Middle School

5th Grade Parents,

It is hard to believe, but it is time to start thinking about middle school.  Curriculum nights will be starting soon.  Here is a document that has most of the Curriculum's night information for the middle schools our students will attend.  If the date and/or time of the school your child is attending is missing, the middle school's website is the best source to locate that information.   

We will be taking students on a rising 6th grade orientation for students going to GMA on Feb. 8th from 9:15-10:15 and taking students going to Beck Academy on February 22nd from 9:30-10:30.  Please look for field trip permission forms to sign and return to school in February.  If your child is going to a school other than GMA or Beck, you can reach out to the middle school about scheduling a school tour. 

We will register 5th grade students for their middle school February 26-March 1st at school.  Teachers will submit recommendations for Math and ELA based on District guidelines.  All students will be preregistered for Science 6, Social Studies 6, and one semester of PE.  I will send home the registration form for you and your child to select the other electives prior to the week of registration together.  Your child will return that form to school, and that is what I will use to register them into the system.  This is not a final schedule.  We are simply putting in your requests.  GCS's website provides a course catalog of classes and electives offered from each school to see what is available.  I will also add pertinent middle school registration information to this site.  

Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns regarding middle school registration.  If your child will be attending private school, moving out of district, or does not plan to attend the school they are zoned, please let me know.  Please also let me know if there are other special circumstances that will affect registration.  My email is lksmith@greenville.k12.sc.us and my phone number is 355-7665.  My office hours are Monday-Wednesday and some Thursdays from 7:20 am - 2:50 pm.  

Sincerely,

Lisa Smith

Class descriptions for GMA can be found here.