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Its a great time to be a Pony!!!

• Many fun choices
• are waiting..

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7th Grade Academic (Core) Classes

• Language Arts
• Social Studies- Texas History
• Math
• Science
• You will choose on-level, PAP, Discoveries,
  and/or Accelerated.

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Now Lets Talk About Advanced Academic Classes!

• Advanced classes in middle school prepare
  students to get college credit in high school.
• Students are encouraged to request a variety of
  challenging classesnot just easy classes.

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What Advanced Academic classes are there???

• Pre-Advanced Placement (PAP) classes to challenge
  you and help prepare you to get into the college
  of your choice and earn college credit in high
  school.
• PAP CLASSES ARE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!!!
• Accelerated Math and Science classes for those
  wanting to move very fast in Math and Science.
• Gifted and Talented Language Arts and History for
  qualified students with an academic gift in the
  humanities. (If interested, pick up a nomination
  form in the GMS Front Office.)
• The classes listed above
• are specially designed
• to prepare you to
• graduate near the top of your class in high
  school.

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RequiredEvery 7th grader gets to choose an
academic elective that will focus
on writing.

• AVID
• Future Problem Solvers- Global Issues or
  Community Problem Solvers
• Gifted and Talented Independent Study
• Creative Writing
• Media and Technology Literacy
• Young Adult Literature
• Literacy Achievement
• English Acquisition

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Required

• All 7th graders are required to take a
• FULL YEAR
• Physical Activity class
• in 7th grade.

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Physical Activity for 7th graders

• You have two choices for your physical activity
  class in 7th grade
• Athletics (Boys/Girls)
• Physical Education, typical physical activities
  including stretching and running

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7th Grade Athletics for Boys

• Football
• Basketball
• Track
• Cross Country
• Tennis

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7th Grade Athletics for Girls

• Volleyball
• Basketball
• Track
• Cross Country
• Tennis

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• No Pass-No Play
• A lack of game and practice attendance can result
  in dismissal from the team.
• Poor sportsmanship will result in dismissal from
  the team and possible failure in class.
• Athletics involves lots of travel to different
  schools.
• This is a FULL YEAR COMMITMENT!!!
• ATHLETICS SWEAT LOTS OF RUNNING!!!

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• DO YOU
• LOVE
• TO RUN ???
• If notthink long and hard before making this
• YEAR LONG COMMITMENT
• (36 WEEKSnearly 10 MONTHS!)
• to ATHLETICS!!!

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ATHLETICS QUESTIONS???

• Talk
• with one or more
• of your
• AWESOME
• PE Teachers!!!

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Another requirement

• All Middle School students in Texas are required
  to take at least 1 year of Fine Arts.
• Our Fine Art classes are
• Art
• Band
• Choir
• Theatre Arts
• If you are not in one of those classes NOW, do
  you want to enroll for 7th grade or 8th grade?

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There is a world of elective opportunities
waiting for 7th graders to choose from next
year!!!

• A full year of Engineering for
  Todays Middle School Infinity Project
• A full year of Art
• A full year of Theatre Arts
• A full year of Band
• A full year of Choir

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What about Art?

• Students complete both two and three dimensional
  art projects that include
• Drawing
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Ceramics
• Fibers
• Art History
• Art is a full year elective commitment.
• Students typically love this class!!!

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Band- A Full Year Commitment

• See Mrs. Fisher or Mr. Williams if you are
  interested in Band
• Outside of the school day performances are
  required
• Prepares students to participate in Band in high
  school.and that is FUN!!!!!!!!!

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Choir- A full year commitment

• Acapella
• By audition only
• Outside of class time practices and performances
• Plenty of field trips and competitions
• Womens Chorale and Mens Varsity Choir
• No audition required
• Outside of class time practices and performances
• Plenty of field trips and competitions

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Engineering for Todays Middle School Student
Infinity Project Brings Math and Science to
life for middle school students Students are
amazed as they learn the fundamentals behind
electrical, mechanical, civil, environmental and
biomedical engineering. Activities are centered
on modules covering the various disciplines of
engineering.

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See Mr. Berghauser for more information about
this full year commitment.
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Theatre Arts- A Full Year Commitment

• Theatre history
• Pantomime
• Improvisation
• Acting in front of others
• Audience behavior
• Evaluation techniques
• See Mrs. Tami Adams for more information.

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Important Reminder These 7th grade courses
require you to complete paperwork.

• Athletics
• A.V.I.D.
• GT Classes- if not already qualified.

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• Choose your elective choices very, very
  carefully!
• Teachers are hired based on your selections!
• Changes are possible in May!
• All elective choices are FINAL on June 1st !

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What about on-line Course Selection?

• GREEN Course Selection Sheet
• With parent signature
• is still required!!!
• March 3rd March 21st On-Line course
  selection
• If you lose your student log-in, you can get your
  log-in from Mrs. Ziegler, in the GMS
  Counseling Office. It is also on your green
  course selection form.
• STUDENT LOG-IN is used to select courses on-line.

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What next?

• Talk to your teachers about what classes are best
  for you.
• Talk to your family about what classes are best
  for you.
• Check desired classes on green course selection
  sheet.
• Sign your name beside Student Signature.
• Have your parent/guardian sign beside Parent
  Signature.
• Select your courses using
  Skyward Family and Student Access before Friday,
  March 21st using student log-in.
• Bring your completed Course Selection Form
• to the GMS Front Office by Friday, 21st. .