CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS Students will receive: A Link to the Middle - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
REGISTRATION FOR 8 TH GRADE CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS Students will receive: A Link to the Middle School Course Description Guide Book Course Selection Form Worksheet (Blue Form) A Link to the Encore Selection Google Form
CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS
⦿ Students will receive:
◼ A Link to the Middle School Course
Description Guide Book
◼ Course Selection Form Worksheet (Blue Form) ◼ A Link to the Encore Selection Google Form ◼ Infinite Campus Student Online Registration
Directions Sheet
◼ Enrollment Letter and FAQ for Registration
⦿ 8TH GRADE LEVEL TEAMS
◼ Explorers ◼ Voyagers ◼ Field Trips and Activities by Team
⦿ TEAM TEACHER MAKE-UP
◼ 2 Language Arts ◼ 1 Social Studies ◼ 1 Math ◼ 1 Science ◼ 1+ SSD ◼ 1 Counselor ◼ 1 Administrator
8th Grade Teams
How are teams assigned? The computer randomly selects which team you are
balancing the total number of students in each class Will my classes be in the same order? No, Encore classes are 1st/2nd hour block. Core classes will be assigned randomly depending on your course requests.
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Where Everyone Belongs
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Program designed to help new 6th grade Wildcats feel welcome at LaSalle Springs.
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8th grade students mentor 6th grade students.
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WEB Lunches – one per month!
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WEB Assembly – Pep Rally – 2 days in August
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Various Leadership Opportunities all year!
Taking the classes YOU want!
CORE CLASSES: AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED
⦿ GRADE LEVEL…
◼ LANGUAGE ARTS ◼ PHYSICAL SCIENCE ◼ UNITED STATES HISTORY ◼ MATH 8 ◼ PE/HEALTH
⦿ CHALLENGE…
◼ CHALLENGE LANGUAGE
ARTS
◼ COMPACTED CHALLENGE
LANGUAGE ARTS/ACADEMIC STRETCH
◼ CHALLENGE PHYSICAL
SCIENCE
◼ CHALLENGE UNITED STATES
HISTORY
◼ ALGEBRA I ◼ HONORS GEOMETRY
⦿ IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN A CHALLENGE
CLASS, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN THAT CLASS FOR 8TH GRADE.
⦿ IF YOU ARE NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN
A CHALLENGE CLASS and you would like to be considered for a CHALLENGE CLASS, TELL YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR ON THE GOOGLE FORM AND WORKSHEET.
CHALLENGE SCIENCE VS. GRADE LEVEL
CHALLENGE VS REGULAR OF THE SAME ACCELERATION LAB
CHALLENGE LEVEL SPEED AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS
GRADE LEVEL SPEED MATH PROBLEMS
COURSE DESCRIPTION GUIDE ONLINE…
A link to the Course Description Guide can be found under the Guidance and Counseling Office Tab of the LSMS Website and can be found here
ENCORE CLASSES: MUST ENROLL ON LINE
Students will enroll in encore classes to fill the schedule for 1st block: 1st and 2nd semester and 2nd block: 1st and 2nd semester.
ENCORE CLASSES
Semester Year
⦿ Art ⦿ Theater Arts Workshop ⦿ Theater Arts Studio ⦿ FACS: Life Skills I ⦿ FACS: Life Skills II ⦿ Business Launch ⦿ Automation and Robotics ⦿ Computer Science 1: App
and Game Development ⦿ Cyber Innovations
⦿ Materials Processing ⦿ Concert Orchestra ⦿ Concert Band ⦿ Treble Choir ⦿ Mixed Choir ⦿ French IB 8th grade ⦿ Spanish IB 8th grade ⦿ Art Fundamentals
MUSIC CLASSES (Year)
⦿ TREBLE CHOIR ⦿ MIXED CHOIR ⦿ CONCERT ORCHESTRA ⦿ CONCERT BAND
WORLD LANGUAGES (Year)
⦿ FRENCH 1B ⦿ SPANISH 1B ⦿ YOU MUST BE IN A WORLD LANGUAGE
CLASS THIS YEAR TO BE IN THE CLASS.
⦿ YOU MUST CONTINUE WORLD
LANGUAGE THAT YOU STARTED IN 7TH
SECOND YEAR LEVEL IN 9TH GRADE.
