ELD 5P meets UC and CSU requirements
Description: These classes are designed for international and (some) native students who score 1-5 in the CELD Test (CELDT). The classes have been renamed HB Basics, A, B, and C after Hampton Brown, the High Point curriculum developer. The curriculum spirals around themes with increasing difficulty from Basics to Book C and focuses on grammatical structures, vocabulary building, technology and science language forms, cultural heritage and global events. It is an accelerated reading curriculum which aims to equip the students with reading techniques and enough language to tackle the syllabus in the mainstream classes.
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Students in these classes are introduced to phonemic awareness first through listening and speaking. They gradually advance to written text and reading of relatively easy excerpts, within the carefully selected themes of friendship, cooperation, conflict resolution, choices, team work, etc.

There is a clear transition into concepts of higher order thinking in Books B and C when students start to read a wide spectrum of literature genre and work with figurative language, grammatical forms, persuasive and descriptive writing topics, poetry, scientific language as well thought out research topics.

Generally speaking CELDT 1 students are in Basics, CELDT 2 students are in Basics higher number chapters, CELDT 3 students are in Book A, CELDT 4 students in Book B, and CELDT 5 students in Book C as well as in a regular English curriculum.
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All content courses (Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Sciences) are taught through specially designed techniques which expose the student to the essence of the curriculum using as many devices as possible. The staff is trained in various SEI teaching techniques and has the assistance of bilingual teaching aides (Spanish, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Amharic) to help the students.
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UC, CSU
Description: The study of the properties of the real number system which leads to the solution of equations and inequalities. Emphasis is placed on linear and quadratic equations, graphing, exponents, radicals, polynomial functions, rational functions, problem-solving, techniques, and applications.
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UC, CSU
Prerequisites: Grade requirement of C or higher in Algebra I.
Description: This course introduces geometric concepts in a structured format. Proof of theorems is based on undefined terms, definitions, postulates and other theorems. Topics of plan and solid geometry will include perpendicularity, inequalities, congruence, similarity, parallelism, circles, polygons, areas of polygonal regions, and volumes of solids. An introduction to coordinate geometry and trigonometry functions is provided. Problem-solving is incorporated in the course.
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UC, CSU
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in Geometry and/or Intermediate Algebra or recommendation.
Description: The course is an extension of first-year Algebra. Algebra and Trigonometry are both presented as a study of specific class of functions and their graphs. Topics include linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, rational, irrational, and trigonometric functions. Complex numbers, conic sections and sequences, and series are also covered.
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UC, CSU
Description: Semester A deals with the origins of mankind physically, culturally, socially and politically. Students will investigate the various peoples of the world m terms of cu1ture, family structure, economics, social organization, and political institutions. Emphasis will be placed on the elimination of ethnocentrism.
Semester B is a survey of various historical cultures of the world, beginning with prehistory, the origins of writing, development of money, and ending with cultures in the modern world. Students will partake of area studies in which they will examine Western and non-Western cultures (and their contributions) past and present.
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UC, CSU
Description: A year-long class which surveys American history from pre-colonial times to the present. Stress will be placed on the major periods of U.S. history. Integrated into the curriculum will be units dealing with the multi-ethnic contributions of the American people.
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American Government/Economics SEI

UC, CSU
Description: A one-year course entailing the study of the structures and functions of the federal, state, and local governments and the definition, structure and function of the United States economic system.
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Physical Science SEI

Prerequisites: None.
Description: The course covers the basic topics of chemistry (how atoms combine; acids and bases; organic chemistry and radioactivity) and the basic topics of physics (motion, radiation and waves, sounds, heat, electricity, and magnetism).
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