Chemistry is the scientific study of matter. This course aims to develop students as practicing laboratory scientists who can ask and answer questions of their own about what the world is made of and how and why chemistry reactions occur. This course also aims to develop students' conceptual and quantitative understanding of chemical principals. Units of study in this course include the nature of the atom, naming of chemicals and compounds, bonding, the periodic table, reactions and equilibrium, stoichiometry, behavior of gases, acids, bases, and safe laboratory practices. (SI Course Catalog 08-09) Note: Students may not be absent on the last day of summer school and must take the final as scheduled on July 17.

Required textbook:
The chemistry textbook will be loaned to all students during the summer session. The students will be required to make two payments to the teacher during the first two days of summer school:
1. Payment #1 is a check for $100 made out to St. Ignatius. This is a book deposit only that will be returned to the student at the end of the session if the student returns the textbook.
2. Payment #2 is a check or cash for $5. This payment is for a lab book and will not be returned to you.

Classroom instruction for High School students. Thirty classroom hours as required by state law to obtain a driver's permit (NOT A LICENSE).

$640

5 credits

Grade Level - 12

Prerequisite - English 100 or 103H; 200 or 203H; 300 or 303H

Photographer Laszlo Moholy-Nagy writes: "The illiterate of the 20th century will be as ignorant of the camera as of the pen." This single-semester course tries to create conscious and knowledgeable readers and viewers of film and adds a proper balance to the study of fiction and film through the act of writing. Why see the film if you've read the book? Why read the book if you've already seen the film? Fiction into Film seeks to help the student see that literature and film go hand in hand by the nature of their common narrative elements despite the differences in their delivery. To that end, the student will use analytical skills in considering films and apply these skills to their work with literature -- and vice versa. The writing component of the course will be largely expository and in the form of critical papers discussing aspects of literary analysis and film technique as found in the particular works as well as comparisons between the original source and its screen adaptation. (SI Course Catalog 08-09) Note: Students may not be absent on the last day of summer school and must take the final as scheduled on July 17.

Required textbook:
Required books will be announced by the teacher in class during the first week of summer school.

PETITION TO JUNIOR PRECALCULUS (Formerly known as Advanced Algebra)
Note! This class is five weeks long and will run from June 15 - July 17
Dates: June 15 - July 17

• This course is open to currently enrolled St. Ignatius sophomores only.
• Check your course approval list on Family Connection to find out if you were approved to take the ‘Petition to Junior Precalculus’ course. Your approval will specify ‘SS REQ'. If approved, you must sign up for the summer class before you turn in your schedule to your counselor.
• Enrollment in this course represents a request for placement into Precalculus Accelerated or Precalculus Honors.

Course Description: Each week of the course, one topic will be covered with a unit test. The material covered will be those select Algebra 2 topics which fall between Algebra 1 and Precalculus Honors: polynomial functions and their graphs, conic sections, rationals, exponential and log functions, and Sequences and Series, all with an emphasis on graphing calculator use.  Students can expect that approximately 20 minutes of each class period will consist of direct instruction; the rest of the time will be devoted to independent work, since ability to handle a fast pace is required for honors and accelerated courses.  There will be a cumulative final exam. Daily homework equaling roughly 90 minutes will be required.  Tutoring and extra help are discouraged, as this might result in placement in a course beyond the student's true capabilities.

Grades: While students are expected to be thoroughly prepared for class, as well as to participate fully in class, grades and subsequent fall math placement are based solely on performance on the unit tests and the final exam.  Advanced Algebra is strictly an enrichment class and satisfies no graduation or remediation requirements, nor does the grade count in any GPA, so +/- will not be given. The following grading policy will apply:  100-90% = A, 89.9-80% = B, below 80% = no credit.

Criteria for Fall Placement: Students applying for Precalculus Honors must earn an A in Advanced Algebra. Students applying for Precalculus Accelerated must earn a B or higher.  Grades below B will indicate a fall placement in Algebra 2. 

Absence policy for this class only: 1. Student may not miss more than a total of 5 days of class. 2. Of a student's 5 allotted absences, the student may not take more than 4 absences during the last week of the summer session.

Textbook: Fee includes a textbook that will be provided.

Requirements:

• Completion of all tests and quizzes
• Preparedness and participation
• Possession and use of a Graphing Calculator (TI 83 or 84 preferred)

PHYSICS (One section only in 2009)
June 8 - July 17
Time: 12:45 - 6:30 p.m.

$1,000

10 credits

Grade Level - 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite - Biology, Chemistry, Algebra 1
Criteria for Enrollment - Math GPA 2.0 or higher

Physics is the scientific study of the most fundamental laws of nature. This course aims to further develop students’ appreciation for and competence in the scientific method.  This course also aims to develop students’ conceptual and quantitative understanding of physical principles. Students perform experiments to develop proficiency in laboratory technique in applying physical principles to the analysis of experimental data. Units of study in this course include motion, Newton’s Laws, collisions, energy, thermodynamics, waves, sound, light, fundamental particles of nature, radioactivity, quantum mechanics, and electricity and magnetism.
(SI Course Catalog 08-09) Note: Students may not be absent on the last day of summer school and must take the final as scheduled on July 17.

Required textbook:
Hewitt, Conceptual Physics, 3rd Edition, with expanded technology , Publisher, Pearson, ISBN: 0-201-33287-6
Can be purchased in class through Dr. Philhour on the first or second day of the summer session. Amount to be posted soon.

WORLD HISTORY II  (Three sections available in 2009)
June 8 - July 17

Pre-requisite: World History I

This course is a study of the cultural, political, geopolitical, economic, intellectual, aesthetic, and religious factors involved in human development since the Age of Imperialism in the late 1800s. Mastery of basic factual material as well as ability to analyze and interpret that material will be required. Students will develop a formal thesis and write a research paper defending that thesis. Students are required to demonstrate knowledge of major geographic features and modern countries. (SI Course Catalog 08-09) Note: Students may not be absent on the last day of summer school and must take the final as scheduled on July 17.

Required textbook:
Students are expected to keep the textbook used in World History I for use in the summer session of World History II. All students must read All Quiet on the Western Front by the first day of class.