About Our Program

Take Charge

Take Charge is an integrated careers and personal finance course required for graduation and taken during the junior year. This course is part of the LPS overall systematic plan of college and career readiness and will help students become financially responsible and conscientious members of society. Students will set goals and adjust their personal learning plan by identifying their interests, skills and values through academic and career decision-making. Students will develop understanding and skills in money management, budgeting, financial goal attainment, use of credit, insurance, investments, and consumer rights and responsibilities. This class creates an effective transition from high school to postsecondary options.

Digital Design

Digital Design will introduce students to the technical tools and processes used in digital design. Students will focus on developing advanced skills to plan, design, and create interactive projects using elements of texts, graphics, and digital imaging. The design process model is introduced including typography, color, and imagery. Design software (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign) is utilized to create print and web publications. Meets CTE or Technology graduation requirements.

Video Production

Video Production provides a creative and innovative environment for students to plan, create, edit, produce and evaluate advanced video productions. Students will use Adobe Premiere Pro and AfterEffects to develop video projects while integrating other software from the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite which may include Photoshop, Audition and Animate. Projects are centered around student interests or current events in the school and community. Meets CTE or Technology graduation requirements.

Sports & Event Marketing

Sports and Event Marketing provides opportunities to explore the basic functions of marketing and the marketing mix (pricing, promotion, product planning, and place/distribution) in the sports and entertainment industries. Topics include an orientation to the industry, event execution, event marketing, and legal aspects/contracts. Students complete a virtual simulation to run their own multi-use stadium while making decisions about concessions, sponsorships, pricing, staffing, and promotions. Students are encouraged to join DECA, a Career and Technical Student Organization with a marketing focus. This course meets CTE or general elective graduation requirements.

Web Design & Programming

Students will demonstrate knowledge of web design and programming using Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to create a content rich and visually pleasing website that captures and keeps visitors' interests. Focus will be given to effective page layout, image creation and manipulation, interactivity, content creation, and project management. Meets CTE or Technology graduation requirements.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship provides students opportunities to determine benefits and risks of self-employment; to understand the traits and talents needed for entrepreneurship; and to learn the elements of creating a business plan. Students will explore the process of generating business ideas, recognizing opportunities, determining feasibility of ideas, securing human and financial resources, and creating marketing and management strategies for small businesses. The student will understand the role of entrepreneurial businesses in the United States and the impact on our national and global economy. This course meets CTE or general elective graduation requirements.

Personal Branding & Marketing

This course combines general business and technology skills with real-world applications, focusing on personal brand building, brand marketing, and brand content creation.

BMIT Content Creation

This course combines general business and technology skills with real-world applications through hands-on projects and event planning.

Journalism

Journalism is a course designed to teach students how to use some of the latest audio, video, and computer technology to create journalistic products (with an emphasis on writing) for a variety of print, broadcast, and online audiences. Students develop interviewing, information gathering, and editing skills to create news, feature, opinion, and sports stories. This course is strongly recommended for leadership positions on newspaper and yearbook staffs. Open to students grades 9 - 12, this course grants English credit.

Podcasting as Literature

Description coming soon.

Photojournalism

Photojournalism is a course designed to introduce students to the basic principles of photography and journalistic writing to provide them with opportunities to apply those skills to the more specific practice of journalistic photography. Although the class will cover core concepts associated with traditional SLR and print photography (composition, focus, exposure, etc.), the student's practical experience will be exclusively with digital photography and its applications to the field of journalism. There is no prerequisite for this class, and it is open to experienced and beginning photographers in grades 9 - 12. Computer skills are highly recommended. This course grants either technology or elective credit.