J-Term 2009 Courses

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J-Term Courses

Sporting Clays
Staff: Mr. Barnett and Professional Staff
The two-week class consists of firearm safety and an understanding of the sporting use of shotguns in the various sports such as trap and sporting clays. In addition to the lectures, video tapes on shooting sporting clays were shown in class. Various professional shooters came in to speak to the class. The shoots were on Wednesday and Saturday mornings each week. Parents were welcomed and encouraged to attend the classes and shoots in order to promote family togetherness and interaction in the wonderful sport that can be enjoyed by all ages throughout life.

Brazilian Mission Trip
Staff: Mrs. Santos and Parent Chaperones

This mission trip provided an outstanding opportunity to share and dynamically explore cultural differences (food, customs, etc) and similarities (the culture of God’s Kingdom) with people in a rural setting two hours outside Rio de Janeiro. Students joined the youth group from Igreja Mais Que Vencedores (More Than Conquerors Church) to be trained in ministry and street evangelism. We then, along with the Brazilian youth, had opportunities to do street and house-to-house evangelism and work with a local children’s ministry that reaches out both practically and spiritually to almost 100 of the area’s poorest children and their families. We also prepared a creative service for the youth service and another for the main church.

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Driver’s Ed
Staff: Mr. Mohr
Partial (six day) course offered to 10th graders who are eligible for driver’s education.

Habitat for Humanity
Staff: Mr. Trice
DCHS students participated in the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home. Students learned and employed construction skills to provide affordable housing for a Sussex County family.

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Art Class
Staff: Mrs. Betts
Students were introduced to basic skills in the fine arts and be given the opportunity to create projects that are of personal interest or support the mission of the school.

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Jamaica Missions Trip
Staff: Mr. Rusty Dukes, Pastor Brown, Pastor Tim Dukes and Parent Chaperone
Participants had the exciting and rewarding opportunity to minister to the people of Jamaica through a partnership with Teen Challenge. In addition to helping build dorms at Teen Challenge, teams went out into the community to minister to those in prison, those living on the street, and children in local schools. This was a life changing experience, both for you and those you touch in Christ’s name.

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Athletic Training
Staff: Doc Hunt
Exploring the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of the physically active. This course combined theory, practical labs, and field trips to various athletic training facilities. Students completed First Aid and CPR training, and achieve basic Athletic Training skills.

Home Missions
Staff: Sra. Curtis
Students performed various outreaches within the local communities. Outreach included projects and other forms of practical help as an extension of Christ’s love as needed throughout the local area. They cooked and prepared meals for local shelters and culminated the J-term with an outdoor soup kitchen project. We will also serve the local Hispanic community.

Science Olympiad and AP Chemistry Prep
Staff: Mrs. Henry
Students were given the opportunity to enhance their scientific knowledge and skill by preparing for the Science Olympiad competition at Delaware State University. All science discipline were available for exploration through hands-on, fun, and challenging events.  AP chemistry students were given foundational instruction in preparation for the Spring 2009 course.

Internships/Coop
Students were given the opportunity to explore career related job opportunities through internships and cooperative work agreements with businesses or ministries. Students were required to coordinate the development of a set of competencies that the students/parents, businesses/ministries, and DCHS agreed upon as the curriculum guide and provide a 5-page, APA formatted end of experience paper.

Digital Media
Staff: Mr. Sadler
Students learned to use Windows Movie Maker to create exciting productions documenting life at DCHS. In addition to exercising their creative talents, students will also exercise their bodies through Self-Defense and martial arts
training.

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Truth Project
Staff: Mr. Hurst
Most Christians today live very similarly to non-believers. Evidence that we have been spiritually transformed, renewed in our mind, and are presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice to God have all but disappeared. To counter this, the Truth Project was developed by Focus on the Family. The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum that examines
the relevance and importance of developing and living a Christian worldview in daily life. Fieldtrips to Philadelphia and Washington DC, in pursuit of evidence for Christianity in American’s history and government, are part of the curriculum.

Swimming
Staff: Mrs. Cook
Are you interested in enjoying the gift God has given us in our abilities to swim? Come refine your swimming skills and learning proper water safety. In this course students will learn and exhibit the proper techniques and style in the 5 main swimming strokes as well as imitate proper training for safety measures from a lifeguard perspective. Students will be required to build up their swimming endurance and act out proper CPR, AED, and swimming safety procedures. This class is not for the novice swimmer as it will require distance swimming and extensive agility in the water.

Indiana Jones
Staff: Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones provided a course that focused on archaeology. Under consideration were treasure-hunting adventures to museums in Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Dover. In addition, students became “armchair archaeologists” engaged in online research uncovering what has come to light at some ancient biblical sites and make become familiar with archaeological digs to be done in the near future.

Exploring Healthcare
Staff: Mrs. Hudson
Students took the opportunity to learn about a variety of health care fields such as physical therapy, pediatrics, laboratory medicine, oncology, geriatrics, radiology, nuclear medicine, histology, nursing and respiratory care. They explored these various fields by visiting different healthcare centers and offices. This gave the student the opportunity to discover the type of work and skills that are performed by healthcare professionals. Additionally, this gave students the opportunity to learn how God uses science and technology to touch the lives of people in the community and how a career in healthcare can be a medium through which we show the love of Jesus to those in need.

Hope for Chattanooga
Staff: Mr. Vonhof and Mrs. Parsons
The girls’ basketball team traveled to Chattanooga, TN to participate in urban missions work. The team worked with Hope For Chattanooga and took the opportunity to do construction work on homes and worked with kids in after school programs. The team also visited several colleges on the trip.

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