ART FUNDAMENTALS (Year)
⦿ For students wanting to pursue a career in visual arts ⦿ Create original artwork in realistic, abstract, and nonobjective styles ⦿ This course is a prerequisite for higher level art courses in high school. It is also offered in high school. ⦿ If you take and pass the course in 8th grade, you will not receive a fine arts credit on your high school
Arts credit requirement in high school. This advanced course is meant for students who want to take the class early in 8th grade so they can take more upper level art classes once they get to high school. ⦿ Various projects, Midterm Exam, Final Exam, and 5 paragraph essay required.
ART (Semester)
⦿ Will create original, two and three
dimensional art
⦿ Use drawing, painting, printmaking,
and sculpture techniques to experiment with realistic and abstract art
⦿ Analyze and critique artworks, discuss
aesthetic issues
⦿ Understand how design is related to
history and culture
THEATRE ARTS WORKSHOP (Semester)
⦿ Explore theatre activities involving:
improvisation, script writing, scene work, teamwork, voice work, and performance.
⦿ Learn to develop knowledge of theatre
and action using your imagination.
⦿ Evaluations are based primarily on
performance reflections and goal setting, with few scores based on performance skills.
⦿ Acting is active. Be Prepared to work
hard, participate, and learn fine skills.
THEATRE ARTS STUDIO (Semester)
⦿ Prerequisite: Completion of 7th or 8th Grade Theatre Arts Workshop (or approval or Ms. Jones). ⦿ Explore theatre activities involving: observational skills, movement, improvisation, script writing, scene work, teamwork, voice work, and performance. ⦿ Learn to develop knowledge of theatre and action while using your imagination. ⦿ Evaluations are based primarily on performance skills, performance reflections, and goal setting.
⦿ Acting is active. Be prepared to use your reading
and writing skills. Working well with others is a must.
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES LIFE SKILLS I 08/LIFE SKILLS II 08 (Semester)
⦿ Intermediate level sewing projects and
food labs.
⦿ Develop family and consumer
knowledge.
⦿ Life Skills I includes an addition of Interior
Child Development
⦿ Prerequisite for Life Skills II is passing Life
Skills I in 7th grade.
⦿ Students may take only one FACS class in
8th grade.
BUSINESS LAUNCH (Semester)
⦿ Will develop, design and run a class
business.
⦿ Learn, experience and apply the
necessary skills for success as an entrepreneur.
⦿ Understand basic business terminology,
create advertisements using a variety of multimedia tools, apply basic marketing concepts, engage in the production/manufacturing/selling process, and understand the role business ethics play in successful businesses
AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS (Semester)
⦿ Students trace the history, development,
and influence of automation and robitics as they learn about mechanical systems, energy transfer, machine automation, and computer control systems.
⦿ Use the VEX Robotics platform to design,
build, and program real-world scenarios such as traffic lights, dragster,s robotic arms, and an automated assembly line.
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1: GAME & APP DESIGN (Semester)
⦿ DO NOT Take if you took this course in 7th grade ⦿ Students will create images, animations, interactive art, and games. ⦿ You will practice design, testing, and iteration (making changes), as you come to see that failure and debugging are an expected and valuable part of the programming process. ⦿ Your final project will be to create an interactive game that you can share with friends and family.
Cyber Innovations (Semester)
⦿ Although not required, some experience in coding or computer science is recommended ⦿ Students will continue to further develop their programming knowledge by exploring digital tools such as Scratch, Python, Circuit Playgrounds, and Raspberry Pi’s. ⦿ We will go beyond basic coding as we innovate games, predict the future, utilize motion sensors and cameras, and becoming coding ninjas!
MATERIALS PROCESSING (Semester)
⦿ Hands-on activities to create, construct,
and build projects.
⦿ Learn the safe and proper use of tools
and machines, wood identification and purchasing, design concepts and problem solving.
⦿ Will use hand and power tools.
▶ You can earn high school credit for high
school level courses taken in middle school (Spanish I & II, French I & II, Algebra I, Geometry, & Algebra II).
▶ The course will be included on your high
school transcript with a letter grade AFTER the successful completion of the subsequent course in the subject area in high school.
▶ The letter grade will NOT be included in
your high school GPA or for class ranking.
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT
THINGS TO DO….
