Mundelein High School

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That information can be reached through the Curriculum section or
by downloading the 2008-2009 Curriculum Guide (PDF - 3.19MB)

WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008-2009?	•= Curricular change for 2008-2009
	=New course for 2008-2009

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
•	A majority of our English courses have a required summer reading assignment. Please view our summer reading assignments.
•	British Literature, Composition, Literature and the Arts, and World Literature are now open to juniors and seniors.
	Science Fiction and Fantasy is open to students in grades 9-11.
	Advanced Creative Writing is open to students in grades 11-12.


FINE AND APPLIED ARTS DEPARTMENT
•	More Art classes are open to freshmen.
•	Photography 1 has gone digital.
	AP Computer Science A has replaced AP Java Programming.
•	Food and Nutrition 1 has replaced Foods and Fitness.
	Food and Nutrition 2 is open to students in grades 11-12.
	Production Animation is open to students in grades 10-12.
	Beginning Guitar is open to students in grades 9-12.
•	Jazz Ensemble has been divided into 3 different groups.


FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
•	French Literature is open to students in grades 10-12.


MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
•	Algebra 2 Essentials is open to students in grade 10.
	AP Statistics is open to students in grades 10-12.


SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
	Engineering Science is open to students in grades 9-12.


SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
•	AP Economics has been separated into two different courses: AP Macro Economics and AP Micro Economics.
•	There is a new course sequence requirement for AP Psychology.
	Current World Issues is open to students in grades 9-10.


WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
•	Health is now open to freshmen and sophomores.
•	PE Level 5 Girls has a new course description.

BLOCK SCHEDULE
MHS is unique among high schools in the area in that it is structured with a 4 x 4 Block Schedule. The school year is divided into four terms of 44 days. Each day has four 90-minute classes, plus a lunch period and 10 minute passing times. One half credit (.5) is awarded for each successfully completed term class.

The block schedule allows students the opportunity to earn 32 credits (8 per year) over a four-year career at Mundelein High School. This is a great value for taxpayers, and offers students greater exposure to a wide variety of high-interest electives.

The block schedule gives students the opportunity to quickly move through areas of particular interest and expertise, resulting in greater opportunity for Advanced Placement classes for juniors and seniors. The four 90-minute classes provide in-depth experiences for learning and enable students to focus their studies on a few classes rather than six or seven classes, as in a traditional eight-period day.

In addition, the 360-minute class time, coupled with a 30-minute homeroom/resource time, creates a 390-minute instructional day, which is extremely beneficial in terms of time on-task and learning.