Home Tillicum Middle School Home of the Tillicum Tigers 7 th Grade Registra.on Informa.on
Due Date March 10!! Choose classes online! Hard copy print out to Language Arts teacher Questions? Ask Counselor
Middle School Course Requirements Language Arts Math Science Social Studies PE Health CTE (Career & Technical Educa.on) Performing/Visual Art 3 years 3 years 3 years 3 years 3 semesters, one per year 1 semester in 7 th grade 1 semester 2 semesters
Required Classes All 6 th grade students will automa.cally be scheduled into the following required courses: Honors 7 th grade Language Arts all year Honors 7 th grade Social Studies all year Math all year (appropriate level) Science all year 7 th grade Physical Educa.on one semester Middle School Health- one semester
Course Catalog A very valuable resource! Available online www.bsd405.org Contains General informa.on about school Course descrip.ons Note that not all courses listed will be available at every school!!
Elec.ves You get to choose some of the classes that you take (called elec.ves). You may either choose to take one year elec.ves like a foreign language or music, or semester (half year) elec.ves like Applied Engineering or Art Explora.on, for example. Elec.ves available at Tillicum are listed on the course selec.on sheet in your packet. Music and World Language classes count as elec.ves
TILLICUM MIDDLE SCHOOL 2017 2018 7 th Grade Elective Course Offerings Register online for your classes at myclass.bsd405.org CAREER & TECHNICAL Semester / 0.5 Credit Classes: Applied Engineering Design and Production (Prerequisite Applied Engineering) Robotics Digital Technology Media Technology CS 101- Coding in Python 1 CS 102- Coding in Python 2 (Prerequisite Coding in Python 1) Video Production ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS By the end of 8 th Grade, the following requirements must be completed: 1 semester of Career and Tech 2 semesters of Performing and/or Visual Art 1 semester of Health Reading Lab / Math Lab is required for students that have not met proficiency standards Semester / 0.5 Credit Classes: Debate I Creative Writing 1 PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS Semester / 0.5 Credit Classes: Beginning Drama Advanced Drama (Prerequisite Beg Drama) Art Exploration Art Around the World Ceramics Year-Long / 1.0 Credit Classes: Entry Choir Intermediate Choir (Prerequisite Entry Choir) Boys Choir Entry Band Intermediate Band (Prerequisite Entry Band) Entry Orchestra Intermediate Orchestra (Prerequisite Entry Orchestra) Studio Art PHYSICAL EDUCATION Semester / 0.5 Credit Classes: Physical Education 6/7 Elective Physical Education 7/8 Elective Yoga Dance WORLD LANGUAGES Year-Long / 1.0 Credit Classes: Chinese 1A Chinese 1B French 1A French 1B Spanish 1A Spanish 1B Year-Long / International Spanish Academy (ISA) 1.0 Credit Classes: *Spanish Language Literature / Culture 7 *Required World Language course for students currently enrolled in the International Spanish Academy program. Please refer to the Middle School Course Description Catalog online at www.bsd.org for detailed information on course sequences and offerings.
Elective Classes Required 7 th Grade Course: PE 7 Middle School Health Elective Request (R) #1 (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses) Elective Request (R) #2 (1 all year course OR 2 semester courses) Alternate Elective (A) #1 Alternate Elective (A) #2 Alternate Elective (A) #3 Please Note: staff is hired based on course selection. Choose thoughtfully and carefully as you will NOT be allowed to change course selection later in the year!
Alternate Electives Use the list of electives to fill in your alternate elective choices. List alternate options in order of preference.
Elective Information Final course offerings are based on the number of students who enroll. Some students may be recommended to take an Academic Support class. This class will take the place of one yearlong elective.
Entering requests online Please follow these steps to select your 2017-2018 courses online: Go to myclass.bsd405.org *You can use any home or school computer to access the system Log in using your BSD computer account username and your school computer password Read the instruc.ons tab for direc.ons on how to save and turn in your course selec.ons online Be sure to select 2.0 credits of R courses and a minimum of 1.5 credits of A courses Print out a copy of your requests and return to your LA teacher by March 10th. Student and Parent signatures are required!
Choose Wisely We create student schedules, hire staff and align resources based upon the registra.on informa.on that you submit. As such, please choose thoughdully and carefully as the courses you choose now will be the courses you take next year. You may not make changes later. In other words: You Choose It, You Get It, You Keep It!
Summary Quiz When do you need to return your printed course request sheet? Where do you turn it in? Who do you ask if you have questions? Can you change your requested classes?