Curriculum
Core Prep
Courses of Study
The following illustration shows the major domains of instructional practice that will be provided for our students. The courses will be criterion referenced based upon two thresholds: OGT performance expectations and university entrance requirements. Each student may enter with different starting points, so their pathways may be different in their attainment of the requirements for our program. Personalization of instructional delivery is a high priority for our instructors, so differentiation of process, product or content may occur to optimize individual mastery of the established criterion.
Performance assessments and narrative feedback are two of the unique ways in which the staff will provide feedback to the families and advisors of the students of the Metro School. Each student’s performance will then be translated into the system of assessment used by the sending high school and district.
The following tables indicate the courses to be offered and the expected year of completion for our students. The coursework was designed in conjunction with The Ohio State University and Battelle. Specific detail of how the courses will be scheduled is listed under the heading “Schedule and Calendar”.
Upon enrollment, a specific graduation pathway will be formulated with the family of the student according to Metro guidelines and the sending district’s graduation requirements.
| Metro Diploma (Including District Requirements) | Units Toward Honors Diploma Match |
| 1. Curriculum Requirements | |
| English - 4 units | 4 Units |
| English 9 | |
| English 10 | |
| English 11 | |
| Other language Art Course | |
| Mathematics - Must Complete Pre-Calculus, Minimum of 4 units | 3 Units Plus 1 Elective |
| Algebra II | |
| Trigonometry | |
| Statistics | |
| Geometry | |
| Pre-calculus | |
| Science - 4 units | 3 Units (Chemistry, Physics, Biology) Plus 1 Elective |
| Biology | |
| Research Preparation Class - Year 3 either Environmental or Botany | |
| Physics | |
| Chemistry | |
| Technology - 1 Unit | 1 Unit |
| Intro to Engineering Design | |
| Principles of Engineering | |
| Biomedical Technologies (Must take IED or POE as pre-requisite) | |
| Media and Communications | |
| PE and Health - 1 unit | |
| Wellness | |
| Foreign Langues - 3 units of same language | 3 Units of Same Language |
| Foreign Language I | |
| Foreign Language II | |
| Foreign Language III | |
| Senior Research Project - 1 unit | |
| Independent Research | |
| Fine Arts - 1 unit | 1 Unit |
| Fine Arts | |
| Photography | |
| Internship - 1 unit | |
| Scientific Research or Business Research | |
| Advisory - 1 unit | |
| .25 Credit per year - 70 hours CS per year and Portfolio 2 Round Table Exhibitions and 2 Gateway Exhibitions | |
| 2. Successful OGT | |
| Reading | |
| Math | |
| Writing | |
| Science | |
| Social Studies | |
| 3. Advisory - 2 units | |
| First Year (1/2 unit) | |
| Second Year (1/2 unit) | |
| Third Year (1/2 unit) | |
| Forth Year (1/2 unit) | |
| 4. Community Service | |
| First Year (70 hours) | |
| Second Year (70 hours) | |
| Third Year (70 hours) | |
| Forth Year (70 hours) | |
| 5. Grade Point Average | |
| 4 on a 4.0 scale |