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This website will provide usefull information for students and parents thoughout the 2007 - 2008 school year.   It is loaded with great information that will help the students stay on track and up to date with what is happening. For the parents, this site is an excellent way for you to see what is happening in class, what your students should be doing, upcoming assignments and important information.

American Government 
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This one semester course provides an understanding of the American Government system, including its historical and philosophical origins, its constitutional foundations, its basic institutions and their functions, and the ways in which citizens exercise influence of the system with special focus on the importance of citizen participation.

Community Service Project 
Click here for information on the required senior community service project

This course is required for graduation from high school.

Economics
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Economics presents the basic concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics with an emphasis on the operation of the free market, choice, opportunity cost and the fact that incentives mater.  Students will develop an economic way of thinking and problem solving to understand and apply basic economic principles to decisions they will make as consumers, members of the workforce, citizens, voters, and participants in a global marketplace. 

Stock Market Simulation

All Economics students will be participating in a stock market simulation for the length of the entire semester.  Click here to check your team's ranking in the Arizona Stock Market Simulation.

This course is required for graduation from high school. 

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