2023-2024 Scheduling Information

While selecting the classes that you or your student want them to take next school year can seem to be a daunting task, it doesn't have to be.  Our goal is to help your student to be able to succeed here at Colony Middle School and prepare them for when they move on to high school.  Each student's schedule is broken up into three components; The 4Cs class, the Core Instruction classes, and the Elective classes.  At Colony Middle School, students will start their mornings Tuesday-Friday with their 4Cs class.  Additionally, students will take classes from four core areas which include Math, Language Arts, Science & History.  Finally, they will also get the opportunity to take four semester-long elective classes each year.  Each semester-based elective class may only be taken once per year with the exception of Physical Education which students will be able to take once each semester.  More information can be found below or by contacting your student's counselor.

The 4Cs stand for Community, Career, College, and Credit.  4Cs at Colony Middle School is a daily class (Tuesday through Friday) that will ensure all students are high school ready by the time they complete middle school.  Colony Middle School's goal is that all 8th graders will be ready for Algebra 1 (or beyond) by the end of their 8th-grade year.  Additionally, students will be prepared to be successful high school-level writers.

Here are a few things that your student will experience in their 4Cs:

• A 4Cs mentor that will coordinate with teachers, counselors, and families to foster the success and growth of each student.  Students will have this mentor all three years that they attend Colony Middle School.

• Weekly goal-setting and grade checks

• A variety of outcomes geared toward equipping students to be successful academic scholars.

• Students will spend structured time each week working on reading, writing, and mathematical skills

• Gaps in learning outcomes will be identified and addressed

• Students will be supported in accelerating beyond their grade level

View our 4Cs Website!

The Core Instruction classes refer to Mathematics, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.  These are classes that all students will take at Colony Middle School helping to set the groundwork for when they experience this content in high school.  At Colony Middle School, students will be able to take the right classes for them that meet them where they are academically and help them to get to where they need to be.  Each student is different and we honor those differences here at Colony Middle School.  Class placement is determined by taking into account your student's level, teacher recommendations, and parent input.  There is no one number that could ever represent your student and we firmly believe that parents get to see the other half of the picture that will help us as we work with our students.

In addition, students at Colony Middle School have the ability to take these classes for high school credit while in middle school:

• Algebra 1

• Geometry

• English 1

• English 2

• Civics

The Elective classes refer to optional classes where students can receive an introduction to a variety of interest areas.  This will further help students to garner an idea of what classes they may want to take when they start high school.   Below are the classes that are offered at Colony Middle School:

• Art

• Family & Consumer Science Class

• Leadership

• Music

• Physical Education

• Spanish

• STEM

Students are able to repeat these courses every year since the content covered by these courses is different for each grade level.