Content: 

• General Information

• Introduction

• Kansas Certified Teachers

• Mentoring Online

• Accreditation

• Rigorous Courses

• Course Content and Structure

• Enrollment Fees

• Refunds

• Course Completion

• Transfer of Credit

• Specifications for Computer

• Contact Information

• High School Information

• High School Courses

• English Courses

• Mathematics Courses

• Social Studies Courses

• Science Courses

• Elective Courses

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General Information

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Introduction

 

Wichita eSchool online courses are available to students across the nation who need an alternative way to earn course credits toward a diploma. Students enrolled in your district may need to recover course credit for failed classes or students may need to take a course online because they have a full course load and can’t fit everything into a regular school day. Another reason for having students take an online class relates to nation-wide budget cuts in education funding. Sometimes with these cuts schools can’t offer their students courses that are needed for college or for enrichment. Our online courses allow your district to provide students with the courses they need at a fraction of the cost of a face-to-face classes. Sometimes only three or four students want a class and it just isn’t feasible to schedule the class into your school’s teacher load.

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Kansas Certified Teachers

 

All Wichita eSchool courses are designed by district certified teachers. Wichita eSchool teachers are working in regular schools within the district teaching the same grade levels and course subjects that they are designing online.  The teachers know the curriculum and are able to create lessons appropriate for their grade level and course subjects online.  These same teachers are also available to answer questions and assist students through e-mail on a daily basis.

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Mentoring Online

All online teachers will answer e-mail questions from students or parents within 24 hours. In most cases the turn around time will be closer to 4 to 6 hours as teachers check e-mail several times daily. The high school teachers will also post online office hours so that students can ask questions and get immediate responses.

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Accreditation

All students enrolled in Wichita eSchool will be enrolled in a Kansas State Board of Education accredited school. All courses offered through Wichita eSchool will be approved by the Wichita School District, as all courses are the same courses taught in our comprehensive schools.

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Rigorous Courses

Wichita eSchool students are taking online courses that follow very closely the format and assignment schedule of all our school courses. At the high school level, students will be assigned the same amount of work for credit as any Wichita Public School student. They will take all assessments and finals and will be graded on the same scale as all our students.  Most courses are offered in 9 week blocks (.5 credit).

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Course Content and Structure

Wichita eSchool courses are standards driven and contain a variety of learning activities. Many of the activities take advantage of the Internet to discuss topics and to expand on lessons. Online teaching videos are embedded into the courses to allow online teachers to lecture, demonstrate, conduct experiments, and explain lessons so students don’t have to rely totally on reading all lesson directions. Discussion boards are also a part of the courses so students can discuss topics within the course with each other.

Enrollment Fees

• $150 Per course (.5 credit)

• $25 Registration and administration fees

• $30 Textbook rental – some courses use online text

• Textbooks will need to be mailed back to us after course final

• Fees may be paid by the student or the student’s attending high school

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Refunds

Once a student is enrolled and processed in the online course, refunds will not be issued.

 

Course Completion

Students enrolled in high school semester courses for half (.5) credit will have one block (9 weeks) to complete their coursework before taking a face-to-face final at their attending high schools. Students enrolled in full year high school courses for (1.0) credit will have one school year (a 9 week block in Fall and a 9 week block in Spring) to complete those courses. These students will need to take a face-to-face semester final at the end of each 9 week block..

 

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Transfer of Credit

Wichita Public Schools will provide a record of completed courses for high school students.  Your registrar may then enter the course credits on your students' transcripts.

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Specifications for Computer

Students will need daily access to a computer with an Internet account.  To take courses online you will need these computer specifications:

• PC computer with speakers and sound card

• Internet connection and web browser: preferably Netscape 4.0 or higher or Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. Do not use AOL!

• Acrobat Reader 6.0 or higher, Download Acrobat Reader for free at:   http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

• Free download of most current version of Windows Media Player ,  Download Windows Media Player for free at :  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

• E-mail account to be assigned by Wichita eSchool

• Microsoft Word for assignments that are turned into the online gradebook.

• Microsoft Office 2007 for Computer Applications and Computer Presentation courses.

 

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Contact Information

 

 

 

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High School Information

• Students who successfully complete online high school courses through Wichita eSchool will receive credit for the accredited courses from Wichita Public Schools; Wichita, Kansas.

• The online teachers will assign all daily work, projects, and assessments.

•  Coursework will include textbook readings, Internet research, worksheet completion, projects, quizzes, and tests. The online course will be very similar to coursework in our brick and mortar schools.

• Students must take and receive a passing grade for face-to-face adult monitored semester finals for all online courses to receive course credit.

• The online teacher will grade all assignments, projects and assessments and will assign course grades.

• The online teacher will be available to the students to answer questions and assist the students in understanding assignments.

• Students taking online courses need to be self-motivators who are able to follow timelines and are responsible for completing coursework in a timely manner.

• The program is not intended as a recovery program for students who need day-to-day assistance doing coursework. Students struggling with courses at school will find the online courses more time consuming and difficult than courses at a site.

