Senior High Course Offerings
A.C.T. Test Preparation	Civics	Latin I
Advanced Band	Computer Applications	Latin II
Advanced Chorus	Computer Science I	Latin III
Advanced Drama	Computer Science II	Latin IV
Advanced Mathematics	Computer Science AP	Latin AP
Aerospace Science	Computer Systems/Networking	Law Studies
Algebra I	Contemporary Issues	Modern Dance
Algebra II	Creative Writing	Modern European History
American History	Drama	Photography I
American History AP	English AP	Photography II
Art I	English I	Physical Education
Art II	English II	Physics
Art III	English III	Physics AP
Art IV	English IV	Psychology
Art AP	Environmental Science	Publications (Yearbook)
Astronomy	Environmental Science AP	Sociology
Ballet	Experimental Chemistry	Spanish I
Biology AP	Free Enterprise	Spanish II
Biology I	French I	Spanish III
Calculus AB AP	French II	Spanish IV
Calculus BC AP	French III	Spanish AP
Chemistry AP	French IV	Technical Drafting
Chemisty I	Health	World Geography
		World History

Junior High School Curriculum * For High School  Credit
Algebra I* American History Art Ballet Band Chorus Computer Applications* Drama Earth Science English French I* Geometry*	Grammar and Composition Health and Physical Education Latin I* Life Science Literature Louisiana Studies Modern Dance Piano I Pre-Algebra Rhetoric Spanish I*

 

Students in the High School may experience Creative Writing, Astronomy, Computer Science, Drama, Psychology, Environmental Science, Aerospace Science and Advanced Placement courses - From the Runnels perspective.		Runnels High School is dedicated to preparing its students for the technological twenty-first century.
Runnels School is a part of the Automated Weather Service (AWS), a network of schools and other facilities that possess self-contained weather stations and which are connected to each other and to the media by modem.		The high school library also has computers intended for student use. The students, under the supervision of the librarian, have access to the Internet. The Junior and Senior High School classes have access to several computer labs equipped with multimedia computers and Internet access. Runnels School also owns several class sets of graphing calculators and calculator based laboratories (CBLS) and a variety of probes and sensors to accompany them.

Runnels has a rigorous college preparatory curriculum designed to prepare our students for the demands of higher education. In order to earn the prestigious Runnels Gold Seal Diploma, a student must complete this high school curriculum with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher and take three years of a foreign language.

Ninth Grade: English I Principles of Physics or Honors Biology Algebra I, Geometry or Algebra II Civics Health and Physical Education Choice of two electives	Eleventh Grade: English III Chemistry or Honors Physics Algebra II, Advanced Math or A.P. Calculus American History Choice of three Electives
Tenth Grade: English II Biology or Honors Chemistry Geometry, Algebra II or Advanced Mathematics World History Health and Physical Education Choice of two electives	Twelfth Grade: English IV or English AP World Geography Science Elective Advanced Math, Calculus AB or Calculus BC Choice of three Electives

ADVANCED PLACEMENT

Runnels offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses based on the curricula outlined by the College Board. Students who take these challenging courses take tests based on the course material in May. Based on the results of these tests, the students can earn college credit at almost every college and university in the country. Although the exact courses offered each year depend on the interests of the students, the course offerings include classes in mathematics, English, science, social science, computer science and art.