Step #1 COMPLETE COURSE SELECTION WORKSHEET (BLUE FORM) Step #2 REGISTER FOR CLASSES ONLINE THROUGH INFINITE CAMPUS Step #3 COMPLETE THE GOOGLE FORM Step #4 HAVE PARENTS SIGN YOUR BLUE FORM AND INFINITE CAMPUS PRINT OUT Step #5 BRING BACK BOTH OF THESE FORMS TO ME BY JANUARY 28TH
DUE JANUARY 28, 2020 TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE ⦿ 1
COURSE SELECTION WORKSHEET SIGNED BY PARENT/GUARDIAN (BLUE FORM)
⦿ 2
PRINT OUT OF INFINITE CAMPUS REGISTRATION
◼ PLEASE NOTE THAT ON-LINE
REGISTRATION IS ONLY AVAILABLE JAN. 17 AT 7 AM –
REGISTERING
STEP 1: COMPLETE THE BLUE COURSE SELECTION WORKSHEET
⦿ RANK ORDER WORLD LANGUAGE AND MUSIC CLASSES. ⦿ ORCHESTRA, BAND, AND WORLD LANG ARE PRE-ENROLLED. ⦿ RANK ORDER ALL SEMESTER ENCORE CLASSES ⦿ #1 IS MOST PREFERRED
SELECTING ENCORE CLASSES
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IF YOU WISH TO ADD OR DROP A CHALLENGE OR PRE-ENROLLED MUSIC CLASS, YOU WILL NEED TO INDICATE THE CLASS(ES) TO BE ADDED OR DROPPED ON THE COURSE SELECTION GOOGLE FORM AND WORKSHEET.
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ALL CHALLENGE REQUESTS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN APRIL AND STUDENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED.
ADDING OR DROPPING A CHALLENGE CLASS OR PRE-ENROLLED CLASS
REGISTERING
STEP 2: REGISTER FOR CLASSES THROUGH INFINITE CAMPUS
▶ YOU WILL BE PRE-ENROLLED IN:
▶ YOU WILL SELECT YOUR REMAINING 8TH GRADE
ENCORE/ELECTIVE COURSES ON INFINITE CAMPUS
▶ NOTE - IF YOU WISH TO DROP A PRE-ENROLLED
CLASS YOU NEED TO INDICATE THE CLASS(ES) TO BE DROPPED ON THE GOOGLE FORM AND WORKSHEET.
▶ YOU MAY NOT DROP A WORLD LANGUAGE
CLASS.
ONLINE COURSE SELECTION
REMEMBER TO SELECT ENOUGH CLASSES TO FILL YOUR SCHEDULE:
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FOUR SEMESTER CLASSES OR
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TWO SEMESTER CLASSES AND ONE YEAR LONG CLASS (REMEMBER to sign up for both semesters
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TWO YEAR LONG CLASSES (Remember to sign up for both semesters of each class).
REMEMBER TO SELECT 2 ALTERNATES.
ALTERNATES WILL NOT BE IN ANY ORDER. THE COUNSELOR WILL USE THE GOOGLE SPREADSHEET FOR ALTERNATES ORDER.
NOTE - There are NO quarter classes.
ONLINE COURSE SELECTION
ONLINE COURSE SELECTION
*Directions on how to register for classes through Infinite Campus are on the back of the course selection worksheet
INFINITE CAMPUS PORTAL REGISTRATION LINK WILL BE AVAILABLE 7AM ON JANUARY 17 (Friday) THROUGH 4 PM JANUARY 27 (Monday). FORMS DUE TO SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 28, 2020.
REGISTERING
STEP 3: COMPLETE THE GOOGLE FORM
A Google Form has been created for each student to submit all course requests which will be easily downloaded into a spreadsheet by your school counselor. Your school counselor will use your form submissions so it is important that you resubmit if you have any request changes. Only the latest submission will be considered. This form is used solely for data to the counselor. Students still need to register on Infinite Campus and turn in paperwork. The form and registration should match.
GOOGLE FORM
https://forms.gle/pyzqXfGr4Um71r687
GOOGLE FORM
GOOGLE FORM
GOOGLE FORM
GOOGLE FORM
GOOGLE FORM
THINGS TO DO….
Step #1 COMPLETE COURSE SELECTION WORKSHEET (BLUE FORM) Step #2 REGISTER FOR CLASSES ONLINE THROUGH INFINITE CAMPUS Step #3 COMPLETE GOOGLE FORM. REMEMBER TO RESUBMIT IF YOU MAKE CHANGES Step #4 HAVE PARENTS SIGN YOUR BLUE FORM AND INFINITE CAMPUS SUMMARY PAGE. Step #5 BRING BACK BOTH OF THESE FORMS TO THE COUNSELING OFFICE BY JANUARY 28TH
PLEASE NOTE THAT ON-LINE REGISTRATION IS ONLY AVAILABLE:
THROUGH JAN. 27 AT 4 PM.
Eric Barnhart LSMS School Counselor barnharteric@rsdmo.org
ingrahamrose@rsdmo.org 636.733.4200 Questions about Infinite Campus should be emailed directly to portalhelp@rsdmo.org