Courses and Programs

Definitions:

• Assistance of Out-of-School Youth to Re-Enroll indicates whether or not the school offers Assistance of Out-of-School Youth to Re-Enroll program to its students. This program helps re-engage youth who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential (either a diploma or equivalency credential, such as HSED). This includes retrieval of students who have dropped out within the current school year or those who have dropped out in previous years.
• Athletics indicates whether or not the school offers a course of Athletics for its students. A course of Athletics is defined as: A program designed for students who desire to specialize in one or more sports and refine their talents in order to compete with others of similar interests and abilities.
• Concurrent Enrollment Classes on School Property indicates whether or not the school offers concurrent enrollment courses made available on your school's campus or online. A concurrent enrollment course shall be defined as any course that allows a student to simultaneously earn credit both by a local education provider and an institution of higher education.
• Opportunities for Civic or Community Engagement indicates whether or not the school offers opportunities for Civic or Community Engagement to its students. Opportunities for Civic or Community Engagement are defined as: Working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. Civic engagement can take many forms— from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. It can include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions of representative democracy.
• Dance indicates whether or not the school offers a Dance Course to its students. A Dance Education course is defined as: a component of a standards-based curriculum which includes meaningful content, quality instruction and assessments, and an organized plan to ensure that students master the grade level concepts and skills for: performing through multi-sensory experiences, movement, technique, creating and/or improvising dance works, recognizing historical and cultural context, and critiquing and analyzing dance works (including but not limited to: dance techniques, dance repertory, expressive movement, and dance appreciation).
• Comprehensive Health Education indicates whether or not the school offers Comprehensive Health Education. A Comprehensive Health Education course is defined as: a component of a standards-based curriculum which includes meaningful content, quality instruction and assessments, and an organized plan to ensure that students master the grade level concepts and skills for: adopting and maintaining health-enhancing behaviors for physical, sexual, reproductive, social, emotional, and mental wellness as well as preventing and managing risks including injury; alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; and violence and bullying.
• Credit Recovery Program indicates whether or not the school offers a Credit Recovery Program for its students. A credit recovery program shall be defined as: A program implemented at the school and/or district level that enables struggling high school students who have fallen behind on graduation requirements or middle school students who have fallen behind in grade promotion and/or transition into high school to continue earning course credits and make progress toward graduation or grade promotion. This includes programs or activities that facilitate accrual of credits or course remediation especially in core courses (math, science, reading and social studies.) Credit recovery may occur as a student is completing other courses or as an extension activity, such as summer school. Examples include: self-paced digital content programs, online courses, work/study that awards credits, course remediation programs and alternative education programming that result in accrual of credits.
• Drama or Theater indicates whether or not the school offers a Drama or Theatre course to its students. A Drama and Theatre Arts Education course is defined as: a component of a standards-based curriculum which includes meaningful content, quality instruction and assessments, and an organized plan to ensure that students master the grade level concepts and skills for: forming new theatrical works, interpreting theatrical works, developing characters and analyzing roles, performing through multi-sensory experiences, responding and analyzing theatrical works (including but not limited to: drama, theatre, history and literature of the theatre, directing, and play writing).
• Extracurricular Activities indicates whether or not the school offers Extracurricular Activities to its students. An Extracurricular Activity is defined as: Interscholastic activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of the school which contribute to the development of leadership, talent and creativity of the individual participant in an equitable and fair manner to produce an experience in education that is valuable and fair to all.
• Internet Safety Program indicates wether or not the school offers an Internet Safety Program to its students as part of the curriculum. Every public school is required (due to C.R.S. 22-87-102 (2): Children’s Internet Protection Act) to adopt and enforce reasonable policies of internet safety that will protect children from access to harmful material without compromising either the use of the internet as an education resource or responsible adult use of internet services in the school. This field is not indicating if the school has the required policy, however, it is to indicate if the school as an Internet Safety Program within the curriculum. The Internet Safety Program for this field is being defined as: Educating the students about potential online dangers and assisting the students to surf the Internet safely.
• Library indicates whether or not the school offers a Library for its students. A school library is defined as: a dedicated facility located in and administered by the school that provides at least the following: an organized, circulating collection of printed and/or audiovisual and/or computer-based resources, or a combination thereof; paid staff; an established schedule during which services of the staff are available to students and faculty; instruction on using library materials to support classroom standards and improve student research and literacy skills.
• Physical Activity indicates whether or not all students have an opportunity to participate in an average of 30 minutes of physical activity during the school day. Physical activity may include, but need not be limited to exercise programs, fitness breaks, recess, field trips that include physical activity, classroom activities that include physical activity and physical education classes. Recess is defined as: a scheduled period of relaxation or play, especially outdoors.