 

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High School Courses

English

• Applied Communications

• English 1

• English 2

• English 3

• English Composition (.5)

• ECCR (English Composition/College Reading)

• World Literature (.5)

Math

• Algebra 1

• Algebra 2

• Geometry   

• Intermediate Algebra                                                                   

Social Studies

• Government (.5)

• Psychology (.5)

• Personal Finance (.5)

• Sociology (.5)

• World History

• US History 1

• US History 2

Science

• Applied Chemistry

• Biology

• Earth Space Science

• Physical Science Survey

Electives

• Computer Applications 1   (.5)

• Computer Applications 2   (.5)

• Computer Presentation (.5)

• Community Service (.5)

• Creative Writing

• Introduction to Art

• Keyboarding (.5)

• Modified P.E.

• Music Appreciation

• Spanish 1

 

 

 

If you are interested in courses not listed here, please contact Shawn Morris, Wichita eSchool Program Administrator.

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English Courses

English 1                                               1211-1212
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9 In this course, students will develop their understanding and use of writing, reading, oral language, literature, and computers. Students will write exposition and personal narratives; they will read world literature; they will develop a brochure using reference materials.  While composing, students will use the computer to check spelling, make changes and corrections, and print text.

Textbooks:

Literature and Integrated Studies, Scott Foresman

                 Replacement cost          $54.03

McDougal Littell English-Orange, McDougal, Littell & Co.

                 Replacement cost ....... $57.20

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English 2                                               1221-1222
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit        
Grade Level: 10 In this course, students will expand their understanding and use of writing, reading, oral language, literature, and computers. Students will write a comparison/contrast essay reflective of some research and an original short story or set of poems; they will read early American Literature and appraise the various genres according to structure; they will produce a mini-research paper on a possible career. When composing, students will use the computer to pre-write, to compose, to analyze word choice with the thesaurus, and to cut and paste text.

Textbooks:

Literature and Language-American Literature, McDougal, Littell     

                 Replacement cost          $61.09

McDougal Littell English-Blue, McDougal, Littell & Co.

            Replacement cost          $32.82

 

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English 3                                               1231-1232
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 11 In this course, students will develop greater sophistication in their understanding and use of writing, reading, oral language, literature, and computers. Students will write a literary analysis, a persuasive paper, a timed in-class paper, and a research paper; they will read modern American Literature.  While composing, students will format papers with the computer.

Textbooks:

The Writer’s Craft, Idea to Expression- Yellow, McDougal, Littell Co.

                 Replacement cost          $30.79

The Language of Literature, McDougal, Littell & Co.

                 Replacement cost          $56.60

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World Literature                             1520

One Semester                            .5 credit
Grade Level: 12  In this course, students will read, discuss, and write about literature from around the world. This course may be used for elective credit or for Senior English credit.

Textbooks:

 World Literature and Language Arts, EMC Publishing Co.

            Replacement cost          $58.30

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English Composition                   1150 

One Semester                       .5  credit

Grade Level: 12  In this course, students will improve their writing skills. They will develop skills in writing essays, articles, short stories, and other

Textbooks:

The Writer’s Craft, Idea to Expression- Purple, McDougal, Littell Co.

                 Replacement cost........ $30.79

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English Composition -
College Reading                      1153/1154
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit

Grade Level: 12 In this course, students will unify and apply their study of composition, language, and literature. The emphasis in language is the application of all of the enabling skills in composition for their use in writing all forms of composing. The emphasis of composition is on application of skills with attention given to individual style. The study of literature continues the emphasis on genres with attention to historical, social, and political implications of literature.

Textbooks:

The Writer’s Craft, Idea to Expression- Purple, McDougal, Littell Co.

                 Replacement cost          $30.79

Student Book of College English, Simon & Schuster

                 Replacement cost          $28.05

World Literature and Language Arts, EMC Publishing Co.

                 Replacement cost          $58.30

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Mathematics Courses

Algebra 1                                 2111/2112
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 In this course, students will learn to communicate algebraically and to apply algebraic skills. Students will develop skills in manipulating signed numbers, graphing, working with formulas, and solving linear and quadratic equations.

Textbooks:

Algebra I, Integration, Application, Connections,  Glencoe/McGraw Hill.

                 Replacement cost………$46.18

 

Algebra 2                                 2121/2122
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 In this course, students will continue to study concepts introduced in Algebra 1 and Geometry/Informal Geometry. Students will also study applications of these concepts: variation, progressions, polynomial functions, logarithms, complex numbers and matrix algebra.

Textbooks:

Algebra 2:  Applications, Equations, Graphs, McDougal, Littell Co.

                 Replacement cost          $53.63

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Geometry                                 2421/2422
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Students will study properties of plane and solid figures. Obtaining information about geometric figures, developing logical thinking by means of proof, thinking in three-dimensional terms and developing an appreciation of the applications of geometry in the modern world will be the emphasis of this course.

