Curie has a variety of special programs and services; be sure to take advantage of them.
BILINGUAL EDUCATION
Curie offers native language courses integrated into the core curriculum. For
specific listings see the mathematics, social studies, and science departments.
For information on ESL (English as a Second Language), refer to the English department.
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER
In today�s search for a promising future, it is necessary to have the proper
resources available to students. The College and Career Center provides students
with the latest tools for making choices and setting career goals. The following
services are available to assist in the career decision/goal setting process:
Students can obtain applications and free computerized printouts of various colleges,
technical and trade schools; career information; assistance with their search
for financial aid opportunities; scholarship information and applications for
ACT and SAT preparation. In addition, the Center maintains videotapes of various
educational institutions and is the primary resource for computer technology
classes.
CONSUMER EDUCATION
Consumer education is a state graduation requirement intended to help students
become effective consumers. The program informs students of their rights and
responsibilities as consumers in a free enterprise society so that they can learn
how to buy wisely and manage money. You meet this requirement by passing the
consumer education unit within any course labeled �fulfills consumer ed requirement� or
by passing the Illinois Consumer Education Proficiency Test offered during the
school year. The following courses meet the consumer education requirement:
Economics
Contemporary American History � Consumer Ed
Computer Information Technology
Special Education Social Studies III
COUNSELING SERVICES
The counseling staff at Curie High School includes eleven full-time professionals,
seven of whom are located in the focal points at the north end of the �A� (west)
building. The other counselors serve as performing arts options counselor, technical/vocational
options counselor, college and career counselor, and a special education counselor.
Each counselor is fully-trained and qualified in guidance services and personal
counseling. All have graduate degrees, state certification, and classroom teaching
experience.
Counselors provide services in many areas: program guidance, career information,
personal problem solving, testing, screening and staffing for placement into
special education classes, referrals to the school nurse and/or social worker,
ACT Preparation classes, and registration of incoming students.
If you need help, see a counselor. Since counselors do not administer discipline,
you should not be afraid to ask for assistance, advice or information. Try to
develop a frank and cordial relationship; counselors can help you adjust to high
school and prevent major problems from developing.
DRIVER EDUCATION
Driver and traffic safety education combines classroom instruction and laboratory
experiences to teach you to use motor vehicles safely and efficiently. Classroom
instruction includes driver behavior and physical characteristics, the motor
vehicle in modern life, rules of the road, related laws of physics, the automobile
and maintenance, good pedestrian practices, and development of driving skills,
perceptual abilities, and attitudes. Discussion on new topics such as road rage
and anti-lock breaking systems.
Laboratory experience includes teacher demonstrations and student practice in
starting, steering, shifting, turning, stopping, backing, and parking. Instruction
progresses until you acquire good habits of observation and responsible skill
in driving on urban streets and open highways, in accord with the rules of the
road and applicable laws of physics, and in a manner that demonstrates your desire
to show courtesy toward other drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. Both classroom
and laboratory phases comply with the new graduate license law which went into
effect on January 1, 1998.
THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program is a comprehensive and rigorous
college preparatory program for academically talented and highly motivated students
in grades eleven and twelve. This course of study provides students from different
cultural, economic, and social backgrounds with the knowledge, critical thinking
skills, and international awareness of living in a global community.
Upon successful completion of the course and examinations, students receive an
IB Diploma, which is recognized for admission to colleges and universities throughout
the world. Many colleges and universities in the United States also give course
credit and advanced placement for the diploma.
The IB Diploma Program consists of the following six groups leading to examinations
in grades 11 and 12: English and World Literature, Spanish, History of Europe,
Biology, Mathematics, and an elective from art, music, or information technology.
In addition, students will write an independent research paper; take a course
entitled the Theory Of Knowledge (TOK) which explores relationships among your
classmates to life experiences; and complete Creative Action Service (CAS) which
involves participating in artistic and athlete activities and community service.
To prepare for this prestigious college preparatory program, students in Pre-IB
Program (grades 9-10) are enrolled in honors classes. Other students with demonstrated
outstanding academic performances in grades 9 and 10 might also join the IB program
in grades 11-12. Please see your counselor or IB coordinator for more information.
