Planning for the Present Use the following chart to review what courses you ’ ll take in middle school .

GRADE 6 GRADE 7

GRADE 8

English Language Arts ( ELA )

Math Earth Science 8

Global Studies 8

56 Minnesota Studies 6 56 U . S . Studies 7 56

FACS

66 Art

Tech . Ed .

Health

66 66

OR PLTW ( DSF )

76 Music Elective

Phy . Ed . 76 Elective

76

Elective

Elective

Elective

Elective

Elective

Elective

Planning for the Future The purpose of high school electives is to explore and / or focus on areas of student interest and to support post-secondary planning . While you do not need to choose your high school courses now , it ’ s good to start thinking about special programs that may interest you .

Note : Students may register for math courses , science and health in school years other than those indicated below .

Notes : At least two electives in high school must meet the Fine Arts requirement . Each course per trimester equals 0.5 credits

4 Middle School Registration Guide