Monday 9 April 2012

Curriculum

Hello all!
Right now we are finalizing my acceptance. Lots of legal form that I don't particuliarly understand...

Anyway, I've been taking a look at the Woodstock curriculum, and here are the couses I'm thinking about. Please leave your opinion and/or reccomendations!
Courses I'd like to take have an asterisk beside them:

Woodstock School Curriculum Guide
ART
Art 9 (Grade 9; 1 year, 1 credit)
Art 10 (Grades 10; 1 year, 1 credit)
Art 11 (Grade 11; 1 year, 1 credit )
AP Studio Art (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit; AP)
Art Core (Grades 10. 11 or 12; for students who did not previously study Art at High School level)

COMPUTER STUDIES
Computer Applications (Grade 11; 1 semester; 1⁄4 credit)

ENGLISH
English 9 (Grade 9; 1 year, 1 credit)
English 10 (Grade 10; 1 year, 1 credit, IGCSE)
English 11 (Grade 11; 1 year, 1 credit, College Preparatory)
*AP English Language & Composition (Grade 11; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
English 12 (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, College Preparatory)
AP English Literature (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
ESL (English as a Second Language) - see below under Languages.

English Electives (open to Grades 11 and 12)
Journalism (1 year, 1 credit)
Introduction to Drama (1 year, 1 Visual and Performing Arts credit)
*Advanced Drama (1 year, 1 Visual and Performing Arts credit; only available to students who have completed Introduction to Drama)
Yearbook; (1 year, 1 non-English credit).

HEALTH EDUCATION
*(Grades 9 and 11; 1 semester each year, 1⁄4 credit).
Topics covered include: interrelation of body and mind; healthy life-style choices; interpersonal relationships; avoidance of substance abuse; first aid; personal health and safety.

LANGUAGES
Hindi: Hindi I (Available in grades 6 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
Hindi II A (Available in grades 6 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit, prerequisite: Hindi I)
Hindi II B (Available in grades 6 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
Hindi IV (First Language) (Grade 9; 1 year, 1 credit)
Hindi IV (Second Language) (Available in grades 6 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
French
French I (Available in grades 8 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
French II (Available in grades 9 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
French III (Available in grades 9 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit, IGCSE)
French IV (Available in grades 10 through 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
*AP French V (Grade 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)

ESL
English as a Second Language (ESL) is available for students whose first language is not English and who require moderate assistance in English. This is offered in Grade 9, and fulfils the Foreign Language requirement for non native English speaking students.

MATHEMATICS
Math 9 (Grade 9; 1 year, 1 credit)
Math 10 (Grade 10; 1 year, 1 credit, IGCSE)
Math 11 (Grade 11; 1 year, 1 credit; College Preparatory)
Math 12 (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit; College Preparatory)
*Advanced Mathematics I (Pre-Calculus) (Grade 11; 1 year, 1 credit)
AP Calculus AB (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
AP Calculus BC (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
AP Statistics (Grade 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)

MUSIC Instrumental Lessons:
Western (Grades 3-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
Private lessons are offered in piano (Grades 3-12), strings (Grades 3-12), classical guitar Grades 5- 12), woodwinds (Grades 5-12), brass (Grades 5-12), percussion (Grades 5-12), and voice (Grades 9- 12)
Indian (Grades 1-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
*Private lessons are offered in Indian dance (Grades 1-12), sitar, flute, and tabla (Grades 7-12)

Performing Groups:
Beginning Strings (Grades 3-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
Junior Orchestra (Grades 3-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester) Intermediate Orchestra (Grades 3-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
Advanced Orchestra (Grades 6-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
Beginning Band (Grades 5-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
Intermediate Band (Grades 5-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
Advanced Band (Grades 7-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
Jazz Band (Grades 7-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
High School Choir (Grades 9-12; 1⁄4 credit per semester)
*Chamber Choir (Grades 9-12)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
P.E. 9 and 10 (Grades 9 and 10; 1 year, 1⁄2 credit)
Inter-School Activities (Woodstock competes with other schools in Mussoorie as well as with teams from Delhi and the surrounding areas. Inter-school competitions are held in soccer, table-tennis, cross- country, basketball, track and field, hockey, badminton and cricket. A wide range of intra-mural activities also occurs within the school, mainly through inter-house competitions.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Introduction to World Religions (Grade 9; 1 semester, 1⁄4 credit)
*The Historical Development of Religious Ideas (Grade 10; 1 semester, 1⁄4 credit)

11th and 12th Grade Courses

(Students are required to take at least one of the following semester- length courses each year. All carry 1/4 credit. Students choose one option from Group A and one from Group B):
Group A Courses (specifically related to the Bible or Christianity):
Introduction to Christianity The Gospel of John Old Testament Survey Paul's Epistles
Group B Courses (related to religion in a general sense):

Comparative Worldviews Religions of Indian Origin
Religions of Semitic Origin

*Contemporary Social and Ethical Issues

SCIENCE
Science 9 (Grade 9; 1 year, 2 credits)
Biology (Grades 10, 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, IGCSE)
*Chemistry (Grades 10, 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, IGCSE)
Physics (Grades 10, 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, IGCSE)
Environmental Science 11 (Grades 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
AP Environmental Science (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
Advanced Biology (Grades 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
AP Biology (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
Advanced Chemistry (Grades 11-12; 1 year, 1 credit)
AP Chemistry (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
Advanced Physics (Grades 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
AP Physics (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)

SOCIAL STUDIES
History 9 (Grade 9; 1 year, 1 credit)
History 10 (Grade 10; 1 year, 1 credit, IGCSE)
Advanced Indian History (Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
AP U.S. History (Grade 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
*AP World History (Grade 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
AP Comparative Government and Politics (Grade 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
Global Issues (Grades 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit)
AP Microeconomics (Grades 11 or 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)
AP Macroeconomics Grade 12; 1 year, 1 credit, AP)

Monday 2 April 2012

Confirmed

I GOT ACCEPTED!!!!!!!! AAAHHHHH!!!!!!
There truly is no bounds to the awesome feelings in me right now!

I was at dinner, and my mother walks in playing indian music on her iPad
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRSBoj4oyas)
And I looked up at her, and screamed "OMG I GOT IN?!"
"Yup"
"EEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

So yeah, too excited for a decent post, but WHO CARES I'M GOING TO INDIA!!!!!!!!

Emily :D