• Complete the current year’s course in the same subject area with an “A” grade for the second semester.
• Obtain the recommendation for Honors or AP from the current instructor.
• Score in the 90th percentile or above in the subject area on the national standardized test that was administered during the current school year.

• English Literature and Language (Grade 11)
• English Language and Composition (Grade 12)
• United States History (Grade 10)
• World History (Grade 11)
• Calculus (Grade 12)
• Chemistry (Grade 11-12)
• Physics (Grade 12)
• Microeconomics (Grade 12)
• Biology (Grade 11-12)

Shrine High School’s Engineering Program stands well above most schools in our area. These classes are taught by Vince Tocco, a highly qualified former engineer. We offer our students the opportunity to take engineering courses during three years of high school. Several of these courses are from Project Lead the Way, which provides a nationally recognized project-based STEM curriculum. During the third year of coursework, students take a dual enrollment course through the University of Detroit Mercy, which allows students to earn 2 credit hours of college engineering.

Introduction to Engineering Design I (IED I) STEM 
1/2 credit Prerequisite: None
Introduction to Engineering Design I is a course that is appropriate for students in grades 10, 11 and 12  who are interested in design and engineering. Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects like designing a new toy or improving an existing product. The course assumes no previous knowledge, but students should be concurrently enrolled in college preparatory mathematics and science. Students will employ engineering and scientific concepts in the solution of engineering design problems. In addition, students use a 3D solid modeling design software package to help them design solutions to solve proposed problems. The first semester of this course will concentrate on the following topics: Design Process; Modeling; Sketching; Measurement, Statistics, and Applied Geometry; Presentation Design and Delivery; Engineering Drawing Standards; and CAD Solid Modeling.

Introduction to Engineering Design II (IED II) STEM
1/2 credit Prerequisite: IED I
Introduction to Engineering Design II (IED I) is a continuation of IED I. The second semester of this course continues to develop CAD skills, while concentrating on the following topics: Reverse Engineering; Consumer Product Design Innovation; Graphic Design; and Engineering Ethics.
**During this semester, students will print several of the projects created on the Makerbot 3D Printer.

Principles of Engineering I (POE I) STEM
1/2 credit Prerequisite: IED I & II
Principles of Engineering I (POE I) is a course that is appropriate for 11th and 12th grade students who are seriously considering a career in the field of engineering. The course exposes students to some of the concepts they will encounter in a postsecondary engineering plan of study. Students have an opportunity to investigate engineering and high tech career options. This course utilizes the VEX EDR robotics platform along to create and program machines, robots, and mechanisms to accomplish tasks. Students should be concurrently enrolled in college preparatory mathematics and science. Students will also learn how to document their work, and communicate their solutions to their peers. The first semester of this course will concentrate on the following topics: Mechanisms; Energy Sources; Energy Applications; Statices; Material Properties; and Material Testing.

Principles of Engineering II (POE II) STEM
1/2 credit Prerequisite: POE I
Principles of Engineering II (POE II) is a continuation of POE I. The second semester of this course will concentrate on the following topics: Machine Control; Fluid Power; Statistics; and Kinematics.

Introduction to Engineering
2 Credits from University of Detroit Mercy
Prerequisite: IED I & II and POE I & II
This is a dual enrollment course offered through University of Detroit Mercy. Although the course is offered in our classrooms, the same curriculum is taught on campus at UDM to enrolled college students. Successful completion of this course will give Shrine students 2 credit hours of college engineering that is accepted at many 4 year post-secondary institutions. There is no additional fee for this class, and the book is provided by UDM.
The course content is included with the Introduction to Engineering I & II courses, as well as the Principles of Engineering I & II courses.

Computer Science
Introduction to Computer Science
Project Lead the Way Curriculum
½ Credit Grades 10, 11, 12
This Project Lead the Way course to help students close the skills gap in computer science fields that currently exists, as well as expose students to careers in the field of technology. The course is broken into two parts – the first half focuses on creating apps for mobile devices to creatively help users solve problems using MIT App Inventor. During the second half the of the course, students learn to use the text based language, Python, to create algorithms for games of chance and strategy.

