Advanced Academic Strategies

This one-semester course will meet the high school graduation requirement. Advanced Academic Strategies is designed to develop and enhance students’ academic study strategies. This class must be taken in grade 8 or 9. Included in this course are a variety of effective, research-proven study strategies and skills which will help students achieve their full potential in all of their academic classes. Units of study included in this course are goal setting, organization and time management, learning styles, communication skills, note-taking skills, information-gathering and research skills, memory skills, and test-taking skills. Through this class students will come to possess a repertoire of skills which will enable them to be more effective and efficient learners in the high school setting and beyond.

1/2 credit