6 - Course Offerings
The following courses are required and each make up one period of a student’s seven-period schedule:
- English Language Arts 6
- Math 6 or Math 7 (based on District placement criteria)
- Science 6
- Social Studies 6 or Gifted Social Studies 6 (based on District placement criteria)
- Physical Education/Health 6
ELECTIVE COURSES
Two elective courses will complete a student’s seven-period schedule. Students may choose one of the following combination of classes:
- two music classes,
- one music class and one discovery wheel, or
- two discovery wheels.
Music
- Band 6
- Choir 6
- Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced Orchestra (based on District placement criteria)
Humanities Discovery Wheel
- World Languages
- Drama Discovery
- Family and Consumer Sciences Discovery
- Music Discovery
STEAM Discovery Wheel
- Elements of Engineering
- Makerspace
- Visual Art
- Intro to Computer Science
Gifted Fine Arts
Students who meet district criteria for GFA will take this class as a semester or full-year elective. If electing to take GFA for a semester, students will select two classes from one of the wheels to fill the other semester. If electing to take GFA for a full-year, students will select the class twice when entering their elective requests into the Student Information System.