a description or outline of the project - the number of hours of work expected to complete the project - a method by which the project will be carried out - description of the expected result - the evaluation procedures as outlined by a teacher - an expected completion date
