Health
Entering 9th grade
The health curriculum focuses on teaching students to make quality decisions on matters relating to their mental, physical, social, and emotional health. The class will include units on decision making, self-esteem, healthy relationships, mental health, exercise and fitness, nutrition, human sexuality, substance abuse, bullying, and infectious diseases. This class is taught from a Catholic perspective, keeping in mind our Marianist philosophy. This course is a requirement for graduation from Chaminade for all students. This course is offered to students the summer prior to their 9th-grade year to allow students flexibility in their schedule during the regular school year, providing space for them to participate in programs such as speech and debate and band. Students will receive their Chaminade laptops as part of this course. Please note that since this a class that is taken for advancement and satisfies a graduation requirement, student must attend each class meeting. Completing this course satisfies the one semester of Health graduation requirement. The grade for this class will be transcribed and the grade will be calculated into the students Chaminade GPA.
Location: West Hills Campus
Dates: July 8 – 26
Time: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tuition: $975
Geography
Entering 9th Grade
This required course develops students' awareness of place and enhances students’ geopolitical comprehension. Students explore the interaction of humans and their environment, analyze patterns of human development, and cultivate an understanding of various world regions and their cultural, economic, and political characteristics. Structured as a broad survey, this course provides students with a foundation for understanding contemporary global issues, including: population, migration, culture, religion, ethnicity, politics, development, agriculture, industry, and the environment.
This course is a requirement for graduation from Chaminade for all students. This course is offered to students the summer before their 9th-grade year to allow students flexibility in their schedule during the regular school year, providing space for them to participate in programs such as speech and debate and band. Students will receive their Chaminade laptops as part of this course.
Location: West Hill Campus
Dates: June 17 - July 3
Time: 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Tuition: $975
Online Freshmen Technology Fundamental
Entering 9th grade
Students at Chaminade are introduced to the concept of online learning in this course. Since so many students today engage in distance education as part of their college career, this course introduces the student to essential principles that will enable their success in this type of learning. Concepts like time management, netiquette, and qualities of a successful online student are examined. The course then introduces the student to various aspects of online academic technologies that will assist them at their time here at Chaminade. Components of Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Powerpoints are examined, as well as the use of Office 365. The course then transitions to examining other online academic technologies used here at Chaminade. These skills include navigating library databases, using online tools & websites, using Naviance (Chaminade’s counseling and college application program) as well as file management & backup techniques. The final goal of the class is to put all the skills together and be able to use these skills in real-world situations. Since this is an online course, accountability and responsibility become very important. The class will be broken into five one-week-long modules that will have a certain number of assessments due at the end of every week. The modules start the Monday of every week, and all assessments will be due Sunday at 10:00 pm. Students should make sure to give themselves enough time to complete all the required assessments for that week because any assignment not turned in for the module by midnight Sunday will be considered late and lose credit. Students will receive their Chaminade laptops during this class session (pending manufacturer delivery).
Choose ONE of the following sessions:
Location: West Hills Campus
Session 1: Tuesday, June 18 – Monday, July 22
A MANDATORY ORIENTATION- Tuesday, June 18.
Details to be emailed home closer to the date.
Location: West Hills Campus
Session 2: Monday, July 8 – Sunday, August4
A MANDATORY ORIENTATION- Monday July 8.
Details to be emailed home closer to the date.
Tuition: $500