Curriculum
Elkhorn Area School District (EASD) bases all curriculum on the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards or the Common Core State Standards. EASD Curriculum encompasses the disciplines listed below:
- Agriculture
- Art
- Business Education
- Computers
- English/Reading/Language Arts
- Family and Consumer Studies
- Guidance
- Health and Physical Education
- Journalism/Yearbook
- Mathematics
- Modern Languages (German, Spanish, French, American Sign)
- Music
- Project Lead the Way (Pre-engineering Study)
- Reading and Writing
- Science
- Social Studies
- Technology Education – Automotive and Building
The Common Core State Standards and other related information can be found at the Common Core webpage: www.commoncore.org/
The Wisconsin Model Academic Standards and other related information can be found at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: www.dpi.state.wi.us
Many professional organizations on the national level also offer standards as a guide and reference for schools and districts. i.e. National PE Standards www.shapeamerica.org/standards/pe/
The following list contains core disciplines and the websites where the standards for that discipline can be obtained.
- Agriculture
- Art
- Business Education
- Computers
- English/Reading/Language Arts
- Family and Consumer Studies
- Guidance
- Health and Physical Education
- Journalism/Yearbook
- Mathematics
- Modern Languages (German, Spanish, French, American Sign)
- Music
- Project Lead the Way (Pre-engineering Study)
- Reading and Writing
- Science
- Social Studies
- Technology Education – Automotive and Building
The Common Core State Standards and other related information can be found at the Common Core webpage: www.commoncore.org/
The Wisconsin Model Academic Standards and other related information can be found at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: www.dpi.state.wi.us
Many professional organizations on the national level also offer standards as a guide and reference for schools and districts. i.e. National PE Standards www.shapeamerica.org/standards/pe/
The following list contains core disciplines and the websites where the standards for that discipline can be obtained.
- English/Language Arts - Common Core State Standard - http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/
- Geography & History - Wisconsin Model Academic Standards - http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/stn_ssintro
- Reading/Writing - Common Core State Standards - http://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/common-core/pdf/ela-stds-app-a-revision.pdf
- Mathematics - Common Core State Standards - http://www.corestandards.org/Math/
- Science - Next Generation Science Standards - http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards
- Social Studies - Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies - http://standards.dpi.wi.gov/stn_ssintro