When you first enroll at Edge tuition-free charter high school, you’ll meet with our staff to plan out your path to graduation. We’ll help you choose the right classes to fulfill your graduation requirements – including math, science, and other courses you’ll find in a traditional high school. These classes meet four days a week, but on Wednesdays we take a break from our regular schedule and enjoy elective classes. Electives are 80-minute classes that help you earn credits, explore your interests and have fun. Elective options change from quarter to quarter, depending on student interests.
Interested in learning more? Scroll down to check out some of the electives that are currently available to all Edge students (all courses are for credit unless otherwise indicated).
- Academic Elective – A no-credit study hall that can be used to complete core class assignments or to work on a vocational elective class in our online platform Edgenuity.
- Art – Engage in a variety of art mediums, learning techniques and concepts along the way.
- Creative Writing – Develop your “creative light” through the techniques of creative writing, including poetry and short stories.
- ELA Academic Elective – A no-credit study hall for students wishing to spend an additional period working on their core English class while being able to access 1on1 support from a teacher.
- Guy Talk – Taught by Child & Family Resources, you’ll learn about healthy relationships, healthy and toxic masculinity, sexual and reproductive health, consent, decision making and planning for a positive future.
- Investigating The Ecology Of The Sky Islands – Through instruction from University of Arizona instructors, you’ll learn about the fields of ecology, dendrochronology, and hydrology and develop a research project that will be carried out and presented during a 4-day overnight field trip to Sky School on Mount Lemmon.
- Level Up To Your Next Step – Learn the tools and strategies to overcome current and future challenges and prepare for your next step. Featuring motivational guest speakers and problem based tasks you will face in life.
- Loving My Future – Taught by Pima Prevention Partnership, you’ll learn how to be rich in life and in love – including financial literacy skills and healthy relationship strategies.
- Math Academic Elective – A no-credit study hall for students wishing to spend an additional period working on their core math class while being able to access 1on1 support from a teacher.
- Science – Technology – Engineering – & Math (STEM) – Featuring hands-on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and a field trip to Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus.
- Senior Advisory – This class is for 12th graders who intend to graduate this school year and have earned at least 14 total credits. Seniors engage in activities around goal setting, monitoring their academic progress, creating credit recovery plans, and investigating college and career plans post high school. Career guest speakers will help students learn about the array of opportunities in front of them.
- Too Good For Drugs – A substance abuse prevention program taught by Arizona Youth Partnership. You’ll develop social and emotional skills for making healthy choices, building positive friendships, developing self-efficacy, communicating effectively, and resisting peer pressure and influence.
- YELL (Youth Empowerment and LGBTQ+ Leadership) – taught by Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF), you’ll learn harm reduction and decision making skills while understanding the impact of drug and alcohol use on decision making.
Interested in learning more about Edge Wednesday electives? Find out how Edge can help you achieve your graduation goals and enroll today.
About Edge
Edge is a Cognia accredited, tuition-free, charter high school, with two campuses in the greater Tucson area. We provide an alternative to traditional education, meeting the diverse learning and life needs of our students with our blended curriculum and flexible morning or afternoon class schedules. Our high-quality, passionate teachers are dedicated to individualized instruction in our small academic classes. Be you. With us. At Edge.