"Students will gain both valuable academic and life skills through daily activities that call upon students to monitor their own learning and progress. Transitions is meant to help students make the transition into high school, and from high school on to the next step. It is a course geared toward maximizing students' academic success. A typical class period will include three sections: a structured lesson focused on the present unit, focused work and study time, and S.S.R. Students will also begin to build their portfolio, which they will add to throughout the year, as well as in their following high school years. Units covered in this course will include: the Freshman Portfolio, study skills, career interests and goals, public speaking, and the work world."
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