Student schedules consist of 7 courses each day.
All students will take the following five core classes: Math, Science, English, Social Studies, and PE/Health. All core classes are year-long, and students are automatically enrolled in these classes.
Students will need to register for two elective courses, which may be either semester or year-long. If students are recommended for an academic intervention, this would take the place of one elective class.
Review your grade level elective options and plan what you would like to take. Course descriptions can be found online via our NBMS Course Catalog.
Complete registration by selecting your elective choices on your grade level Registration Form, signed by a parent/caregiver, and returning it to your Science Teacher.
The courses offered at NBMS and the number of course sections are based on initial student registration. Courses chosen determine staffing, number of texts required, and other factors vital to the functioning of North Bethesda Middle School. Once the courses and the number of sections are determined, changes in course selections are limited by space availability.
Students and parents should consider their course selections, including electives, carefully before registering. Course selection lists will be sent home to all students in mid-May. NBMS students who wish to change their initial course selections should contact their counselors.
All registrations must be finalized by May 1, 2025.
Registration Window:
Rising 6th Grade: January 6-13, 2025
Rising 7th Grade Registration Window: January 17th - 24th 2025
Rising 8th Grade Registration Window: January 16th - 24th 2025
Rising 6th Grade: Please return your completed and signed Registration Form in by JANUARY 13, 2025 to your 5th grade classroom teacher.
Rising 7th Grade: Please return your completed and signed Registration Form in by JANUARY 24, 2025 to your Science Teacher.
Rising 8th Grade: Please return your completed and signed Registration Form in by JANUARY 24, 2025 to your Science Teacher.
SCHEDULE CHANGE REQUESTS AFTER May 31, 2025 will be CONSIDERED ONLY for the FOLLOWING REASONS:
Missing a class period.
Failure to meet a class prerequisite.
Incorrect placement. (True error; change of mind is not an acceptable reason)
Teacher recommendation for class level change.
Authenticated health reason.