New courses for the 2022-2023 school year
Marygrace Sarrasin, Sophia Murray, Ellie O’Connor, and Amelia Sinclair
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Ancient healers, modern medicine, and the power of connection
Ancient Healers, Modern Medicine, and the Power of Connection will be a half-year course offered to students at the Honors level in the 2022-2023 school year This class is packed with information about various topics, and history teacher Katie Salt is excited to guide students through them. Throughout the semester, students will explore various cultural traditions, beliefs, customs, medicines...
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Case Studies in Native American History
Case Studies in Native American History is a new Honors-level course available to sophomores, juniors and seniors that is dedicated to studying Native American history from the precolonial era to modern times. The single-semester course will examine Native American history, culture and identity. Students will also focus on case studies about key interactions between European settlers and Indigenou...
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Hands-On Engineering
Hands-On Engineering will be a new Applied Arts and Technology elective available to all grades for Honors credit in the 2022-2023 school year. This project-based class will teach the skills and knowledge required to be an engineer with an interactive approach, rather than primarily focusing on formulas or math. Students will have the opportunity to explore the topics of engineering in an active...
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Graphic Design for Publications
Graphic Design for Publications will be a new elective available to all students for Honors credit in the 2022-2023 school year. Using computer software such as Adobe InDesign and Adobe Creative Suite, students will learn how to create visually appealing layouts for posters, magazines, newspapers and more. Skills like typography and graphic design will ultimately help students arrange readable publ...
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Financial Literacy
Starting in the 2022-2023 school year, Applied Arts teacher Patricia Riley will teach Financial Literacy as a half-year elective at both the Honors and College Prep (CP) levels. Financial Literacy is not a new course at Algonquin, but this will be the first year it is offered at the Honors level in addition to the CP level. According to Riley, this single-semester course will dive deeper into topics suc...
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