New Classes at RHS

Meghan Marcoux
Staff Reporter

With the coming of a new year there will also be coming of new classes. Students will have more of a selection and may find these classes more interesting than most. Administrators have had a tough time with what classes they should add and which ones they should leave out. English Language Development 4 is a class that Rangeview was told that they needed to add. "Students must select courses in order for them to be offered," said Ms. Atencio. New classes are being offered to build different knowledge. Some of the new classes for 2010-2011 are Discrete Mathematics, AP Economics, Women in World History, Staff and Students don't know who will be teaching these classes or even how they are going to be taught but students will have these classes available as long as they sign up for them.
Students who do not want to take the courses then classes will have to be cut in order to stay within RHS' money boundary as long as students want to and do take the classes then RHS will offer them. Ms. Atencio said "Nothing is decided officially, as far as I know. There will be fewer teachers, but that does not mean that we will be offering fewer classes." Students will still be able to get free college classes but RHS may be able to offer those courses on campus instead of having to bus students from Rangeview to college campuses. Ms. Atencio said "Some may give students a chance to earn college credit on our campus for free. Others may provide skills students need to be successful in both high school and college.
If we offer a class on our campus for college credit, the teacher must be an adjunct faculty for the college we work with, such as CCA. Typically is required that a teacher have an advanced degree in that field of study, such as a master's degree or higher in Math if you are teaching College Algebra." This gives students a head start on college while they are still in high school just like RHS has done in the past. Choose your classes wisely and always pass them because if students start passing their classes then the Administration can go to higher powers and get more money for the school, but if RHS just keeps chugging along like a normal that's the amount of money RHS will get is a normal amount.