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The twelfth grade is the twelfth school year after kindergarten. It is also the last year of compulsory secondary education, or "high school". Students often enter the grade as 17/18-year-olds and graduate as 18/19-year-olds.
Many students consider the twelfth grade a year to relax and prepare for transition out of their old lives into college or the workplace. The class work for some is generally not as difficult as in the eleventh grade because the eleventh grade is generally the year where the important examinations take place such as SAT and ACT. Others take advantage of the opportunity to complete additional higher level courses, such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate, to earn credits for college.
Mathematics courses focus normally on Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry, College Prep Math, Advanced Placement Calculus, Advanced Placement Statistics, Probability and Statistics and/or SUPA Calculus.
Science courses involve Advanced Placement Chemistry, Advanced Placement Biology, Advanced Placement Environmental Science, Astronomy/Meteorology, CSI Forensic Science, Marine Biology and/or Advanced Placement Physics B, Advanced Placement Physics C: Mechanics or Advanced Placement Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism.
Social Studies courses focus on Government Law, Economics, Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics, Advanced Placement Comparative Government and Politics, Advanced Placement Psychology, Advanced Placement European History, Advanced Placement Microeconomics and/or Advanced Placement Macroeconomics.
English classes tend to focus on Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition, Film and Lit, Sports and Lit, and/or Contemporary Lit. Popular works include Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Pygmalion, The Handmaids Tale, Frankenstein, Othello, Inferno, Goethe's Faust, Brave New World and works of Romantic and Non-Romantic poets such as Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, and William Wordsworth.
Art classes tend to focus on Advanced Placement Art History, Advanced Placement Studio Art, Advanced Placement Music Theory Applied art in Theatre, Music Theory For Garage Band Musicians, IB Musical Analysis, IB Theatre Arts, Advanced Technical Theatre, Advanced Photography, Advanced Cyramics, Fashion Design and Illustration, Theatre Dance, Jazz Dance, IB Dance Studies Madrigal Singers, Jazz Singers, and/or Wind Ensemble.
Technology classes focus on Advanced Placement Computer Science, Java, Advanced Web Design, C++ Programming.
Business classes focus on College Marketing, College Entrepreneurship, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, College Preparatory Interview Classes, and Advanced Fundamentals in Business.
Wellness classes include Physical Education, Health (if not yet taken), Weightlifting, and Advanced Training in First Aid.
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