MARINE CORPS JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (MCJROTC)
After completing one year of physical education/health, you may elect to enroll
in MCJROTC instead of PE for up to three years. MCJROTC offers the opportunity
to learn discipline, confidence, and leadership.
Note: Sophomores enrolled in MCJROTC will not have driver education and must
plan to take a Driver Ed course to fulfill graduation requirements after school
or in the summer.
MEDIA CENTER
The library Media Center, room 234, is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:34 p.m. daily.
Students may use it before and after school and during lunch periods. The library
program is an extension of the classroom. Information skills are taught and learned
within the context of the classroom curriculum. The wide range of books (more
than 25000 titles) and technologies needed to meet students� information and
recreational needs are readily available. Books in the collection represent diverse
points of view, current as well as historical issues, multi-cultural materials,
and popular subjects.
Students may take out books using their Curie ID card. Books circulate for two
weeks, and overdue fines are charged for late books. In addition to a modern,
on-line circulation system other services available include: On-line card catalog
with access to the Chicago Public Library Collection Reference collection, On-line
CD-ROM magazine, indexes, Daily Newspaper, Magazine titles, College and career
guides, Small & large group listening and viewing areas, Production services
(photocopying, lamination, letter cutting, magazine cutouts, scanner, and color
copier).
Students are always welcome to use the resources in the Media Center. A quiet,
spacious, attractive area in which to study and read is maintained. Students
who use it often will succeed in high school.
PCD (CURIE PEER COUNSELING)
Peer Culture Development creates peer groups that meet one period daily to investigate
how to use the power of personal influence in constructive ways. Members participate
in a dynamic group process to effect positive changes that help them and others �make
it� in school and society.
PCD consists of several peer groups. Student participants either volunteer to
join or are recommended by faculty and fellow students. The agenda includes enumerating
problems, identifying the most serious, discussing solutions, and summarizing.
The goal is for the process to create, over time, a �culture of caring� that
changes attitudes, values, and behaviors among participants.
Ultimately the program hopes to develop self-esteem and individual worth; a sense
of personal responsibility; self-reliance; methods of clarifying values, attitudes
and feelings towards self and others, and a desire to contribute to a positive
life experience for all.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Curie High School offers special facilities and personnel to meet the needs of
all students. Specially trained full-time teachers provide educational services
and instruction to students who have cognitive, visual, learning, emotional,
or behavioral disabilities occupational therapy, and orientation and mobility
services.
Additional itinerant staff provides services to students with hearing, physical,
and speech or language impairments. A school nurse, social worker, and school
psychologist provide services as needed by individual students.
The primary focus of the special education classes for students with cognitive
disabilities is to provide individual instruction within the special education
classroom. Students work in their instructional environment to prepare for jobs
or post-secondary vocational education.
The primary focus of the resource room program is to provide instruction in strategies
to accommodate areas of disability and to provide support to students in their
course work in the general education classes. The teachers collaborate with the
general education teachers to modify and/or adapt the instructional requirements
of the general education teachers as needed on and individual basis.
In an effort to provide an inclusive program for our students with learning disabilities
and other impairments, Curie offers inclusive resource classes in most academic
areas and some specialized classes. A general education teacher teaches these
classes with the assistance of a special education teacher in the same classroom,
thus providing the extra assistance to our special needs students without removing
them from the general education class.
VOCATIONAL SERVICES
Curie provides vocational resource service to students with special needs who
are enrolled in vocational classes or who would like to participate in Curie�s
Vocational Educational Program. During the freshman year, each special needs
student is assessed to determine individual needs and abilities. When indicated
by the assessment, a student might be enrolled in as appropriate career education
program. Counseling continues throughout the student�s high school enrollment,
providing ongoing career guidance and follow-up services as needed. In addition
to the vocational counseling services, the following services are available to
the special needs student to assist in the transition from high school to the
world of work; assessment, peer tutoring, bilingual tutoring, academic resource
center, work training programs, and post-secondary career options. We encourage
participation by our special needs students in vocational education. We provide
technical assistance to the vocational classroom teachers to ensure implementation
and achievement of Individual Vocational Education Plan objectives. We solicit
parents� support for the program.
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