Jazz Bands These before-school classes will meet throughout the year. Basic fundamentals of the jazz idiom will be studied, and performance is the course’s goal. Prerequisite: Students will be placed in either Jazz Lab Band or Jazz Ensemble by the director...
Journalism Media Communication: Newspaper (Oracle) This semester-long course focuses on writing, editing, journalistic ethics, and student First-Amendment rights. Students will learn the basics of writing news, features, sports stories, and editorials. Enrolled...
Journalism Media Communication: Yearbook (Etruscan) This year-long publications elective offers on-the-job training for staff members and editors of the school yearbook. Students practice organization, design, layout, and journalistic writing skills. Students also...
Mandarin Chinese 163 Students begin to develop language competency within the context of culturally rich thematic units. Performance-based activities allow students to speak and write in practiced and familiar situations. Listening and reading skills are developed...
Mandarin Chinese 263 Students continue to develop language competency within the context of culturally rich thematic units. Performance-based activities allow students to speak and write in practiced and familiar situations with increasing independence. Listening and...
Mandarin Chinese 273 Students continue to develop more advanced competency in Chinese within the context of culturally rich thematic units. Performance-based activities allow students to speak and write in practiced, familiar situations as well as occasional...
Mandarin Chinese 363 Students continue to develop language competency within the context of culturally rich thematic units. Performance-based activities allow students to speak and write in familiar situations independently. Listening and reading skills are further...
Mandarin Chinese 373 Students continue to develop more advanced language competency within the context of culturally rich thematic units based on the six AP themes. Performance-based activities allow students to speak and write independently in unfamiliar situations....
Mandarin Chinese 463 Students continue to develop language competency within the context of culturally rich thematic units. Performance-based activities allow students to speak and write independently in unfamiliar situations. Listening and reading skills are further...
Mandarin Chinese 473 This Pre-AP language and culture course helps students continue to develop their competence within the context of culturally rich thematic units based on the six AP themes. Performance-based activities allow students to speak and write...
Mandarin Chinese 563 The course aims to further develop student’s critical thinking and linguistic skills, as well as to deepen their cultural understanding of the Chinese speaking culture(s). This course is thematically anchored with authentic resources such as...
Mandarin Chinese 573 The course aims to further develop student’s critical thinking and linguistic skills, as well as to deepen their cultural understanding of the Chinese speaking culture(s). This course is thematically anchored with authentic resources such as...
Mandarin Chinese AP Language and Culture 583 Students work to develop advanced linguistic and cultural competencies across the three modes of communication in the context of the six AP themes. Performance-based activities and assessments provide students with multiple...
Multilingual Guided Studies For Multilingual Learners with Entering to Expanding English proficiency. Focuses on providing supported study and reteaching for math, science, English, and social studies. Particular attention is paid to connecting students with academic...
Music Production and Technology 163, 263 Students in Music Production and Technology will learn to utilize synthesizers and samplers on a variety of digital audio workstations (DAW). Modern digital recording techniques are learned through hands-on experience in the...
Music Production and Technology LA Students in Music Production and Technology LA will learn to utilize synthesizers and samplers on a variety of digital audio workstations (DAW). Modern digital recording techniques are learned through hands-on experience in the...
Music Theory 161 An accelerated study of the basic principles of music theory: notation, scales, keys, harmony, melody and four-part writing, form, ear training, sight singing and harmonic analysis. A brief overview of music history from medieval to contemporary times...
News and Sports Broadcasting 161, 261, 361, 461, 561, 661, 761 This course is designed specifically for students with an interest in broadcast journalism. Students are responsible for the design and development of on-air journalistic packages that meet the perceived...
Orchestra-String Ensemble This ensemble is for freshmen and other students continuing to develop fundamental musicianship and technique. String Ensemble rehearses and performs a wide variety of string literature. Occasionally, this ensemble will combine forces with...
Photography 161 Photography is the art of seeing, thinking, composing, processing and presenting images. The goal of the GBS Photography program is to nurture the ability and desire of students to make images that inform, surprise, enlighten or mystify. Students will...