• Speech – All students are required to take a semester of public speaking. The class focuses on developing socially effective communication skills. Verbal and non-verbal forms of communication, along with listening skills, are studied. Voice effectiveness, enunciation, use of gestures, and proper posture are stressed. The art of formal speech writing is an essential part of each presentation. The class culminates with a recorded speech video implementing all styles and techniques learned.
• Acting – Acting students are introduced to the history of theatre through the performance of scenes and monologues from classic and contemporary literature. Students learn about movement, vocal interpretation, pantomime and basic character analysis. The survey of dramatic literature is enhanced by students’ researched presentations on playwrights such as Marlowe, Chekhov, and Beckett. This elective can be taken to fulfill the public speaking requirement for graduation.
• Journalism –The Observer Newspaper and Online –This class focuses on all aspects of news writing and production related to print and new media. Students study interviewing, writing, editing, and layout and design using PhotoShop and InDesign software. Other coursework includes promotions, event planning and business management related to the cost of publishing. It is the only high school journalism program in the State of Michigan to enjoy a professional mentoring relationship with the Detroit News. Visitors include working professionals from the fields of reporting, editing, finance, photography, videography, and radio and television. The Observer is a student newspaper operation solely responsible for raising funds to cover its production costs. It is a production class that closely mirrors real-world business operations outside of the school setting.
• Yearbook – The Spirit Yearbook – This class is open to juniors and seniors. Students are responsible for the production of the annual yearbook, including the copy, layout, photography, and business management.
• Creative Writing – Students examine the craft of storytelling through a wide range of classic and contemporary authors (e.g., Tennyson, Alvarez, Welty, Carver, Munro, Marquez, and Saunders). Through a study of short stories, scripts, and poetry, students develop their own creative writing with attention to dialogue, structure, characterization, figurative language, and narrative voice. In addition to class activities, students enter writing contests and contribute to student publications.
• Film Study – Students view classic and contemporary films in a variety of genres, including science fiction, documentary, film noir, drama, and comedy. Students are introduced to the history of film and study topics in 20th century American and European history. An examination of the craft of cinematography (e.g., editing, sound, light, composition, camera movement) provides a foundation for a few analytical essays in MLA style. This class can be taken as an elective in History or English, or can be applied to the arts requirement for graduation.
• Military Literature – Military Literature is a class designed to involve students in the reading, analysis, and discussion of literature focused on the lives of soldiers. Issues of physical and psychological survival, battle tactics, and the impact of warfare on human beings are covered. The course involves reading and a wide range of writing assignments (both creative and expository) that allow students to come face to face with the reality of warfare in past and current battle zones. This class is a one semester English or History elective credit.

Shrine provides a limitless horizon to test creativity. First-year curriculum provides a foundation in drawing and painting, including still life and self-portrait. Advanced Art offers opportunity to develop talent and skill through new media. Technique, art history, aesthetics, criticism, and production are cultivated to enhance students as complete artists. Portfolio preparation is also offered for the serious student who is planning on a career in the visual arts.

Shrine students have received local and national recognition for works submitted to competitions, including Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Michigan Student Film & Video Festival Art Awards, Regional Art Competition and Young Art. Shrine student art work has been displayed in Carnegie Hall and the U.S. Capitol Building.

BASIC ART
Prerequisite: None
Basic Art is a foundation class that concentrates on the principles of drawing and painting. Students are graded on their effort, willingness, and participation over their artistic ability. This class offers students and opportunity to work 2-Dimensionally and discover their artistic ability through a variety of media. Students will begin to develop an understanding and appreciation of art through art history, self-critiques and aesthetics.
Semester One – Drawing
Exercises on the principles of drawing. Line, shape, value, texture, shadow, and light source are just some of the terms that students will learn. Fruit studies, self-portrait, still life, basic perspective, and figure studies are the areas of concentration.  Students learn to work with graphite pencil, charcoal pencil, vine charcoal, pastel, oil pastel, and colored pencil.
Semester Two – Painting
Exercises on the principles of acrylic painting. Tint, shade, wash, opaque, and transparent are just some of the terms that the students will learn, along with value charts, color wheels, self-portrait, landscape, still life, surreal, and pop art.