Textbooks:

Geometry:  Tools for a Changing World,  Prentice Hall

                 Replacement cost………$51.12

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Social Studies Courses

 

World History                        3451/3452
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 In this course, students will study human history from its beginnings to the present with emphasis placed upon learning to interpret current global situations in the context of historical patterns. Students will compare and contrast cultures and religions by learning and applying the social, political, geographic, and economic tools of the historian. This course will satisfy the World Studies requirement.

Textbooks:

World History:  The Human Experience, Glencoe/McGraw Hill

                 Replacement cost          $49.46

 

United States History I             3361/3362
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 10 This required course covers American history through the 18th and 19th centuries. Emphasis is placed upon the Colonial Period, the American Revolution, the origins and the development of the U.S. Constitution, Sectionalism, the Civil War, Reconstruction, westward expansion, and the rise of industrialism through 1900.

Textbooks:

History of a Free Nation, Glencoe

                 Replacement cost          $56.63

 

United States History 2             3641/3642
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 11, 12 This required course is a continuation of United States History 1. The scope of study in this course begins with events after 1900 and ends with the present. Major areas of study include democratic reforms, World War I, The Great Depression, World War II, postwar problems, Kennedy-Johnson-Nixon eras, to the present.

Textbooks:

American Odyssey:  The U.S. in the 20^th Century, Glencoe

                 Replacement cost          $58.02

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United States Government 3350
One Semester                            .5 credit

Grade Level: 12 Students in this required course will study local, state, and federal levels of the American political system.

Textbooks:

United States Government:  Democracy in Action, Glencoe McGraw Hill

                 Replacement cost          $49.46

 

Sociology                                        3800
One Semester                            .5 credit
Grade Level: 11, 12 In this course, students will study the forms, functions and institutions of human groups. Special emphasis will be placed on the studies of family relationships, and of contributory factors of improving relationships between individuals and groups.

Textbooks:

Sociology:  The Study of Human Relationships, Holt, Rinehart and Winston

             Replacement cost          $57.00

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Science Courses

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Biology 1                                 4251/4252
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Students in this traditional course will study plant life, human anatomy, and animal life. Students will learn to use microscopes. Animal dissection, classification, populations and habitats, natural selections, heredity, and reproduction will be studied with an emphasis upon appreciation of the interdependence between all life forms within an environment.

Textbooks:

Biology:  The Dynamics of Life, Glencoe

                 Replacement cost          $57.16

Physical Science Survey              4811/4812
One or Two Semesters          .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 This is a preparatory course including approximately eighteen weeks in each of the following fields: physics and chemistry. This course, which meets the state requirements for laboratory science, stresses scientific methods, critical thinking, and certain laboratory skills.

 

Textbooks:

Science Spectrum; Holt, Rinehart, Winston

                       Replacement cost     $58.08

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Earth-Space Science             4351/4352
One or Two Semesters   .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Students in this laboratory-oriented survey course study selected topics from the sciences of astronomy, geology, meteorology, and oceanography. Students will work with materials gained through recent exploration, discovery, and theory. This course is NOT open to students who have earned credit in astronomy or geology.

Textbooks:

Earth Science 9^th Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc.

                 Replacement cost          $50.57

 

Chemistry1                               4321/4322
One or Two Semesters     .5 or 1.0 credit
Grade Level: 11, 12 Students in this course learn the chemistry of common elements and compounds.  Especially emphasized will be characteristics of makeup, uses, and properties for synthesis of compounds.

 

Textbooks:

Chemistry 5^th Edition; Addison –Wesley Pub. Co.

                 Replacement cost          $61.57

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Elective Courses

 

Introduction to Art                    8201/8202

One or Two Semesters   .5 or 1.0 credit

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12  In this course, students will study art concepts and apply design principles in art production activities. This course provides a survey of art history, philosophy, aesthetics, and criticism.

Textbooks:

Visual Experience; Davis

                       Replacement cost     $30.48

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Computer Applications 1                    6510

One Semester                                  .5 credit

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12  This course introduces the student to the software of the business world. This course includes computer concepts, word processing, spreadsheets with charts and graphs, and basic database design. Students will create and format documents correctly for business and personal use. Activities will be used to introduce the student to the business environment and documents frequently used in business.

Textbooks:

Office XP: A Comprehensive Approach; Glencoe McGraw-Hill

                 Replacement cost          $50.00

 

Computer Applications 2                    6511

One Semester                                  .5 credit

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12  This course introduces the student to the software of the business world. This course includes computer concepts, word processing, spreadsheets with charts and graphs, and basic database design. Students will create and format documents correctly for business and personal use. Activities will be used to introduce the student to the business environment and documents frequently used in business.

Textbooks:

Office XP: A Comprehensive Approach; Glencoe McGraw-Hill

                 Replacement cost          $50.00

 

Computer Keyboarding                ..... 6901

One Semester                              .5 credit

Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12  Proper keyboard stroking is thoroughly covered in this basic course. The student is also introduced to some personal and business typing applications such as centering, tabulation, correspondence, themes, and outlines. This course provides skills for computer keyboarding, report/theme and letter writing, and meets the needs of a college-bound student. 

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Computer Presentation                     5780

One Semester                              .5 credit

Grade Level: 10, 11, 12