Course Selection
FCS
HEALTH
Projects/Activities: Prepare food using recipes,
practice kitchen safety and sanitation, exam-
ine nutritional habits that impact health and
wellness and complete a sewing project with
optional enrichment. Additional hands-on
activities are integrated throughout the year.
Instructional Focus: Hands-on activities to
enhance learning, teamwork and individual
skill assessment, with an exploratory and
investigative focus.
Health Courses
Health 6
[every other day]
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Develop awareness of basic health
concepts including mental health,
decision-making and refusal skills.
• Investigate body systems, disease,
safety/first aid, tobacco, and other
drug use.
• Understand relationships, qualities of
friendships, and adolescent body
changes.
• To provide curriculum that directly
supports the district wellness initiative.
• Students will get a basic understanding
of CPR.
Instructional Focus: Instruction is presented
in a variety of ways including individual as-
signments, small and large group activities,
and discussions.
Health/Wellness 8
[elective, every other day]
Intended Audience: Grade 8
Major Outcomes:
• Exploration of current teen health and
social issues that may include diseases,
positive self-image, alcohol/ chemical
use, exercise and nutrition.
• Develop critical decision-making skills
and investigate how the consequences
of these decisions impact present and
future quality of life.
• Learn the tools to build and foster
healthy relationships.
• To prepare students for high school
health courses and life beyond school.
• To provide curriculum that directly
supports the district wellness initiative.
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MATHEMATICS
• CPR Instruction - Students will have the
opportunity to get certified in CPR.
Instructional Focus: Instruction is presented
in a variety of ways, including individual as-
signments, small and large group activities,
and discussions; guest speakers may be
used to enhance current health topics.
Mathematics Courses
Students performing below grade level
in mathematics may be assigned to
additional mathematics support courses.
Middle School PreAlgebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Problem solving and reasoning skills.
• Fractions, decimals, percents.
• Readiness for algebra concepts:
equations, expressions, ratios, and rates.
• Data representations, probability
and statistics.
• 2- and 3-Dimensional figures.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented
in a variety of ways, including use of
manipulatives, discovery, small and large
group discussions.
Intermediate PreAlgebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 7
Major Outcomes:
• Application of integers, fractions,
decimals and percents.
• Evaluate expressions and solve
one-step equations with variables
and rational numbers.
• Proportional reasoning.
• Applications of probability and data
representation.
• 2- and 3-Dimensional figures.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented
in a variety of ways, including large group
discussion and active participation.
MUSIC
Middle School Algebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 8,
[Accelerated Grade 6 and 7]
Major Outcomes:
• Solution of equations.
• Linear functions.
• Properties of exponents.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented
in a variety of ways, including use of
manipulatives, discovery and small and
large group discussions.
Honors Intermediate Algebra
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
Middle School Algebra
Intended Audience: Accelerated
Grades 7 and 8
Credit: 1.0 high school credit
earned with passing grade*
Major Outcomes:
• Applications of linear functions.
• Quadratic functions.
• Properties of exponents.
• Polynomial functions.
Projects, activities, etc: Varies by teacher.
Instructional Focus: Instruction presented in
a variety of ways, use of graphing calculator.
*Offered as high school credit; grades
from this high school course may be
reflected on high school transcript.
Honors Geometry
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
Honors Intermediate Algebra
Intended Audience: Grade 8
Credit: 1.0 high school credit
earned with passing grade*
Major Outcomes:
• Logical reasoning and geometric proofs.
• Plane and solid geometric figures.
• Coordinate geometry.
Projects, activities, etc.: Varies by teacher
Instructional Focus: Some hands-on activi-
ties, more in-depth study of content than
Geometry.
*Offered as high school credit; grades
from this high school course may be
reflected on high school transcript.
Middle School Registration Guide