ADVANCED ART (I through VI)
Prerequisite: Basic Art 
These semester-long classes offer students the opportunity to create 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional work. Students will build on the knowledge they obtained from Basic Art and develop their talents and skills through new media. Technique, art history, aesthetics, criticism, and production are taught to enhance the students as complete artists. Each section of Advanced Art requires students to push their creativity and talent to a higher level than the previous class. Portfolio preparation is also offered for the serious student who is planning on a career in the visual arts.
Animation – Claymation, Cut-out Animation, Drawing and Etching on 16-mm film, Lego, Pixilation, Sand and Stop Motion  
Ceramics – Hand-Building (coil & slab)
Computer Design – Adobe Photoshop (MAC G5 & PC)
Drawing – Charcoal, Colored Pencil, Conte Crayon, Graphite, Oil Pastel and Pastel
Fashion Design – Fashion wear, Head wear & “Project Runway”
Jewelry – Chain (3 styles)
Mixed Media – Two or more media applied to one surface
Painting – Abstract, Pop Art, Still Life, Surreal, and Realism (Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor)
Printmaking – Blind Embossing, Drypoint and Linoleum Block
Sculpture – Assemblage, Casting, Ceramic, Found Object, Hand & Rod Puppets, and Paper Maché
Textile & Fiber Design – Batik (Crayon, Sgrafitto, Wax Resist), Gourds, and Weaving
Video/Film Production – Artistic/Experimental, Documentary, Public Service Announcements, Adobe Premiere (PC) and Final Cut Pro (MAC) Editing Software

World Language

• Shrine Catholic High School offers Spanish and Chinese. Our upper level Chinese language students are also able to participate in dual-enrollment with the University of Detroit Mercy.
• Successful completion of two years of a language is required for graduation from Shrine Catholic High School and by the State of Michigan.
• Students have the opportunity to travel with their teachers to Spain or China. These trips are usually offered every two years based on interest.
• Foreign language classes stress the four basic skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with an additional emphasis on cultural awareness.
• Freshman students who come to Shrine Catholic High School with Level I Spanish already completed may sit for Shrine’s Level I exam to test out and move on to Level II.

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• Acquire knowledge about the benefits of physical activity to health and wellness
• Acquire and use self-management skills to promote lifelong physical activity
• Become physically active
• Become an independent decision maker to plan a personal fitness program

• Self-assessment fitness tools
• Cooperative games
• Basketball
• Team Handball
• Pickleball
• Soccer
• Volleyball
• Lacrosse
• Floor Hockey
• Weight Training
• Golf
• Softball

• Choosing healthy foods
• Stress management
• Cardiovascular fitness
• Benefits of physical activity
• Basic principles of strength

• Effective world citizenship
• Understanding and appreciation of our American heritage
• Responsible understanding of world problems, their causes, and possible solutions

• Individual and Property Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the American Revolution—why we fought
• The Constitution—what we built
• The Modern Age—our current state of affairs

Bring Your Own Device Program
Technology has become an essential part of our society, and in order to learn and work successfully in an information-rich era, students must be able to incorporate technology effectively and responsibly into their lives. Shrine High School strives to accomplish this through our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Program.  All Shrine students in grades 9-12 are required to provide their own laptop or tablet each day for use as directed by teachers.
Through the BYOD program, students learn how to be responsible for their own technological device.  We provide ongoing training to our students in skill-specific sessions, as well as integrated lessons in the classroom. BYOD training includes teaching students the importance of protecting their digital footprint, making smart choices online, file management techniques, and Google apps.  In the classroom, our teachers integrate curriculum where it best fits their learning objectives. Some examples of classroom integration include:  Google Classroom and apps, Padlet, Nearpod, No More Red Ink, Kahn Academy, Michigan E-Library, Piktochart, PhET, digital textbooks (when possible), Kahoot, Socrative, and more.
As a result of the BYOD program, our teachers have been able to integrate technology into daily lessons; our students are learning cutting edge technology skills; our computer labs have been made available for computer science, engineering, and journalism classes: and we are constantly discovering digital resources that increase learning opportunities for our students.

