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7 th Grade Course Request 2018-2019 2f4asah

7 th Grade Academic (Core) Classes Language Arts Math Social Studies Science

7 th Grade STEM Classes  PAP Language Arts  PAP Social Studies  Accelerated Math  Accelerated Science Please do NOT request any core classes in Skyward. Counselors will enter STEM core classes in Skyward.

ELA Elective Options: Project Language Arts GT Independent Study (Must be GT) AVID (Applications Required) STEM Cause and Effect (STEM students only) DUAL Language Students ONLY Spanish III PAP

Physical Activity - All Students must take a full year  Boys Athletics  Physical Education (PE)  Football  Basketball  Cross Country  Track  Girls Athletics  Volleyball  Basketball  Cross Country  Track  Have to participate in a FALL and SPRING sport

DO YOU LOVE TO RUN and COMPETE ??? IF NOT…… Think long and hard before making this YEAR LONG COMMITMENT (36 WEEKS…nearly 10 MONTHS!) Questions? See Coach Hill and Coach Hudnall

Fine Arts All Middle School students are required to take at least 1 full year of Fine Arts. Our Fine Art classes are:  Art  Band  Choir  Theatre

Engineering Classes  Careers in Engineering and Coding  NOT a Fire Arts Credit  Will need to decide if you will take the next Engineering class or a Fine Arts class.  If this is you…. 6 th Grade – Careers in Engineering and Coding 7th Grade – Engineering & Robotics 8 th Grade - Will need Art, Band, Choir, or Theater Arts

Engineering & Robotics .  Students learn the fundamentals behind:  Electrical. Mechanical, Civil, Environmental and Biomedical Engineering.  Activities  Cover various disciplines of engineering

Touch System & College and Career Readiness  Touch Systems Data Entry  One semester  High school credit  ½ credit  College & Career Readiness  One semester

New Class Offering  Technology Applications & Intro to Coding  New for 7 th grade students  Helpful in the Computer Science Sequence for High school  Please see the Program of Studies for full description

Important Reminder :  These courses require you to complete paperwork  A.V.I.D.  GT Classes- if not already “ qualified ” .

 Choose your elective choices very, very carefully!  A Schedule Change Request is possible in May!  All elective choices are FINAL on Feb 26, 2018!!!

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!  Make sure you have ALTERNATES selected on your course sheet!!!

Course Request  Green Course Selection Sheet  Parent signature is REQUIRED !!!  Course Request: Feb 20 th -23 rd  Forgot your student log-in or locked out  See Mrs. Montes de Oca in Counseling Office  Look on green course selection form  STUDENT Log-In is used for course requests

Important Dates  Course Requests: Feb 20 th - 23 rd  Course request window closes Feb 25th  Green Course Sheet Due: Feb 26th  Schedule Change Request: May 28 th -31 st  Schedule Change Request: Aug 6 th -8 th

How to Enter Course Requests • Use your STUDENT login to access your Skyward account. • Click on the

Click on “Request Courses for 2018 - 19” .

. Click on the course you want to select on the left side of the page. Then click on Add in the center to add the course to your selections. STEM core classes are not available to select in Skyward. This will be completed in the GMS office.

Select Alternates: Click on “Request Alternates”. Select the courses you want to select on the left side of the page. Click on Add Course to add the course to your selections. .