1. ACADEMIC PLANNING FOR SEVENTH GRADE

2. All students will take PE/Health
Seventh graders take four core subjects:
English
Life Science
American Studies
Math (teacher will give recommendations at end of the year)
Math 7
Math 8
Intensified Algebra I
All students will take PE/Health

3. Choosing Classes You will have two elective periods
They may be filled with:
A language (year long)
Music (year long)
Electives (two courses to fill a year or four if no language or music is chosen)

4. They may begin their study of a foreign language by selecting from the following:
Arabic
Chinese
French
Latin
Spanish

5. Language classes meet daily all year and earn high school credit.
Arabic and Chinese occur during the school day and may be offered via distance learning if enrollment is not sufficient to staff at school.

6. Seventh graders may begin/ continue their study of a musical instrument by selecting one of the following:
Beginning Band
Intermediate Band
Experienced Band. Tryouts for Wind Ensemble will be conducted in February.
Orchestra
Chorus

7. Seventh grade exploratory courses meet daily for a semester and include:
Visual Art
Theatre Arts
Digital Input Technologies
Inventions and Innovations
Teen Living
Chorus

8. Exploratory classes continued

9. Visual Art creative design process
Typical 2D art projects include the use of drawing, pastels, sharpies, mixed media, painting, and printmaking.
3D art projects include clay tiles and paper/cardboard construction.
Art 1 students will use a sketchbook and participate in weekly sketchbook assignments. Students will learn how to talk about and write about their art.

10. Theatre Arts
Further explore the skills and techniques used in 6th grade theatre arts.
Games to build observation, listening and trust.
Improvised outlines and develop them into presentations.
Technical qualities of the voice.

11. Digital Input Technologies
Input and emerging technologies including:
Typing
Voice recognition
Handwriting recognition
Mobile devices

12. Inventions and Innovations
Investigate famous inventors and the inventions that changed the world. 
"Shark Tank". 
Use CAD programs and print some of those things in the 3D printer. 
Other projects include
mousetrap powered cars
water rockets. 
Our final project will be to simulate a toy manufacturing company; where we will mass- produce toys designed by the students. 

13. SEVENTH GRADE OVER-VIEW: SEMESTER Clothing Construction
Teen Living
SEVENTH GRADE OVER-VIEW: SEMESTER
Clothing Construction
Foods and
Nutrition
Personal
Development
Reversible Tote-bag
DOUBLE QUILTED
PENCIL POUCH
FIBER FLYER
Safety & Sanitation
My Plate Guidelines
Vegetables
(Mexican Fiesta)
Cheese
Breakfast
Homemade Pizza
Brownie Comparison
Homemade Pie Crust
Top Chef Competition
Babysitting Unit
Modular Laptop Unit
Nutrition Newsletter

14. Journalism
The 7th grade Journalism is a year-long class that teaches participants the “nuts and bolts” of reporting, such as:
Presentation across multiple platforms
Print
Broadcast (TV)
Online
Software:
iMovie
MovieMaker
PhotoShop
iPhoto
GarageBand
GoogleDocs

15. Chorus
Varied repertoire of music from classics, multi-cultural, and modern pop
Emphasis will be placed on group vocal development, basic musicianship, and dealing with the vocal change
Students will perform in a minimum of two concerts per year plus the District Assessment and the opportunity to audition for the District Choir.”

16. Guitar For beginning players Guitar will be provided
Can be taken as a semester or year long class.

19. Graduation Requirements (High School)

20. High School Courses for Credit
A high school credit is earned upon completion of any high school level class.
Students may begin earning high school credits in 7th grade
High school level courses which may be taken in middle school include:
High school languages beginning in 7th grade
High school level math starting with Algebra
World Geography (the 8th grade Social Studies course)

21. You will have the option at the end of each year to not accept the credit OR the grade so that it is not included in the High School GPA
Students looking at an IB Diploma at W&L need to start a language in 7th (including Latin).
A verified credit is earned by passing the End of Course (EOC) SOL test. EOC SOLs are taken upon completion of certain high school credit core courses.

22. Standard Diploma Discipline Area Credits # of verified English 4 2
Math
Lab Science
Social Studies
Foreign Language, 2
Fine Arts or CTE PE
Economics 1
Personal Finance
Electives 4
Additional Verified
Total

23. Advanced Studies Diploma
Discipline Area Credits # of verified
English
Lab Science
Social Studies
Math
Foreign Language 3/4
Health and PE 2
Economics and 1
Personal Finance
Fine Arts or CTE 1
Electives 3
Additional verified
Totals

26. English High School Level Classes
Grade 9 = English 9 Block with World History (Reg. or Adv.)
Grade 10 = English 10 (Reg. or Adv.)
Grade 11 = English 11 (Reg. or AP) (SOL for Reading and Writing, not EOC)
Grade 12 = English 12(Reg. or Adv.)

27. Social Studies High School Level Classes
Grade 8 = World Geography (SOL)
Grade 9 = World History Block with English 9 (Reg. or Adv.) (SOL)
Grade 10 = Up to you???
Grade 11 = VA and US History (SOL)
Grade 12 = VA and US Government

28. Typical Science High School Level Classes
Grade 9 = Biology or Earth Science (Reg. or Adv.) (SOL)
Grade 10 = Chemistry (SOL)
Grade 11 = Physics
Grade 12 = ???

29. High School SOL Tests MATH Algebra 1 (EOC) Geometry (EOC)
SCIENCE
Earth Space
Science (EOC)
Biology (EOC)
Chemistry (EOC)
SOCIAL STUDIES
World Geography (EOC)
World History 1 (EOC)
World History 2 (EOC)
US & VA History (EOC)
ENGLISH
Reading 11th grade
Writing 11th grade