Presenting: Grade 7 20092010 Course Options

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Presenting Grade 7 2009-2010
Course
Options
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Typical 7th Grade Schedule

• English
• Math
• Science
• History
• PE
• Elective
• Elective

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Year - Long Courses (Group One Electives)
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Introductory Intermediate
Fee
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Must rent or buy instrument
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• Boys
• Intermediate Girls
• Advanced Girls

Fees
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Intermediate
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French
Spanish
Exploratory Language
German
Latin
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Physical Education
Fee
Two years are required
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Athletics

• Coaches approval required
• BOYS - Choose PE on your preference sheet
• GIRLS - attach letter to your preference sheet

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Athletic Seasons

• Girls
• Volleyball
• Basketball

• Boys
• Football
• Basketball

Go Mustangs
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Spring Sports

• Do not need to be in athletics

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Reading Adolescent Lit
For students who enjoy reading are avg. to
above avg. readers.
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Reading Improvement
Students who did not meet minimum standards on
the TAKS will be scheduled into this course.
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Math Improvement
Students who did not meet minimum standards on
the TAKS will be scheduled into this course.
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Office Aide

• Requirements
• Satisfactory conduct
• Minimum C average in each class
• Satisfactory attendance
• Year-long

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Semester Courses
Must choose two to equal 1 unit
(Group Two Electives)
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Skills For Living
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Skills for Adolescence

• Communication skills
• Self confidence
• Goal setting
• Personal skills
• Group work and sharing

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Number Sense
For students who enjoy math and are average
to above average math students.
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Crafts
Fee
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Presenting High School Credit
Classes
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Texas GraduationRequirements
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Recommended Plan

• 4 Eng/ 4 Math/ 4 Science
• 3 Social Studies/ .5 Gov/ .5 Eco
• 2 For. Lang/ 1.5 P.E./ .5 Health
• 1 Tech/1 Fine Arts/ .5 Speech
• 3.5 Electives
• Total 26 credits

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Foreign Language

• Spanish IA or French IA
• Prerequisite 80 in L.A. 6
• Daily review and practice
• Spanish IB or French IB in the 8th grade
• IA IB the first year of the HS foreign
  language program
• Plan to take Spanish II or French II in the 9th
  grade

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Keyboarding

• 1 sem. H.S. credit class / .5 HS credit
• does NOT satisfy the technology requirement for
  HS graduation
• prerequisite for some H.S. tech. classes.

Grade 7 and 8
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Career Connections
1 semester HS credit class
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• H.S. courses taken
• at intermediate level
• Curriculum same as high school course
• Final grade recorded on H.S. transcript grade
  earned not averaged in with G.P.A.
• Final/Mid-term exam is given.
• Attendance is critical.

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Preference Sheets Due
Friday February 20
To your English teacher
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Miscellaneous Information DATES TO
REMEMBER Please return this form to your English
teacher by Friday, February 20, 2009. Elective
choices may not be changed after Friday, August
7, 2009. Major subjects All 8th graders will
take an English, Math, Science and Social Studies
course. Levels include Regular, PreAP and Gifted
and Talented. PreAP PreAP courses will be
offered in English, Math, Science and Social
Studies and are open enrollment. PreAP courses
are designed to challenge motivated students and
prepare them for success in college level course
work in high school and in college. These courses
typically move at a faster pace, are more
academically challenging, and require more
independent learning and more homework than
regular academic courses. Math Improvement and
Reading Improvement are required courses for
students who need additional instruction in the
subject(s). Placement will be based upon TAKS or
standardized test scores. Each of these courses
will take the place of an elective. Please
prioritize your elective choices carefully.

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Athletics Girls wishing to participate in
Athletics must obtain a permission form from the
coaches. This form must be signed by the coach,
parent and student and turned in with the
preference sheet. Boys wishing to participate in
Athletics sign up for PE. Admission to the
Athletic program requires coaches
recommendation. This recommendation will be made
in late spring. In addition to coaches
recommendation, students should consistently
demonstrate a desire to participate in the
Athletic program, the ability to maintain
academic eligibility, and appropriate classroom
behavior.
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• High School Credit Classes
• Keyboarding, Career Connections, Foreign Language
• Follow the same curriculum, use the same
  textbooks and are designed to be parallel to the
  same courses taken at the high school level.
• High school credit may be earned for successful
  completion The credit earned will be recorded on
  the high school transcript, but the grade point
  (GPA) values will not be averaged toward overall
  high school class ranking.
• A midterm and/or final exam will be given
• A student who is absent more than 9 days during
  the semester may not be given credit.
• Students must meet prerequisite for entry into
  the following courses Spanish IB, French IB,
  Spanish I, French I, and Desktop Publishing.

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• Spanish IA/French IA
• 7th graders can take Spanish 1A or French 1A if
  the prerequisite of 80 in 6th grade Language Arts
  is satisfied. This course is equivalent to the
  first semester of foreign language at the high
  school level. Students enrolling in this course
  are making a two-year commitment. They must earn
  0.5 credit for Level 1A in 7th grade to be
  eligible to take Level 1B in the 8th grade, and
  thus earn 1 Foreign Language high school credit.
• Allows intermediate students to master the first
  year high school curriculum
• Provides needed time to master the fundamental of
  a second language
• May wait and take Spanish 1 or French 1 in the
  8th grade if the prerequisite of a 90 average in
  7th grade English is satisfied. Students who
  successfully complete Level I can then elect to
  take Level II in 9th grade. Please note that
  Spanish I/French I will be offered only if there
  are enough students to fill the class.
• Successful completion of two Foreign Language
  credits will meet the requirements of the
  Recommended Graduation Plan.

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Your Counselors

• Mrs. Wendt (A-D) lwendt_at_kleinisd.net
• Mrs. Freeman (E-Me) kfreeman_at_kleinisd.net
• Ms. Brazile (Mi-Q) rbrazile1_at_kleinisd.net
• Mrs. Weatherton (R-Z) sweatherton_at_kleinisd.net
• Ms. Lindon (Special Services) mlindon_at_kleinisd.net
  

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