6th-8th Grade

Math Criteria

Math Criteria

Math Waiver

GRADE LEVEL MATH (Common Core): 

• Grade level math is offered in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade and students are expected to cover Common Core grade-level standards at a normal instructional pace.

ADVANCED MATH 6: 

• Advanced math is offered in 6th grade only. Advanced math covers the same amount of material as the grade level 6th grade math class, but the advanced class digs deeper into the curriculum and has more rigorous learning activities.

*Students DO NOT need to be in advanced 6th grade math in order to take 7th grade accelerated.

ACCELERATED MATH 7/8: 

• Accelerated math is offered in 7th and 8th . In these courses, students study a compacted curriculum at an advanced level. Students in accelerated math will learn Common Core standards that cover one and a half years of math. Teachers plan vertically to ensure that all standards for sixth through eighth grades are covered comprehensively with rigor and to avoid duplication of teaching standards already mastered. Students in accelerated math work on Common Core math standards at a fast pace, while also digging deeper into the curriculum and tackling rigorous learning activities.

*Students MUST BE in Accelerated 7th grade math in order to take Algebra in 8th grade. 

***There is only Advanced English for 7th and 8th grade only!***

English Criteria (7th & 8th Grade only)

English Criteria

English Waiver

Adv Eng 7 Summer Reading Assignment

Adv Eng 8 Summer Reading Assignment

College Prep

• Read independently

• Read core novels

• Read novels for comprehension and fluency for the purpose of literary response

• Core readings are guided

• Recognize and begin to apply the basic literary elements in analysis and writing

• Develop academic vocabulary 

• Write multiple informal essays and at least 3 full-process essays 

• Demonstrate listening and speaking skills 

Advanced

• Read independently, some of which must be from complementary works related to the current core literary work 

• Read core novels and independently read a complementary work, completing various connecting activities 

• Read novels to promote in-class discussions and writing assignments that more deeply explore the text 

• Core readings are completed more independently and critically outside class to prepare for class activities 

• Apply knowledge and show creative analysis/synthesis of literary elements in writing 

• Develop advanced level academic vocabulary 

• Write multiple informal essays and at least 4 full-process essays with more depth and sophistication 

• Demonstrate interactive listening and speaking skills including complex literature discussion groups

Elective Selection

We will be connecting with students in March to select their elective for next school year

6th Grade Options

ASB

AVID

Beginning Band

Beginning Orchestra

Broadcasting 1

Exploratory Wheel

7th & 8th Grade Options

These are year long offerings. Students are given 1 elective. Selection process happens in the spring each year for the following year

Architecture & Construction

Art

ASB

AVID

Band - Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

Broadcasting 1 & 2

Computer Science/Game Design

Drama

Orchestra - Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced

Photography

Spanish 1* & 2** 

*(High School Level Class) 

**(High School Level Class, we like to start new students out in Spanish 1 and move up to Spanish 2 if needed)