Introduction to Computer Science (ICS, 0.5 year)
Designed to be the first computer science course for students, ICS is the starting point for the Project Lead the Way Computer Science program. Students work in teams to create apps for mobile devices using MIT App Inventor®. They explore the impact of computing in society and build skills in digital citizenship and cybersecurity. Beyond learning the fundamentals of programming, students build computational thinking skills by applying computer science to collaboration tools, modeling and simulation, and data analysis. In addition, students transfer the understanding of programming gained in App Inventor to text-based programming in Python® and apply their knowledge to create algorithms for games of chance and strategy.

The religion curriculum of Shrine Catholic High School & Academy is based on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Doctrinal Framework for the theological instruction for adolescents. 

Who is Jesus? (Theology 9A)
1/2 Credit       Prerequisite:  9th-grade status
In this course students will be introduced to the mystery of Jesus Christ, the living Word of God. Students will understand that Jesus Christ is the ultimate Revelation to us from God. In learning about who he is, the students will also learn who he calls them to be.
           
The Revelation of Jesus Christ in Scripture  (Theology 9B)
1/2  Credit      Prerequisite:  9th-grade status
This course will give students a general knowledge and appreciation of the Sacred Scriptures. Through their study of the Bible they will come to encounter Jesus. They will be introduced to elements of both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Scriptures.
           
The Mission of Jesus Christ   (Theology 10A)
1/2  Credit      Prerequisite:  10th-grade status
The purpose of this course is to help students understand all that God has done for us through his Son, Jesus Christ. Students will learn that they share in God’s redemption only in and through Jesus Christ. They will also be introduced to what it means to be a disciple of Christ and what life as a disciple entails.

Jesus Christ’s Mission Continues in the Church  (Theology 10B)      
1/2  Credit      Prerequisite:  10th-grade status
The purpose of this course is to help the students understand that in and through the Church they encounter the living Jesus Christ. They will be introduced to the fact that the Church was founded by Christ through the Apostles and is sustained by him through the Holy Spirit. The students will come to know that the Church is the living Body of Christ today. This Body has both divine and human elements.  In this course, students will learn about events in the life of the Church, but more importantly, about the sacred nature of the Church.
 
Sacraments as Privileged Encounters with Jesus Christ (Theology 11A)
1/2  Credit      Prerequisite:  11th-grade status
The purpose of this course is to help students understand that they can encounter Christ today in a full and real way in and through the sacraments, especially through the Eucharist. Students will examine each of the sacraments in detail so as to learn how they may encounter Christ throughout life.

Moral Life in Jesus Christ  (Theology 11B)
1/2  Credit      Prerequisite:  11th-grade status
The purpose of this course is to help students understand that it is only through Christ that they can fully live out God’s plans for their lives. Students are to learn the moral concepts and precepts that govern the lives of Christ’s disciples.
         
Living as a Disciple of Jesus Christ in Society (Theology 12A)
1/2  Credit      Prerequisite:  12th-grade status
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the Church’s social teaching.  In this course, students are to learn how Christ’s concern for others, especially the poor and needy, is present today in the Church’s social teaching and mission.
 
History of the Catholic Church  (Theology 12B)
1/2  credit       Prerequisite: 12th-grade status
This course presents a catechesis of the Church and the Body of Christ in history. Students will acquire a general knowledge of the Church’s history from apostolic times to the present, especially pivotal events and figures with emphasis on how the Church was founded by Christ through the Apostles and is sustained by Him throughout history through the Holy Spirit.