DCC Honors
Program
What are they and should my
child be enrolled in them?
Discovery Canyon Campus offers a high
quality education for all students.
 ALL classes meet or exceed district and
state standards.
 Students do NOT need to take all honors
level classes offered. Follow a strength or
passion area.
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Multiple Considerations
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Honors classes are qualitatively different
in approach in order to meet the needs of
the highly capable student; however, all
DCC classes regularly seek to provide
challenge and rigor to students.
Examples
What is an Honors Level Class?
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Students compare and
contrast characters from a
piece of literature
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Students complete scientific
experiments related to
concepts being taught
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Pace is a bit slower
Requires typical high school
amount of time management
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Non-Honors
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Students read multiple
works from the same
author and compare and
contrast the author’s
themes brought forth by
the characters.
Students design and
implement scientific
experiments to
demonstrate
understanding of concepts
being taught
Pace moves more quickly
Requires high level of time
management
Honors
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Honors Freshman Literature & Composition
Honors Civics and Law (1 semester)
Honors Economics (1 semester)
Honors Geometry
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Functions, Statistics, and
Trigonometry (H FST)
Honors Pre-Calculus / IB DP Math 2
Honors Biology
”Project Lead the Way”
 Engineering; Biomedical Sciences
HONORS CLASSES AVAILABLE TO
9th GRADE
Engineering
 Honors Intro to Engineering Design
 Honors Principles of Engineering
 Honors Civil Engineering and Architecture
 Honors Digital Electronics
 Honors Engineering Design/Developoment
Biomedical Science
 Honors Principles of Biomedical Science
 Honors Human Body Systems
PLTW
Honors
Classes
FAQ’s
TAG students
 Students whose ability level requires
significant acceleration of the standard
curriculum.
 Highly Motivated Learners
 Students who can work at a high level of
competence, responsibility, and accept a
highly rigorous challenge.
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Who should consider Honors
courses?
Successful Honors Student
Successful Honors Student
Successful Honors Student?
Successful Honors Student?
Successful Honors Student?
This is an individual decision.
Consider:
 Ability
 Study Habits
 Work Ethic
 Extra-curricular commitments
 Post-secondary Goals
 Interest in Diploma Programme
How Many Honors Classes
Should a Student Take?
 My
best friend is taking an honors
class.
 My Mom wants me to.
 I want to boost my GPA.
 I want to get in to a good college.
 I heard that teacher is really good.
Reasons to RE-Consider…
If a student enrolled in an honors
level class earns lower than a C
for the first semester, he or she
will be moved into a non-honors
level section of that same
course.
Honors Program Expectation
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Students will be appropriately challenged
academically
Highly capable, highly motivated students will
be in classes with other students who are at
similar levels of talent, achievement, and
motivation.
Students will be well prepared to enroll in
Advanced Placement and/or Diploma
Programme courses in their junior and senior
years.
Students will receive weighted grades in
Honors classes, AP classes, and DP classes.
What are the advantages of
taking Honors classes?
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Download the DCC Honors Program
Expectation and Application (“signature page”)
from the DCC Honors Program Webpage
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Download the subject specific Teacher
Recommendation form from the same website
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Have a conversation with your teacher about
your placement and complete the checklist
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ATTACH the signature page to all of your
Teacher Recommendations
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Submit to Ms. Huch Tegano by February 23rd!
How does my child enroll in
an Honors class?
What is the purpose of the
Teacher Recommendation?
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Goal is BEST PLACEMENT for students.
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Facilitates conversations
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Provides a body of evidence from current
and past academic achievement and
performance
Advanced Placement Program® (AP®)
courses are college-level courses offered
in high school. AP courses reflect what is
taught in introductory college courses.
 At the end of course, students take AP
Exams—standardized exams that measure
how well students have mastered collegelevel course work.
 Students who do well on AP Exams can
earn credit and/or placement into
advanced courses in college.
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The Basics--AP
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AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics
AP English
Language & Comp
AP English
Literature & Comp
AP Environmental
Science
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AP Biology
AP French
AP Spanish
AP US History
AP Psychology
AP Computer
Science
AP Courses offered at DCC
The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is a rigorous college
prep curriculum offered in high school. DP courses
not only contain college level content, but the focus is
on critical and analytical thinking skills, as well as
application of skills and knowledge acquired.
 Throughout the course, AND at the end of course,
students take DP Assessments and Exams. The
combination of these assessments and exams
determine the final score in each IB course. The
assessments will be “why” and “how” focused.
 Students who do well on DP Exams can earn credit
and/or placement into advanced courses in college.
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◦ In the state of Colorado, students who earn their IB Diploma will
receive a minimum of 24 credits at state schools (and CC and DU also
award credits, as well as the AFA for advanced placement in courses)
The Basics--DP
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IB English Lit HL I
IB English Lit HL II
IB French SL IV & V
IB Spanish SL IV & V
IB History of the Americas
HL
IB 20th Century History SL
IB Psychology SL & HL (I
& II)
IB Environmental Syst. &
Societies SL
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Biology HL I & II
Biology SL
Chemistry HL I & II
Chemistry SL I & II
Physics HL I & II
Physics SL I & II
Math Studies SL
Math SL I & II
Math HL I & II
Theatre HL I &II
Theatre SL I & II
Visual Arts HL/SL I/II
DP Courses offered at DCC
Ms. Amy Huch Tegano
[email protected]
719-234-1870
Questions?