Course Selection
MUSIC
OTHER
Beginning Orchestra 8
[elective, every day]
Intended Audience: Grade 8 students who
did not take orchestra in grade 6 or grade 7
Major Outcomes:
• Learn the beginning elements of
playing an orchestra instrument.
• Produce a good tone and perform in an
ensemble.
Projects/Activities: Perform in concerts and
independent practice.
Instructional Focus: Group instruction.
Instructional Sequence: Upon completion
of this course, students would enroll in
grade 9 orchestra.
Orchestra 8
[elective, every day]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
Orchestra 7 or teacher permission
Intended Audience: Grade 8
Major Outcomes:
• Advance skill development and
musicianship.
• Focus on the finer nuances of musical
performance.
Projects/Activities: Perform in concerts and
independent practice.
Instructional Focus: Group instruction.
Other Courses
Study Hall
[elective, every other day or full year]
Intended Audience: Grade 8
Major Outcomes:
• Improve homework completion,
organization and study skills.
Instructional Focus: Provide the opportunity
for students to independently complete
assignments in a quiet setting during the
regular school day.
Physical Education Courses
Physical Education 6
[every other day]
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Participate in cooperative learning
activities that focus on fitness concepts.
• Engage in activities for lifetime fitness.
Instructional Focus: Embedded throughout
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
the curriculum is a structure that promotes
character building, cooperation, teamwork
and decision making. Students will partici-
pate in a variety of activities that may
include: basketball, floor hockey, football,
soccer, volleyball, dance, fitness, softball,
team handball, racquet sports and winter
outdoor activities.
Physical Education 7
[elective, every other day]
Intended Audience: Grade 7
Major Outcomes:
• Participate in team and group
activities that promote fitness and
cooperative learning.
• Engage in activities for lifetime fitness.
Instructional Focus: Embedded throughout
the curriculum is a structure that promotes
character building, cooperation, teamwork
and decision making. Students will partici-
pate in a variety of activities that may in-
clude: weight training, lacrosse, basketball,
speedball, volleyball, floor hockey, racquet
sports, skill development games and winter
outdoor activities.
Physical Education 8
[elective, every other day or full year]
Intended Audience: Grade 8
Major Outcomes:
• Participate in team and group
activities that promote fitness and
cooperative learning.
• Engage in activities for lifetime fitness.
Instructional Focus: Embedded throughout
the curriculum is a structure that promotes
character building, cooperation, teamwork
and decision making. Students will partici-
pate in a variety of activities that may in-
clude: archery, net games, racquet sports,
lacrosse, strength training, basketball,
volleyball and winter outdoor activities.
Physical Education: Fitness
[elective, every other day]
Intended Audience: Grades 7 and 8
Major Outcomes:
• Personal fitness.
• Engage in activities for lifetime fitness.
Instructional Focus: This class will fulfill the
needs of students who want to stay active,
SCIENCE
but want to concentrate more on individual,
non-competitive and/or cooperative activi-
ties. Students will participate in a variety of
activities that may include aerobic activities,
walking and individual weight training.
Science Courses
Science 6 [Physical Science]
[full year]
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Investigate motion, energy transfer,
waves, matter, and engineering
• Understand forces of nature
• Learn about the history and nature
of science through scientific inquiry,
engineering, experimental design
and measurement
Projects/Activities: Experiments, force
and motion activities and energy transfer
investigations.
Instructional Focus: Students will work
individually, as well as in small and large
groups. They will be involved in hands-on
experiments, investigations, model design
and creation, observations and data collec-
tion and analysis.
Advanced Physical Science 6
[full year]
Prerequisite/Selection Process:
District Placement Process
Intended Audience: Grade 6
Major Outcomes:
• Learn about the nature of science and
engineering through scientific inquiry,
experimental design, and measurement.
• Investigate motion, energy transfer,
waves, and engineering.
• Understand forces of nature.
This course will address the same major
concepts as Science 6 [Physical Science],
but at an accelerated pace to allow for
increased depth and integrated use of
technology. Students will complete the
PLTW Energy and the Environment
Engineering module.
Projects/Activities: Projects and activities
may include individual and group investiga-
tions, both student and teacher directed.
Potential investigations may involve forces
and motion, energy transformations, and
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