Course Schedules
Middle School Course Schedule
Core Classes
Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 are required to take a Math, Social Studies, Science and English Language Arts class each year. These classes meet everyday for a full year and are 60 minutes long. These classes are referred to as “Core” classes. Students are assigned to a team of teachers who are responsible for teaching these courses and all teachers on a team share the same students.
Encore Classes
Students have three 40 minute class periods in their day for “Encore” classes. Encore classes are sometimes called “electives” or “specials” classes.
We use a point system to show how to build a student schedule. A student has a full encore schedule when they have 12 points. If you are curious about what is covered by different encore departments, please use the link below.
Click Here for the Encore Department Descriptions
Point System for Building a Student Schedule
Course Meets | Course Meets | Course Meets | Invitational Class* |
1 Point | 2 Points | 4 Points | 1-4 Points |
Art | Phy Ed | Spanish (Grade 8 only) | Intervention |
Computers | Band | Math 7+ (2 points) | |
Health | Choir | Specially Designed Instruction (students with IEPs - SDI) | |
Life Skills | Biliteracy (2 points) | ||
Music | |||
Spanish | |||
Tech Ed (Grade 7 & 8 only) | |||
Ag (Grade 7 & 8 only) | |||
Number Sense (Grade 6 only) ** | |||
Word Study (Grade 6 only) ** | |||
"Going Deeper" Courses | |||
* Reach out if you are curious if your student should enroll in an Invitational Class
**These courses are required for Grade 6 students
Students have the opportunity to take a second course from a department of interest. Students must take all of the 1-point courses allowed by their grade level before they will be enrolled in a “Going Deeper” Course.
Scheduling Resources