10th Grade Course Selection Guide

10th grade students must register for a MINIMUM of 6 courses for each semester. Choose courses thoughtfully. Ask your current teachers for recommendations of levels. The master schedule, staffing, and resources are allocated based on requests. Schedule corrections will be extremely limited. For yearlong courses, you will need to sign up for both semesters. Alternates are encouraged in case your first choice class is unavailable.

Typical 10th Grade Choices

Choose one course from each of the core subjects below, unless you've already met the graduation requirement and don't wish to continue. 
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Math
World Language
Health
10th Grade English LA (or Adv WT)  ⏹​
Physics Adv WT ©★ ⏹
or
Chemistry Adv WT ​★⏹
or
Earth Space Geo (Physical Science) ⏹​
or
Marine Biology ★ ⏹
World History ⏹
or
AP World History WT ⏹​
Algebra I  ⏹
or
Geometry (or Adv WT) ★ ⏹
or
Algebra 2 (or Adv WT) ★ ⏹
or
Precalculus (or Adv WT ©) ​★ ⏹
French I ⏹
or
French 2 ★⏹
or
French 3 (or Adv WT and French III ©) ★⏹
or
German I ⏹
or
German 2 ★⏹
or
German 3 (or Adv WT and German III ©)★⏹
or
Spanish 1 ⏹
or 
Spanish 2 ★⏹
or 
Spanish 3 ★⏹
or
Spanish 4 WT ★⏹
 or
ASL 1  ⏹
or
ASL 2 WT and ASL II ©★ ⏹​

​Issues in Health ◣
or
Teen Choices and 
Culinary Nutrition ⏹
​or
​PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science WT ⏹

Electives: Choose 1-4 elective courses with at least 2-3 alternates
*If you choose only one elective course, make sure it is year-long (2 semesters).  

Art
​*Meets fine arts req

Draw Paint 1 ◣
Draw Paint 2 ★◣
Draw Paint 3 ★◣
Draw Paint 4 ★◣
Ceramics/Pottery 1 ◣
Ceramics/Pottery 2 ★◣
Ceramics/Pottery 3 ★◣
Ceramics/Pottery 4 ★◣
Film Photography 1 ◣
​Film Photography 2 ★◣
​Film Photography 3 ★◣
​Film Photography 4 ★◣
Digital Art & Design 1 WT #◣
Digital Art & Design 2 WT #★◣
Digital Art & Design 3 WT #★◣
Unified Art (Peer Mentor) ◣

Engineering & Design
​*Meets practical experience req

Intro to Engineering Design WT # ⏹
​
Principles of Engineering WT ★# ⏹​

Health

​Issues in Health ◣

Teen Choices and Culinary Nutrition ⏹​

Family & Consumer Science
​*Meets practical experience req

Culinary Essentials I ⏹​

​Teen Choices (earns Health) and Culinary Nutrition ⏹

ADV Culinary Experience WT ★⏹

Biomedical Sciences
*Meets practical experience req

PLTW Principles of Biomedical Science WT (also meets health req) ⏹ 
​​PLTW Human Body Systems WT ★⏹ 

Requesting Off Periods

Period 1 (FREE PER1)
​Period 7 (FREE PER7)

**You may request ONE off period per semester. Monarch does not offer a study hall option.

Business & Marketing
​*Meets practical experience req

HSB Principles of Business WT ◣ and
HSB Business Economics WT $ ◣

HSB Principles of Marketing WT ★©⏹

​Business Law WT (Legal Environ of Bus) ©◣

Language Arts

Public Speaking ^◣
Video & Film 1 ◣
Video & Film 2 ◣
Creative Writing ^◣
Philosophy in Film ◣
Mythology ◣
Film Lit ^◣
Broadcast Journalism 1 ⏹
Broadcast Journalism 2 ★⏹
Newspaper 1 (Pub Prod Nwspr 1) ⏹
Newspaper 2 (Pub Prod Nwspr 2)★⏹
Yearbook 1 (Pub Prod Yrbook 1) ⏹
Yearbook 2 (Pub Prod Yrbook 2)★⏹​​

Theatre/Music
*Meets fine arts req

S/A/T/B Choir (All Choir)  ⏹
Band 2 (all Band & Percussion)  ⏹
Jazz Band 2 (all Jazz Band)  ⏹
Orchestra 1 (all Orchestra)  ⏹
Audio Production I (pop mus rec) ◣
Guitar 1 ◣
Guitar 2 ◣
Theatre 1 ^ (meets fine arts, LA elective, or communication req) ◣
Theater 2 ★◣
Unified Theatre (Peer Mentor) (meets fine arts, LA elective, or communication req) ◣
Stagecraft ​(does not meet fine arts, only practical experience) ◣

Computer Science
​*Meets practical experience req

AP Cybersecurity WT ©# ⏹
​
AP Computer Science Principles WT (AP- level INtro to CS) ©#⏹

AP Networking WT ©#⏹
​
AP Computer Science A (Java) WT ★©#⏹

​Coding I WT ◣
​
WBL Comp & Digital Tech (coyote tech squad- repeatable) #◣

Social Studies 

AP Human Geography WT (spring only) ◣
Economics $◣
Psychology ​◣
AP Psychology WT (spring only)★◣
AP U.S. Gov Politics WT (spring only) ◣
Anthropology ◣

Physical Education

Wellness in Action ◣
Fitness (Cardio Kickboxing) ◣
Weight Train 1 ◣
Training for Performance (Sem 1 athletes) ◣
Weight Train 2 (Sem 2 athletes) ◣
Unified PE (peer mentor) ◣
Yoga ◣
Aerobic Walking ◣
Golf ◣
Racquet Sports ◣
Team Sports ◣
Basketball 1 ◣

Other Offerings

AVID 10 ⏹
​
ACA Peer Instruction (special education peer mentor) ◣

Academic Assistant at Monarch K-8 ◣

Leadership (Peer Ambassador) ​◣
​
Wilderness First Aid WT (meets practical exp req) #©◣ 

KEY:

 ⏹- Full Year (2 sections)
 ◣- Semester (1 section)
WT - Weighted Grade Scale
★ - Pre-Requisite Course
$ - Satisfies Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement
HSB - High School of Business (Pathway Course)
© - Potential College Transcript Credit
^ - Some Mature Content
# - Potential Industry Certificate
For more information about specific courses, please refer to the Course Catalog.
For more information on graduation requirements, please refer to the Course Progression Sequence.