English I

Credits: 1.0 English
Level: Required Grade 9
Prerequisites: None
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: This year long course is an introduction to high school English. Through the study of literature, nonfiction, and life, students explore the unknown, search for identity and equality, and seek achievement, opportunity, and understanding. They will read to analyze the way language is used to express human motivation and research to examine the results of actions in the real world.

Math Options (Choose One)

Pre-Algebra

Credits: 1.0 Math
Level: Required Grade 9
Prerequisites: None
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: This year long course is an introduction to high school math.  Pre-Algebra will help students transition from Elementary Math to Algebra. 

Algebra I

Level: Required Grades 9 - 10
Prerequisites: Pre-Algebra or 8th Grade Math
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: This year long course is an introduction to high school math.  Algebra I is the foundation, the skills acquired in this course contain the basic knowledge needed for all future high school math courses. Each module in this course is presented in a step-by-step way right on the computer screen. Hands-on labs make the numbers, graphs, and equations more real. The content in this course is tied to real-world applications like sports, travel, business, and health. This course is designed to give students the skills and strategies to solve all kinds of mathematical problems.

Geometry

Credits: 1.0 Math
Level: Required Grades 9 - 11
Prerequisites: Algebra
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: This year long course is designed to explore real world geometry.  Geometry is everywhere, not just in pyramids. Engineers use geometry to build highways and bridges. Artists use geometry to create perspective in their paintings, and mapmakers help travelers find things using the points located on a geometric grid. Throughout this course, students travel a mathematical highway illuminated by spatial relationships, reasoning, connections, and problem solving.

Physical Science

Credits: 1.0 Science
Level: Required Grade 9
Prerequisites: None
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: This year long course is an introduction to high school science.  This course is designed as an interactive, 21st century course focusing on basic physics and chemistry. Topics include forces and motion, energy through waves, electricity and magnetism, the matter around us, chemical bonding and reactions. This course is designed to serve as a foundation for the study of the physical sciences. Students will demonstrate a vast understanding of the importance of the physical and chemical properties of the world around them; enabling them to apply these properties to their everyday lives.

World History

Credits: 1.0 Social Studies
Level: Required Grade 9
Prerequisites: None
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: This year long course is an introduction to high school social studies.  Students will learn how the Roman Empire developed in two very distinct directions. Next, students will discover the great intellectual and cultural contributions of Islamic Empires. Journey through the Middle Ages of Europe and Japan to learn how knights and samurais lived. Students will also investigate the rise and fall of some of the great kingdoms of the Americas and Africa and then travel back to the Europe of the Renaissance and Reformation era.

Personal Fitness

Credits: 0.5 Phy-Ed
Level: Required Grade 9
Prerequisites: None
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: This semester-long course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of what real fitness requires and how to best increase strength, endurance, and flexibility. Explore the world of healthy living, and see how real fitness can be achieved through intention, effort, and knowledge. Throughout the course, students participate in a weekly fitness program involving elements of cardio, strength, and flexibility.

Health I: Life Management Skills

Credits: 0.5 Health
Level: Required Grade 9
Prerequisites: None
Dual Credit: No
Attendance: Earned Flexibility
Camera On: Not Required

Description: In this semester-long course, students will learn how to promote better health through decreasing stress and finding a fuller vision of life. Imagine the healthiest people you know. What’s their secret? While some areas of health are genetically determined, the truth is we all have the ability to make positive changes in our physical lives. Explore different lifestyle choices that can influence your overall health from positively interacting with others, to choosing quality health care, to making sensible dietary choices. Students will have the opportunity to build their own plan for improvement and learn how to create the type of environment that will ensure overall health, happiness, and well-being.

9th Grade Elective Courses

Live in a Consortium District? You can take a couple classes in building!

If you are enrolled through a consortium district, you may choose to take courses in your resident district.  To enroll into courses within the building of your consortium resident district, please meet with their building principal or guidance department to enroll in a class.  Daily attendance in the building is required.  Please note which classes you have enrolled in within the building on your Course Sign Up sheet along with the times.  We will fit them into your RVA schedule. 

To see a listing of your consortium course offerings, visit your resident district’s building principal or school counselor.