Mc Lean Middle School Incoming 8 th Grade

Mc. Lean Middle School Incoming 8 th Grade Course Information

Mc. Lean Staff Administration Principal Barbara Ozuna Barbara. Ozuna@fwisd. org Assistant Principal- A-G (Last Names) Jessica Leavitt Jessica. Leavitt@fwisd. org Assistant Principal- H-O (Last Names) Deandrea Bivens Deandrea. Bivens@fwisd. org Assistant Principal- P-Z (Last Names) Tim Nors Timothy. Nors@fwisd. org Counseling Staff School Counselor- A-G (Last Names) Martha Shaw Martha. Shaw@fwisd. org School Counselor- H-O (Last Names) Ashley Stevenson Ashley. Stevenson@fwisd. org School Counselor- P-Z (Last Names) La. Treace Adkins Xavier. Adkins@fwisd. org Intervention Specialist Tiffany. Derrick@fwisd. org Tiffany Derrick 2

How do core classes work? *Teachers make recommendations for student placement based on academic grades, academic progress, lexile scores and test scores. 3

State Mandated PE Credit • All middle school students must take 1 full year of PE credit. If you didn’t take it this year you MUST take one of these courses: – Junior Cadet Corps – Girls Athletics (Must have an updated physical on file with coaches and expect before/after school time commitments)- Volleyball, Basketball, Track – Boys Athletics (Must have an updated physical on file with coaches and expect before/after school time commitments)- Football, Basketball, Track – PE 4

How do Electives work? • Since we will have 7 classes next year, you can then choose 3 electives of your choice to take along with your 4 core classes. Remember- if you are not in a P. E. course this year you WILL be in one in 8 th grade. We will also ask you to choose 2 additional alternate elective choices in the event that your electives do not work in the schedule. • If you are currently enrolled in Latin, French or Spanish you will also be taking this course in 8 th grade to receive your 1 year of high school foreign language credit. This class will become your 1 st choice elective. • Please be advised: If you need additional classes such as enhanced math, structured literacy or dyslexia class- these may replace one of your electives. • *FWISD is still making decisions about scheduling. If the district mandates a specific elective be taken- we will go by the order of your electives for scheduling. Ex. If FWISD requires every middle school student to take a CTE course in 8 th grade you will have 4 core classes, a CTE course and your 1 st two elective choices. 5

What Electives are offered? • • • JCC PE Girls Athletics Boys Athletics Speech Theatre Art Photography *Band *Jazz Band *Choir *Orchestra *Directors place students according to ability. You must already be in band to sign up at Mc. Lean. Beginning classes are not offered. • Geography Themes & Perspectives (HS Credit) • • • Investigating Careers College & Career Readiness Computer Literacy/Keyboarding Spanish Only available as a 2 -year course and you French are currently enrolled Latin as a 7 th grader. *Band Assistant *Library Assistant *Office Assistant *Newspaper *Yearbook *PALS *By Application Only 6

Can I change the course request? • Once you have selected your electives along with alternate elective choices you will have your selection emailed to you. • Mc. Lean Counselors will begin putting this information into the computer and a printout will be given to students mid-Spring. At that time if you want to make changes you can contact the Mc. Lean counselors through email or phone. A deadline will be given to students and parents for the last day to make changes to course requests. • Please understand that your elective choices may not always be possible with the schedule. You need to be okay with all of your alternate choices as well. We do our best to place students but we do occasionally have to use alternate choices. • Course requests will then be used to develop the 2020 -2021 Mc. Lean Schedule. 7

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