We are excited to offer these new courses at Houston High School for the 2024-25 academic school year. Students desiring to add any of these courses should schedule an appointment with Ms. Tara Volk (tvolk@houston.k12.mo.us) to discuss a schedule change. Those schedule change dates will be Aug. 6-9. Students will receive more information from Ms. Volk next week.

🔴 𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙋𝙃𝙄𝘾 𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙎/𝘿𝙀𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙉 is a three-hour CTE program that affords eligible junior and seniors the opportunity to learn the elements of design in print, digital and video. Students will master the principles of the entire design process from brainstorming to final concept as they create ad campaigns, logos, T-shirts, graphics and reels as well as social media management and marketing in real-life scenarios. Students will become proficient in Adobe Photoshop and DaVinci Resolve as well as utilize drones and 360°cameras.

Interested students must complete this form by Aug. 5 - https://forms.gle/RyCSYQbhUQBSu9zF6. Have questions? Contact Jeff McNiell at jmcniell@houston.k12.mo.us.

🔴 𝘼𝙂𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙐𝙇𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀 𝙀𝙓𝙋𝘼𝙉𝙎𝙄𝙊𝙉: We are excited to share that we have added another Ag Science instructor to this great program and are now offering more upper level courses. The Ag Science courses now offered include: Ag Science I, Ag Science II, Animal Science, Ag Structures, Floriculture, and Farm Management.

Students needing more information concerning any of these courses can contact Matthew Price at mprice@houston.k12.mo.us or Emma Dixson at edixson@houston.k12.mo.us.

🔴 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙊𝘿𝙐𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙊 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙐𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙀𝘾𝙃𝙉𝙊𝙇𝙊𝙂𝙔 will provide students with a foundation in construction and skills technology. This course will be taught by Mr. Price, however, is not considered an Ag Science course. This course will be extremely beneficial to those students planning to pursue our Welding or Building Trades programs as juniors and seniors.

Students needing more information concerning this course should contact Matthew Price at mprice@houston.k12.mo.us.

🔴 𝙈𝙊𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙉 𝘽𝘼𝙉𝘿. While it is an instrumental music course, you don't need prior experience to enroll. Modern Band is what it sounds like - we make modern music on modern instruments. The goal of this class is to learn to perform rock music, pop, country, and more. We have guitars, basses, keyboards, a synthesizer, a drum machine, drumset, latin percussion, and professional audio gear. Students are allowed to bring their own equipment or check stuff out. We have books and materials for each instrument. Professional audio in Modern Band includes microphones, speakers, and recording equipment included in the band's new sound system. Students would get to learn how to write their own music through really basic music theory and songwriting units. You could create your own music, mix it, record it in ultra-high quality, master it, and keep the recording. That's pretty unique! Modern Band is meant to give you foundational musical skills that you could use for the rest of your life. We have the resources to give everyone in this class the opportunity to learn about instruments and music technology. This course would also fulfill the Fine Arts requirement.

Students wanting more information concerning this course should contact Sam Van Dielen at svandielen@houston.k12.mo.us.

𝘼𝙡𝙨𝙤, 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 (𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙨) 𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙪𝙜𝙪𝙨𝙩 5. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚.

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