The IDEAL Science class is designed to bring real-life experience into the classroom by giving students hands-on
activities with life science/safety and chemistry in the kitchen.
Students completing this course will:
• Follow a recipe and explain possible reasons for results when cooking
• Explain the life cycle of at least 2 living organisms
• Understand the steps in the scientific method and how they apply
IDEAL Math
Grade Level: 9,10,11,12
Prerequisite: I.E.P.
Credit: 1. 0
IDEAL Math is designed for students to participate in a wide variety of basic mathematical learning activities (handson,
discussions, and exploration).
Students completing the course will:
• Study fact strategies
• Computations
• Measurements
• Money, Time, Fractions
• Graphs
IDEAL Language Arts Grade Level: 9,10,11,12
Prerequisite: I.E.P.
Credit: 1. 0
The IDEAL Language Arts class is designed to provide real life experiences in reading, writing, listening and
speaking skills.
Students completing this course will:
• Write/type a friendly letter
• Read from a newspaper and answer who, what, when, where, why questions
• Discuss real life current events
• Fill out personal ID forms
• Listen to and follow verbal directions
IDEAL Work
Grade Level: 9,10,11,12
Prerequisite: I.E.P.
Credit: 1. 0
IDEAL Work. This class is three-fold: classroom instruction – on-the-job training – apartment living. The curriculum
is set up in such a way to help students with transition from high school.
Students completing this course will:
• Complete job search activities
• Develop a budget
• Prepare meals
• Learn housekeeping skills
• Maintain vending machines
• Assist with office/mailings
IDEAL Health Grade Level: 9,10,11,12
Prerequisite: I.E.P.
Credit: 1.0
The IDEAL Health class is designed to promote a healthy life style through awareness of body systems and functions
by providing hands-on experience in the areas of:
• Hygiene
• Personal safety
• Fitness
• Nutrition
• Emotional balance
• Drug awareness
Students completing the class will:
• Identify the differences between legal and illegal drugs
• Identify sexual issues appropriate to their level of development
• Identify characteristics of healthy relationships
• Identify characteristics of emotional maturity
• Identify components of a healthy lifestyle
IDEAL Social Studies
Grade Level: 9,10,11,12
Prerequisite: I.E.P.
Credit: 1.0
The IDEAL Social Studies class is designed to provide opportunities for the students to experience cultures and
events in our community as well as in other states and countries.
• Identify news events around the world
• Prepare oral reports on people and places
• Use map skills
• Practice citizen responsibilities
The Language Arts course is designed to teach skills in all areas of communication — speaking, reading, and writing.
The course will include...
• A variety of literature — novels, short stories, and essays
• Structured writing with lessons on sentence, paragraph, and essay construction
• Formal speeches and informal discussions
Students completing this course will...
• Improve their present level of reading
• Improve their present level of spelling
• Identify and explain 6 syllable types and apply them in reading and writing
• Be able to divide words into syllables for decoding
• Identify spelling rules to help learn patterns within our English language
Learning Lab’s purpose is to assist students with class work.
Given instruction and assistance in the Learning Lab, students will meet the following objectives at 80% or better:
• Attend class daily
• Be on time to class
• Bring necessary materials to class
• Be on task during class
• The Basic Math course is designed to teach basic math skills at the level of the individual students as
identified in the I.E.P. Content may include areas such as the use of the basic operations, use of decimals,
fractions, leading into basic geometry and the use of equations.
