1. Welcome to Willow Wood Junior High
6th-7th Grade Parent Night
Willow Wood Junior High serves students through a
culture that provides an innovative, personally
rigorous and individually valuable education,
reflective of community standards.

2. Administration Principal Bob Frost Assistant Principals
Stefanie Maslowski
Terrance Slaughter
Debbie Yarotsky

3. COUNSELORS
Barbara Frank
Karla Robertson
Lead

4. Intermediate to Junior High
TRANSITION
Intermediate to Junior High
8 Period Day
New Grading Standards and Procedures
Independence; More Responsibility
Organization; Keeping a Schedule

5. 7th Grade Schedule 7 Classes to include: 4 Core 1 Physical Education
1 Technology
semester or full year
1 Fine Arts-full year

6. Selecting Core Classes
Regular Core Classes
English, History, Math, Science
PAP Core Classes
A combination of regular/PAP classes
Consideration should be given to current grades and level of involvement in extra-curricular activities when selecting classes

7. PAP Recommendations
Language Arts- Students will have independent reading assignments each grading period and a summer reading assignment. The students work independently and at a challenging pace.
Texas History- Student guided projects throughout the year.
PAP courses are designed to challenge students and prepare them for advanced level coursework in high school and in college.

8. PAP Math/Science **Recommendations**
85 or higher for yearly average in Math course preceding year
85 or higher for yearly average in Science course preceding year
*Highly Recommended Math and Science courses to be paired.

9. PAP Exit Criteria
EXIT
Students may ONLY exit at 1st progress report , end of the marking period, or the end of the semester.
At end of the semester, students below 70 maybe removed from PAP.
Level Changes will only be made at 1st progress report, marking period, and semester.

10. Core Class Choices Language Arts History Math Science
Please circle one choice in each column.
Language Arts History Math Science
ELA HST MTH SCI 4700
ELA PAP HST 3730 PAP MTH 2700PAP SCI 4700PAP

11. Physical Education (required) (1 Full Year)
Boys Athletics (football, basketball)
Girls Athletics (volleyball, basketball)
Dance I
Leadership Officer Training Corp (LOTC)
To participate in Athletics students must have a current UIL physical on file by the first day of school. TISD provides a date in the spring for ALL athletes in the district to get a physical at TMHS for a very discounted rate.
If your students actively participates in a sport other than those listed and will benefit from enrollment in Athletics, they will follow the off-season workouts for the school year.

12. Physical Education

13. Physical Education Student 2
Please choose one Physical Education Class
Physical Education (required)- Full Year
___ Physical Education
___ Boys Athletics
___ Girls Athletics
___ Dance I
___ Leadership Officer Training Corp

14. Required Fine Art Courses
Choir
Theater

15. WWJH Fine Arts
Band
Orchestra

16. WWJH Fine Arts Art Art Band -2nd year students (no beginning band)
Students are required to take a Fine Arts credit in 7th grade.
Choices include:
Art
Band -2nd year students (no beginning band)
Choir
Orchestra-2nd year students (no beginning orchestra)
Theater 1
Art

17. Fine Arts Selection 1 1 2 2

18. Semester Career and Technology Courses
Touch System Data Entry* (required in 7th grade and receives High School credit)
Touch System Data Entry may be paired with one of the following CATE courses in 7th grade
Dollars and Sense*
College and Career Readiness
►OR◄

19. Year long Career and Technology Course
Principle of Information Technology**
(Touch System Data Entry is built into this class)
Year long class with high school credit.

20. Career- Technology, and Other Electives
Full Year
Principles of Information Technology **
Half Year
Touch Systems Data Entry *
Dollars and Sense *
College and Career Readiness
Crafts
Discovering Language and Culture
Intro Spanish

21. Technology Selection 1 5 3 2 4

22. Math or Reading Lab
Intervention classes that students are enrolled in to improve math and reading performance on state assessment. Placement is by teacher recommendation and previous performance on state assessments.

23. Sample Schedules Student 1 Student 2 1. PAP Language Arts 7
1. Touch Systems Data/College & Career
2.Principle of Information Technology
2. Language Arts 7
3. PAP Texas History 7
3. Math 7
4. Dance I
4. Boys Athletics
5. PAP Math 7
5. Texas History 7
6. PAP Science
6. Science
7. Concert Band
7. Theater

24. Course Selection Timeline
January WWJH Counselors at NIS for course selection.
January 16-17, WWJH Counselors at OIS for course selection.

25. Course Selection Timeline
Course Verifications of selected classes
(These are not schedules)
February 6, verification sheets showing student course selections will be sent home with students for parent review.
If any changes to your child’s course selections are needed, indicate the changes on the verification sheet and return it to NIS or OIS by February 13th.
February 13th, at 3PM is Deadline for changes.
No Changes will be made after February 13th.
Course Verifications reflect what you would like to take in Junior High. These are not a schedule. Also, a course may be indicated on the Verification sheet, yet another course may be in the schedule, due to scheduling conflicts and availability.

26. Willow Wood Junior High Home of the Wildcats
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