Financial Literacy offers an engaging, scaffolded curriculum that introduces key topics and principles necessary to financial literacy. The one-semester course covers earning and spending; savings and investing; credit and debt; protection of assets; and financial planning and decision-making. Through real-life scenarios and hands-on activities, the course explores choosing among banking and investment options, shopping for an auto loan, choosing among career and college options, financing options for continuing education, planning for retirement, and creating and living within a budget.
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ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 11-12 Length: One semester (5 credits). Expository Writing does not replace a required 9th-12th English course Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: B RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: electives Prerequisite: none Not NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online school In Expository Writing, students delve into the power and potential of the English language. Reading and writing assignments explore relevant and universal themes including war, human rights, cultural awareness, and humans' relationships with the environment, the media, and technology. By reading and evaluating seminal speeches, essays, and stories, students learn how writing is used to explain, persuade, and entertain. Students develop and practice expressing their own ideas in four types of essays: compare and contrast, persuasive, evaluative, and explanatory. Additional assignments will focus on narrative writing, research projects, and speeches. -
Grade level: 11, 12 Enrichment only One week only: June 17 - June 21 (no class on June 19) Time: 8AM to 1PM ONLINE Class taught in partnership with PJ Test Prep 4-Day Summer SAT Bootcamp to prepare students for summer, fall and later tests. During the program, expert Test Prep teachers will guide students through the battle-tested Test Prep materials and curriculum, including content review and tricks/strategies, needed to maximize their scores on the SAT (and the similar ACT). -
ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 9-12 Length: One semester (5 credits). Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: G RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: Electives Prerequisite: Introductory Algebra or equivalent Not NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online school -
ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length: One semester (5 credits). Session A covers the 1st semester and Session B covers the 2nd semester. Students need to take BOTH A and B sessions to get a full year of credit for a class (10 credits) Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: F RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: Visual and Performing Arts/Foreign Language (VPFL) Prerequisite: None Not NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online schoolThe course is a streamlined course that introduces student to the history, theory, and genres of music, from the most primitive surviving examples, through the classical to the most contemporary in the world at large. The first semester covers primitive musical forms, classical music, and American jazz. The second semester presents the rich modern traditions, including: gospel, folk, soul, blues, Latin rhythms, rock and roll, and hip-hop. The course explores the interface of music and social movements and examines how the emergent global society and the Internet is bringing musical forms together in new ways from all around the world. -
ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Length: One semester (5 credits). Session A covers the 1st semester and Session B covers the 2nd semester. Students need to take BOTH A and B sessions to get a full year of credit for a class (10 credits) Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: F RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: Visual and Performing Arts/Foreign Language (VPFL) Prerequisite: None Not NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online schoolThe course is a streamlined course that introduces student to the history, theory, and genres of music, from the most primitive surviving examples, through the classical to the most contemporary in the world at large. The first semester covers primitive musical forms, classical music, and American jazz. The second semester presents the rich modern traditions, including: gospel, folk, soul, blues, Latin rhythms, rock and roll, and hip-hop. The course explores the interface of music and social movements and examines how the emergent global society and the Internet is bringing musical forms together in new ways from all around the world. -
ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 11 Length: One semester (5 credits). Session A covers the 1st semester and Session B covers the 2nd semester. Students need to take BOTH A and B sessions to get a full year of credit for a class (10 credits) Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: A RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: U.S. History Prerequisite: None NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online school The course in United States History is a requirement of all students who graduate from California high schools. This course covers the history of our country from its beginning to the present day with special emphasis on the events of the 20th century. Students are familiarized with events that show how we have come to be what we are today in terms of territorial growth, political and economic development. Focus is placed upon developing a framework of values and ideals that give s students an appreciation of the responsibilities for the heritage of every citizen. -
ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 11 Length: One semester (5 credits). Session A covers the 1st semester and Session B covers the 2nd semester. Students need to take BOTH A and B sessions to get a full year of credit for a class (10 credits) Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: A RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: U.S. History Prerequisite: None NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online school The course in United States History is a requirement of all students who graduate from California high schools. This course covers the history of our country from its beginning to the present day with special emphasis on the events of the 20th century. Students are familiarized with events that show how we have come to be what we are today in terms of territorial growth, political and economic development. Focus is placed upon developing a framework of values and ideals that give s students an appreciation of the responsibilities for the heritage of every citizen. -
ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 10 Length: One semester (5 credits). Session A covers the 1st semester and Session B covers the 2nd semester. Students need to take BOTH A and B sessions to get a full year of credit for a class (10 credits) Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: A RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: World History Prerequisite: None NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online school This required course begins with the influences of religion, the Judeo-Christian ethic as well as Greco-Roman philosophies and achievements. The course covers revolutions in England, America and France as well as the Industrial Revolution in several nations. Students also study WWI, II, The Cold War, governmental systems and nation building in the contemporary world. The entire curriculum is enriched with culture, art and geography through any and all technology, primary resources and additional sources. -
ONLINE, SELF-PACED Grade Level: 10 Length: One semester (5 credits). Session A covers the 1st semester and Session B covers the 2nd semester. Students need to take BOTH A and B sessions to get a full year of credit for a class (10 credits) Dates: June 17* - August 2 (*Course will be available in preview-mode starting June 10) UC/CSU Subject Area: A RBUSD Graduation Credit Category: World History Prerequisite: None NCAA-approved Platform: APEX Learning, a WASC accredited online school This required course begins with the influences of religion, the Judeo-Christian ethic as well as Greco-Roman philosophies and achievements. The course covers revolutions in England, America and France as well as the Industrial Revolution in several nations. Students also study WWI, II, The Cold War, governmental systems and nation building in the contemporary world. The entire curriculum is enriched with culture, art and geography through any and all technology, primary resources and additional sources.