Agricultural education provides a comprehensive study in agricultural sciences in preparation for agricultural careers. Utilizing a proven education process that includes instruction, experiential learning, service and leadership roles, Agricultural Science seeks to provide professional and personal growth opportunities within the agricultural arena. Agricultural Science explores the needs, opportunities and challenges of agriculture while addressing its relationship with changing technology, free enterprise, entrepreneurism and a global economy.

The overall purpose of business and marketing education is to prepare students for further instruction in higher education and to provide knowledge and skills applicable to current and future business climates.

Communication between individuals and groups of people is vital to success. The communicative process of perceiving, listening, thinking and speaking deserves special attention. Speech, Journalism and Broadcast classes develop strength in verbal, written and visual communications.

A culture’s written history is the legacy that it leaves for those who follow. The study of literature allows students to explore people, cultures and values in the context of the past and the present.

Through literature, AISD Language Arts curriculum develops critical thinking skills, writing and speaking skills, thus ensuring the legacy of language for the future.

Communication between individuals and groups is essential in a global community. Knowledge of a foreign language promotes and enhances business and economic opportunities while fostering interpersonal communication, understanding and appreciation of cultures. Most importantly, study of a foreign language contributes diversity and strength to an academic foundation.

Mathematics education for the twenty-first century aims to develop the knowledge and skills that will be needed for daily and professional life. With knowledge and skills as a foundation, mathematics experience teaches students to value mathematics, to gain confidence in their own mathematical ability, to become mathematical problem solvers and to communicate and reason mathematically. Through activities that encourage use and knowledge of math, students are able to internalize the logical structure and meaning of mathematics in the modern world.

Performing in a music/dance organization in AISD provides the opportunity for students to engage in learning on social, intellectual and aesthetic levels. Band, orchestra, choir and dance provide close interaction with peers working toward a common goal. Students form a community within the larger community of high school or middle school, developing leadership skills, self esteem and communication skills.

Performing in ensembles contributes to intellectual development as students learn to read music, sing, dance or play an instrument. Learning music/dance develops both sides of the brain through the connection of cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), affective (attitudes and feelings) and kinesthetic (the senses) experiences. Music/Dance provides a unique melding of these experiences. In the same way, performing music/dance provides the means for emotional development through self-expression and creativity. Most importantly, music/dance instills in each student an appreciation of and connection to the richness and beauty of life.

Physical education provides movement knowledge and skills that establish the foundation for enjoyment, social development and a physically active lifestyle. Through physical education, students will be motivated to strive for lifetime personal fitness and recognize the health-related benefits.

Critical thinking skills and problem solving techniques are extremely important in the world today. Students possessing these abilities are able to adapt to the changing world around them and experience success in any chosen career pathway. Science courses prepare those who wish to pursue a career in a science field, but also equip all students with the tools necessary to formulate and present informed, explicit solutions when faced with academic, business or life challenges.

Social Studies develop student interests in local, state, national and international affairs. Students will understand how a free society’s actions impact its present and future. This knowledge will help students to understand the price of freedom and justice.

Social Studies also provides an opportunity for research and analysis on controversial issues, testing of evidence, logical thinking and effective presentation of argument. Students are given the opportunity to study several disciplines including Psychology, Sociology and Film as a Reflection of Society, and Theory of Knowledge.

Technology is no longer a subject, but a way of life. Allen ISD continues to integrate technology in all core areas of the K-12 curriculum to help students become successful in a global community. AISD views technology as a tool to create real-world environments, a means to expose students to a universe of ideas and a preparation for the future in a constantly changing world. Access to global information will become the primary resource for every course. We offer these courses to give an enriched understanding of computer technology beyond the basics.
To support this mission, AISD provides powerful technology tools for students and teachers.
Using network and multimedia technologies, students in all grades have almost unlimited resources for exploring and learning about their world.

The study of art is both an aesthetic and academic education. Aesthetically, it is the education of human feeling through the development of responsiveness to the qualities of visual arts.
Academically, visual arts involve learning in the major domains: cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), affective (attitudes and feelings) and kinesthetic (the senses). Visual Arts students engage in a comprehensive learning process through the interrelation of these domains.
Visual Arts also provides an important means for developing self-expression and creativity.
When students fully experience works of art, the richness and beauty of life become more meaningful.

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