7 th Grade Course Selection Presentation Goodbye 6

7 th Grade Course Selection Presentation

Goodbye, 6 th Grade! Hello, 7 th Grade! New to BMSS 7 th Graders this year: • Dance class has been added and can be taken as an elective or instead of P. E. • Jazz band has been added but must be taken with another band class. • Theatre Arts I and Art I are now a year long class vs. a semester class. • American Sign Language (ASL) has been added. • Advanced courses are now called Honors instead of Pre-Ap.

As a Seventh Grader, you will be required to take: • ELAR (English, Language, and Reading) – 1 year • Math – 1 year • Science – 1 year • Texas History – 1 year • Digital Literacy II – 1 semester • Wellness– 1 semester • College and Career Readiness – 1 semester • Physical Education/Athletics/Dance) - 1 year • Fine Arts – 1 year required in middle school

ATHLETICS • Volleyball • Football • Basketball • Cross Country, Track and Tennis are before and/or after school You must have Coach Carter, Coach Harbuck or Coach Fallon’s signature on course card to take Athletics.

CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION (CTE) ELECTIVES: (1 semester each) INVESTIGATING CAREERS: STEM II (pre-requisite-STEM I) INVESTIGATING CAREERS - FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE (FACS) ROBOTICS II (pre-requisite-STEM II)

Fine Arts Classes (1 year required in middle school) Band (1 year) Choir (1 year) Boys Choir (1 year) Orchestra (1 year) Theatre Arts III (1 year) Art 1 (1 sem) Art II (1 year) Art III (1 year) Dance (1 year)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES High School Credit (1 year) • Spanish for Spanish Speakers I Honors (approval required) • Spanish for Spanish Speakers II Honors (approval required) • American Sign Language I (counts as a high school credit) JOURNALISM ELECTIVES • Creative Writing (1 year)

INDEPENDENT STUDY MENTORSHIP – GT students only 1 year elective Independent Study Mentorship Middle School (ISM-MS) is open to 6 th, 7 th and 8 th grade Gifted/Talented students. The course follows the Texas Performance Standards Project (TSPS) curriculum. Students have the opportunity to explore an area of interest in depth through the use of sophisticated and advanced research methods and contact with a mentor in their chosen field of study. The year-long project will result in a polished, public presentation of the product with a question and answer session.

Be sure to discuss your course choices with your parents and to get approval for Honors courses from your current teachers.

Signing up for one or more Honors courses? You and your parents MUST complete and sign the Honors Course Agreement on the Back of the course card! Algebra I PAP US History PAP John Smith Becky Smith 2/28/18

PLEASE REMEMBER • Your course card is due to your Science teacher by Thursday, February 13 th with parent signatures and approvals!!

Things to Think About…. When choosing an elective, choose wisely. Teachers are hired based on the number of students signed up for a class. Electives can only be dropped under extenuating circumstances. Once you’ve chosen your classes, you can go from Honors to an on-level class if it’s too difficult but you cannot switch from an on level class to an Honors class. Schedule changes for Honors classes can be made between the 4 th and 6 th week of school.

Have fun choosing classes and if you have any questions, your counselor is happy to help!