This course is for special needs students whose physical needs limit their full participation in the regular physical education courses and are best met in an individually designed program.

Adult Living is a study of functional and practical daily living skills for students assigned through special placements. Students study and explore daily living skills by reading, workbook activities, projects, hands-on learning labs and community shopping. The class goal is to provide exposure and assistance in independent living skills, social skills, and relationship building and consumer skills. Emphasis is placed on independent living skills training related to the community and home environments.

This program is a non-traditional educational curriculum based on academics, real-life experiences, and hands-on activities for selected special education students. Students will be exposed to community survival skills instruction, independent living skills instruction, and life-time leisure activities development. The students will make use of the apartment setting within the West Fargo High School, as well as the community. These classes will meet the requirements of the individual’s IEP.

This course is designed to give the student an understanding of basic economic principles, how to apply them, and how these principles relate to the American free enterprise system. This course will be taught to meet the needs of the individual as developed in the student’s IEP.

This course is designed to meet the needs of the individual student for basic English. It will cover areas of basic English using lecture, classroom discussion, workbook activities, written reports, and presentations. Books are read and discussed as well as functional writing skills are worked on. The skills learned are applied to functional activities of daily living. The class will meet the requirements of the student’s IEP.

This course is designed to give the students an understanding of health and wellness. Students will learn how to maintain positive mental health, deal with emotions, and implement good nutrition and exercise plans. This course will also sharpen students’ abilities to set goals and make decisions. Relevant information will be provided to help students make educated life choices through a decision-making model.

This course can be offered for four years. The curriculum will concentrate on functional math and life skills. Emphasis will be placed on time, money, buying skills, budgeting, banks and math skills needed on-the-job. This course will be taught to meet the needs of each student and meets the requirements of his/her IEP.

Applied Topics in Science I is the study of the human body and matter, motion, and machine. Students study how the body is organized along with body systems, human reproduction, and diseases. In this class students will also learn about matter, nature’s energies, and sound and light. Machines and technology are also taught in this curriculum.

Applied Science II is the study of land animals and plant life for students assigned through special placement. Students study and explore the relationship between plants and animals and humans by reading, workbook activities, projects, collaboration, and hands-on learning labs. The class goal is to provide a basic knowledge of science and how it relates to people. Emphasis is placed on the basic knowledge and conservation efforts.

Applied Science III is the study of biology and water animals for students assigned through special placement. Students focus on water animals and biology by reading, workbook activities, projects, collaboration, and hands-on learning labs. The class goal is to provide a basic knowledge of science and how it relates to people. Emphasis is placed on the basic knowledge and conservation efforts.

This course is designed to meet the needs of individual students in basic social skills. It will cover the social skills of following instructions, decision-making, handling conflicts, showing respect, and accepting consequences. This class meets the requirements of the student’s IEP.

Students will learn the skills needed for personal management, career management, and life management. Students will learn to recognize similarities and differences in people in order communicate and interact socially. Students will be able to follow a decision making process in order to make life choices. There will be an emphasis on identifying strengths and abilities as related to post-secondary goals. Self-advocacy skills will also be taught.

This course will explain the historical background, make-up, and operation of government. It is designed to create awareness of how our government functions, its importance to our everyday life, and the people that serve it. This course will discuss the law-making functions of Congress, the electoral process, the duties of the President, and the function of the federal court. This course will be taught to meet the individual needs of each student as discussed in the student’s IEP.

This course discusses the U.S. from early discovery through the Civil War in the first semester. Second semester emphasizes the emergence of the U.S. from the Civil War to the U.S. becoming a world power in the 20th century. This course includes lecture, map work, and small group projects. It meets the junior social studies requirement.

This course is designed to give the students an understanding of our world. It provides a current overview of world boundaries and helps students visualize other parts of the world. Students will know how boundaries change as a new nation is formed and gives students an appreciation for other cultures with in-depth country profiles.